Life as an MP's Wife

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

My Top 5 Songs For This Deployment

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Sooo...my friend Christina over at Married to a Sailor: The Journey of a Navy Wife is having a contest called 'While you're Away" wanting us to list our top 5 songs while our sweeties are gone. http://thejourneyofanavywife.blogspot.com/2010/06/while-youre-away-contest-150-followers.html

These songs really mean a lot to me and help me through this deployment so please read them and don't forget to vote for me! =)

#1: God Gave Me You- Dave Barnes: For some reason, a good one I think, ever since Bo left I have been on a Christian music kick. I mean its pretty much all that I listen to with the exception of the other songs listed below. "God Gave Me You" is about his love for his wife(so I just reversed it) and it really tells a good message about through the ups and down and tough periods(deployments) and that no matter what God gave your loved one to you. I always think about how blessed I am that God gave me Bo and that is special to me. Also, for like the past week EVERYTIME I get in the car, this song plays. It makes me cry(in a good way) because its like God knew I needed to hear this song.

#2: Smile-Uncle Kracker: This song always made Bo and I laugh and *smile* at each other when we hear it. in the car. When he left we loaded it on his Ipod and he promised to listen to it every night. I put it on my Ipod too and listen to it all the time and think about him smiling at me. When I am having a rough day, this is definitely a song that I have to listen to multiple times.

#3: Together-Michelle Branch: The first part of this song is my favorite, where it talks about how it doesn't matter how many miles apart we are our love is still strong and all I see is you and me. This song just makes me think about all the fun times we have had together and how I am looking forward to making millions more when he gets back home. "We belong together like the morning stars and midnight" =) This is just such a perfect song to describe our love. Ah.. can't wait for him to be home!!

#4: She's Everything-Brad Paisley: Obviously this is a song that Bo says reminds him of me. He used to play this song all the time when we were dating and would point out that I had yellow running shoes, said cuss words when it came to money and that I was his unborn children's mother. It was so cute=) So now I listen to it for comfort, when I'm not able to talk to him, its like its him saying it to me. Gets me every time.

#5: Praise You In This Storm-Casting Crowns: This song doesn't necessarily represent Bo and I as a couple, but when I first hear this song the first thought that ran through my mind was where Bo was at and how the war that he is apart of is like the "storm" in the song and with all that is going on around him he can still praise God and that God is with him and watching over him. The first time I heard this song, I think I replayed it like 10 times and then bought the ringtone for it for when Bo called. This song brings me comfort and reassurance. Comfort and reassurance because I know that God is with Bo while he is in harms way.

I love you sweetie! Can't wait to see you soon!!!!

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Never forgotten--Memorial Day

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With Memorial Day being tomorrow I thought that I should do a blog about Memorial Day and give a much deserved thank-you to all of those who have served our country and fallen for it. I don't think that before I married into the Army that I thought all that much about Memorial Day. I guess because I was young and it didn't personally effect me I just thought of it as any other holiday and also it was when all the pools opened up. However, now that I am married and my husband serves in our military I have found that I have a more understanding and gratitude for the day.

Even though, my endless thanks will never do justice to the sacrifice that so many fallen soldiers gave for our country, it is a start to doing what Memorial Day is supposed to do, give memory to those who have lost their lives for our country. Tomorrow, after I attend a birthday party for my friend Lindsey's little boy, Carter, I am going to go the memorial wall outside of the Pratt Museum and pay my respects to those who have died serving their country. If you are interested, there is a song on my play list called, "Thank You" and it is a great patriotic song expressing thanks to those who serve and have fallen for us. In closing, I just want to say thank you so much for those who have gave the ultimate sacrifice and you are not forgotten but forever in our hearts.

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Please tell me that I am not the only one with bedtime issues!!

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Sooo...for what I am picking up from my fellow wives that have deployed husbands is that going to bed is an issue. Here it is almost 1am and I am still up blogging on here instead of in my bed fast asleep. If it counts for anything I was dozing off on the couch watcing Avatar, but my oh so sweet Hubby decided to get on the computer so I have since been up talking with him. Anyways, now that he has to go back to work I am left with my second burst of energy and not tired at all. Can you feel me on this? Its not that I don't want to sleep, I desperately do since I know that Prince Mason will be up bright and early around 6am wanting to see his sweet mommy and give her hugs and kisses, but now I am not tired....hmmmm....do I get off here and lay in bed for an hour letting my mind wonder off to what Bo is doing and whether he is out on a patrol or whatever, or do I sit on the computer and browse the web and facebook til I become a zombie? I probably should get off and go to bed, I guess I'll try that when I get done.

While I am on the subject of bedtime issues, another person in my household has problems with going to sleep and that would be Prince Karsen. Before Bo left bedtime was not an issue, there was no crying, getting up a million times, and giving mommy the sadest look in the whole wide world before bed. Now, let's just say its a battle...After a seemingly forever couple months of this(during school I just gave up because it is hard enough trying to study when you have two little ones to tend to, not alone at 10pm at night after being exhausted from taking care of the kids all day) I decided that I needed to get this issue resolved before Bo and Brianna came this summer. So my wonderful friend Naomi suggested sleep training...Apparently it is where you sit in the room while they fall asleep and then gradually each night move closer to the door until you are no longer in the room with them. Tonight was my first go at this. About thirty minutes into this experiment, I was ready to give up. I didnt think it was working at all. But after some great encouragement from Mrs. Naomi, at an hour and three minutes Prince Karsen was fast asleep. Yes, this was just the first night, but I do have faith that it will get better as the days go.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

"Mommy WOW I'm a big kid now!!"

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Now for my promised blog on my adventures of potty-training with Karsen. So I have tried the potty-training several times in the past, once when he was like 18m(crazy, I know) then again when he turned 2, and now that he is almost 2 and a half. Everyone always tell me that you'll know when they are ready, of course I didn't listen to them because I thought that if I worked hard enough at it I could make it happen. Well, I am big enough to admit I was wrong because this try at potty-training has gone sooo much better than the attempts in the past.

So Saturday was the last day Karsen wore diapers. Yes, we have several accidents each day until yesterday, but at least he was getting the concept and telling me he had to pee and then going to the potty. As each day has progressed he has had fewer and fewer accidents...AND...yesterday was accident free for my big boy!!! I hope that you can feel my excitement! My goal was to have him potty-trained before Bo came home for R&R so I am sooo proud of myself. So now he is in underwear all the time(with the exception of bedtime-we have a pull-up for then-I hear that that sometimes takes a little longer the younger the child) and he even poops in the potty(Whoo-Hoo!!) It is nice to only have to change one little prince's dirty diaper than two!

So Karsen's reward for being such a big boy and going pee-pee in the potty...some smashing new underwear(Camo like daddy and hopefully some McQueen undies when I can find some in his size) I must say that I am really proud of Karsen and also proud of myself for sticking through with potty-training this time. Now...my next feat will be to convince Karsen to go pee in a public potty...wish me luck with that one.

Oh I just want to add...I must say, little boy's underwear is perhaps the cutest things I have ever seen=)

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

My attempt as a photographer...

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So I have always loved taking pictures, especially since the boys were born. I like to think of myself as an ok photographer, just really do it for fun, not to ever make any money out of it. I would love to build up a portfolio one day and actually take pics for some side money, but I dont know if that would ever happen. I also enjoy editing the photos I take and making them look even better, lol. I guess my joy is when I go to Walmart to print them and then get harassed by the photo people because they think I am trying to print professional photos which are copyrighted.

I am more of a self-taught photographer, I tend to just look at other's pictures and pick up ideas that I try to do and put my twist on them. I would love to take a photography class one day, but right now I feel like I really need to just take the classes I need to graduate and get my degree first before I go off and pic up extra baggage. I have taken some pictures of my family and friends and I like the way that they have turned out but I want to add to my portfolio and take more, my friend Lindsey is going to brave it out and let me take some pics of her and her husband and their kids while he's back for r&r so hopefully I will do well on them. Here are some photos that I have done=)

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My day today...Blah!

9:50 PM |

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So now that school is out I should have no choice but to be able to blog more regularly....So here goes me trying...Today has just been one of those days. My military girls out there you know where I am coming from. Bo has been gone almost 5 months now and I have been really proud of myself for keeping it together so well. Please dont take my keeping it together as me not missing him because I do very much, but I try and pride myself when I can talk to him on the phone and think about him and not get emotional and sad. I like to think he wouldnt want to see me sad and the kids to see me like that so I try and not act like that. However, today has just been one of those days when I just cant help but be sad that he is not here right now. I am not complaining because I understand and fully support his job and the sacrifices he makes but it does make me sad that he is missing so much of Karsen and Mason's life this year while he is away.

I think what really made me think about it was when I was making the boys' Father's Day presents for him. I made each a little book that says "My daddy and me" and has 8 pages and each have a pic of the Karsen and daddy and Mason's has him and daddy. Since I am on the kick, I will just go ahead and tell what the whole book says because I think it was oh so sweet and I am proud of myself for making it...The first page says "My daddy and me are the best of friends," 2nd pg, "we love to wrestle and play around," 3rd pg, "my daddy teaches me many things," 4th pg, "one day I want to be just like him," 5th pg, "he isn't always around, sometimes he has to go away," 6th pg, "but when he is gone, a piece of him is always near," 7th pg, "my daddy is my hero, the one I look up to," 8th pg, "Happy Father's Day Daddy! I love you!

Now that I have explained the whole book lol, you can probably see why this made me tear up, I see the pics (especially of Mason-I guess cause babies change so fast) with Bo and the kids before he left and I just think about all that Mason has done since--sitting up GOOD, crawling, cruising, getting his 4 teeth, pulling himself up, saying mama and dada, clapping his hands...but that is why I take lots of pics and always tell Bo when these things happen so that atleast he knows even though he cant always see. Karsen is getting so big too with him talking so well and now potty-training(Ill blog about that later) so I really hope that Bo likes his father's day gifts from the boys. I also made handprints with their hands and am going to make cards that open up to the width of their arms that says, "I love you this much."

Anyways, back to my orginal point to this blog and how everyone has their days during deployments when it gets to you I was having one today. But you know talking about it makes it feel so much better. Honestly, something that makes me feel better(as silly as it sounds) is looking at my tattoo about Bo. I dont know why, maybe the meaning behind it and what it means to me but it comforts me. I ll attach a pic for those of you who havent seen it yet. Anyways, that is all for now...Have a good night!

Labels: deployment, father's day, love, military, tattoos |

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Monday, May 24, 2010

Can I getta redo!

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So, sometimes I get these whims to redo stuff and paint so last week I decided to redo my living room and hallway. I was so tired of looking at these awful plaid couches that I inherited with my husband(sorry babe, I still love you though, lol) so I decided to get some couch covers to put over them because they are really comfortable, just not my choice of color. I decided to go with a neutral wall color for possible resale value, even though we have no desire to sell our house anytime soon or really anytime at the moment. I really like photo collages and decided to attempt my own version of one using some of my existing frames and getting some smaller new ones. I think that it turned out really well. I also bought some new matching lamps and lamp shades. Oh and I repainted all of the trim and baseboards. Let me tell you, that is a job! My biggest prise would have to be the end tables and coffee tables that I got off of campbellyardsales.com for $40 and I just spray-painted them and I think they look awesome. I really hope that Bo likes it when he comes home!!! There are still a few final touches that I need to add but overall I am very happy with the way it turned out! Ok, now that I am done bragging about my accomplishments, I will go for now=)