Let the Countdown Begin!

Deployment!  A word I am not a big fan of right now!  Today Brian's carrier, The USS George H W Bush (CVN 77), headed out for a 7 month deployment with him on it.  I know Brian has been through boot camp and underways on a submarine, and workups on the carrier, but when I dropped him off last night I knew this was different because I knew this would be the longest we have been away from each other.  Today it just doesn't seem real because he has been on workups and gone for a month or so at a time.  I just can't believe it.  He is going to miss so much and we are just going to miss him like crazy (I already do).  I hate that he is going to miss the kid's first dual birthday, my birthday, father's day, Thanksgiving, Avery starting school, and all the other stuff in between.  Ugh!  I know Brian is in the Navy and this was going to happen at some point, but I just don't think that you can ever really know how you will feel until you are here doing it.  I know this is only day one so I am assuming there will be other bad days and some good days over the next 7 months, so I guess we will just have to take it one day at a time.  I am so thankful that we get to email each other and he will get to call me sometimes!  I already got my first email.  :) 

I hope Brian got to do all he wanted to before he left.  We tried to do a lot in the last couple of weeks.  Including a mini vacay (which I will hopefully post about soon).  I even let him pick the food out for our  meals on Mother's Day since he was leaving so soon.  ;)  I know these months will go by fast, it is just hard to see in the beginning, but I can look back and can't believe Max is almost 9 months, so I know how quickly it will go.  I have a lot I want to while he is done to keep myself busy.  I want to get Avery into swimming lessons (which I have to pray how to figure out how to do that with Max), I want to do some things projects around the house, take some trips home, explore this area a little more, get caught up and keep it that way on this blog, and I started C25K (couch to 5K) training that got put on hold while spending our last little bit with B, and would like to finish that.  I don't know if I will be able to do a 5K at the end, but think I would like to, because of not having anyone to watch the kids, but thinking about trying to find one in IN when I am done.  With doing the C25K I hope to get in better shape for me and my family.  I want to get more involved in the church we found down here and get a church family. I know I am going to need God to get through this and need to grow my relationship with Him so that is a priority.  I also want to grow as a couoponer.  lol.  I want to be one of those people that pay pennies for my families household needs and groceries.  So, I think I have enough to keep me busy!  :)  I just pray for Brian's safety while away from us that he is quick to return to us. 

Here are some pictures from our last day together: 

Pizza we made for lunch for Daddy saying Love you.  :)