Wow, its been 6 months!!

 

Together at last.

So many things have happened and not happened in the past 6 months.



Allie running daddy for the first time.

Welcome home daddy outfits

For starters Brad is STILL not home!! Blah!!!! He arrived back in country mid February. He flew in to Mississippi and stayed at Camp Shelby for a month. After him being there for a few weeks the girls and I flew down to see him, we couldn't wait any longer! We had a fun weekend trip down in Mississippi. We missed him so so much! He had to go to a Warrior Transition Unit before the Army would release him. He was transferred to Ft. Knox in Kentucky. He is still there. He finally has been able to get transferred to Ft. Lenardwood here in Missouri so he can come home more often. He has been able to come home a few times since going to Ft. Knox its just a long drive so he only comes home every few weeks. I did make the trip myself to go see him. I didn't take the girls because we had yet to spend some time alone. His weekends home are packed with friends and family. So he has a report date of May 1st to Ft. Lenardwood. We are hopeful that he can leave there later this week and get to spend more then 3 days here at home before he has to report. I'm so thankful to be able to spend time with him no matter how short the time is but honestly I thought by this time he would have been home for good. Army has other plans as of now.


Allie started tball a few weeks back. She loves it and is really good! It's so funny to watch the kids play they range from 4-6 years old and some of the kids don't even know where to run after hitting the ball. She has had 3 games so now they are picking up the concept. She is also still in gymnastics. She loves doing the tumble track and trampoline.
She is still doing amazing in school. She has made A+ honor roll every quarter. She reads so well and her penmanship is amazing. She is left handed and usually they have a harder time being neat but she does a great job. If she could just get over her bossyness then she'd be doing really well!

Marley is so big! So sweet! She is all over the place. She finally started walking about a month after her birthday. We were holding off on a birthday party for when Brad came home but because that
hasn't happened she never got one :(. I feel really bad that she didn't get a first birthday party but we will make her second birthday a big deal. She loves to talk and say hi and bye. She blow kisses and is very cuddly. She loves Mickey Mouse and babies.

Weekend home on the Harley.

And for me...well March 1st I lost my job. They did give me a months notice but we just lost big accounts and they had to make adjustments some where and I was that somewhere. I was super upset about it and didn't think I could ever like being an stay at home mom but almost two months in to it its not so bad. I look forward to Allie being out of school for the summer so we can do lots of fun things. As of right now Im not looking for another job. After the crazy year and a half (and counting) that my family has had I thought I would take this opportunity to spend more time with the girls and regroup.

Ft. Knox weekend.