It's Already May?!

Wow...Well I cannot believe how fast this year is going. It sure feels like summer already. Cali has been having heat waves (well to us californians anyway...LOL!). One weekend it's super hot and the next BAM! you have rain. Crazy Weather! I cannot complain though. We still have awesome weather year round here in beautiful San Diego! I sure will miss this place if we move from California. I will be sad to leave it. We live about 10 minutes from the ocean and I can see it out my window from the second floor. I will be bummed if the USMC moves us to middle America...LOL! No more ocean breeze for us if that is the case. Like I mentioned before I knew it was a matter of time until we PCS'. So we found out the hubby goes to recruiting school in September for 2 months and then we have 30 days to find a house and move to who knows where at the moment. He will not find out until the second week of school. We currently live in base housing so to save us money and since the school is in San Diego anyway my mom has graciously let us move in to her house while the hubby is in recruiting school. She lives fairly close to it and that way we can save the rent money from what we would be paying base housing. And voula! we will have saved up money for our move.
 Although I am still sad to be leaving I am a bit more calm about it and a little more excited. Don't get me wrong moves are still a pain in my ass!! I knew it came with the territory of being a Marine Wife. Well any military spouse really. A lot of our good friends have started to move away as well. Some are already on to their next adventure and others leaving soon. It's a shame because we have all grown so close to each other. We got even closer since all our hubby's deployed together 3 years ago. We always keep in touch though. I wish them nothing but the best of luck and well being. Especially to my friend Liz. They are being stationed out of country. UGH! From all the horror stories I heard about moving to a different country.  They say the living there isn't the bad part. It's simply all the paperwork and packing you have to do to get there. Specially if you have pets. Well on to a happier note. My little munchkins...Yup I am talking about my nieces and nephews. No kids for us yet...but we have tons of practice with all my brothers kids.

This Is Our Niece And God Daughter...Nina! 

Our Other Cutie. Our Niece Vivian. 

Vivian if fully mobile and running. Nina is standing up on her own...but not quite walking on her own. We hope she starts walking before we leave Cali. I'm sure she will. They grow up so quickly. Before you know it they are teenagers and wearing makeup. At the moment ,my husband and I are looking into having babies sometime at the end of this year or beginning of next year. No more practice for us. No one is really ready for children...but we want to start having our own children. I am excited and nervous all at the same time. In order for me to start trying I want to lose more weight first to be in a healthier state. I want our baby and myself healthy above all else. So at the moment I am on my life style change journey. My hubby recently surprised me by buying us an elliptical for the house. After 2 years of bugging him. So I jump on the elliptical for 45 minutes and then do some weight training here at home with my dumbbells and hope on my gigantic exercise ball. So far I have lost 5lbs. in a matter of a week. I am happy with that result and we shall see what I lost at the end of this week. I have been eating low sodium food. So pretty much no processed foods for me. I cook everything fresh here at home. I found this amazing page on www.facebook.com with ladies who have the same goal to lose weight. They also post healthy and yummy recipes and fun healthy desserts. Recently I found this genius idea to put aluminum foil on a cookie sheet. Then fill a ziploc bag with greek yogurt...cut a corner of it like your about to frost a cake and make dots on the foil and then freeze it. Voula! you have a yummy yogurt snack! So there is what I have been up to thus far. I hope everyone is doing well.

Over Due Is An Understatement

Wow so yeah it's been way too long since I have posted anything. First off a late Happy Holidays to all. I hope everyone had a safe and fun holidays. Well where to begin. It has been almost a year since my hubby got back from deployment. Oh how time flies when your having fun. Well I will start from my last post about all the wonderful bundles of joy that were on their way. Happy to report they are all very happy babies. All walking if not almost! I cannot believe how quick they are all growing. By the way I am talking about my nieces. Not Our own YET! My brother Eric's daughter turned 1 on the 30th of November. She Recently took her first steps by herself. She is such a beautiful and awesome baby. She loves dancing to upbeat music! It's super cute! My brother Henry's Daughter is turning 1 on the 28th of this month. Not quite walking yet...but crawling faster than a speeding bullet. Show her The Backyardigans on TV or a cookie and she will have crawled to you in the blink of an eye. She is standing holding on to things. She is also our God Daughter! YAY Us! Her birthday party is coming up soon and we are excited for that one. On another note we found out the hubby is tagged for recruiting duty. Oh Joy! Depending on where they decide they need him this will be our first PCS vs. PCA. Yeah we have been fortunate enough to have stayed in So Cal for his whole 10 years in the USMC. I am not quite sure how I feel on this whole PCS yet...But ready or not here it comes. I suppose I am a bit anxious to find out where we end up and terrified all at the same time. I suppose I should see it as a new adventure. *Sigh* I knew it would eventually come. Moving away from my family will be difficult...but I will support my hubby always. While on that subject the hubby is putting in his package to become a Chief Warrant Officer. He is pretty excited about that. He has been a SSgt. for over a year now so he said he wanted to wait to put in his package until next year. So we will get more experience as a SNCO. Oh I Almost forgot. I got a new car in August 2012 and my hubby got a new truck on black friday.

                                                         (My beautiful 2013 Audi TTS)

                                                         (The hubby's 2013 Ford F-150)

Well there is a lot more I could fill you in on...but it is late here and I am pretty much falling asleep typing...Lol! So that will do it for me tonight.

Baby Boom!!

So I Think The Baby Boom Is Happening In My Family! 5 Beautiful Babies Have Been Born Into Our Family! 2 Of Which Are My Sister In Laws! Both Beautiful Baby Girls! Vivian Lauren And Nina Sofia! Then 3 Of My Cousins Had Their Babies...All But One Was A Girl! Happy To Report They Are All Well And Happy!! Nothing To Report On Mine And The Hubbies Baby Front. Hopefully Soon! Conceiving Is Harder Than Most People Make It Sound! LOL! While We Wait I Am Getting Into A Healthier Routine! Better Eating Choices For One And Exercise...A Lot More Exercise! LOL! I Feel A Lot Better During The Day After I Workout And Get Better Sleep At Night! Praying That Also Helps In The Baby Department. My OBGYN Has Started Me On A Prenatal Regiment! So We Shall See What Happens...But As Of Now Like I Said I Am Working On A Healthier Me! We Have Been Walking The Dogs Every Night After Dinner And I Must Say It's Nice To Get Out And Get Fresh Air! Our Fur Kids Are Loving It Too!!

We Have Been Going To The Sunset Market They Put On Every Thursday By Where We Live And It Is Nice! We Found This Awesome Vendor Who Hand Makes Dogs Treats With Peanut Butter And Something Called Carob! They Look Like Chocolate Chip Cookies For Dogs! Kalli And Nico LOVE Them! So Yesterday When We Went To The Market I Asked Her To Make A Dozen For Me! They Are In The Shape Of Bones And They Are Pretty Large! I Am Sure The Pups Will Enjoy Them! So On A Different Note...

Ever Since We Moved Into A Bigger House...We Had This Empty Room And Nothing To Put In It. Well I Started To Think...Yes Nothing Comes Cheap When I Start Thinking...LOL! Light Bulb! I Have All This Makeup And No Room To Store It! Well Gee...Why Not Turn This Room Into My Own Makeup Studio! After All The Hubby Has His Man Cave With A Brand New TV! So I Dragged Him Down To IKEA! I Got 2 Large Pieces Of Furniture For $200! I Think That Was A Pretty Good Deal! I Will Have To Post Pictures Of My Makeup Haven Later! I Have The Best Hubby In The World...For Many Reasons...BUT He Bought Me A Vanity Girl Hollywood Mirror! AWESOME!

I AM IN LOVE!

My Woman Cave It Almost Finished! Back To The Sunset Market We Go To On Thursdays...I Found This Awesome Booth...She Makes Custom Paintings...And She Made A Marilyn Monroe One For My Room! Like I Said I Will Have To Post Pictures Once I Get Some! Now I Am Excited For This Weekend...We Get To Go See Lady Antebellum In Concert With Some Of Our Good Friends On Saturday And Sunday Is My Nephew's 4th Birthday! I Cannot Believe How Big He Is Getting So Quick! He Is Turning Out To Be An Awesome Little Dude!! 

Well That's All For Me! Time To Go Get Ready! The Hubby Wants To Go See The Hunger Games Tonight! I Hope It Is As Good As Everyone Says! 

Finally!! My Heart Is Whole Again!

Finally!! It's almost been a month since my hubby came home from deployment! This was his fourth tour. My second one with him and our first one as a married couple! He got to come home with Advanced Party...the same way he left. Which hardly ever happens...LOL! I am so happy to have him back home! It was strange at first to have another person living with me. I guess I was still on survival  mode! In shock...But SOOOO Happy!!!! Plus I'm still getting used to him being a SSgt! He got promoted in November and I am so proud of him! Until now I'm still a bit in shock to have my hubby back! I worried about him everyday for 7 months and now that he is home...Well I couldn't be any happier!! We have decided to start trying to conceive! I am very excited to start a family...Praying that it's soon!! 

                                       (He got to come home in Civilian Clothes...Finally Back In His Arms!)

I want to Thank all my wonderful family for helping me through this deployment. I have made a lot of awesome friends...and the Family Readiness Program is GREAT!  These ladies have helped me get through this deployment and I am very grateful to have friends like them! So Thank You To All The Wonderful Ladies Who Have Been There For Me! And To My Fellow Unit Wives! We Made It Ladies!

                                              ( The Welcome Home Sign I Made For My Husband) 

Almost There! I Am Very Excited/Anxious

Wow! It's Been Almost 2 Months Since I Have Written!! I Have Been Busy With Work And Moving! I Moved Into SNCO Housing...Which I Am Very Happy About! There Was Nothing Wrong About Where I Was Living Before! That Was Our First On Base House! As Far As It Goes I Like Living On Base! That Was My First Time Moving On My Own Without My Husband! I Can't Wait To Show Him The New House! I Already Showed It To Him A Little Bit Through Skype And He Like It A Lot! It's Very Nice To Have That Extra Space! The Dogs Are Loving The Bigger Yard As Well!!!! I Live A Block Down From One Of My Friends! Her Hubby Is In The Same As Mine! I Am Super Excited/Anxious! The Hubby Comes Home Very Soon!!!! It Seems Like Only Yesterday That We Had The Send Off For The Battery!! I Am Ready To Just Have Each Other In Our Arms Again! After So Long It's Going To Be Strange...But A Good Strange To Have Him Back Home Safe! I Am A Little Nervous About The Whole Reintegration Process...But It's Going To Be So Good To Have My Husband Back!! I Miss Him TONS!! I Have Learned A Lot About Myself Through This Deployment. I Never Thought I Would Be Able To Do Things On My Own For So Long! Especially With The Dogs! We Have Two Saint Bernards And They Are Driving Me Crazy! Since January Started This Week Went By Slow For Me! I Suppose Because I'm So Excited/Anxious About Homecoming! My Insomnia Has Been Running On Full Speed!!!! I Don't Believe It Will Slow Down Until The Hubby And I Are Back In Each Other's Arms Safely! We Bought A New Bedroom Set And I Am Not Sleeping On It Until The Hubby And I Do It Together! I Know That Might Sound A Little Strange...But That's Me! I Have Been Trying To Keep Myself Occupied With Getting The House Ready And Thinking About What I Am Going To Wear For Homecoming! To Me This Whole Week Has Been Worse Than This Whole Deployment When It Comes To Anxiety! What Can I Say?! I Am Very Excited! So Come On Time Go By A Little Faster!! I Have To Admit This Deployment Did Fly By Now That I Look Back On It! I Am So Thankful And Blessed To Have Such Wonderful Family And Friends! They Have All Helped Me Through This Deployment! I Have Gotten Really Close With Some Of The Other Wives In The Unit! I Never Thought I Could Find Such A Great Group Of Women! We Had A Lot Of Events And I Really Enjoyed Going To Them! So I Want To Thank Everyone Who Has Been There For Me! I Will Post Pics Of The Homecoming Once I Get Them! I Am Excited To Share Them With You All!! Well That's All For Me For Now! Time To Get Back To Work!

USMC Spouse Ball 2011 / Promotion

There Is A Wonderful Group Called Armor Of Light! They So Graciously Decided To Talk To Our FRO And Put Together A USMC Spouse Ball Since Our Husbands Are Deployed! I Had A Lot Of Fun With All The Wonderful Ladies! I Have To Say Although My Hubby And I Don't Make A Big Deal About Going To The Ball...I Sure Did Miss Him! We Have A Few Months Left Of This Deployment And For That I Am Thankful! But I Am Ready To Hold Him In My Arms And Me In His! But As I Said I Still Had Fun With All The Ladies! We Even Had A Beautiful Cake Donated For Us! We Did The Cake Ceremony Where The Guest Of Honor Cuts The Cake Then Passes It To The Oldest Marine Who Then Passes It On To The Youngest Marine. What We Did Was Chose The Spouse That Was Married The Longest And The Spouse Who Has Been Married The Least Amount Of Time! It Was Awesome! So I Have To Share Some Exciting News! My Husband For Promoted To SSgt On Nov.1st! I Am So Very Proud And Happy For Him! He Has Been Working So Hard For It! So On Nov.1st He Was Like A Little Kid On Christmas Morning! I Am Just So HAPPY For Him! I Know He Will Have A Lot More Responsibility And Longer Hours And Yes It Will Get To Me At Times And We Will Probably Argue Over It! But I Know He Wanted This Promotion! So Congrats To My Wonderful Husband! I Am So Proud Of You My Love! I Can't Wait To Hold Each Other Again! I Love You With All My Heart!

 

Over The Hump

Hey All!

I know it's been a long while since I have written or logged on! Again work has kept me busy. Also I just got back from a very much needed vacation! I went to Cancun! WOOT! I had a lot of fun! So It's Been Over 4 Months Since My Hubby Deployed! I Am Glad We Are Over That Hump! I Can't Believe It's Already Going To Be November! So Much Closer To Holding Each Other Again! I Have Already Ordered A Welcome Home Sign! Those Tend To Take About 6 Weeks With Regular Shipping! Buildasign.com Is Awesome! You Get To Make Your Own Welcome Home Banner! You Can Put Pictures And Clip Art On It! The banner is free! All you have to do is pay for shipping! The earlier you do it the better...that way you won't have to pay $30 for rush shipping! Oh also since I have not been on in awhile! I you all obviously don't know but my hubby is getting pinned on to SSgt. on the 1st of November! I Am So Proud Of Him! He has been working very hard to get this promotion! Yay! He did it! Now we are both on the down hill side of this deployment! Which I am very Thankful to God for! And I Will Continue To Pray To God To Keep My Husband Safe From All Harm! And For A Safe Return Home To All Those Here Who Love Him! Especially ME And The Mutts! They miss him too! Sorry to keep it short again...but I have to finish cleaning the house and doing laundry!