Time and all Eternity

I suppose it's time for an update.

Zoe is now 7 months old. She is eating everything now and also beginning to crawl. Man I gotta start baby proofing the house more! She just got a new toddler bed for when she turns 1.

Chris just left to go back to Iraq from his 2 week leave. We had a wonderful time together! It was great to have him over Christmas vacation!

We had the opportunity to see my sister Natalie and Ben get married in the Salt Lake Temple, and also had the privilege of going to the Logan Temple and get sealed ourselves a few days later. What wonderful blessing have come our way! Chris and I have been working on getting sealed for a couple years now, due to getting waiting for my sealing cancellation to my former spouse. Once my Stake President had my papers, he took them up to Salt Lake himself to hand deliver them. From there, what could easily take up to a year more, took 5 days for us to get the approval!!! In this sort of situation, they have to call up to the temple to let them know we are approved (instead of waiting for the letter to come in the mail). Since my dad was already in town for my sisters wedding, he was able to extend his trip a little longer so he could stay for the sealing. We were also able to have our beautiful daughter Zoe finally sealed to us also. I couldn't have asked for a better 2 weeks with my husband!

I thought it would be a lot harder that it was when he left again. It was still hard, but at least this time I know it wont be as long.

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!