March 3, 2009 potd

Pinnochio is much more interesting than mommy

Febuary 28, 2009 potd

My pretty pretty princess

8 days and counting....

We are supposed to find out by next Friday whether or not Adam gets picked up to be a Warrant Officer. The board starts Monday so whenever they finish going through the candidates they post it online. It's kinda exciting, kinda scary. I guess that's true about anything unknown or uncertain. Keep him in your thoughts please!

A new Year....

Ok, so I'm REALLY sorry It's been 2 months since I've blogged, life has been crazy. First off, thank you all so much for your support but crazy enough....Adam did NOT get sent overseas. It's a long story but it was not his choice...I don't believe they sent anyone from his unit at all so I am very blessed to still have him home with me. Secondly, I have had my final ( hopefully) surgery. My skin removal & 2nd hernia repair. I'm still recovering seeing as how a month seems a lot shorter in "healing days" but so far so good. I had incredible support between my husband & kids, my Mom, my in-laws and my best friend Becky.....they saw to it that I was off my feet and resting for as long as possible. I've actually started a different blog to try to capture the year in pictures so feel free to check it out if you'd like. http://jewell365.blogspot.com/ Tomorrow the kids go back to school & Adam goes back to work. The kids are really ready but Adam, not so much. And so, I will try to do better with my blog this year but everyone knows how crazy life gets.

Here's a few recent pictures

It was just a matter of time I suppose

Not too many details as of yet but I wanted to let y'all know........Adam is being deployed. He'll probably leave at the end of October.

Who thinks these things up.

Fruit Gushers.......


Ok, I know I'm at fault here for buying these but come on people!! These are quite possibly the messiest things I've ever given my kids. They have "juice" in the center of these fruit snacks and it magically gets everywhere. Derek actually asks for the "messy fruit snacks"....that's gotta say something right there. sigh

Wow...It's been a while

So, tonight at dinner, a friend reminded me that its been FOREVER since I've blogged. Seriously, 5 months I think. Time just flies. The kids are in their preschool/mom's day out programs now. Derek goes 5 days & Kayleigh goes 3....it's a fabulous little break for me. I should be getting to the gym more but I've just been having some downtime for myself. Anyway, the kids are growing like crazy!! Derek has been so good since his school started, it's awesome. And Kay is just a little ball of energy. I seriously need to get her back into gymnastics. Her speech is really taking off now too. One of my favorite things to do now is listen to the conversations between her & Derek, It's a riot!!

As for me, In June I had a hernia repair surgery and have been holding up pretty well since. Now I've been approved for my skin removal surgery which is scheduled for December 1st. It's such an exciting idea but I'm also really scared as it's a really big surgery and the recovery scares me. I'm down exactly 100 pounds now and I'm really feeling good.

Adam is doing well. We're really excited he made E-7 as of September 1st so that rocks! He got to go to a wedding back in Jacksonville this month & had a really great time. It was just tough that the kids & I couldn't go but he was only gone 3 days. That's too tough & expensive to travel for 3 days.

My sister Jill is 34 weeks pregnant and not expected to stay pregnant much longer. The Dr told her today that she's dialating so now she has to take it easy. Too bad the Dr didn't explain that to my 3 year-old nephew...lol. Jill is having a girl this time, Jordyn. The kids and I are going home to Pennsylvania for the first 3 weeks in November to meet her & to spend time with my family. Adam's not gonna know what to do with himself. His boss will be on leave though having their family's first baby so Adam has to fill in and won't be able to go with us. So....that's all for now. I promise I will try to be better with keeping up, after all....I do have some time to do it while the kiddos are in school. Now I just have to remember.