Keeping you updated

I have officially done away with Facebook. I no longer even went on there to socialize. I frequently logged on either on my computer or my phone just to look at the status feeds. I wanted to limit my friends and so looking at the status feeds got old quick when my small group of friends rarely posted anything new. I never really "stalked" people to see how they are but when I did, I felt like I was snooping. I just wasn't worth the hassle.

So here I am needing more to keep the blog up to date so all my family and friends (who actually read this) know what is going on.

I still go to school. Right now I am in week 5 of 6 in my business law class and the topic this week is about property rights. It is a challenging class. I don't know law very well and with my really rough start to the class, I have more pressure to do well. I need a C+ in the class to maintain my GPA. So far I have a C-. That just means that in the next two weeks I need to work hard and then do well enough on the final to either keep the C or raise it to a preferred B.

I am feeling the baby move more and more each day. I have reached 21 weeks and my belly is slowly getting bigger as well. I have been feeling pretty good lately that I make trips to the pool to get some exercise and cool off. I also am eating better when I can find something that doesn't take much effort. I don't feel up to cooking still. We have another ultra sound August 1st and then meet with the doctor (a new one) on August 8th so I will have to let you know how they go.

Kyle has been back and forth from home to the field so weekends, once again, are our time together. We have been slowly baby proofing the house and going through stuff to make room for baby things. It is a lot of work to get to actually doing it because somehow we suddenly have a lot of crap.

Diesel is good. He is fighting allergies so we put ear drops and give him oral meds everyday. haha- what a spoiled and needy dog. He plays a lot in the evening after a walk but sleeps all day. He has such a rough life. :)

I am getting so home sick. Now that I am feeling better and don't have much to do all day but school work, I am bored and miss home. I don't like it being so dreadfully hot here. Also, I have been increasingly more annoyed with my neighbor. She is so rude and immature that smiling and/or waving when we pass seems to be too much. Even if I call her out by name, she pretends she didn't hear or see me. Why does she do this? All because I chose to spend time with Kyle after he got back from deployment, and then I got pregnant and really sick? I may call her out the next time I see her. One funny thing about her is that when I told my Facebook friends I was deleting my account, she was literally the first person to post something along the lines of "don't leave Facebook." Why can't I? We are clearly not even friends anymore. Or are you treating me like crap because we are no longer Facebook friends? Either way, she is petty and stupid. Ugh!

Welp. I am off to get ready for bed. I seem to be getting really sleepy. G'night. :)

Expecting

To all our family and friends,

We are finally ready to tell all that we are expecting. I am currently 19 weeks, due DECEMBER 4, 2011. In recent ultra sounds, it appears it is a girl. We are so very excited after what happened last year. We just hope for a healthy little one! We were able to register at Babies R Us and Target...

We have received our first GENEROUS gift and would like to take the time to publicly thank Tyler and Kim for getting us the stoller/travel system we registered for. It is perfect!

We were able to go to Colorado for some family time during the 4th of July weekend. There were tons of people and places we would have liked to see and be with but we got some quality time with moms, dads, and siblings. It just seems the time ALWAYS goes by too fast.

Life here in 2-9 is slow. Not much has happened. I have been very sick and been to the hospital too many times to count. I even had to take time off of school and fall off the earth to get better. I am slowly seeing improvement but still have rough days or mornings. :( Kyle has been ever so supportive! I am so lucky to have him. For Mother's day he got me cute little sockies and cards and for Father's day I got him a tactical diaper bag. We continue to become overwhelmed by the baby stuff in what to expect and what we need. But, we also continue to grow together as a couple and now as a family.

Diesel has been a champ through all this. While I was too sick to know what day it was, he was patient and laid by my side. He now has seemed to come back to life as I do and plays more. He still uses his doggy door constantly patrolling the patio and laying in the sun. We go on walks as often as we can. He has been having some ear trouble lately we are starting to get concerned about- he has bacteria always building up and we have to wipe them out and it smells and it is gross!

Thanks to all the family and friends who have supported us this far and continue to help us through what has barely even begin in our new chapter in our lives. :) I will post baby belly pictures later.

third time is the charm

Today I had a third flood inside my quaint little home. I never knew my toilet could look like Niagara Falls so often. I am so tired of smelling bleach and poop. Ugh! I am tired and cranky and want Kyle to come home. School has kept my brain moving and I know this too shall pass.

The sun is out and I have to get happy so I am going for a walk with diesel and then wait for Kyle to make it home tonight. The house is clean and his birthday present is "wrapped." This is going to be a good weekend. :)

Here is a picture of the ugly tile under the carpet yet to get fixed. We have to wait until Monday. On the up side, the fans are gone and so the house is calm and quiet. Here is Diesel sleeping in his corner as he had been banished from the house to stay out of the water and out of the way of the workers.

March 24, 2011

It, again, has been quite awhile since I have had anything to say. Just to catch you up:

Kyle came home from deployment and we went to Hawaii. :) It was so fun! We went snorkeling, jet skiing, soaked up the sun by the beach and the pool, we went to a luau, visited Pearl Harbor and just caught up with each other. We were very lucky to be able to go. Here is the view from the hotel.

We got a chance to go home and see family after Hawaii. It was fun to see Diesel recognize Kyle. He latched on with his little paws on his shoulders and Kyle carried that big 'ol dog around for awhile. Diesel never left his side. It was sadly too cold to do much outside but we ran errands everyday and got a lot taken care of. We hung out with family. It was obvious Kyle was glad to be home.

Kyle got eye surgery and then we were off to Vegas for the Marine Corps Ball Celebration. We were on the go and in the car for about two weeks! I was tired of sitting in a car and getting car sick. But we had fun. We made it to the ball just as it was starting.

Back in Twentynine Palms, I log onto the computer once a day to get school work done. Four weeks into my MBA program, I am getting my mind back into the swing of school. I am a phoenix and it is pretty cool to say. Kyle goes to school too. He is in week three of Sniper School and he is finding it is pretty challenging. I believe in him and I know he will do great. It is just another time a part. He gets to come home most weekends. He is coming home this weekend and we are celebrating his 25th Birthday. We are going to grill steak and asparagus and have rice or potatoes as a side. I haven't decided. I will bake a vanilla cake from scratch. Maybe we will rent a movie! ;)

I think that is all for now. I will try to write more now that life has settled down. Over and out.

Any minute now...

I am back in Twentynine Palms from my much needed vacation back home. The holidays would not have as "smooth" if it weren't for the family and friends back home. I have gotten some TLC, my fair share of drama (in it and observing it) and all the distractions that were necessary to get through it all.

I would say the best parts are: (in no particular order)

1. Seeing Diesel happy.

2. Eating good food.

3. Seeing my family and kyle's family.

4. Sleeping in my bed back home.

5. Laughing.

It is crazy to think that after all that has happened in this deployment, we are almost at the end. It is even more baffling to think that we have to go through this all over again in another year. It is exciting to look back and see the growth both Kyle and I have had. I wouldn't have my life be any other way than to be with Kyle. We are better because of this roller coaster experience and I consider myself pretty darn lucky to have been on it.

Kyle's to do list:

1. LAUGH a lot!!!

2. Cuddle.

3. Fix breaks.

4. Fix blinds.

5. Cuddle.

Sigh... Did time stop? Is he here yet? When the day comes that he will be coming home, I will be holding hands with Tiffani, jumping in a circle and saying, "Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay..." Be ready!

Just bake it out!

Once again, I feel like a stranger to my own blog! I have been in a transe of getting into the swing of my own little routine. Monday's I work then off to spin class. Tuesdays and Thursday's I work and then head to zumba!! Wednesdays are my relax days and Fridays I work out on my own. I seem to be not losing any weight but in time I think I will. I told my husband that I think it will all fall off at once when I am sleeping. I will wake up with a gross flap of belly and butt on the bed. Then I will poke at it and say "someone must have lost this laying around." haha. It makes me want to be in those commercials where people find body parts lying around and then make some statement of how they must have lost it. The best one is someone's butt is in the sand on the beach somewhere. A group of kids find it and crowd around poking it with a stick. One of them cleverly says, "someone must have lost this walking on the beach." haha. ah! The intelligence of TV!

I bake a lot. I sent Kyle two batches of brownies and about a dozen oatmeal cookies. I gave the neighbors a dozen cookies each. Yesterday I did a dry run on a coffee cake that Kyle loves. It turned out to be pretty decent and so I took some to work and gave the neighbors some. I feel like I am going to lose a friendship in my neighbors because I made them gain all this weight from eating my baked goods. The opposite seems to take effect with my co workers. It is as if I am buying their friendships with cakes, cookies and cupcakes. haha. I am really enjoying baking and I am becoming quite good at it. Everything I am feeling from that day, I will bake it out. I sadly don't eat my goodies but I watch others devour them. That's how I know it turned out!

Halloween is upon us and I look forward to passing out candy to little military brats (not all of them) and seeing all their adorable costumes. Thanksgiving creeps up on us and I will make my first turkey. I will let you know how it turns out. December may be the most chaotic month. I have no idea what I am going to do yet and no idea how long I am going to do it.

Kyle should be home soon. Still not sure when but soon. We are definately on the back half of his "training." Then he comes home and is off again for about half the time for more training. The military life gets old quick but we find a way to tolerate it because we know it isn't permanent, it is what we signed up for and it makes us a stronger couple.

The weather is turning cold here in the desert. It is necessary to cling onto a jacket or sweater at all times now. Walking the dog in flip flops last night was probably a really bad decision. I feel like taking baths just to warm up. The funniest thing is, the weather really isn't that cold compared to what I am used to but my body acclimates quickly.

Well, that's all for now...

A new day has come!

Things here progressively increase into happiness. I have a new job and love all the people I work with. My boss is kind and supportive. I work next to a gentle "older" man who likes what he does and keeps me company in our darkened corner of the office. There are so many personalities in the office, there is never really a dull day. Did I mention my boss is cool!!! :) She gives me encouragement and "Great!" on my work as if I just got a gold star on my homework. I love it!

Since we have talked my mother-in-law came out my birthday weekend and we spent entirely too much money wandering the outlet stores, got in great conversation and smoked out my ear wax. haha.

A workout of some sort occurs daily and I am watching what I eat. I am going to look good when Kyle comes home. There are 97 days until December 31st. Because I am not sure when he will come home, that is my goal. My short term goal is Thanksgiving. We can make it, hu Rach?

Well, that's all for now.