6 months later and I decided to blog again!

WOW... it has been 6 long months since I posted a blog. It doesn't seem real that 6 months ago I was living in Illinois, Jack was deployed, Abbie was only 20months old, I was NOT prego, I was planning a wedding, and spending every minute possible with my family.

Now 6 great months later I am living in Washington, Jack has come home from a deployment and then 2 months of schooling, Abbie is now 25 1/2 months old, I AM prego, we already had our wedding and it was wonderful, and I haven't seen my family in over a month!!

So a little update.
February and March is all pretty much a blur since it was so long ago and nothing was really going on.
April was a whole different story though. Lets see at the beginning of April I had my bridal shower on the Saturday before Easter and then my whole family celebrated Easter together that Sunday. The next weekend was my 3 year anniversary, I spent it alone since Jack was still deployed at this point. I flew to FL on the 14Th and spent some time with my friend Lelia and her amazing daughter Alyssa. We went to the candlelight vigil that night and then went back to her house to await our sailors return the next day. April 15Th the day I had waited for, for 6 months and 10 days. It was an amazing day. I got my sailor and Abbie got her daddy back!! The only good part about any deployment the homecoming!!! We said goodbye to our friends got everything we needed and headed to Illinois that night. We stopped at a hotel about 6 hours outside of FL. We woke up the next morning and hit the road again. We got back to IL on Friday the 16th sometime in the afternoon.
April 17th- My bachelorette and Jacks bachelor party. Since Jack's family wasn't able to make it to IL the week before the wedding my family gave him a bachelor party. Thankfully they went out to my Uncle's Cabin and just got really drunk NO strippers!! I had my bachelorette party at my Aunt's house and it was MUCH better than going to the bars since I had to take 12 shots due to a game we played and I got the answers wrong. That would have been a very expensive bar tab lol. All in all it was a great night and I know I enjoyed myself and of the pictures I saw Jack enjoyed himself too.
1 week til the wedding day and everything was pretty much taken care of the girls all had their dresses and the guys were all fitted. So Friday comes along we have our rehearsal and rehearsal dinner we finish decorating the hall and then I go to my Aunts house to stay the night so Jack and we don't see each other til I walk down the isle. YES we are already married but I was doing this as traditional as possible. The wedding was amazing, we had a great time at the reception everyone had a great time and it was so nice to know that we finally after 3 years 3 deployments and already having 1 child were able to have our dream wedding.
Well not much really happened after that we spent 3 days in Chicago and then heading back to FL for 1 day so Jack could get the rest of his stuff before heading to VA for a 2 month school. I hated it because he was just gone for over 6 months and then he had to be gone for another 2 months.

Now we are into May... Good Ole May. Not much really happened. I spent a week in VA with Jack and Abbie. We stayed at my friend Chelsea and Zakk's house. Zakk was underway while we were there but I was able to see him on Friday the 7th when he got home and before Jack, Abbie and I left their house to get a hotel since Abbie and I were leaving the next day to be home with family for Mothers Day. Well lets just say I wish we wouldn't have gotten that hotel room because I woke up to a very very sad and life changing text. My friend Zakk had been killed in a motorcycle accident. Words can't express how I felt that day. Zakk left behind his wife and their 16month old son. He was only 20 years old and had his whole life ahead of him. I did not take the death well at all, I had nightmares for a while and even dreams where he came back and tried to tell me about life after death but I always woke up before I got an answer... Go figure lol. I was not able to make his funeral since it was in VA and I had already bought my plane ticket to go back down there for Memorial Day weekend. His death to this day still gets to me but I know he is in heaven watching down on all those that he loved and cared about. He was a great man and is missed dearly. RIP Zakk Metzner 11/8/89-5/7/10 Gone but NOT forgotten.
May did not start our good but it did get better later on in the month. I had 2 of my wisdom teeth taken out and made 2 trips to VA. One was planned the other was a spur of the moment I really miss my husband trip. Well it was Memorial Day and it was time for our Honeymoon. We had an amazing trip planned out... ALL did not go as planned though.

Here was the plan. I flew in on Thursday the 27th, we were going to the Statue Of Liberty and Ellis Island on Friday. Get a hotel 60 miles outside of DC that night. Saturday and Sunday go to Washington, DC. Monday go to Bush Gardens and Tuesday I fly home.

Well here is what happened. I got in on Thursday like planned, we went to NY on Friday and did everything planned on Friday SO far so good... Well we are on our way to the hotel (which is a 6 hour drive by the way) well lets just say we never got there. Jack some home hit a curb trying to avoid hitting a car ( I was asleep) and bent the rim of the tire so bad it was almost undriveable. So we find a Pep boys about 15mins down the road and figure we will just get the rim bent back out and get a new tire no problem maybe 2 hours worth of labor and we would be on our way again... WRONG. The tire was not able to be bent back and NOWHERE had the size rim we needed for the car. We were stuck in New Jersey at 5pm... we waited and waited and waited for someone to have a rim and no one did. It was Friday night during Memorial Day weekend. Worst weekend possible to have something go wrong. Well since the rim was so bad and undriveable we had no vehicle and no hotel so we decide to go for a walk and try to find a hotel at 9pm... we finally found one 2 miles away from Pep boys but they are all booked so we ask where the next one might be and then send us 2 blocks away from Pep boys... Wish we would have known about that one first lol. It was a long night and I was devastated. I just wanted one weekend where it was just Jack and I for everything to go right... NOT going to happen. So Saturday morning still no luck so they finally get the rim to where it will drive but not for long. Just long enough to find somewhere else that might be able to fix the tire. So we drive about 20mins and need gas so we stop and ask if there were any junk yards around. We are desperate at this point. Luckily there was and they had a rim... So 200 dollars later we have a new tire a new rim and an oil change YAY us. I was so upset I just wanted to go back to the barracks and not even go to DC but Jack convinced me to go and I am glad we did. I wish we would have spent both days there like we planned but I saw almost everything I wanted to in the amount of time we were there. We made it to Bush Gardens on Sunday and had a great time. Monday we went Go-karting and just spent the day hanging out together. It was a nice honeymoon despite the little mishaps here and there. That was May for me... DEF not boring lol.

June... what can I remember about June. Not much really other than I had my other 2 wisdom teeth pulled out and then made another surprise trip to VA but this time I stayed for almost 2 weeks. We were able to spend Fathers Day with Jack which was nice. We hung out with some friends and just waited for Jack to get out of school. Well he had to get out of school earlier then planned because my Step Dad's father had passed away and we needed to get home for the funeral. So he was able to get out of school 5 days early. We left on Thursday and made it home Friday for the wake. The funeral was Saturday.
We had our family reunion Sunday which was a great time. It was the 1st time Jack had ever gone to one so it was nice. The rest of June was pretty much just spending time with the family hanging out enjoying everyday.

July oh July were you a busy month. Well the 1st was Abbie's 2nd Birthday and it was such a great day. Daddy had to go help my Step Dad for a little bit so it was Mommy and Abbie all day. We hung out spent time together, I did her hair we baked a bunch of little cakes, and then got ready to go to Chuck E. Cheese's we had a great time. It was Mommy, Daddy, Abbie, Alex, Lily, Aunt Cheryl, and Grandma Pat. We played games ate some pizza and cupcakes and opened presents. Abbie loved all her nice presents and had a blast. It was such a great day for her. The weekend was fun we went to my Uncle's Cabin with my Grandma on Saturday and then out to my Mom's on Sunday for the 4th. We went out on their boat and watch the fireworks on the water. It was a great Holiday for all of us. That Monday Jack and I had to leave to get to FL so we could get all of our stuff from storage packed and loaded with the movers to get us ready for WA. We got there on the 6th took care of some stuff and then met up with Jack's Dad and Step Mom who were in FL for a job (truck driver). So we spent the night with them and had a great time. We met with the movers the next day got all of that taken care of and then went back to the hotel room and just relaxed and spent some time together. Thursday we had some stuff to do at PSD, the bank, and the post office so we did all that and then went to Lelia's house that night for dinner. It was a very nice time and a great meal. We said our sad goodbye's and were headed back to the hotel. We packed the car and went to bed. Got up the next morning and headed for IL. YES we traveled A LOT over the last 6 months lol. So we make it to Illinois and it is time for Abbie's birthday party on Saturday the 10th. Our whole family is there the kids are there and it was an amazing time and just the party we needed before the move so far away. The week went by pretty fast which was very sad for me. I had lunch with my Aunt that Tuesday and now anytime I go to Olive Garden I cry lol. Thanks Aunt Cheryl. I spent a lot of time at my moms which was really nice and Abbie got to spend a lot of time with them which I know they all loved. Friday came along and it was time to go... It was a very sad and hard day for me... I am a family person and would give anything for my family. I hate that we are so far away but sometimes you must spread your wings and make a life of your own. I will be going home next July and can not wait. The drive up here was not to bad at all. We left Friday at 3pm and got to WA by Sunday at 8:30pm. We even stopped and did some sightseeing along the way.
We moved into our apt on the 19th and found out were expecting our 2nd baby on the 20th. I knew something was wrong when I couldn't eat Chinese food and my pants felt a little tighter than normal. We were going to wait til we had a doctors apt to tell anyone about the pregnancy but we decided to share our great news and tell the world on Friday!!! The rest of July was mainly just unpacking and settling in.

August has been pretty boring as well... Nothing really exciting yet. Jack had his 23rd Birthday on the 17th... he is getting old lol. I'm right behind him though. I will be 9 weeks pregnant tomorrow and just found out that my first apt wont be until September 13th at 1pm. I will be 11.5 weeks. To me that is INSANE. I guess I cant complain. My friend Rachael made a good point at least the sonogram will show a baby and not a sea monkey! :)

Well that is the last 6months wrapped up into a nut shell. I'm sure more happened but most people will make it to the end of April and stop reading. That is okay with me. I just felt like finally blogging since it had been way over due.

Until next time, I'm just "Taking things one day at a time".