WOW!!!

WOW!!!

Soooooo much has changed since the last time I blogged! Where do I begin?!?!?

Tom came home on May 1 and on May 11 was given the chance to take leave for 30 days. We opted to start leave late since Bella was still in school. She graduated from Kindergarten with an adorable ceremony on May 26. As soon as the ceremony was over we loaded the rest of the car and headed out to Denver. While in Denver we were able to see several family members, friends and take the kids to the Denver Zoo. We enjoyed the break from the Texas heat and humidity!!!! While in Denver we were also able to take Slade to see Dr. Andrews-one of the docs I worked for at Denver Allergy and Asthma....Slade had been having a lot of congestion since he was about 2-3 mos old and we tried several things to get rid of it with no success. We even tried changing his formula thinking all the congestion was being caused from an allergy to milk...no success! Dr A did a few skin tests on him and turns out all his nasal and chest congestion was being caused from a severe allergy to dogs!!!! We debated whether we could make the dogs become outdoor dogs and try to control the symptoms with medications but a couple of visits to houses with dogs there sent him into wheezing and we realized that the best thing for Slade was to re home the pups!!!! Now I know that they drove me INSANE while Tom was gone and they are naughty BUT I love those dogs and it was a very hard thing for me to do. Lulu went to Sheila Miles home and Zeppelin went to Tasia and Chris Boyntons home. They both are at great homes where they will be loved and they are both at places where I will still be able to see them for now!!!! We love them and miss them so much!

Gabriella celebrated her 6th birthday on June 20 with a swim party with pizza and a pinata! There were quite a few people here and we all had a lot of fun. She had a great school year and still loves Animal Planet-in fact that was the bday party theme! She wants to be an animal cop when she is older!

Elena is 3 1/2 yrs old now and quite the Lil singer! She loves Julianne Hough, Taylor Swift and Journey! While in Denver my mom gave us a karaoke machine and she loves it and uses it as often as possible! She also shares in her sisters love of animals!

Slade is almost 7 mos old. He is such an amazing baby! He smiles sooooo much and is almost always happy! He is sitting on his own and just today he attempted to get on his knees! It wont be long before he is crawling. He has no teeth and loves baby food! He started saying Da Da this week...it is soooo dang cute! His breathing and congestion is so much better since the dogs went to their new homes! We are really hoping someday he outgrows this allergy!

We celebrated 4th of July by having Tiffany, Kayden and Tiffany's friend Julie come for a visit. We had a BBQ at our house with several friends then Tom and Tiff lit fireworks! It was a very fun weekend!

We have had a busy couple months since Tom has come home and I don't think its going to stop anytime soon although we are hoping he will be home 1-2 yrs before another deployment!!!! Carlos will be coming home in about 6 weeks from his deployment and Celia is now working at Wells Fargo part time! Clint and Leste are expecting a baby Jan 25...I'm betting a boy! Mia is almost 7, Kylie just turned 3 and Marcus will be 1 next week!!! Time is flying! WOW!!!!

The Wait is OVER!!!!

It is done! Tom is finally home safe from the sandbox! After about 15 different arrival dates and times.....he and the rest of his company returned about 1am on Thurs night/Fri morning! We are so glad to have him home!!!! The kids missed him so much and I cant even begin to describe how much I missed him. He is my best friend, the person I turn to when times are hard and Im frustrated with life. He is the one person who gets me.....good and bad! I am so glad he is here to help me with the raising of our children again! and ESPECIALLY the raising of dogs!!!! We have no pics to put on here because I dropped the camera about a month ago and have yet to get a new one!!!! WELCOME HOME TOM!!!!

Must Be A Deployment Moment....

On Friday while I was holding Slade getting ready to feed him he projectile vomited...no warning or anything. I mean this stuff shot across to the other side of my king size bed, all over him, all over me and up into my eyebrows!!!! Wow-poor baby! He smiled as soon as it was over but I was a lil freaked out so I called the Dr and took his temp which was 99.1. The Dr called back and told me that unless his fever spiked or it continued to happen it was prob a fluke thing and it was OK. He was fine the rest of the day although he did have an explosive poop diaper at Target that evening so I decided not to worry. That Target poop must have opened the flood gates cause the next morning he woke up with super runny poop. 2 days later he still has the super runny poop so my guess is a lil touch of the stomach flu but thank goodness he has no fever and is still super happy and smiles every time I talk to him. The reason for that story is because I was in the process of getting ready to change him and feeding him pedialyte when Bella came bursting into my room and announced that there was toilet water everywhere. I asked her if they had splashed it or if it coming out of the toilet and she told me the toilet was going crazy. I put Slade down and ran to the other room to discover the toilet was indeed going crazy!!!! I quickly shut off the water...(something I learned in Florida because this is not the first time this has happened to us!) and called my mom and then Christina. I changed my poor son and started cleaning it up with the small wet/dry shop vac we have. There was about an inch of standing water and carpets going into the 2 bedrooms and the living room were soaked with water about 1.5 feet into the rooms. After Christina got alot of the water soaked up I had to shampoo carpets! This has really been a fun filled wknd with discovering a dead mouse in Aubrey's kitchen, Aubrey's dog being in heat, running errands with 5 kids and the toilet water attempting to play "Katrina" in my house!!!! I think I heard my house and dishes crying for Celia the other day begging for her return! Aubrey says she is going to write a book called Deployment Moments and that my toilet water incident will get its own chapter!!!

P.S. SORRY NO PICS...COULDN'T FIND THE CAMERA IN THE CHAOS!!!!
P.S.S A BIG THANK YOU TO ISAAC LEWIS FOR LEAVING ME HIS WIFE(CHRISTINA) DURING THIS DEPLOYMENT...I COULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED WITH OUT HER!!!!

Slade's New Haircut

So after much anxiety and convincing from Tom....I did it...Slade got a haircut! Christina held him and I buzzed his hair! Now instead of his patches his hair will grow back evenly!!!

Hubby Tag......

I have been tagged more than once for this so here it goes.....

Husband Tag

what's your husbands name? THOMAS LYLE WILSON, TOM,SGT WILSON, DADDY, HON, BABE-HE ANSWERS TO ALL OF THESE

how long have you been married?6 YRS 4 MOS

how long did you date? WELL ITS A LONG STORY BUT BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED ABOUT 2 MOS

how old is he? HE WILL BE 29 ON 3/23

who eats more sweets? ME ME ME

who is a better singer?NEITHER SO I WILL SAY THE GIRLS ARE

who is smarter? WELL I GOT BETTER GRADES IN SCHOOL BUT HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT A LOT SO I THINK HIM

who does the laundry? WHEN HE IS HOME I DO IT DURING THE WEEK AND HE DOES IT IN THE WKNDS

who pays the bills?I PAY THEM BUT TALK TO HIM ABOUT THEM

who sleeps on the right side of the bed?ME

who mows the lawn?WHEN HE IS HERE....HIM NOT MY FAV THING TO DO AND HE IS REALLY GOOD AT THE YARD WORK

who cooks dinner?USUALLY ME BUT HE WILL IF I'M TOO TIRED OR ASK HIM TO

who drives? HIM

who is the first to say they are wrong? I AM THE 1ST TO SAY SORRY OR SMOOTH THINGS OVER...IS THAT THE SAME THING

who kissed who first? I KISSED HIM

who asked who out first? WE WERE FRIENDS FIRST SO I DON'T THINK ANYONE ASKED ANYONE IT JUST WENT TO THE MORE THAN FRIENDS LEVEL AFTER A WHILE

who wears the pants? HE LIKES TO LET ME THINK I DO BUT WE USUALLY MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER AND SOMETIMES I USE THE EASIER TO GET FORGIVENESS THAN PERMISSION CONCEPT

I tag: ALL MY FELLOW BLOGGERS

What happened here?!?!?!

So for whatever reason I seem to have the kids who lose all the beautiful hair they were born with. Bellas hair turned into a mullet and Lena went bald even though she didnt have much to start with. I had such high hopes for Slade and no such luck...this lil boy is losing all his hair too. His dad has told me just to buzz it all off but who buzzes a 6 week old babys hair??? What the heck is going on here...sad thing is its only a matter of weeks before I start losing my hair too. I know this because it happened when I had Bella and Lena....down the drain will go all my wonderful hair too to join Bellas, Lenas and Slades! Drano here we come!

Happy 1st Birthday Lulu and Zeppelin!

Today is the pups 1st birthday!!! I think I have one too many days where I sit and think what was I thinking getting puppies! They have had more fun with tearing up our new house, tackling my kids, house training and the latest Lulus traveling all over the neighborhood after digging out and crawling under the fence. The sad thing is they have been to obedience school and are still a handful!!! I do have to say I think there is a conspiracy in this house going on with them and the kids to make mom crazy so that dad can come home!!!! They were pretty good while Tom was home so that does give me hope as does the fact that soon they will leave this puppy behavior far behind them!!! In spite of all the bad behavior and the evil thoughts to serve them chocolate cake for their birthday(KIDDING!!!) I am happy we have them and hope they love their lives in our home!!! Happy Birthday Lulu and Zeppy!!!!