Mom's Day/Ranger Day

Today is Mother's Day. I'm all alone in Texas because Justin is in Georgia at Benning again to have his try at Ranger School. I pray he does well and can make it as a first time go so he'll be done in July. I hate being alone and it hasn't even been a full day yet and I'm miserable. The day before he had to leave we went and found out the gender of our little baby. We had the Ultrasound Tech put whether it was a girl or a boy in an envelope so we could find out a more fun and creative way. Katy, a girl I work with said she would put it all together for us and I couldn't be more grateful. We decided that we would get a big box and either blue balloons or pink balloons would pop out as soon as Justin and I opened the box. I saw the idea on Pinterest. I hardly go on there, I don't have one and don't really know how it's used but I was on it one day at work and saw that and said I would like to do that. Thankfully Katy is creative and took on the whole project! She even made me a t-shirt that say Oh Boy! It was so much fun to find out this way and seeing the look on Justin's face was so amazing. I won't ever forget it. I know he's so happy and excited to have a little baseball player. :) Yesterday he had to leave. We woke up early, I took him to the airport and 4 hours later I was on my way back to the airport to pick him up because of many issues with the airplane and booking. Obviously I was so happy to have a few more hours with him but it meant we had to say goodbye again. That sucked. I stayed up and waited for him to get to Dallas, then Columbus and then his hotel. I was able to talk to him a little bit today but then he sent me a text, Well Minners, this is it... So sad to see that but finally he's there and starting and that means we're that much closer to being back together again. I can't wait for my sister to get down here to help me not be so pitifully sad. She's a great cook and baker so I'm sure she'll help me eat a whole lot healthier than I do. Oh yes, today is Mother's Day. They say that since I have a baby in me that I get to celebrate it also. I wish I wasn't alone to do this because it's sad but luckily I got a package from my family and it had my favorite pancake mix in it so that was lunch. I'm getting texts from family and even on Facebook people are wishing me a happy mother's day. It means a lot to me, more than they'll know. I cry whenever a new text or message comes to me. I'm a big cry baby lately. Probably has to do with Justin being gone so I'm crying for that, I cry just because I do, pregnancy hormones I suppose and I cry because this is the first time I haven't been with my mom for mother's day. I'm glad that I have so many sibilings up there and they can all be together. I can't see well through the tears and I don't want to continue crying so I will end this happy/sad post. :)

16 Weeks

Today marks 16 weeks of being pregnant. Hopefully I can get a picture of my belly since Justin is in the field and won't be able to do it. I don't like when he's gone. I'm always bored. I don't want to cook for just me so I end up eating like crap. I'm pretty sure that I will be going home for a few weeks when he goes to Ranger School. It'll be sad to quit working but I can't stay here all alone for 2 months at the least.
Last weekend I got to go home! It was much needed and a very good time. I landed around 11 something at night and Angie and Tember met me in the airport as well as my dad and his friend. Mom was in the car with the little girlies and I was so excited to see them!! Mom also brought my green salsa and chips from El Toro and rolls that Angie made. So yummy and needed since I hardly ate. Airlines really should feed their customers. They practically rob us anyways with the cost of airfare. When we got home Kalia woke up. :) Which obviously made me happy to be able to talk with her and hang out for a few before we went to sleep. I miss those girls more than anything. Angie made me a shirt that says Baby Dunkaroo Big Bird Nitro and it's amazing. Saturday I woke up at 6 and couldn't fall back asleep so I was up to shower at 7 and Kalia woke up after I was done so we went and made pancakes together. I miss those yummy Snoqualmie Falls pancakes. We went and saw Heidi at Starbucks, Connie at church and Jason and Kate at their home before we went to the bank and then to Melaque where a bunch of girls got together. I've missed good Mexican food as well. We then went home but only for a few minutes before we left again and went to meet Carrie at the mall where she gave me a Kate Spade diaper bag! Very nice and definitely something she shouldn't have done. We went with the family to The Rock for dinner where I had some major tummy pains but after a while they went away. Kalia made crayon pizza and it was a pretty fun time. Sunday was church and then the surprise party for my dad that none of us even knew about. Mom, Angie and I went to South Hill mall to look for maternity clothes and Rachel and Claire met us there. :) Then back home we went to hang out with the family and we had a game night. Lots of fun. I miss being home and having those nights. Monday we just took our time getting ready and then went to Half Price Books and Adriatic Grill. Last stop was my least favorite, the airport. Kalia cried and of course that broke my heart. She said you were sad so I was sad, you cried so I cried. Ugh, I hate leaving and cannot wait to go back. Oh and I can't forget about the t-shirt the little girls made me. So cute and probably one of my favorite t-shirts ever. They gave it to me Saturday night and told me what everything they painted on the shirt was. Seriously, I love those girls.
Since I've been back I've worked, slept, ate a little and watched t.v. Have I mentioned I hate when Justin is gone and in the field, I do. Next week will be just as miserable except I do have my doctor appointment so that's something to look forward to. Also can't wait until May 11th when we find out the sex of the baby!!
I suppose that's all for now. I wanted to document my trip before I forgot to. Apparently I'm not so good at this blogging thing after all. I hope to get better.

One Year.

Today marks one year since I moved away from everything I ever knew to live with my Army husband. Who knew this year would be so full of so many new and wonderful things. I've lived in 3 different states and have see many others. I've decided today I will tell the story of how we found out we were pregnant.
The day was January 28th and my little friend did not make an appearance so immediately I thought, well this could be something big. We had our friend's baby shower in Seguin that day so we drove 2ish hours south and were so happy to see them again! Sunday came and still nothing so I asked Justin to pick up a test after he left work. He came home not much later and so then I took the test. We were together to see the instant results of positive but then waited the few minutes they say to anyways. We both didn't know what to think or say. They also say it's best to take the test in the morning and since this was the early afternoon we decided I'd take another test the next day. Monday morning came, Justin went to PT and when he came back it was time to take the second test. Again, positive right away. So later that day I went to the doctor to take a real test and I think we all know the outcome of that one. :) That was quite a memorable day. I sometimes wish that I would have been able to surprise Justin with the news in some cute way but really am happy we foundnd out together that first day. It really feels like forever ago that we found out. I luckily haven't been sick much at all. The only real sickness feeling was after I took a prenatal but a whole sleeve of saltine crackers cured that right up. I guess you could call my diet a sickness too since for a long time I only wanted fast food. It's disgusting, I know. But what the belly wanted the belly got. I'm really glad I think I'm getting away from that now. I also had a bad habit of whatever was on t.v. I wanted or if someone at work would talk about a certain food then I just had to have it then. Thankfully that's gone away or at least I think so. My food intake has gone down a lot since just a few weeks ago. I don't feel like I need to eat everything on my plate anymore. Dinner can sometimes be a struggle and also brings weird combinations like last night when I ate 2 eggo waffles, cheetos and a bowl of cereal. Cereal, oh cereal. That happens at least twice a day! I was also all alone last night since Justin had to work and who wants to cook for one person? I'm going to be in trouble when he goes to Ranger school and I am all alone for a long time. Who wants to come to Texas and cook for me and keep me company? Angie. Good. Thanks.
It's time for us to go get some fruit snacks. Yes, that is my latest love and go to a Town Hall meeting. What fun!

13 Weeks

Here goes nothing. This is my first blog post ever. I wanted to start one of these a long time ago, like a year ago a long time ago. That worked well, huh? Almost a year ago today I moved to Alabama to live with my husband who is in the Army, if any of you don't know. That was quite possibly one of the hardest things I've ever gone through. I'm a family person and everything I ever knew was in Washington. The year has gone by quick with a whole lot of excitement. I met a lot of wonderful wives at Fort Benning and I miss them all so much now that we're at different Army posts. I was able to see a lot of Justin's trainings and be able to be there for his graduations from his trainings. I was able to go home a few times which helped a lot! We also went to Maui for our 1 year anniversary and it was so great to go back to my favorite place ever. Well Maui isn't my favorite place, Hawaii is. Mostly Kaua'i. I'm bummed we won't get to make our annual trip this year but hopefully next. Anyways, we then moved from Alabama to Texas and my mom and sister, Angie, got to experience the whole thing with us. It was stressful but a fun trip. We spent a night and a morning in New Orleans eating the famous foods of there, my favorite was the Beignets from Cafe Du Monde. Our next stop was Houston, TX. Lame. Justin, Mom and Ang will all agree with me. And then we made it to our destination, Fort Hood, TX. Texas is no Washington but for now it's our home away from home.
I was able to go home from November to January and that was amazing! It's always the best thing to be able to go home and see all my family and friends that I miss so much. Justin was able to come home for a few days for Thanksgiving and then a little longer for Christmas. In December we went to Vancouver with my mom, Cody and Angie. Good times in Canada, eh? Christmas time was fabulous to be able to see all our family  and just to spend some quality time together.
January brought me back to Texas where I decided it was time to maybe look for a job. I wasn't all so excited to look for a job when I could lounge around all day. :) So maybe that's why it took until February to find the job. It was probably part that and that there were hardly ever any openings for what I wanted. However, before the job came another surprise. We found out I was pregnant with our first precious baby on January 30th. The next Monday I was offered a job at a bank here on post. Lots of big changes in a short amount of time. But that's enough about the job, let's talk more about this baby! Actually, I'm too tired to tell the story of how we found out about little Baby Dunkaroo so that will have to wait until tomorrow. I need to eat my second bowl of cereal for the day now.
P.S. I think I might like this whole blogging thing. :)