Sorry for lack of blogging

David is home! Well actually he has been back since January 18th but I am just now finally getting a chance to sit down and blog about it. We have all fallen in to a routine quite easily. Jacob loves having his daddy home. Mommy is old news, everything is about Daddy now. I guess I should have seen it coming.
We have been back home for a while and will be heading back to Texas later this week. Once we are all settled in Texas I will be able to pay more attention to my blog.
I better get out of my pj's and start the day.

Happy New Year's Eve!

Happy New Year's Eve 2007/2008!!!
This past year has been one of those years that I will forever remember. This past year I raised a baby by myself due to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Many of Jacob's firsts took place this year, from first tooth to first steps. This year was an emotional roller-coaster many highs and many lows. I am happy to say I survived and have even become a better person.
I have a hard time keeping my resolutions but I make them anyways, so here they are... My New Year's Resolutions:
1) Get down to and stay at 120 pounds.
2) Eat healthier
3) Save money
4) Exercise
5) Stop stressing over the small stuff.
6) Appreciate the little things in life.
7) Finish all projects I start.
Let's see how long these resolutions last. I don't think last years even lasted a month!
Tonight is New Year's Eve but no kiss will brush across my lips because I am saving my new year's kiss for my soldier...

Christmas has come and gone.

Merry Belated Christmas!
Jacob's 2nd Christmas has come and gone. He got lots of toys, and I am not going to take up an entire post listing them all because I am sure I would forget some. On Christmas Eve we spent the day at David's grandparent's house and left there to come to my parent's house at 10:30 pm. I got about 4 hours of sleep and woke up to open gifts with my family and then we went to David's parent's and opened more presents. I have to say this Christmas was good to me. I received lots of wonderful gifts and even some I didn't expect! I hope I thanked everyone enough and if not I hope you know I am grateful.
David's Christmas sucked because Santa doesn't go to Iraq. I guess the "bad guys" don't like Santa. I saved David's Christmas presents and he will be able to open them when he gets to Texas.
I will be leaving for Texas on January 7th. Everyone tells me I must be excited but really I am not. Maybe once I am in Texas the excitement will hit me. This reunion is long over do and I just want us to be together again.... I think I am feeling more of a relief then anything else.
Jacob has been sick with diarrhea for 2 weeks now. I am going to take him to the ER, again, if it isn't better tomorrow. Last night he screamed for almost an hour with stomach pain. He would pull his legs up and make tight fists, the whole time screaming out in pain. I knew it was his stomach and I felt so bad. I almost started crying myself.
I will be at my parent's place for a few more days then I am back to Grand Forks to pack up and then I am off to Texas.
Jesus came to bless this world, let us all rejoice in the blessing of the Lord.

Just some words that fell out of my head...

In about 1 month I will be back in David's arms. I am getting things situated for the move back to Texas. I got us a house on post. I had to throw some tears in there but in the end I got us a house. Looking at pictures of what it will look like online has me in pretty good spirits. I just hope I don't walk into a dump. I know I can make anything work but I would like to not have to. I will be "moving" down to Texas sometime after the 1st of January. I haven't decided on a date because I don't want to get down there too early and sit in an empty house but I hate to leave too late and feel rushed. The plan at the moment is for me to drive the car down there with clothes and whatever else I can fit beside Jacob in the backseat. When David is on leave, the whole month of February, we will pack up and move the rest of our stuff.
I applied for my Texas nursing license last night... There goes another $200. I have to get my fingerprints taken and then they will send me a permanent license. I am hoping to get a job at the hospital on post. We will only be living like a mile away from the hospital so that will be nice, anything is better than the 45 minute drive I had the last time I worked in Texas. I loved Scott & White but it was so far away.
I am pretty much done Christmas shopping. I have like 2 gifts to buy. Christmas is right around the corner and I am actually ready for it. I love the whole Christmas season but right now I just want January to be here like yesterday.
I am really tired tonight. I haven't felt good all day. The house is a mess but I think it will all still be here tomorrow so I might just call it a night and clean it up in the morning.
I believe at the end of the day a toy cluttered house means a child spent the day being happy.

Pictures of my big boy!

I took Jacob to Target for his 1 year old pictures... Of course they turned out great. These are just a couple of the ones I thought were great.