I wanna say, I have missed writing this thing so much. I know it was never a part of anyone's daily routine and I wasn't a avid, everyday blogger, or don't have a handle on this whole blogging thing, but it is a good therapy for me. I cannot tell you the countless blogs I have thought up over the year, but was never able to do it and most are now irrelevant or long forgotten. A year ago my world was turned upside down and I moved back home while Brian was on deployment. I stayed with my mom and then got a place in my home town and got into a routine waiting for Brian to come back to us. We got to visit lots of family and friends. Avery went to school (Pre-K) and LOVED it. She went in the afternoon (which was her normal nap time), so she was a cranky girl in the evening. Max has gone from barely sitting up when I stopped this blog to being able to walk and run a little cute run. He is starting to talk a lot more and is very independent. Then December finally came and Brian came home and it was so wonderful! We really missed him and were so happy to have in back in the good ol' U S of A. We came back down to Norfolk for the Homecoming and had a few days to ourselves as a family and then headed back up to Indiana for the Holidays. We were not able to move back to Norfolk right away and so moved into my mom's until we could afford to move and for a house to come through. While waiting we came down once a month to see Brian. It was always an adventure with the scary hotels we ended up staying in. :) So, after all that fun, we are back in Norfolk living in the same housing we were in before even on the same street and our house is even set up the same way. I even almost pulled into our old driveway and would have if Brian hadn't stopped me. So it kinda feels surreal the whole time in IN, because we are back in our old house pretty much, which I didn't think would ever happen. Brian is no longer on deployment, but still leaves quite often on little underways (or work-ups) where the boat will go out anywhere from a few days to a month. He is currently on a break for the underways and is in school in San Diego, CA for CNC machines. I am so proud of him and the work that he does. I know he does not really like being the in the Navy, but he does enjoy his actual work and it shows in how good he is at it. His school if for 7 weeks and we are down 3 & 1/2 weeks. He missed Mother's Day (which makes me sad) and will miss Father's Day, by a week. He hasn't had a Father's Day with both of the kids yet, at least not here with them. We are still in the process of putting our house together, so that is a good distraction for me while he is away. The kids take up most of my time though (which I am so thankful for), but still miss Brian like crazy. I am happy to be back here as a family and glad to get my blog going again (yay for internet!). So, here I am again going to give this thing a try even if it is just for me. :)
Here are just a few of the hundreds of pictures captured since I last posted.
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| Kids and I at Apple Works |
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| Homecoming :) |
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| Had a wonderful friend take the kids pics. Avery 4 |
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| Max 1 |
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| outside one of the hotels we stayed at visiting Brian |
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| my man is so cute!!! |
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| Celebrating with Meme |
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| Bestie's Babies Avery loves Hezekiah |
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| couldn't help it. Thanks for letting use your darts Hezekiah. :) |
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| Nana and Pa's |
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| Easter. Right after we moved back down to Norfolk. Do they look alike or what? |
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