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

The Mrs.

This my first blog ever. Not sure really on what I'm doing, but I hope you like it & enjoy!:)Well, Let's start off with today! It's been 2 days since Robbie's been in the field and I must say I miss him like crazy! Even though he will be back on Friday. I'm getting used to the fact of sleeping alone and I must say that during the day it's fine being just us two because I stay busy but as soon as the sun goes down it feels different when your used to feeling safe because your hubby is right there next to you and being able to relax with that special someone.;)But then again I'm very scared of the dark and sometimes need him to hold my hand.

It's AWESOME that our son Brayden is turning the BIG 1 on Jan.28!Just a couple days away yayy. It has been so great watching him grow from an infant to now. I wish he could of stayed tiny for longer. He grew way to fast & has won my heart!! :) Robbie left for boot camp when Brayden was only 2 weeks old and from all his schooling he rarely got to see his son until a few months ago. Robbie & Brayden have made a special bond that words can not describe. I can point at a piture and ask where's daddy and he will point at him in the pictures and then look around to see if he could find or see him. Brayden can be a huge handfull at times but he is worth all of it! Robbie has grown to be a GREAT DADDY!

Military Life is great. I'm learning as I go and so far I have no compliants at all. It's a great change & you honestly never know what to expect as a wife. Im hoping that Robbie will stay in The Marine Corps and make a long time career out of this. Switching jobs of course would be awesome. Right now he is doing artillery, his first choice was Fire,Crash, Rescue though. If I had a say I would rather him be doing that than anything else.

Rob & I have been doing great being MARRIEDDD!! Its been a whole five months now and going STRONG!! ;) Everyone says that your first year of marriage is hard & oo boy is that true. Through our down's we have turned them all around and nothing could stop us now. I've never been so happy in my life until robbie came into my life. We have many things to learn, but we are jumping in with both feet and ready for anything life throws at us! =]

Well its really late and i need some sleep. Good Night! Sweet Dreams!
Until next time.......