im so blessed...

after getting some really sad news today i am feeling completely blessed with my life.

i got a text from my sister telling me that a friend of ours had a stillborn baby girl last night. i will start by saying this friend is the most deserving person. i have never met anyone that deserves a baby more then she does. her and her husband arent able to have children and have been trying to adopt for many many years but it just wasnt working out. that is until 9 months ago they get a call saying they have been matched with a birth mother and they were soooooooo excited. they found out it was a girl and had decided to name her ashlyn. fast forward to last night, they get a call about 630pm telling them its "time" so they rush to the hospital and "ashlyn" is stillborn. i dont have all the details i just know she died during delivery. my heart aches for her and all the families involved.

it really makes me realize how blessed i truly am. thank you Lord for my 4 beautiful healthy children. i am soooooooo glad you chose me to be jordan, taylor, brady and parkers mom!! :)

i hate that word....

i have decided that i HATE any word that starts with "de" especially if it ends in "ployment"!! yep thats right we are looking at a 4th deployment:( i know its still awhile away but it still stresses me out. i LOVE being a marine wife but i dont love having to say goodbye to my love! i hate that my kiddos have to go thru this again but i guess thats part of being a marine family! i dont know how to feel? do i feel sad, mad, angry or proud or maybe a little of all of them?? i LOVE my hubby sooooo much and cant stand to be away from him for a day idk how im gonna do 12 whole months? i know your probably thinking "well youve already done it 3 times whats one more?" well for starters this will be the longest one, he will miss everything! mine and all the kids bdays, our anniversary, all the holidays...what im trying to say is that in the near future i will be a single mom for 12 full months! ugh!!!

well enough about that!! im gonna enjoy having the hubby here for the next several months! i'll worry about the dreaded "D" word when it gets a little closer!!

my crazy schedule...

let me start by saying i LOVE my kiddos but geez this schedule is about to wear mom out!! with the 3 oldest and the hubs playing ball it is a crazy life right now!! besides my normal motherly and wifely duties here is what my schedule looks like!!

mon-fri:
7:15am- wake up
7:30am- jordan leaves for school
8:00am- take brady and taylor to school
8:30am- pick up joey and james (the boys i babysit) who i love and adore
11:30am- lunch
12:30pm- take parker and james to school
1:00pm- joey nap time
2:45pm- jordan home from school
3:00pm- pick up tay, brady, parky, & james
4:30pm- drop james and joey off

ok thats my everyday schedule now on top of that i will add the rest!!

mon- 5:30pm tay has practice
tues- 5pm jord has practice, shawn (the hubs) has a game or two
wed- 5pm tay practice
thurs- 5pm jord practice, 6pm brady practice and shawn has a game or two
fri- 5pm brady practice
sat- 9am, 1030am, 12pm softball/baseball games, 530pm church
sunday is the only day we have nothing on the schedule

yep you are seeing that right that is 6 days of ball and it is crazy!! did i mention i do all the practices with very little help from the hubs? he works late and therefore he cant help very often! i dont know how i keep my sanity!! i guess its because i wouldnt have it any other way! my kiddos get whatever they want and i would never tell them they cant do something just cuz it might be a lot of work or stress for me! if they want to fly to the moon i would MAKE it happen!!:) i have NEVER been happier then i am right now! i dont know how my life could get much better!!

here goes nothing...

well i guess im starting a blog!!:) ive never really given it much thought but after reading a few friends it seems like something i should have started a long time ago!! so here goes!! i think it will be fun to be able to vent and not have to worry about pissing someone off or making my hubby listen all the time!!:-) just an fyi im not great with grammar but hey at least it will be fun to find all my grammatical errors...lmao!! as u can see i NEVER use caps or any kind of punctuation (except exclamation points)!!! i also use a lot of "text talk" when i type!! i got some VERY exciting news today!! my baby, parker, stood up for 75 seconds yesterday!!! for the ones that know me that is HUGE!! he is getting soooo big and doing so much more everyday! i think he might actually walk this year!! WOW!! it makes me cry to think about how far he has come!! im a very proud mama right now!!:-)