I'm loosing...

Ted is beating me in the blogging. I keep telling myself to update but I never feel like doing it...Things are going good I suppose. Some days are better then others, but that's how it goes. Not a whole lot is going on, other then alot of belly growing! He moves 24/7 and gets the hiccups pretty often.. I went to the doctor a couple of weeks ago and his heart was great but no ultrasound :(

I go back on the 8th and she said she would more then likely do one then so i'm hoping for a 3d/4d so I can see my little man!! Thanks to skype I get to show Ted "the belly" when we talk..I hate that he is missing so much....

He ordered me a new book a week or two ago and it came in today and I read about 50 pages or so...I DEFINITELY recommend it to all the lovely military wives out there, and even those of you who aren't... you can get a small little glimpse of our little world...and believe me it's a whole different world!

I seem to be the new babysitter back in town...which is okay most days but there are those days where I feel extremely pregnant and tired and just want to be lazy but can't due to prior agreements to do something for someone. Wednesday morning I am keeping Aaron and Addisyn for Gwyn, Thursday I am keeping Truitt and Tucker and Friday night I have Kayden... Ted and I have both decided that once August gets here I am no longer going to do the babysitting thing. Maybe it's a little selfish of me but come September I will have my own child to take care of 24/7 . If I were in Florida and at my home I think it would be better, but going to everyone elses house and being away from my computer/phone service/Ted connection bothers me. We have spring which doesn't work at ALL in Tatum and not very well anywhere else which is sucks because any chance I get to talk to Ted I want to be able to do so...We don't get to talk much anymore now that he's actually working on the planes and no longer driving the big ole bus...

I never posted about our lovely little Weezy...our Westie got extremely sick a few weeks ago on a Saturday and had to stay the night in the animal hospital. We love our dogs...they have been our babies since we had them and it broke my heart seeing him so sick... I didn't think he was going to make it.. But I'm happy to say that he is back to his fun, full of energy little self. I have been trying to get them to the groomer since I've been home but the groomer has been busy but finally told me to bring them in tomorrow morning!! I'm so happy about that, they need it so bad and it makes them feel so much better. Ted also talks to them on skype...it's pretty funny to watch them stare at the speakers and turn their heads like they are wondering why they can hear their daddy but they can't find him!

I will start getting pictures on here soon, but my camera has been through alot and Ted took the newer/better one to Japan with him BUT since he is such a sweeeeet amazing husband he is buying us the Nikon D60 in a couple of weeks and I plan on reading up on it alot and taking some wonderful little pictures. I constantly dream of the day Gage and I get to pick Ted up at the airport....and taking pictures of them meeting for the first time! I can't wait!!... I found the cutest little onsies for him to wear that I am ordering...and It's not a surprise because Ted has already seen them so I'm going to post a picture or two.. I still haven't decided which one I like better,

I guess I have awhile to decide on that though...but for now I'm going to get offline because my back is killing me (big surprise, right?) and this chair doesn't help one bit. Later taters

Being the headlines, not just watching them

Recently we have been doing a lot of high visability missions and a few of the things we are in on are in the headlines. The way things work here are crazy. One day they say I am going to Australia, the next it could be canceled, then its we are losing our perdium to $3.50 in Australia, then that goes to $50. All of this is based on other countries actions and what the Generals and the President want. Last night at the meeting for Australia turns out that is canceled and now I am going to Thailand, I hope heh. Looking at the hotel on the internet its going to be fun.

On another good note, most in the military do not know but when you get promoted in the Navy you get paid for the promotion later, depending on how well you did, could be one month, 6 months or 9 months after you get promoted. Well I just found out I start getting paid next month putting me in that first group and I am very happy.

So far I have gotten two days off this first month, back to work 12 hours a day...really hope Thailand goes.

First Time Off Base

Today was my first day off in 18 days, so four of us went out to the town to look around. We quickly found out how it is to not understand anybody or know where we were. We took a cab to eat sushi but that place was closed and we could not read what time they opened. So we started walking and found a little steak diner type place. I ate the Yakisoba which is pork, noodles and stir fried veggies. It was only 500 yen which is about $5, and it is rude to tip, so it was pretty cheap. From there we got the waitress to call us a cab to go near gate two where all of the concession malls and bars are. We walked around for about 3 hours looking at everything. The translation to English is very funny, I have a few pictures of the signs and messed up English wording. Right now my chief is about to cook us some steaks.

From Japan

From Japan

As far as work goes, I have been driving a bus. It is a standard and has air brakes, so I have to drive on the wrong side of the road and shift gears with my left hand. I should be done bus driving next week and back to my shop just in time to goto Australia, which I hope goes. Other then that everybody has been working hard because of North Korea.

From Japan

Peyton is doing great, and so is little gage. We had a scare recently with our little Westie, Weezy. He ate something he wasn't suppose to and had to goto the vet and was very close to dieing but he is doing great now. And here is a grass ninja

From Japan

Peyton

When Peyton first thought of the idea of being married to somebody in the military, she thought that people do it all the time and that she just wanted to be with me. Now that I am deployed I am pretty sure she is having second thoughts, and that is an understatement.

One quality I saw in her while we were dating was her strength to handle anything thrown at her. Our first 9 months together in the military we were not together and she held strong. She has been through a lot and still tries to put on a chipper face for me when we talk.

I miss her more then I could ever imagine. You really do not know what these guys are going through until you do it. Before deployment we thought this would not be so bad, but we could not even understand how hard it was really going to be.

Peyton has started a family with me, just the dogs and soon to be Gage, but I am thankful every day she found something in me that she liked. She has blessed me with the love of a family and that is what makes me do what I do every day.

Baby I love you, and miss you so much. Hold strong and I will be home soon.