Catch Up

So, I havent been on this in awhile to update so here we go!! Let's catch up on things. I just got back from Missouri yesterday. Robbie has been in caxs california all month and should be coming on the 24-28 and the latest would be May 8!! I wish he was home already boy let me tell you it gets pretty lonely here. Thank GOD I have my lil man though. :) Life has been going great though I cant complain. Ive made some new friends and there pretty awesome :) The Horton's (Casey,Jenni and there lil man Tristan) are super nice and Brayden loves to play with Tristan. There very close in age so its very nice. Here's a pic below of them minus her husband haha



So my bday was a lil over a week ago now and since Rob could not be here I asked him to send me a picture of himself to my phone and thats all I wanted!! He did it of course and I want to share with you it! IM NOW THE BIG 20, lol i feel so old. Robbie's bday is in a week now and he'll be 21 to bad he wont be home to spend it with us but he will be soon.



anyway pics speak alot more words than im willing to type right now so here ya go:
Brayden and I at the zoo in Missouri (his 1st time)




Here's a close up to see how big he is getting!! :)


Hope you enjoyed your catch up on our life and please keep checking this. we love u all

My Uncle Dan & I

My mom sent me a picture of an old article of my Uncle Dan & I when he was in the Marine Core! I fell in love with this because my Uncle means the world to me. He was a chemical warfare specialist! He has been one of my hero's since I was a lil girl. I used to wear a necklace that had a pic of him in his dress blues. :) When he came to town on leave a news reporter took a pic and wrote about us. I hold this very dear to me and wanted to share with you!



Uncle Dan I Love you Always & Forever!! <3

It's been awhile since ive been on here but I'M BACK!! hahaha We have been so busy lately. We just got a new car 05 nissan altima and I love it very much! :) Saints WON the superbowl this year!

The weather has been very up and down lately but we love it. Yesterday there was storm and now today its sunny outside and windy. The trees out my patio are moving back and forth and it looks sooooo pretty. :)I can tell you one thing though my husband and I are sure not excited for the summer weather. HUMID YUCKYYY! You know you all hate it too. lol

My husband told me the other day some good news! He is not going to field at all this month because he has duty! Honestly I love that, its better for him to have duty for one night then have field and be gone a couple days or a week. Boy o boy its going to suck when he gets deployed or goes for training. :(



Well, just keep stoping by my blog and see whats going on! Were trying our best & very happy!! <3 :)

Save water shower with a Marine!
OORAH!!

Just another day in the life of a marine house wife...lol

Got alot done today. Gave mary jane away to a nice marine couple and deep cleaned the apartment. Today was rainy, gloomy, & cold so we stayed inside with the windows open. It was nice with a fresh breeze. :)

Well, im super excited for this weekend, We get to go car shopping! :)
Im sooooo happy words can not even describe. lol

Braydens bday was awesome. He had tons of fun!!
Thanks to everyone that came. :) It meant the world to us.
heres are baby b ooo ssoooo happy.



Its simple and sweet. there will be a bigger blog tomorrow so keep posted!! :)
Spending time with the hubs right now as he is making me a midnite sack!! yum yum

OORAH!!

TGIF

Boy o boy am I happy that its Friday. I got my husband home and our lil man in bed. We were soooo excited to have Robbie home yesterday. Tonight Robbie cooked me dinner! :) It was soooo DELICIOUS!! <3 Dont all ladies love when there man cooks for them? Well, today has been a great day though. cleaned, played with Brayden & cooked. Felt great to have a clean house! Ive sat around alot this week and it made me think about the military life so this is....

Basically this sums up the life of a military wife...

Chances are he will miss your birthday, your anniversary and Christmas. You will have no control over where or when you move. For the amount of hours he works, his pay will suck, but the MC will provide you with a roof over your head. If you get married and have kids and he stays in, you will be a single mom for months on end. He will get deployed and you will have to hold it together while he is gone. He will not get the option to call in sick. He doesn't get to be late, or take a day off. You will never be first in his life, no matter what he says, the Marine Corps always come first. There will be years that go by and you might not see your family. He will have to get a hair cut every week. He will take crap from his Sgt, or his SSgt or his Gunny, or his CO or whoever for his entire time in the Corps. There will always be someone higher than him giving him $hit and once he gets some rank under him he will give the people under him $hit. He will not be able to tell you where he is when he is deployed. You might get a country or a city/region, but other than that you are in the dark and you have to deal with it. You will grow up really fast and you will learn to be independent. You will learn to live without him. You will go to movies by yourself, you will eat at a restaurant alone. There will be days/weeks/months when he cannot call you. It doesn't mean that he doesn't love you, it just means he's busy. He will be busy. He will be in a constant training cycle. He will be required to get up early every morning and run or other PT. He will be required to stay in shape. He will bleed green. You will too.

I don't think a lot of people realize that being a Marine Wife is not a bunch of dasies. Its tough work. Its tough on a relationship, its tough on you and him and on your families. Its not a fairytale, its not glamorous. Its not exciting. It works. But it has it rewards.

You can expect to be proud. Of him, of the Corps, of your country. You can expect to be apart of something greater. The Wives that I have talked in my 1 year are some of the strongest most amazing and motivating women I have ever talked too. You can expect to be taken care of. You will get a base house or BAH to pay for rent off base. You will have access to the commissary and its CHEAPER than regular stores, no matter what anyone says. You will get health insurance and random military discounts.

You will learn about MOTO and BOOTS and IEDs and BAH. You will learn about Pendleton and Lejeune and Quantico. You will learn the difference between a DITYs and PCSing. The key is that you will learn what you don't know now. You won't have a choice. But thats never a bad thing.

You will be a direct reflection of him. At the ball, at the gas station, at the pre deployment briefs. He will be judged on your appearance and behavior and over all conduct. So will his house, his car, his dog and his kids.

You will come to realize that love isn't enough. There will be sacrifice, on both sides. You also need trust and dependency and independence. You will need to be able to sleep alone without crying yourself to sleep. You will need to be able to move across country on a weeks notice while he is deployed or in the field, or just not there. You won't have the option to say no. He may have signed away 4 or 8 or 20 years of his life, but it will be your life too.

But its our lives and we are trying our best! I love my husband and im all in for whatever life throws at us!!

That all being said, I would not trade any of it for anything.<3

Im off to watch the movie GAMER with Robbie! Have a great night!!
OORAH!!

Brayden's 1st Birthday

(this picture is the first time I got to hold him)

Today is Brayden's 1st Birthday & Daddy gets home from the field today!! :) I can't believe that he is already 1, damn time fly's when your having fun. Im so proud of Robbie and I for becoming parent's and raising a son! We never thought that this could happen to us at such an early age but now we will never take it back! Brayden is the BEST thing that has ever happened to me!! Well, I thought i would share my feelings and some pictures! So,let's take a trip down memory lane!!
(7 pounds 7 ounces)

Wow all this is making me all teary eyed!!


(this last pic is 11 months)

The Best News of the Day

GOOD AFTERNOONNNN PEEPS!! :)Well, I got the best news earlier that Rob is coming home tomorrow. Can i get a YEEP EEE lol Now he will be here for Brayden's 1st Birthday! Were not doing anything big the day of his birthday but on saturday were going to Chucke Cheese with some friends of ours Nic, Britt & there little cutie Kaden Wedig. Were all pretty excited about it! =]

Altough it's day three of robbie being in the field, I still have one more night of sleeping alone. :( But, while he has been gone I asked him to send me pics of everything. This is one that I have recieved.

Robbie has told me that he has been sleeping in a swamp & that when he woke up this morning and there was icesicles all over. He is soooo silly, he told me that his feet were all wrinkly from the water and that he was suprised that his socks werent frozen. lol I Love Him so much & is soooo very excited for him to come home. A warm shower, a hott meal, plus Brayden & I relaxing on the couch with him is all that he wants & baby thats just what he will get!:)

My mom called me yesterday and told me that she sent all Braydens toys & bought us a webcam so the family could talk and see Brayden!! I thought that was very sweet. God I Love my mama sooooo much.If you read this mom ur the best and thanks for everything you have done. I also talked to Robbies mama who also told me that she sent a care pcackage for us and a present for Brayden's Birthday!! Isnt it that the best when you get things for loved ones? To us it make's us feel like were still connected to everyone in califoria. Let me tell you though North Carolina is totally different than Caifornia. Im liking all of it though!! Im super excited to have my famiy coming up and visiting soon!

The rest of my day has gone great! Got laundry done, cleaned up the house and it feels ooo sooo good!! You all know what im talking about. Windows all open and a fresh breeze! Anyways,Hope you all have had an awesome day and a good rest of the evening. It's now 6:14pm and I need to start dinner. Till next time....OORAH!

This is one of my favorite's that I wanted to share with you all!
"now you've got my feet on the life path,all radiant from the shining of your face.ever since you took my hand, I'm on the right way."psalms 16:11