a year...

(well technically he won't be one till tomorrow but I had to get this up today so I can post about his big birthday party tomorrow)

Tough decisions...

11.01.2010

Myles had the day off from preschool. We had a tough decision to make. We could either stay home all day and clean and do laundry {or any one of the other 1,000,000 things I have to do} or we could drive into the city and go to the zoo. We decided to go to the zoo. It was a spectacular day. We made the right choice.

Can I just say how much I love living here? You know what our total cost to go to the zoo was? $0.00. That's right. It's free.

Halloween...

Scary. Sweet. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Lots of candy. Trunk~or ~Treat. Next day crankiness. Candy wrappers everywhere. Till next year...

What a year...

The past few days I have really be reflecting a lot on our lives this past year. It has been a crazy one. One year ago Matt left for Afghanistan. I was pregnant and heartbroken. I still cannot look at the pictures from the day he left without crying. So let me just review... In the past 365 days my husband left for a deployment. I gave birth to a pretty amazing little boy. I survive (only because of my mom) 7 months and five kids. We had a joyous reunion with Matt. We had a harder time acclimating to our new "normal" than we expected. We moved half way across the country. Matt started a new job that requires him to be gone way to much. We are having a hard time adjusting to our new "normal". I wish that in all of my reflecting that I could say that I survived this last year and am a stronger person because of it. I am not sure that is true. I had a lot of moments where I wasn't on my best. A lot of things I probably would have done differently. But I learned... No time like now to change things.