You know what I find are the times I miss Zach the most? Its the times when it should be "family" time. Such as Halloween. I know its silly. But I really wanted him there tonight to see the girls dressed up as Princess and a Bat. To see Ally get scared by the people dressed up handing out candy.
Anyway. I know its gonna get a little rougher going into the holidays. But soon after that he'll be home! and thats Great :D
Ok folks I know its been FOREVER since I last blogged, as Im sure you have guessed or already know my life is EXTREEMLY busy!! and look we are at day 230! :D WHATT???!?!?! we are under 150 days to go!
Zach was home on RnR about a month ago. We had an absolute blast. Although he didn't make it home until 3 days AFTER Kaylee's birthday and left early in the am on my birthday we still had quite a bit of fun to include a WONDERFUL family vacation (cell phones off, no computer) for 3 days at Great Wolf Lodge! It really has solidified that nothing can change us in our relationship we seriously grow stronger the longer we go!! We ARE Meant to be together!! I love him so incredibly much.
I finally put Ally back in regular school a week ago Friday and she LOVES it! She says her least favorite part of it is coming home. Although I am happy to report that she says there are no cute boys in her class. So that always makes Dad proud. Ally and I are EXTREEMLY involved in Girl Scouts now. When I say involved I mean as to the fact I am now a "Group" Leader of 5 troops and the County Service Unit Sales Manager. Ally is also in dance class on Wednesdays and Swimming on Thursday. I seriously considered putting her in gymnastics on Mondays but decided against it since that would give us absolutly no week nights off!
Kaylee is walking around and insists on CLIMBING On everything and is a regular Evil Knevil. And she thinks its funny when she scares Mom and Grandma. She picks up on things and adds to her vocabulary daily! She knows how to sign "More" and "Please" and I have yet to decide what word to teach her next.
In July we had adopted a flame point siamese kitten from the Wenatchee shelter and he was named " Chief Whoppers Marcus Mystery" and traveled well all the way from Washington. He was honestly the best kitten I've ever met and everyone who met him agreed. However, sadly we had to put him to sleep on the night of Kaylee's birthday due to the fact he started having seizures. But 5 days after we buried him we welcomed Garfield a 4 year old flame point siamese into our home. (we adopted him from our vet) Garfield is 15 lbs solid cat (not fat cat) he is extreemly cross eyed and a love cat who drools when he is purring. He's not Chief but he and Teddy get along great (the majority of the time) and hes a great addition to our family.
Well Im gonna head to bed tonight...............I'll catch up more tomorrow
So I took an extended Vacation. and I can honestly say A LOT has happend in the past few months. I will not bore you with ALL the details but Im sure that some of the past few months will come out in my future posts so you dont feel so lost on certain events.
Im in Washington State for the summer, I actually only have a couple weeks left here and have been here since Mid-June.
I have had a great time visiting friends and this past month has gone faster than any month since Zach Left! and Im under the 2 month mark until he comes home on leave.
I guess I should just update you on a couple facts. Zach got moved out of Bravo Company to Delta and is now a maintence shift supervisor however he is continuing to fly once a week with Bravo.
Kaylee is now fully crawling and pulling up on EVERYTHING. She has 4 teeth completely in and 4 more coming in soon. Her vocabulary now includes: Kitty, Mama, Dada, Up, Hi, Ni Ni (night night) and Bye. She is also waving. and can sign more, however she is NOT sleeping through the night still................
Ally is doing well. although her turn towards clutzdom (like her mother) has taken a sharp turn and she is covered in bruises and scrapes.
Myself? I of course am as busy as always :D Planning Planning Planning! (Currently a baby shower for our friend Beccah)
Well That is the basic updates I will write more tomorrow!! Good Night!
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Well today, for once, I got a lot accomplished not everything, but a lot. My lawn is mowed (I paid a guy to do that but its DONE!) I got the invites for my Mother in laws Scentsy Party out, I bought stamps, got Ally a new Kitten, did laundry and went over Ally's school books to see where to start next week (Im Actually really excited about it!)
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Ok so Im going to back up to let me think..........Friday. We went to the circus in Salina, Nancy and Butch went with us. It was a really great show except for the 8 horses running around the ring for 20 minutes. We stayed until half time then had to get back so Ally could go on her campout with Uncle Rainer (she did get to ride an elephant though) Oh and I got the title to the girl who bought the Taurus :D Finally! :D
On the way back from the Circus, I was rubbing Kaylee's gums and I felt something sharp. I pulled right over and sure enough we had a tooth!! I was so excited for her.
We got back to Hutch and got Ally off on her campout, let me tell you she was one excited little girl. then Kaylee and I stopped by Aunt Linda's to show her Kaylee's tooth. Then Nancy called inviting me to go to Hog Wild for dinner so Kaylee and I went.
The house was really quiet when we got home, I decided since Ally wasn't home that I would try a little "tough Love" on Kaylee. I didn't get her the 1st two times she cried and she eventually fell back asleep! (Im trying to get her to sleep thru the night) I also took a bath! and I watched a movie by myself, "Night @ the Museum: Smithsonian" cute flick.
Saturday Am, Kaylee woke with a fever of 102. So I opted to not go to church with a fussy baby. Shortly after noon I decided that I was hungry (and bored for that matter) so I was going to get something to eat then go for a walk. I went to McDonald's and ordered a sweet tea and a Southwest Salad with no chicken (which I have done quite a few times before) I pull up to the pay window and handed the chic my card, she handed it back to me with a reciept for 17.31!! And a bunch of burgers and stuff! so I pulled up to the next window and pointed out the error. He looked at me, and said "what do you want me to do about it?" HELLO?? are you serious anyway I ended up getting so frustrated I just paid for my order then left, I parked and started eating my salad, and started feeling a little funny then I saw it.............THE LIME!!! Im deathly allergic to Lime for those of you that dont know. I called the "How are we doing?" number on my salad bag and told them what had happened. I dont think I would have even been upset if they would have just apologized ONCE!
I spent the next couple hours just walking up and down mainstreet pushing Kaylee and feeling weird, but ok. I ordered the invites for Mom's suprise birthday party. I guess I had better not tell her about my blog until AFTER her party right? LOL.
So at 3 I took Kaylee over to Nancy's and Ally was back with Uncle Rainer, I heard great stories about their trip. Then I headed off to McPherson to take the engagement photos. WHICH Turned out GREAT by the way. I did however see the funniest thing I think I've ever seen. When I pulled up to the park there was a combine there, to make a long story short, it was a get a way vehicle for a bride and groom!
Well I will try and catch some more up tomorrow!!
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Well today was a great (yet busy day) . First off I should mention that last night, I realized Recon was missing, we still haven't found her so I dont know where she is. But my theory is she got out at some point.
This morning I was able to sleep in a little. :D Which is always nice. Martina and I decided to go to the Cosmosphere and the Hutch Zoo instead of the Zoo in Wichita because it was supposed to rain there today. She got to Bogey's about Noon, and Katie and her family and soon there after my in laws joined us. We had a nice lunch, OMG Im so tired I dont think Im going to be able to post...........Im sorry........I PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE I will catch up during the day tomorrow.
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