I have been waiting 11 1/2 months for him to come home. And well today he finally does. He will be here at 430pm. I am so excited. Ciarrah is too! She can't wait to see daddy. We have done alot to get ready for him. We have a driveway lined of flags and a big sign on the house! I am going stir crazy waiting, but it is almost over now! A friend of mine is going with us, so she is taking pictures! I am so excited. Well I need to finish cleaning. Pictures to come sometime soon!!
Hope everyone has a great week.
Love ya!!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
As most of you know...
...what has happened down here on Thursday. It was a crazy day for all involved. I am very thankful a friend called me and told me I needed to leave post if I wanted off. At the time I had no idea what was going on. I had been watching a movie that afternoon and Cooper was napping. When she called, I about fell over, I was extremely scared. She had told me that it was at the PX, which is maybe 1 1/2 miles from my house. Then I just got everything, and left my house, headed to school to pick up Ciarrah.
After pickup I went to my Jess' house. Where we continued to watch what was going on. It wasn't til about 7pm I had heard that they were letting people back on, so I packed up the kids and headed out. We sat at a stand-still for almost an hour and a half. Then finally we got moving.
That is when I saw something that I have never seen except in pictures. There were at least 5 humvees and a lot of soldiers weapons in hand standing at the gate. I almost lost it. As soon as I got through the gate I called me mom. Begging her to calm me down. I couldn't believe what I had just seen, we are in American on an army post, I would have expected to see that in a foreign country, but not were I live.
That next day we didn't leave the house. I was pretty scared to leave the house. After what had happened the day before, I didn't feel safe. I know everyone was doing everything they could to keep everyone safe, but I didn't matter.
As Sunday rolled around I decided to leave the house. So I was driving on the highway, past the on-post, off-post housing and then I saw soldiers with weapons and humvees at every exit/entrance. It caught me off guard.
Then as Monday rolled around, I drove by an on-post school, and I saw 2 or 3 soldiers with weapons standing at the entrance of the school. That frightened me. I mean how in the world are you going to explain to a very young child what is going on. I am thankful that Ciarrah didn't have to see that. I couldn't even imagine how I would be able to explain to my 4 year old, why a man with a gun is standing at her school, and to get her to believe me, yah right.
Obviously things have changed down here. Which is a good thing when something like this happens. You see it on the tv, but you never expect it be this close to home.
Although I was grateful Michael was not home yet, because he could have been where the man was shooting people. That is where they do all of their stuff to get them up to date with everything upon their return. But Michael will be home in just a few weeks. He is scheduled to leave Iraq on Cooper's 1st birthday, then it will only be a matter of days til he is home again.
Other than the incident last week, we are hanging on, barely some days. I can't wait til he is home with us again.
I hope everyone has a great week!!
After pickup I went to my Jess' house. Where we continued to watch what was going on. It wasn't til about 7pm I had heard that they were letting people back on, so I packed up the kids and headed out. We sat at a stand-still for almost an hour and a half. Then finally we got moving.
That is when I saw something that I have never seen except in pictures. There were at least 5 humvees and a lot of soldiers weapons in hand standing at the gate. I almost lost it. As soon as I got through the gate I called me mom. Begging her to calm me down. I couldn't believe what I had just seen, we are in American on an army post, I would have expected to see that in a foreign country, but not were I live.
That next day we didn't leave the house. I was pretty scared to leave the house. After what had happened the day before, I didn't feel safe. I know everyone was doing everything they could to keep everyone safe, but I didn't matter.
As Sunday rolled around I decided to leave the house. So I was driving on the highway, past the on-post, off-post housing and then I saw soldiers with weapons and humvees at every exit/entrance. It caught me off guard.
Then as Monday rolled around, I drove by an on-post school, and I saw 2 or 3 soldiers with weapons standing at the entrance of the school. That frightened me. I mean how in the world are you going to explain to a very young child what is going on. I am thankful that Ciarrah didn't have to see that. I couldn't even imagine how I would be able to explain to my 4 year old, why a man with a gun is standing at her school, and to get her to believe me, yah right.
Obviously things have changed down here. Which is a good thing when something like this happens. You see it on the tv, but you never expect it be this close to home.
Although I was grateful Michael was not home yet, because he could have been where the man was shooting people. That is where they do all of their stuff to get them up to date with everything upon their return. But Michael will be home in just a few weeks. He is scheduled to leave Iraq on Cooper's 1st birthday, then it will only be a matter of days til he is home again.
Other than the incident last week, we are hanging on, barely some days. I can't wait til he is home with us again.
I hope everyone has a great week!!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Quick Wrap Up
Things have been very busy around here the last month or so.
We are gearing up for Michael's return to us, in just a few weeks. Ciarrah is getting more and more excited all the time, she knows he is coming home. Cooper doesn't seem to really notice the change, at least I don't think he does. We have recently been told that we can't bring signs or banners welcoming home the guys to the parade field. We can't even bring balloons. I understand that people can't see behind people that have the signs, but when you have hundreds and hundreds of family members coming to see them home, you want your solider to be able to find you. Thank goodness, I send Michael a cellphone, so he can call me as soon as he gets there. He is going to call me once he lands in the states, just so I am positive that he really is there. Because we have heard that sometimes the FRG leaders and the Rear D are not always correct on when they are here. So I don't want to go up there and them not come in, cause that would devastate our daughter!
Since I have posted last, we did Ciarrah's birthday, which was alot of fun. Got Ciarrah's ear's pierced. She was a real trooper didn't even cry. I have had a birthday, oh hooray. We have been making some homemade Christmas ornaments with my friend Jes. She has been really helpful the last few months, I think we have kept each other sane. Her husband just got home last week, so I haven't talked to her much, cause I don't want to bug them.
I have realized that Cooper is very demanding the last few weeks. If he doesn't have what he wants he throws a fit. He has decided that he wants to bite and hit now. He still has no ambition to walk. He will stand up alone, but won't walk without holding on to anything. He has decided that he would rather eat baby food forever. I have tried and tried and tried with no success to get him to eat food from the table, but he won't touch it. I have tried everything even things that I was sure he would like, such as chicken nuggets and fries. Won't touch it. He does like to eat dry Kix and animal crackers. He won't even feed himself. I have given him a fork and spoon with luck. So I guess we will just to stick to baby food, maybe someday soon, he'll want to eat real food, I hope.
Ciarrah is loving school. She loves to hang out with friends at school. Her best friend Haidyn, is so much fun, they are so much alike as well. Haidyn's mom and I have been really good friends as well. We keep each other sane some days, I think. It is still hard to believe that Ciarrah is 4. Today, is the first day she has missed school. She woke up with her eyes matted shut, so we are off to the doctor, just to make sure it isn't anything to worry about. So much for perfect attendance, darn it.
I guess that is a real quick wrap up of what is going on. Michael will be here for Thanksgiving which is nice to hear. My parents will be in Texas at my stepdad dad's house on the border for Thanksgiving, but on their way back home they are stopping by to see us. So we shall have a busy few weeks soon. I can't wait. Hope everyone is well!!
We are gearing up for Michael's return to us, in just a few weeks. Ciarrah is getting more and more excited all the time, she knows he is coming home. Cooper doesn't seem to really notice the change, at least I don't think he does. We have recently been told that we can't bring signs or banners welcoming home the guys to the parade field. We can't even bring balloons. I understand that people can't see behind people that have the signs, but when you have hundreds and hundreds of family members coming to see them home, you want your solider to be able to find you. Thank goodness, I send Michael a cellphone, so he can call me as soon as he gets there. He is going to call me once he lands in the states, just so I am positive that he really is there. Because we have heard that sometimes the FRG leaders and the Rear D are not always correct on when they are here. So I don't want to go up there and them not come in, cause that would devastate our daughter!
Since I have posted last, we did Ciarrah's birthday, which was alot of fun. Got Ciarrah's ear's pierced. She was a real trooper didn't even cry. I have had a birthday, oh hooray. We have been making some homemade Christmas ornaments with my friend Jes. She has been really helpful the last few months, I think we have kept each other sane. Her husband just got home last week, so I haven't talked to her much, cause I don't want to bug them.
I have realized that Cooper is very demanding the last few weeks. If he doesn't have what he wants he throws a fit. He has decided that he wants to bite and hit now. He still has no ambition to walk. He will stand up alone, but won't walk without holding on to anything. He has decided that he would rather eat baby food forever. I have tried and tried and tried with no success to get him to eat food from the table, but he won't touch it. I have tried everything even things that I was sure he would like, such as chicken nuggets and fries. Won't touch it. He does like to eat dry Kix and animal crackers. He won't even feed himself. I have given him a fork and spoon with luck. So I guess we will just to stick to baby food, maybe someday soon, he'll want to eat real food, I hope.
Ciarrah is loving school. She loves to hang out with friends at school. Her best friend Haidyn, is so much fun, they are so much alike as well. Haidyn's mom and I have been really good friends as well. We keep each other sane some days, I think. It is still hard to believe that Ciarrah is 4. Today, is the first day she has missed school. She woke up with her eyes matted shut, so we are off to the doctor, just to make sure it isn't anything to worry about. So much for perfect attendance, darn it.
I guess that is a real quick wrap up of what is going on. Michael will be here for Thanksgiving which is nice to hear. My parents will be in Texas at my stepdad dad's house on the border for Thanksgiving, but on their way back home they are stopping by to see us. So we shall have a busy few weeks soon. I can't wait. Hope everyone is well!!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Happy Birthday Ciarrah
Today my baby Ciarrah turns 4!! It is hard to believe that she is already 4. Where did the time go. I can still remember being in labor with her. I hope she has a great birthday at school and this weekend we are having a birthday party with her friends at our house! Hope everyone has a great day!!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
An Controversial Topic at My House
In our house hold the last few weeks has been that of religion. It really hasn't been anything to deal with, but I recently have decided that I have wanted to start going back to church. Michael while in Iraq has been going as much as he can every Sunday to Catholic service.
Which started our "decision" on the topic. Michael is roman catholic and I am Lutheran which are quite different. Michael refuses to go to any church except a Catholic church, and so that means if I really want to go to church I either have to suck it up and go alone or I have to go to a Catholic one. On top of this, I have never been to any other type of church service but Lutheran, so all I really know about Catholic's are what you hear or what you see on tv.
Well today I went to my first Catholic church service. As I was sitting there, I realized that this service wasn't much different than the services of a Lutheran one. I guess I should give ya a little insight as to why this is.
My new friend whom I met at Ciarrah's school, is catholic. She invited me to her induction ceremony into the Daughter's of the King this morning, so I decided to go. Well her church is called St. Christopher's Episcopal Church. This church was very welcoming. It felt very good to be there. The Father seems to be a very nice man. After he found out that I was new to the congregation this morning, he made it a point, to make sure everyone else did too. I didn't realize how much I really missed going to church until I was there today. After going I felt so much better. Not sure if that makes sense, but it does to me. I have not stepped foot in a church in a long time, way to long and I regret that, but that is all going to change now. I did cry during the service, everyone did. Because we are a miltary town, the Father asks for anyone who is deploying or on r&r to come up. Well a man was getting ready to deploy and well I guess it just hits home, but I thankful that Michael will be home in 2 months, and we will be all done with this deployment for a year or so.
The Father after church was talking to me and was asking some questions about where I went to church. I told him and he asked me what type of Lutheran I was and I told him. He told me the Episcopal's and ELCA's are basically like kissing cousins. I thought that was a pretty funny thing for a Father to say, but I guess he was basically telling me that, they are so closely related that there really isn't much of a difference.
I have decided that we are going to continue to attend this church. For a few reasons
1) It is Catholic
2) It is sooo close to a Lutheran service
3) Everyone there seems very welcoming
4) Ciarrah and Cooper did really well in the nursery/sunday school
I hope everyone has a great week! Tomorrow my new friend and I are heading to they gym every morning! I need to start working out!!
Which started our "decision" on the topic. Michael is roman catholic and I am Lutheran which are quite different. Michael refuses to go to any church except a Catholic church, and so that means if I really want to go to church I either have to suck it up and go alone or I have to go to a Catholic one. On top of this, I have never been to any other type of church service but Lutheran, so all I really know about Catholic's are what you hear or what you see on tv.
Well today I went to my first Catholic church service. As I was sitting there, I realized that this service wasn't much different than the services of a Lutheran one. I guess I should give ya a little insight as to why this is.
My new friend whom I met at Ciarrah's school, is catholic. She invited me to her induction ceremony into the Daughter's of the King this morning, so I decided to go. Well her church is called St. Christopher's Episcopal Church. This church was very welcoming. It felt very good to be there. The Father seems to be a very nice man. After he found out that I was new to the congregation this morning, he made it a point, to make sure everyone else did too. I didn't realize how much I really missed going to church until I was there today. After going I felt so much better. Not sure if that makes sense, but it does to me. I have not stepped foot in a church in a long time, way to long and I regret that, but that is all going to change now. I did cry during the service, everyone did. Because we are a miltary town, the Father asks for anyone who is deploying or on r&r to come up. Well a man was getting ready to deploy and well I guess it just hits home, but I thankful that Michael will be home in 2 months, and we will be all done with this deployment for a year or so.
The Father after church was talking to me and was asking some questions about where I went to church. I told him and he asked me what type of Lutheran I was and I told him. He told me the Episcopal's and ELCA's are basically like kissing cousins. I thought that was a pretty funny thing for a Father to say, but I guess he was basically telling me that, they are so closely related that there really isn't much of a difference.
I have decided that we are going to continue to attend this church. For a few reasons
1) It is Catholic
2) It is sooo close to a Lutheran service
3) Everyone there seems very welcoming
4) Ciarrah and Cooper did really well in the nursery/sunday school
I hope everyone has a great week! Tomorrow my new friend and I are heading to they gym every morning! I need to start working out!!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Kid's Little Photo Shoot
I just wanted to share the many pictures from the mini photo shoot we had today. It was a lot of fun. Ciarrah wasn't sure at first, mostly because it was a man taking pictures. She has a thing with guys in general, so this was hard, but Cooper went first and then she was more than willing to smile for the camera. Hope everyone is good and the week is going well!!
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Catching Up
It has been a while since I last blogged. It has been super busy around here again.
Ciarrah got her first ever SAD face at school on Tuesday. She was hitting, not following directions, not resting during rest time, the list goes on....I was very saddened when I heard about this. I asked her why she had such a rough day, she tells me she misses her daddy. For about the last week, all she does is cry and whin for him. It breaks my heart. His too when I tell him about it. So we are letting her talk to him as much as possible. At least he'll be home in 2 1/2 months so that is good news!
I have been busy planning our vacation when Michael comes home. We have about 4,000 miles to cover round trip in about 2 weeks, that shall be fun. We are leaving the 22nd at like 2am and heading straight to Nebraska. Staying there a few days, then going up to Virginia to see grandma and everyone up there. Then we are going to North Carolina to see his mom and sister. All the while, we have to be back home by the 2nd of January, cause Ciarrah goes back to school on the 4th. It is going to be fun driving in the car with a toddler and a 4 year old. I hope all goes well. We are driving straight through no overnight stopping. There are 2 adults we can both drive and sleep. I do not like stopping lol.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Ciarrah got her first ever SAD face at school on Tuesday. She was hitting, not following directions, not resting during rest time, the list goes on....I was very saddened when I heard about this. I asked her why she had such a rough day, she tells me she misses her daddy. For about the last week, all she does is cry and whin for him. It breaks my heart. His too when I tell him about it. So we are letting her talk to him as much as possible. At least he'll be home in 2 1/2 months so that is good news!
I have been busy planning our vacation when Michael comes home. We have about 4,000 miles to cover round trip in about 2 weeks, that shall be fun. We are leaving the 22nd at like 2am and heading straight to Nebraska. Staying there a few days, then going up to Virginia to see grandma and everyone up there. Then we are going to North Carolina to see his mom and sister. All the while, we have to be back home by the 2nd of January, cause Ciarrah goes back to school on the 4th. It is going to be fun driving in the car with a toddler and a 4 year old. I hope all goes well. We are driving straight through no overnight stopping. There are 2 adults we can both drive and sleep. I do not like stopping lol.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
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