April, May, & June

IN APRIL:

We took a couple trips to Houston. the first was to take Mr. W's parents back to the airport. we spent the day before at the zoo and took them to Rainforest cafe for dinner. The second time was with our friends we went to the zoo again and also went and did some shopping. Mr.W's sister, Ashley, ended up staying with us to help with Lilly while we are working and so that she could get out of small town, Michigan for a while.

We even had a date night with our friends. we all went to dinner and then went bowling!

IN MAY:

We got to see Baby #2 for the first time!

we also took Lilly to the new splash park on post, i got my new kindle and we brought home a new member of the family... Rocko!

And FINALLY Mr.W and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. He took me out to dinner at Hana's!(fancy Japanese restaurant)

IN JUNE:

We did a whole lot of nothing... we worked and worked and that's about it. everyone in a while me and Mr.W would actually have time off together and tried our best to make a day of it but that usually just meant taking Lilly to the park or going to a movie. but time together is better than no time at all <3

January,February, & March

IN JANUARY:

We went to the Houston Zoo on new years day and it was a ton of fun. Lilly loved seeing all the animals and spending some quality time with just mom and dad. I also started my New (not so glamorous job) at pizza hut. Little did i know what i was getting myself into when I started working there.

(p.s. military familys get into the Houston zoo for FREE)

IN FEBRUARY:

We got into our schedules and worked... it was a very uneventful month.

IN MARCH:

I celebrated my 21st birthday! It was a blast! My husband and took me out to the bar with our friends and needless to say I got pretty drunk. I remember a majority but what I remember most is getting a cake smashed in my face. Needless to say it was a fun evening. We also spend the weekend in Shreveport while Lilly was with a babysitter. My husband took me to all the casinos and we went shopping!

We got our carpet replaced. not by choice, I might add. We returned home from Shreveport only to discover that our entire downstairs had flooded overnight. It sucked :(

A few weeks later we celebrated Lillian's 2nd birthday! Mr.W's parents came down to visit for the week and we had lots of fun we spent some time in Houston, Went to the south Texas State Fair, took Lilly to Chuck E. Cheese for her birthday and spent some greatly needed time together.

and finally, drumroll please....

WE'RE PREGNANT!

we found out the day after St. Patrick's day.

Sidelined

Oh goodness! its been a while since I wrote...sorry I left you all.

Mr. W has been home since the end of October and we have been on the go up until this week with all the holidays. he was home for about 2 weeks before he went on block leave. 

we went to Florida to visit my Father and had a great time. We went to Sea World, Downtown Disney, Busch Gardens, And a Tampa Bay Lightning game!

And then we were home for literally one day and went to Houston with our friends who were being sealed and left about 3 hours after that for Michigan where we surprised Mr.W's dad and sister for their birthdays. it was alot of fun and they were very excited to see us. and we had a great time. we went ice skating, made lilly's first snowman, had thanksgiving dinner, i made my first ever apple pie, and spent some quality time with our family.

And finally we came back home and spent Christmas at Fort Polk for the first time since actually being stationed here. And I have to admit it was a nice change of pace. in the months to follow Mr.W got back to his usual work and I actually got a job as well. Its nothing glamorous but its better than nothing.

(don't worry i will do posts for each month to do a full recap)

Let The Countdown . . . Begin!

So I've been super lame about blogging lately.

sorry everyone!

But I've been super busy and I'll tell you all about it. This past week was crazy hectic...

Monday, i was supposed to go to a birthday party for my friend's son, but it got postponed, so I spent a majority of the day cleaning for the party I  had on Tuesday for Tastefully Simple, which is super tasty and incredibly easy to make food and it may seem pricey at first but everything they give you goes a long way.

After my party me and a few friends took our girls to the park. Lilly loved going down the slides... she could do it all day if i let her.

Wednesday I went to the gym while Lilly was in daycare and then there was an FRG meeting to "help" us get ready for redeployment... but it was a semi waste of time, because they didn't really tell us anything that we didn't already know.

Thursday I had a party for the NFL season kickoff game between my beloved Green Bay Packers and the local New Orleans Saints... and big surprise... the Packers won! woot woot! what a way to start the season.

Friday I went to close out my Tastefully Simple party and then had a lovely dinner and some ice cream with a friend. it was a great day.

Saturday, however, was not so great. My poor little Lilly was sick with her first cold and was absolutely miserable and not too surprisingly she got me sick... we were invited to the postponed party and went, ate, had some cake, and headed home, NyQuil in hand.

Sunday Lilly and I just hung out at home in all out sickness and just lounged around and Lilly watched her silly little shows, including Yo Gabba Gabba, which is like sesame street on crack or something!

Monday (aka yesterday) Lillian and I hung out at home again trying to get over the last little bit of our colds

And today Lilly went back to daycare while i was at the gym for a couple hours and then we went to one of the playgrounds on post with a couple friends and ended up being there for almost 3 hours, but it was a good time!

(this thing was pretty fun to spin on... just so you all know)

Snooze Button

I just want to sleep... for 6 weeks.

that will pass the time quickly until Mr. W gets home but leaves me time to get ready... to bad that doing such a thing is nearly impossible when you have a 16 month old baby to keep you busy and awake. Sometimes i wish she had a snooze button!

I love my daughter to death, but by the time she goes to bed every night i just wanna relax and be able to do my own thing. so I end up staying awake until 2-3 in the morning... which in turn makes for a really tired and cranky mommy. So I went and bough some Unisom to take at like 11-12 just to try to get to bed sooner so hopefully its gets better soon, because all these nights of minimal sleep are starting to get to me.

needless to say i am so ready for this deployment to be over with.

SLACKER

That is the only way to describe my blogging lately.

So I'm gonna try to pick up the slack and get back on track... so here is our little update... my phone is STILL being uber slow when it comes to charging but thank goodness my friend said i can go to Houston with her on Saturday and go to the apple store for a replacement! so now i don't have to drive there alone and neither does she... its a win/win!

Also as I put in one of my last posts, I've been hitting the gym at least 5 days a week. i usually have Wednesday and Sunday off. but I've lost 10 lbs (according to my scale anyways, i didn't use the scale at the gym because i didn't know that it was a scale it looks like one of those blood pressure machines) but I've lost almost 10% body fat! so I'm getting closer to my goal.

And thanks to the Army I can go the good gym while Lillian is in daycare at the CDC... for FREEEEEEEEE! (well for 16 hours a month anyways) but its good because Lilly gets to interact with kids her own age too. Which is always a good thing in my opinion.

On Another Note:

I know its kinda late but i said i would but up some pictures and stuff from the 4th of july... so here they are y'all!

It was a great night and my dad came to visit for the weekend as well! we went to freedom fest on Saturday the 2nd and then on Sunday we made a little trip to Shreveport and did some shopping and had a good dinner. On monday we just had a relaxing day at the house watching movies (My dad loves movies) and then he went home on Tuesday. it was such a great weekend!

OH and did I mention that we are about to enter the single digits until Mr.W returns home from deployment AND he asked me to the ball?!? So I have to start looking for a dress! I'm super pumped for all of it! I just can't wait for him to get back home and for our family to be whole once again!

Excuse Me While I Vent . . .

 I love my iPhone but this is making me wonder if its worth all the trouble i'm about to go through...

so as of yesterday my iPhone decided that it was going to start acting up for no reason at all! it takes like a bajillion years to charge (no lie, its been plugged in for like 20 minutes and is STILL at 20%) and so i was like “Oh i’ll just to go AT&T and they can just give me new battery or phone or something”

NO

they said that i have to call apple and tell them what is going on and that they will most likely send me a new one because i’m still within my one year warrenty. well here’s the kicker everybody… i call and they tell me that i can either drive 3 hours,to baton rouge, to the nearest apple store and get a new one there, or i wait for them to send me a package to send them my phone in, wait 5-7 days and then get a new one or my other one fixed, OR i can pay $30 and a have a $700 hold put on my bank account so they can send me a new phone before i send them my old one… and then get my $700 dollars back.

here are the problems with all three of these options

1. ITS A 3 HOUR DRIVE

2. My husband is deployed and i CANNOT be without a phone for a week!

3. i don’t have $730 in my bank account right now

so guess what i’m doing saturday… driving 3 hours to baton rouge to get a new damn phone cuz apple can’t just let AT&T give me a new one… awesome :P

btw... in the time it took me to type and post this... my battery is now at 19% (and its plugged in!)

 this is what i'm about to do to my phone.