Exciting news

Here with our family. We are growing from a family of 3 to a family of 4 soon. We are expecting our second child from God in May. We are so excited!

I have had morning sickness since we have found out and still continue to have it all day, everyday. I have been very very unproductive! That is why I have just now blogged. Though my belly is growing, my clothes are getting loser. Thank you morning sickness (not really a good thing). Hoping that is subsides soon.

Ruger is excited about this baby! He points to his tummy when asked where the baby is. He says he wants a little brother or sister and also says he doesn't. He says he doesn't want to be a big brother. But he loves babies and says he does! Also has always been fascinated with other babies. Just the other day he looked up at my belly and said "big belly." I really didn't think that it has gotten that big. But through a toddler's eyes I have.

I am 14 weeks and starting to get the cute little bump.

So here is to a heathy baby in 6 months!

Apples and Mohawks

Right now.... we are enjoying be a family again. We are just getting used to being together again.  R is loving daddy being home. He clings to him when he is home and if he's not home he always asks where he is. I think what I missed most about him being aways is well everything. We went on an afternoon walk and I snapped a few photos. You can see more of my photography here on my photography blog.

he has such nice large eyes like me :)

trying to get him to even look towards the camera is really hard at this stage. He knows not to unless I promise him candy. Ha!

love him


One of J's favorite restaurants right now is the Smash Burger. We love their burgers. J and R exchange looks.

oh and I almost forgot about all the new laundry since he has been home... I'm busier than ever! Happy Monday!

Home

Warning! This post is photo heavy.... lots of homecoming photos!

The day he came home I felt so overwhelmed, nervous, anxious, excited, and I freaked out just a little (which is not normal for me--way out of my comfort zone). I had those little butterflies all day long. It felt like a long day, but nothing in comparison to 10 months of waiting... though hours dragged by.
The plane landed! Then they all walked past us. That's when it hit me, that he was really home.
You could feel the energy and excitement in the room. They came marching with smoke and music which makes it really entertaining. Here are a glimpse of the best day! Welcome home J!

Chester the brigade bulldog

Waiting to see the plane

We see the plane!

Such a good feeling to know that they are home.


the plane has landed!!


hoping he can see my sign.


hello beautiful plane



looking for him


THERE HE IS!


got a smile


and a wavy!


and a side look


then we get his really excited face. Haha!


this is where I get tears


more waiting


smoke, music, lights!


marching in


a few words then they are released and we get that hug and kiss.


we all have waited so long for this moment


best felling ever! Relieved, happy, complete, excited, and perfect!

He is finally home! We made it! He was gone about 10 months. In that 10 months I learned a lot about myself. I know one thing for sure, it puts so many things into perspective for me. Knowing that the little things do not really matter. There are so many lessons learned through experiences like this.
I am thankful to those who helped me through some of the tougher times.

Thank you to Katie Collins for taking these photos for me and being there for us!

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Right Now

I cannot believe it is the second month of this year. And it seems this year has only begin.

  I started the new year on the phone with my husband who was on his way back from R&R. I was so thankful to been able to ring in the New Year, even if it was on the phone.

Right now life is going fast. We are staying busy which makes the days pass quickly. Staying busy where the days past fast is good during a deployment. Last month we have celebrate day 100. I wanted to do something to mark a milestone for the deployment. So we celebrated day 100 with cupcakes and candles and it was fun...and R didn't mind the cupcakes. Now we are half way to the end!!!!!!!!

I am doing Project Life (Becky Higgins).  I decided to do it for one simple reason...my husband requested more pictures. So I decided the best way to do that was to document our everyday. I am so excited to show him when he comes home! He was so excited about the project when I told him about it.

Also I believe crafting/scrapbooking has saved me from going crazy. It keeps me occupied. I have to scrapbook or I get out of sorts! Though I have a few bad days and weeks, they too pass.

The only thing I really have been interested on TV is Once Upon  a Time. Though I need and want to read, I just haven't made the time. Right now R loves Little Einsteins and Mickey Mouse.

I have found on so many occasions R sleeping in his bedroom floor. I think he would rather play than sleep so he plays until he falls asleep in the floor.

I am so thankful for friends that have ate lunch/supper with me, gone shopping with me, talked with me, and just hung out. I am so thankful for friends. And I will not forget my family who has put up with R and I. They are a lifesaver.

I am a NOMAD... We have a traveling home right now. No real place on earth to call a "home". But I am okay with that, though sometimes it drives me crazy not having a place of my own.

And I miss him. I miss every bit of him, but I will not bore you with how much I really miss him! Cannot wait until we are all back together again.

Welcome Fall

The weather is not quite fall-ish for me! But it is a little cooler in the mornings. Which makes me happy. I have been extra excited for this fall and I am not sure why I am so excited. I think it may be due to this awful summer in the heat. I mean sweating in my home because we have awful cooling!! Or the hot chocolate, roasted marshmallow, wearing a jacket... And the fact that this weekend we went to the La Union Corn Maze in New Mexico.

It was rather warm, but we really enjoyed all the activities. Ruger LOVED it so much! He did not want to leave. I think the only reason we got him out to the car was because he was so tired from all the excitement and fell asleep on the way home! He got to walk the corn maze with us, pet and feed the farm animals, play in a huge sand box, slide on slides, ride the hayride, pick at the pumpkin patch, ride the cows, bonce on the bouncy thingy, and ate roasted corn. And there is still a lot of fall left to go!!!