Another Day

It's been a hard week for me without Chris here for my birthday. I invited some family and friends to Pirate Island for my birthday, but it wasn't the same. I feel so alone without him here. 8 more weeks until R & R, it seems so far away.

Sewing Party

Jenny, Heather, and I all got together a little while ago and all decided we were going to make diaper bags out of ACU's. They are all way cute! I made a matching changing pad to go with mine.

Our next projects are making cloth diapers. I made Zoë a leopard print diaper with pink butterflies. We've been having a lot of fun sewing together.

Park City

Jenny and Heather rented a couple hotel rooms in Park City Monday. Betty came up with me, and we all spent the night up there. Amber and Sarah came too, I invited them. We finally have a decent group of girls now. We all stayed up late talking about our guys. It's nice to have other girls who can relate. Makes the journey not so tough. In the morning we all went swimming.

I also pierced Zoë and Brianna's ears. They look so cute!

About a month

Well It's been about a month since Chris left. Things have started to settle down a little. For the most part I am doing really well with all this, but there are times when I can't seem to stop crying. I doubt that will ever go away. It's ridiculous when you even miss the annoying things about them.

On the positive end of things... Jenny and I have been hanging out a lot lately. Her husband is deployed with Chris also. She just lives a couple blocks away. It's nice being able to lean on each other.

First call from Iraq

I got my first call from Iraq today! It was exciting to be able to talk to him again. He called for a couple seconds to tell me they were in Kuwait yesterday, but that was all I heard from him. I wish I could talk to him more. It's been a little hard today knowing he's in Iraq now. I talked to some of the other Army wives, they were all happy to hear from their guys.

4th of July

Seems like this past week gas been the longest week in the world! Things haven't been so bad. Been trying to keep busy. Sorta getting use to living by myself. Every moment of the day I am think of my wonderful husband and missing him. Mom made Zoë and Brianna matching dresses. I took lots of pictures of Zoë in her cute 4th of July outfit for Chris. They looked so cute!

3 days down 362 more to go

The past few days have been really rough, but I can only see it getting easier. Today hasn't been to bad so far. I keep thinking, every day is another day closer to me getting to see Chris again. The hardest part right now is living in my empty house. Seeing his random things around the house, knowing he wont be around for a while. Or looking at Zoë thinking she will be about 6 months when he comes home for his 2 weeks.

My best friend Nicky talked me into playing WoW again. I figured I could drowned my sorrows away playing lol. It was pretty boring to be honest. But at least it took my mind off things for a bit. And it wasn't exactly easy playing AND taking care of Zoë.

Been talking to some of the Army wives the past few days. Trying to get some of us together over the weekend. Thought we could all go see a movie or something. It's always nice having someone around that is going through the same thing as you are and understands.

Saddest day

Said good bye to all the soldiers today. There were many tears shed. Chris looked so cute in his uniform holding Zoë. She would just sit there and stare at him while he was holding her. It's so sad to think she will be 6 months next time he gets to hold her again. She's such an angel!

I hope the next few months go by fast! God bless our troops!

BBQ

The unit had a family BBQ yesterday at the base for all the soldiers deploying yesterday. It was pretty boring. Zoë and I got a little sunburned. Didn't realize it was 100° outside! Wish I could have gone swimming, but Zoë and I can't go swimming for another 3 weeks or so.

It was nice to see the soldiers and their families together. Can't believe they're leaving in a few days. I hope it goes by fast.

Army Wife Poem

Had a friend send this to me in an email. Thought I would share it.

Dear Lord, Give me the greatest of ♥ to see the difference between duty and his love for me.

Give me understanding that I may know when duty calls he must go.

Give me a task to do each day, to fill the time when he is away

And Lord, when he is in foreign land, keep him safe in your loving hands

And Lord, when duty is in the field, protect him and be his shield.

And Lord, when deployment is long, please stay with me & keep me strong.

My first blog

So I decided to start a blog while my husband is deployed over in Iraq. So here it goes.

Chris and I had our first baby last Thursday. He leaves for deployment in 2 weeks. Not sure if the hormones make this all harder, but I feel like an emotional wreck . I've been trying to take things one day at a time and be positive, but sometimes it isn't that easy. I am fortunate to have family to help me close by. I feel like this is going to be the largest trial I have ever, and will ever face. I remind myself constantly that the lord doesn't give you anything you can't handle. And your weaknesses will be made strengths.