Day 5

Day 5: Your Job

I am a doctor, a nurse, a ring leader, a nanny, a referee, a judge, a photographer, a story teller, a painter, a cook, a milk maid, a house keeper, a hair dresser, an accountant, a secretary, a teacher, a crafter, a blogger, but most importantly a wife and a mommy.

Last picture for awhile

This is the last picture of the 3 of them together until the end of the year.... T and S are going to miss the Mr so very much. We all had such a fun week with him in town and now today he had to leave to fly back to San Diego. This was the last time Mr got to hug T and kiss all over S til Christmas. =( My heart just breaks for them and they don't even realize what is happening.

We miss you already daddy! Come home soon and safe. Love you, T and S

Milspouse Friday Fill-in

1) What is your must have gadget?

My cell phone especially during deployments. I have my cell phone in my purse close at hand if not IN my hand. I DO NOT want to miss those few and precious phone calls.

2) How does your adulthood compare to what you imagined it would be like when you were a little kid?

It is how I always pictured it, but better because instead of dreaming it I get to actually live it. I love my sailor. I have always wanted a man in uniform, protecting me, loving me, and someone to share my life with. He gave me 2 beautiful babies and 1 special angel. I love my family.

3) What is your favorite chocolate recipe?

brownies with (tons) of walnuts 4) How do you deal with military life when it gets to be to much or to hard? I try and think about how lucky I am that Mr is alive out there and I try to spend extra time with my kids to help take my mind off of things. 5) What piece of advice would you give a new Military spouse facing their first deployment? Take some time to yourself, the first month is going to be hard. It will take some time getting use to a routine and being a single mom. Spend time with friends/family. Find time for activities, keep busy. Try not to think about the deployment because it will seem to drag on. No news is good news!

WILW

I'm loving my new red hair.
I'm loving this awesome 70 degree weather here in Missouri
I'm loving the new sweat suit I am eyeing at Victoria Secret
I'M LOVING THAT I PICK JAKE UP AT THE AIRPORT TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!

S's Fairy Door

Okay a few posts ago I talked about stumbling across fairy doors and how awesome I thought they were. Well I finally completed S's door. While I was at Hobby Lobby picking up the supplies I found a cute little table and chair set for S's room and it had a bird on it and I took the design of the door from there. I'm not sure how I feel about the polka dots, if there's too many, if they look right at all? I'm not sure... but here it is and I like it. Now I gotta find one for T man. He's already talking about the fairies!!

I still want to get some sort of 'thing' to go outside the door. Something girly for S, maybe a mail box or something. I found some cute sports balls for T that he will love.

what do you think?

1) What are some of your ideas for staying connected with family...you know, those people we moved thousands of miles away from?

We skype, email pictures of the kids, and talk/text almost daily.

2) What's the most romantic gift you have GIVEN? '
hmmm, the most romantic gift...I don't know if it's really romantic, but the best surprise (gift) was when I was having a really hard few weeks we were getting dressed for family pictures and I was asking him what necklace I should wear and he pointed to one behind me and said that one. When I turned around to see what he was pointing at he came up behind me and pulled out a little blue box! (TIFFANY'S!) I cried opening it because it was so unexpected and so special. It really meant a lot to me and it's so pretty!

3) Would you encourage your child, if they came to you and wanted to join the military?

Yes I would as long as they have thought through all their options and choices and this is something they really want to do. I think the military is very good for young men and women especially. It builds character, adds discipline, they have to stay committed. It has done nothing but help Jake as a person and help our marriage thrive. We learn to communicate better, appreciate the times we have together as a family, and build a stronger relationship not only physically, but mentally and emotionally.

4) What is your least favorite bill to pay and why?

My least favorite bill is our cell phones. It's our only bill and it's also really high. I love having my smartphone but I hate paying for it. I am seriously considering going back to just a talk/text phone. (that's a whole different post)

5) What is the proudest moment you've had as a military spouse?

I have lots of proud moments. Like when Mr achieves his goals, gets promoted, and just does his job to the best of his ability. I am also really proud when I see deadbeats back home in MO our age and older walking to work at TacoBell and knowing they're not going anywhere while we have 2 adorable children, a house full of belongings that we paid for.

Photo Blog Challenge Day 4

Inanimate object that hold sentimental value for you

I don't think I really have one particular object that I am attached too. I love all my stuff and I am very paticular about it, but if there was a crisis and I could only take one thing with me (besides my family) it would be my photo album/scrapbooks. I love my pictures! I love having pictures taken. They're all over my house and I have 2 giant scrapbooks that I am still filling up, not to mention the kids' birthbooks. Our whole lives are in those books. Things we laugh about, things we want to remember forever, and things we don't remember. If I want to remember how pregnant I was T & S, if I want to look back and see T do pushups before he started crawling, if I want to look back at my wedding day I can. I will always have those memories to remember in my books.

Doesn't this look like a circus fun house?