passing the time until you are home;)

Wow what a busy month April has been!!!! Busy is great when you are trying to make the time go by faster;) April held many special days like my birthday which I was surprised to receive an email with a gift certificate to a day at the spa from my wonderful husband!!! April also is our anniversary which once again held a wonderful surprise a beautiful bouquet of lilies and roses!!!! I think the best part of April was getting to spend a weekend with two very special friends of mine. Our first military base to report to was Fort Bragg. Of course I knew NO one when I moved there to be with Michael after we were married, I had just left a wonderful teaching job and left all of my friends and family and the only home I had ever known. So it was very scary to say the least. Long story short I met two women who husbands were also in the same training as Michael and they quickly became our friends, family, and support all in one;) I was very lucky to have been moved here with one of those friends but our other friend stayed stationed in NC after her husband graduated. With all of our husbands away she decided that her and her daughter would make the flight to come visit Jess and I!!! It was fantastic all the kiddos together!! Addison, Resa, and Parker, how fun it was to see them interact and of course to spend time with my two great friends. Seeing Ashlee when we first got to the airport brought on a lot of emotion for all of us, we very soon were all teary eyed, there is a bond between us that is very strong we are all facing the same hardships and really understand one another. It was AWESOME! So of course saying goodbye was rough:( But Parker and I will be making the trip to NC next summer when the hubbies are away again. We also visited Chuck E Cheese for Parker's friend, Ethan's second birthday. Parker thoroughly enjoyed running around playing on everything he was in kid heaven;) As for me I have really been getting into crossfit lately, a style of working out and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I workout with a trainer three days a week and I am now a protein eating machine, I am eating "clean" as she would call it. I am seeing the results and fast. Its honestly been amazing to see how far I can push my body, it has given me so much confidence to realize how much I really can handle, she pushes me and I am LOVING it. It also helps to focus my attention on myself for a bit, because as we all know once you become a mom its easy to lose yourself in your child, I LOVE being a mom but I have to remember myself as well. Even more so when it's just Parker and I, I have to keep my energy high to keep up with my lil monster:) I hope this finds all of you doing well:)

Happy Four Year Anniversary Baby!!

Tomorrow April 20th is our four year anniversary! Truly that was the best day of my life, I always knew in the back of my mind that something was special about Michael. Dating wasn't easy for us between the age difference, the distance between us, and different backgrounds we struggled at times to make our relationship work. But one thing always held true in the three years that we dated the realization that not being together was far worse than any trial or tribulation we had to go through to make our relationship work. He truly had my heart from the moment we went on our first date. He is my rock. I have learned so much from him in the seven years we have been together, he makes me want to be a better person. I love the way he looks at life and often times I see myself striving to stay as positive about things as he does. He is a firm believer in God, a devoted, loving husband, and an incredible, caring, hands on father. I pray that Parker has his outlook on life and drive to always better himself. We only get this one life here on Earth and I thank God, THANK God that he has led me to such a beautiful man. I am so in love with him and although we can't be together right now just knowing he is my husband is enough to keep me smiling. I love you so much baby and I am so proud of you and our beautiful family. Thank you for always listening to my needs as a wife, respecting my role as a mother, and understanding my feelings as a woman. Happy Anniversary baby, I can't wait to celebrate MANY more with you! I truly don't know what I would do without you!

Easter 2010

We were so blessed to have Nana, Papa, Jeremy, and his girlfriend Bliss visit for Easter and my birthday! My birthday happened to fall on Easter this year, which I think was the first time ever. We had a wonderful weekend, Papa spent most of the time working on our yard and getting our landscaping all beautified for summer. It looks incredible!!! He also spend several hours painting our master bedroom, which now looks fabulous! My birthday was also fantastic I got lots of great gifts but the best gift of all was a phone call from my husband and a day at the spa, he is so great. I think the best part of the whole weekend was watching Parker hunt Easter eggs. He totally picked up on it and went to town finding and placing every egg in his basket until it was full. I think his favorite part was eating all of the candy. Overall it was a wonderful weekend and I can't thank my family enough for doing the "man" jobs around the house, I truly am blessed to have them;) Oh and Michael I posted a picture of how clean the garage looks, my dad also straightened that up because well its just not an area I keep very organized ha ha ha!!!