six months today...

Happy Half Birthday to my Baby Love.



Has it really already been six months?
If you know the secret to make time go just a bit slower – please share.

I really need each day to have an extra hour or two in it... things have been so busy and crazy around here that I find I just can't seem to get everything that I need to do, done in one day.

So please, someone out there make it to where its now 26/7 instead of 24/7... it would really help me out over here, lol....

Oh and whoever gets this done will get a big ole batch of brownie cookies as a thank you ;)

getting out of dodge...

Tonight was fun. We, as in E, the kiddos and myself, went to my friend’s (M) house. Originally it was supposed to be just a ladies night out type of thing with some other Coastie Wives, but then it turned into a ladies-night-out-while-some-of-the-husbands-attempt-to-watch-the-children kind of night, lol. Some of the other women couldn’t make it so it was just M and her DH, L and her DH plus their 3 littles and us.

It was fun. M, L and I sat in the kitchen and played cards while the guys wrangled the kids, drank beer and watched TV. We are some yummy food, talked a lot, laughed even more and just had a generally peaceful and fun night away from the house. We seriously need to do that kind of thing more often. Having an adult conversation with someone else besides E is a wonderful thing and very refreshing, lol.

Plus, tonight made me really realize that Sawyer desperately needs more kiddo on kiddo action. E and I play with him a lot, but we are no substitute for the real deal. He loves other kids his age and just lights up around them. And for the most part he is great with them. We did have one little jealousy incident that left a little girl crying. But I was told in the end that he seemed genuinely sorry, and that she forgave him and that they went on their merry little way, so – I say success! Hahaha!

But tonight made me really think that I need to find Sawyer and I a local mommy and me group or some sort of center where he can be around other children on a regular basis. I think it will be good for him and I think that he will love it. Let’s just hope that I can find a reputable place or group that doesn’t freak me out. The people in this area tend to make me want to lock my car doors while I am still inside of it – so it will be a challenge to find a group that I trust my child to be a part of, but I am going to make a very serious attempt at it.

Wish me luck!

why?

A conversation I overheard tonight as E was changing Sawyer:

E - Your stinky!
Sawyer - Why?
E - Because your like Daddy.
Sawyer - Why?
E - Because Mommy and Daddy made you.
Sawyer - Why?
E - Because they wanted a baby… and it’s fun.
Sawyer - Why?
E - Because babies are cute.
Sawyer - Why?
E - Because they look like Mommy.
Sawyer - Why?
E - Because they do.
Sawyer - Why?
E - Because that’s the way things go.
Sawyer - Why?
E - Because I said so.
Sawyer - Why?
E - Go ask mommy.

lol, this conversation gave me a serious giggle fit. It was just so damn cute I had to share. <3

already time to think about it...

Everleigh is now just a few days past 5 months old. It was at this age with Sawyer that I started to think and plan his first birthday party. And so, of course, I am now thinking about her party. And I am having a dilemma…

I think that she is going to have 2 parties. One back home and one here with our friends. But with that said, my current dilemma is should I do 2 completely different themes for each party, do the same theme with all the same colors, decorations and ect. or do the same theme with different colors?

I can’t decide! So what do you think?

Oh and in case you’re wondering, here is a list of possible themes. I am still coming up with ideas though to add to this list, and I would love to get some other theme suggestions as well!

1.Beatrix Potter
2.Shabby Chic birds
3.Cupcakes
4.Sweet Shoppe
5.Polka dots and stripes with emphasis on 1st birthday.
6.Cute modern owls
7.Spring garden and flowers
8.Feminine vintage prints (damask, floral, ect) with emphasis on 1st birthday.

Alright so that’s all that I have for now – so let me know what you think! :)

Major Order's Update....

Somebody loves us … a lot!

I am so happy to announce that we are not going to St Louis! Instead E Is being transferred to the CGC Bertholf….. which is stationed out of Alameda on CG Island!!!!

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!***Happy Dance***

This is an amazing opportunity for E for the following reasons.

1.We don’t have to move!
2.He gets to keep his same rotation date.
3.He gets his cutterman pin back (anyone remember that debacle!?!)
4.We can still keep our savings plan the same.
5.We can actually save even more money!
6.He gets to have sea time points for when he tries to make Chief – which is a big deal!
7.He will actually get the leadership experience he wants and needs.
8.He will have a fantastic priority for the next transfer season.
9.He will be far happier with this job.
10.And did I mention that we don’t have to move?!?!

Of course there is one thing that really sucks about this. He will be gone 50-60% of the year. But that’s just the way it goes and we have done it before, and we will do it again! It will just be a little bit harder this time with the kids. But we aren’t going to dwell on that part right now. We are just going to focus on haw freaking AWESOME it is that he going to the Bertholf.

It’s practically a miracle. He was slated for St Louis, they are desperate for guys there and some other guy was already slated for the Bertholf. Plus, E has been underway before and in the IT world, generally once is enough. There are a lot of IT’s that haven’t gotten underway in their whole career’s and right now they are pretty adamant about making those guys get underway before they have other guys that have already been underway go again. So it’s just crazy how this has all turned out.

This was that littler thing that I mentioned in my previous blog post, just in case you were wondering. See, the Detailer called E yesterday and said that things had changed and he could now offer him Milwaukee, and then he casually mentioned he had a cutter opening available, but he doubted E would want it. And E was like – wait, Yes I do!!! What Cutter? And so the Detailer told him (and was in shock that E wanted it, lol) and E said, yeah that’s what I want out of everything, but let me talk to my wife first before I give you a definite yes. So he called me and I was just like – “are you kidding me!?! Call him back now and say Yes Yes Yes!!!” and so he called and had to leave a message and then he send of an email to the Detailer reiterating what he wanted. And then the next thing we know – E has official orders to the Bertolf in his inbox this morning!

Like I said, it’s practically a miracle and somebody out there must really love us. We are so thankful for this and are giddy with excitement. E told me today that he just wants to run over the Bertholf and spread his arms wide open and say “Here I am! Where do I sit?!?!” lol silly man.

Now it’s time to go have a few celebratory drinks, this news is just too good not to celebrate! ;)

sometimes you just need a do-over...

Today sucked – plain and simple. Let me list all the things that went wrong.

1.Sawyer is having an allergic reaction to orange juice, and as a result has the nastiest diapers ever and a horrible rash. Poor little guy…
2.Found out that we are going to have to report to St. Louisa lot sooner then expected, and there isn’t too much wiggle room with it.
3.Stubbed my toe 5 separate times on the same damn toy.
4.Lost 3 of Everleigh’s bottles.
5.The car (that we just paid off!!!!) blew something in the hood and had to be towed.
6.The parts stores were all closed by the time it got towed to it’s location so E and his friend couldn’t even try to fix it tonight.
7.My phone charger for the truck decided to die… when my phone was at 10% battery life – and with an iphone, that isn’t much life left!
8.Got hopelessly lost trying to get to E’s friends place.
9.Penny climbed the tree and got on the roof again.
10.Found out that DMV is being stupid… again… over our registration.
11.Got poked in the eye with a matchbox car.

You know, each one of these things separately or even one or two at a time would be okay. But serio0usly, all at once – it’s just too much! I cannot wait for today to be over with.

However, there were 3 happy things today.

1.I kinda got my voice back!
2.Everleigh turned 5 months old and rolled from one end of the room to the other, lol
3.It’s a secret I can’t tell, but just cross you fingers that it goes through for us. :)

Alright – I am out of here for the night! May tomorrow be better!!!

well now we know...

We have our answer – St. Louis, MO it is…. Ugh… Just Ugh.

We don’t know when, and technically E doesn’t have official orders yet. The Detailer didn’t even call or email him (nice, huh?) he just emailed the MC at the ESU and told him that he slated E for St Louis and E’s friend for Juneau, AK…. Hmpf, at least the last Detailer took some time out to really talk to E about his billet he was being assigned to. But we know the orders won’t change, especially with the Detailer being so desperate for people to go there. We also don’t know where E will even be working at, or what the schedule is going to be like or, well anything at all! It’s very frustrating and we are going to have to wait awhile for some answers, which sucks for us because it makes it to where we can’t plan all that much yet – which is torture for me!

On the upside of things since it’s a brand new unit, E will technically be considered a “Plank Owner” but he says it doesn’t really count, lol… I say it counts for now, because we need to try to find positive things about this. So while we hurry up and wait, I am going to busy myself with trying to plan our cross country trip and find out a little more about St Louis and the towns that surround it.

We thought it was going to be St Louis, but I think we were also holding onto the hope that maybe we would get a call and be told “oh never mind, you are staying put” but of course that can’t happen to us! Nope, we just aren’t lucky like that, lol. This whole short tour business wouldn’t be so bad if we could have just stayed on the West Coast, or if it would have been a job that would have been great for E’s career in the long run. But this job is neither of those things and it’s… well I don’t even have the words for it right now. There are a lot of emotions going through us right now and I can’t even begin to describe them all.

On another note – today really did suck. I am sick, very very sick. So sick I cannot even talk. I had to have E call and cancel Sawyer’s speech therapy because I literally have no voice. And of course today is the day that Penny has to climb the tree and get out of the yard again! When I have no voice to call her! Agh! At least I was able to whistle (weird how that works…) and she was still close enough she could hear me. Oh and there was the little matter of Sawyer having such a bad blowout that I tossed his clothes he was wearing and put him in a bath to clean him up. It was disgusting.

Yep, today sucked all right. At least I have Glee to look forward to after everyone goes to bed!

What Does Love Mean?

This was posted on a forum I belong to and I loved it so much that I had to share it.

Touching words from the mouth of babes..


A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds,

'What does love mean?'

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined

See what you think:

'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'

Rebecca- age 8


'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'

Billy - age 4


'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'

Karl - age 5


'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'

Chrissy - age 6


'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'

Terri - age 4


'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'

Danny - age 7


'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that.
They look gross when they kiss'

Emily - age 8


'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmasif you stop opening presents
and listen.'

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)


'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'

Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)


'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day.'

Noelle - age 7


'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'

Tommy - age 6


'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling..

He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'

Cindy - age 8


'My mommy loves me more than anybody
You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'

Clare - age 6


'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'

Elaine-age 5


'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer thanRobert Redford.'

Chris - age 7


'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'

Mary Ann - age 4


'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'

Lauren - age 4


'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.'(what an image)

Karen - age 7


'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'

Mark - age 6


'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'

Jessica - age 8

And the final one

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

sales + coupons = love!

Today’s Finds:

1 Personal Cricut Machine
1 Singer Sewing Machine
1 set of knitting needles
1 small loom
2 awesome balls of yarn

All of that awesomeness only cost me 203.58 … yep – major score for me!

I love sales!!! And coupons!!! And Joann Fabrics!!!