March 2011 365

ok I'm CRAZY far behind on 365, I've been taking the picture just not posting them.

March 1

my sister (in-law) and her boyfriend with DH's dog Nebby

March 2

Skyping with DH <3

March 3

puppies ready for bed

March 4

HUGE accident on hwy 2
someone hit a bus

March 5

played to hard and passed out on the floor

March 6

cranky baby!!

March 7

messy baby!

March 8

I said bed time and this is where they went

March 9

DD LOVES bath time

March 10

Disney 1 mommy 0

March 11

WICKED!! (too bad DH got extended and will miss it!! booo)

March 12

whats in here mommy?

March 13

the dogs ate the crotch of my pants....

March 14

food!

March 15

playing with daddy's hat!

WALK DARN IT!

Ok so DD will 1 on the 28th 

12 DAYS!! OhMyGoodness!!!!!!!!!

Where did this year go!?

DH is STILL deployed.....LAME! (and seems to get extended every time we talk)

DD and I are in Pittsburgh (best city EVER)

anyways DD stated standing on her own back in February

she can cruse around (walking while holding the furniture)

She'll stand in the middle of the room, think about walking and then deiced she's to lazy to walk her JLo booty across the room....JUST WALK CHILD!!

she did learn to crawl up the stairs....good thing my house in Washington doesn't have stairs...less baby proofing for me! YAY

Fill in Friday

With PCS moves happening every few years, do you take the time to paint and decorate your home? submitted by Life as Mrs. JPT
A) I want to paint my house so badly!! We lived in our first house from Aug 2008 to Nov 2009 (not worth it) but our base is doing a renovation project so DH told me I could paint the next house....we we didnt get a new house...we got screwed and got an old house...well we are moving again this fall!! (So we have been in this house Nov 2009 to Nov 2011ish) Since we live on base they frown upon painting the walls but I think I'm gonna do it anyways!

If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be? submitted by Standing By Him
A) This is hard, I love the house from Sabrina but I also like the house from NCIS I mean he can build a boat in his basement, talk about a killer man cave for DH. The house from Traffic Light is amazing too.

What inspired you to start your blog? submitted by Pink Combat Boots
A) I needed a place to vent when my friends weren't available, plus I get to meet people :)

What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen on base? submitted by Adventures in Life
A) I didn't see it personally but my friends took pictures of a moose, we live in Spokane, WA...not really moose country!

Which historical figure (politician, writer, artist, scientist, actor, etc…) would you like to have dinner with? submitted by Army of Two

A) oh man....ummmm...ok I really don't know! I think Al Capon would be awesome to meet. And to be honest I'd want to meet Hitler, I'd want to know why he wanted blonde hair blue eyed people...because I mean really blonde hair and blue eyes is a genetic mutation

Military Monday

Autism

It is Autism Awareness month!!

LIGHT IS UP BLUE

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Emotional

I have been with my husband for almost 5 year and we have been married almost 3

I love him to Pluto and back [Pluto is a planet damn it]

but I want another baby, it hurts he say's our daughter needs too much attention

I know he think's she is the reason I haven't finished school and maybe thats the way it looks but the school (EWU) I was at before her I HATED. It was AWFUL, it was cold, unwelcoming and I was just failing because no one (the employees, teachers, and advisors) would help me. I found out I was pregnant in October 2009, in January 2010 I transfered to American Military University (an online school). For me, it was a WONDERFUL decision. I liked that it was there when I needed it to be, I didn't have to worry about doctors appointments around classes, I could nap when my body told me it was needed, it was a great decision for me. Well the EWU didn't transfer ANY of my credits so I wasted a whole year of my time (and not to mention money). My husband gets pissed that I'm not working and he feels that another baby would just add to the stress of our life, I don't think we have a stressful life, I think we have a goo life. We just paid off DH's car and we are using our tax return to pay off a credit card. Between the too we are freeing up almost $300 a month!! Diapers are only $55 a month. We can TOTALLY afford another baby.

He is also upset that I don't want to buy a house and move off base. I know he never wants to PCS (damn it) and with his job it's possibly we will never have the option too anyways-but that doesn't mean I want to 'put down roots' here. It's 3000 miles away from home and family. Plus he's DEPLOYED how can I look at houses without him? I could like something and it could be off the market buy the time he gets home and want different things, I can't look at, (let alone BUY) a house without him, really whats the point? Also how does he think we can afford a house when he's bitching about a 2nd baby? A baby cost less monthly then a house! You have the mortgage and the utilities and the insurance and property taxes and what if the water tank blows up? where are we gonna have the money to fix that?! I just don't think we have the finances to buy and own a house! We don't have a safety net if something major goes wrong. I've done the math, it's not in our favor. Debt to income should be 20% or less...we are at about 30% we have a lot of work to do before we are ready for a house.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggggggggg 

I shouldn't be crying and stress at the end of a deployment phone call!

I should be happy that I got to hear his voice

Fill in Friday

1. What is your must have gadget?
submitted by Flying High With My Flyboy
Laptop and iPhone, I really can NOT live without either

2. How does your adulthood compare to what you imagined it would be like when you were a little kid
submitted by L to the Third
I knew I'd get married and have kids but I didn't think I'd be married at 20, or be a mom at 22. I thought I would be done with school before marriage and kids. I defiantly never envisioned a military life. I wouldn't change my life one bit, I love my husband and daughter.

3.What is your favorite chocolate recipe?
submitted by Our First Deployment
Chocolate recipe? Eatable! I don't like nuts though, lately I can't stay away from cupcakes and caramel Cadbury eggs.

4.How do you deal with military life when it gets to be to much or to hard?
submitted by Combat Boots And Pointe Shoes
I cry, I'm not ashamed to admit that. No one is perfect, and no one is above crying when they are hurt, sad or depressed. Sometimes I call my mom on a bad day. Moving so far away has strengthened our relationship.

5.What piece of advice would you give a new Military spouse facing their first deployment?
submitted by The Albrecht Squad
Plan, plan, plan, plan!! Have a life outside of your computer and phone. Have family come visit or go to them if possible. Take mini day trips to something close to you or have mommy dates, ladies nights. Sitting around with nothing to do makes time drag on. School, work, friends, have a life. The nights are the hardest because you are left with a big bed alone with your thoughts.

February 365 Project

February 9, 2011

DD eating dinner, she loves when I give her silverware

February 10, 2011

Yay my books here!!! $65 worth of books (including tax) for only $15 I love gift cards!! haha 6 of 7 books are for DD too haha I'm so excited!!

February11, 2011

DD trying to figure out how to have her bottle and her sippy at the same time (HA)

February 12, 2011

DD having mac n' cheese, it's my favorite meal so she got some for dinner to!

February 13, 2011

Nebby being a bed (well pillow) hog

February 14, 2011

My AMAZING hubby got me flowers!! Roses and tulips (which are my FAV!) and chocolates!♥
Happy Valentine's Day Penguin

February 15, 2011

Mommy's pride and joy

February 16, 2011

Trying to figure out how to get the apples out of the jar

February 17, 2011

Messy eater, there was a bath after this

February 18, 2011

Saving some for later?

February 19, 2011

More raviolis! tonight was turkey raviolis, she really loved using her fork

February 20, 2011

Shirt from her Great Aunt D

February 21, 2011

Not happy

February 22, 2011

Where we going today mommy?

February 23, 2011

All bundled up and ready to get Aunt K

February 24, 2011

24 hours worth of snow

February 25, 2011

DD's first time playing with snow!!!

February 26, 2011

I got out of the shower and found her playing with her noise machine

February 27, 2011

Olive Garden!!!

February 28, 2011

DD and my sister in laws boyfriend fell asleep in the car on our way home from

Ride the Roller Coaster

It's been an emotional few day, upside I got to order girl scout cookies

This pretty much sums up my day (and the whole deployment)

365 Project

February 7, 2011

School....LAME

February 8, 2011

Heinz wanted to hold the floor down

Emotions are running high

I have been crazy emotional since DH left. This is the first time he's been away from me and DD for more than a week. It just royally sucks. I know, I know, I'm no the first military wife to have to deal with a deployment and I know I'm not the first military mom who has to raise their child without daddy...but man it SUCKS. I don't know why it bothers me so much more this time around, but it just does. This is his 4th deployment in 4 years!! I should be "use to it" by now and in some ways I am, like the empty bed (which I fill with the dogs) and the making just dinner for me, and the alone time...but raise our daughter alone is totally new. I married my husband, but he's married to his job. I love my husband more than the stars in the sky, but every once in a while I hate his job.

Alright on a happier note I need to play catch up on 365

365 Project

February 1, 2011

Nebby being a ding dong and sitting in the play pen again, they just started at each other for a while

February 2, 2011

DD tried cubed carrots tonight! she loves feeding herself!

February 3, 2011

Heinz loves waiting to see what goodies DD will will leave for him, it was scrambled eggs!

February 4, 2011

DD was sleepy and pouting

February 5, 2011

You'd never know it was 5:15am!! 

February 6, 2011

We starting the love of football young!! We are Steelers fans and while they didnt win the Super Bowl today they tried their hardest....isn't my little girl too cute for words!!! TOUCH DOWN haha

Very blah!

My life has become very blah! My mother-in-law bought me a car new key (thank you mommy-in-law). So now I can go place which is nice, I went and got DD some baby friendly food (big adventure I know). I haven't be able to talk to DH for a few day and it's really getting to me emotionally. I got an email yesterday from his and I cried. While I'm happy I got an email it was only a sentence and it didnt really help me feel better (other than knowing he's ok). Tonight I was taking a bath and was listening to music and Mr. Mom by Lonestar came on...oh man I lost it. Now my husband is by no means a Mr. Mom since he works and I don't but he is just such an amazing dad and I'm still not use to him being away from me and DD. While this is his 4 deployment in 4 years! and we have been apart before this time is just totally new. I HATE HATE HATE that he is missing out on the little things. Like tonight DD had ravioli for the first time and she loved it!! To some it's just dinner to me it's DH missing out on DD's first.

Guess it's a Pittsburgh thing

So the Super Bowl is Sunday!! My team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, is going!!!

Well I shared a video with a friend who is a Green Bay Packers fan.

Video here

Well Pittsburgh fans will tell you that the Steelers are picked on, my friend said that we deserved what we got.

I don't think I anyone deserves to be picked on, and honestly we are picked on. People hate when the Steelers do good and and love when the Steelers do bad. She said that the Steelers are rank justed like every team is and there are teams the same, worse and better. I jokingly said well 6 rings disagree with you...she totally changed her attitude towards our conversation. I don't know I just need to vent. I love my Steelers and I love my friends. But I am DAMN proud that my team is the only team to have earned 6 Super Bowl rings. We have gone to the Super Bowl 7 times and won 6 times thats a pretty dang good record. I didnt means to upset my friend, and I'm sorry she took what I said the wrong way. 

Just needed to vent