Made it through the first 24!

WELL WE MADE IT THROUGH THE 1ST 24 HOURS!!!! CHRISTINA, ABRAM, BILL AND KIMBER HAVE SPENT THE LAST 2 NIGHTS!!!! THAT HAS HELPED A TON! THE HOUSE SEEMS SO INCOMPLETE WITHOUT TOM BEING HERE! ON THE BRIGHT SIDE THOUGH HE HAS CALLED THREE TIMES...ONCE FROM DELAWARE AND TWICE FROM SPAIN! ALTHOUGH HE WASNT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE BASE THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A 24 HOUR LAYOVER IN SPAIN! THEY STAYED AT A NAVY BASE THAT TOM SAID WAS REALLY NICE...I TOLD HIM WE SHOULD HAVE JOINED THE NAVY BECAUSE OF ALL THE APPEALING DUTY STATIONS TOM AGREED THEN FOLLOWED IT WITH BUT I DONT LIKE THE WATER SO THAT WOULDNT HAVE WORKED! LOL! ELENA HAS BEEN SO WHINY AND CLINGY AND IM NOT SURE IF IT IS DADDY BEING GONE, THE NEW BABY COMING, HER ASTHMA ACTING UP OR JUST PLAIN BEING A 2 YEAR OLD!!!! I WORRY ETHAT SHE WONT REMEMBER HIM WHEN HE FINALLY MAKES IT BACK TO US! THE PREGNANCY IS GOING WELL....SO FAR SO GOOD....I AM REALLY TIRED AND ONLY GET NAUSEATED IF I WAIT TOO LONG TO EAT BUT ALL THIS IS A GOOD SIGN! BELLA HAS BEEN EITHER SUPER GOOD OR SUPER BAD! A BALANCE WOULD BE NICE OR JUST BEING GOOD 95% OF THE TIME WOULD WORK TOO. SHE TALKED TO TOM YESTERSAY WHEN HE CALLED FROM SPAIN AND SHE WAS ANSWERING YES AND NOS TO ALL HIS QUESTIONS THEN SAID "DADDY ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DRINK OVER THERE?" IT WAS SO CUTE TO SEE HER CONCERN AND MELTED MY HEART! SHES SUCH A LIL WORRY WART THAT SHE WILL PROBABLY BE CONCERNED OVER THAT THE WHOLE TIME HE IS GONE. BELLA AND TOM HAVE SUCH A GOOD RELATIONSHIP THAT I DONT WORRY ABOUT HER FORGETTTING HIM JUST THAT THIS WILL BE REALLY HARD ON HER HAVING HIM GONE! I AM NOT HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AWAY FROM HOME BUT THAT IS HIS JOB AND I AM PROUD OF HIM FOR SERVING HIS COUNTRY AND BEING WILLING TO GO AND HELP THOSE WHO ARENT ABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES! SO MANY ARE OPPOSED TO THE WAR AND ARE SO OUTSPOKEN ABOUT IT THAT IT HAS REALLY DIVIDED THIS COUNTRY....BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALL GODS CHILDREN AND THAT US BEING OVER THERE HELPING IS LIKE ONE BROTHER TAKING CARE OF ANOTHER IN THEIR TIME OF NEED! SOMETHING I KNOW TOM WOULD ALWAYS DO FOR TIM, TODD AND TROY!

15 mos & counting....

WELL THE DAY FINALLY CAME TO SAY OUR GOODBYES FOR 15 MOS!!!! IT SEEMS A LIL UNREALISTIC BUT IM SURE IT WILL HIT ME SOON....BELLA CRIED THE WHOLE WAY HOME SO LEN THOUGHT SHE NEEDED TO DO A SYMPATHY CRY WITH HER!!! SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED SHE JUST KNEW THAT BELLA WAS SAD AND WAS CRYING FOR DADDY SO SHE GAVE A WHINE EVERY FEW SECONDS FOLLOWED BY A "DADDY".....IT MADE THE SITUATION A LIL EASIER BECAUSE I HAD TO LAUGH EVERYTIME SHE DID IT!!!! HE WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO LEAVE TUESDAY SO HAVING 2 EXTRA DAYS WITH HIM WAS REALLY NICE! IT GAVE US A CHANCE TO GET ALOT MORE THINGS DONE AROUND THE HOUSE AND SPEND MORE TIME TOGETHER JUST LAYING AROUND! 4PM-6PM WILL BE THE HARDEST HOURS FOR ME CAUSE I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DAILY PHONE CALL LETTING ME KNOW HES ON HIS WAY HOME! I GUESS I WILL JUST HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING TO KEEP ME OCCUPIED DAILY FROM 4-6!!! ANY SUGGESTIONS???

HERE WE GO.....

SO TODD AND NICKI DECIDED WE NEEDED A BLOG SO HERE WE GO....IM NOT MAKING ANY PROMISES CAUSE IM SO BAD ABOUT THESE THINGS BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL KEEP US ALL IN TOUCH A LIL BETTER AND YOU CAN SEE CURRENT PICS(IF IM ON TOP OF THAT TOO!) OF THE KIDS AND THE PUPS! WE ARE DOING WELL HERE IN KILLEEN TX...WE JUST MOVED INTO OUR FIRST PURCHASED HOME!!! BELLA WILL BE 5 IN JUNE AND TALKS ABOUT FINALLY BEING 5 CONSTANTLY AND ELENA IS ALMOST 2.5 AND IS STARTING TO POTTY TRAIN HERSELF....A HUGE CHANGE FROM BELLA!!!! WE HAD TO BRIBE BELLA TO USE TO THE POTTY AND NOW LEN WANTS TO GO ON HER OWN!!! WOW! DONT BE FOOLED THOUGH...SHE IS SO MUCH MORE OF A HANDFUL THAN BELLA EVER HAS BEEN! AND NOW FOR THE EXCITING MOMENT.....FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOW WE ARE EXPECTING BABY # 3!!!! A VERY BIG SUPRISE CONSIDERING TOM WILL BE GONE FOR 15 MOS...THIS WAS NOT PLANNED BUT OH WELL WHATS DONE IS DONE AND NOW WE MOVE FORWARD! WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ESTIMATED DUE DATE WILL BE 11/25 BUT WE WILL SEE IF THAT CHANGES AFTER AN ULTRA SOUND!!!! WE ARE REALLY LOVING TEXAS....BEFORE YOU KNOW IT TOM WILL BE A COWBOYS FAN!!! (HA HA HA)- HE SAYS NEVER! LULU AND ZEPPELIN OUR BABY GIRL PIT BULL PUPS WILL BE 3 MOS ON THE 25TH. WE THINK ZEPPELIN IS DEAF....WE GO TO THE VET AGAIN ON THE 28TH SO WE WILL SEE!!! WE WERE SO GLAD TO HAVE MOM AND DAD WILSON OUT HERE THIS LAST WEEKEND AND WERE A LIL SAD THAT THEIR TRIP WAS SO SHORT BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE THEM HERE TO SEE TOM BEFORE HE LEAVES AND TO HELP US HERE IN THE NEW HOUSE! DADS HELP SAVED US CAUSE I DONT THINK WE COULD HAVE GOT ALL THESE THINGS DONE WITH OUT HIS HELP!!!! ANYWAY.....THIS IS PRETTY ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT OVER TIME I WILL WORK ON GETTING THE HANG OF IT!!!!!