Busy, busy, busy...

Wow! It seems like it's been forever since I posted my last blog. But anyways, onto the important stuff...

Bruce is officially no longer a sailor in the United States Navy. We are so happy that he will be home next weekend. I can't believe it. We won't ever have to be apart as a family again. The movers are coming to pack up  our stuff on the 25th and Bruce is hitting the road on the 26th. Yay!

Today was Mark's 51st birthday and it was such a busy day. It started off with me making cupcakes for his party tonight. I made golf themed ones. It was so much fun. Then once they were home from church and the kids were down for their naps, Lisa and I got started on sanding down the joints in her bedroom in preparation for painting. We were covered in dust! Ugh! A shower was a must at this point. I showered and got ready for the party and it was so much fun. All the boys were here, minus Bruce.

After the party ended it was time to give the kids a bath and put them to bed. Lisa and I got started on cleaning up the sanding dust and then we got the primer on the wall. We are freaking exhausted. Tomorrow we are painting and then we will be done with her room. Next is the master bathroom and then we are going to do the guest bathroom and then finally the kitchen and finishing the hallway.

Now it's off to dreamland for me...

Progress...

Oh my gosh! I am exhausted. After a 3 day marathon of redoing little man's room we are finally done. I am exhausted. I am so excited. But he was NOT happy about not being allowed in his room for two days.While I was carrying out his toys the other day he was excited at first about having those toys in the living room, but after realizing that they were ALL out there he sat in the floor in front of his door saying "No, no, no..." and he was crying the whole time. It was pitiful. Needless to say he has been depressed all day. It has been so sad. But when he gets home tomorrow he gets to go into his new room! I can't wait to see his face!

Bruce is on his way back to the states right now! I am so excited! I hate that I won't know anything about where he is until he gets to Atlanta. I do know that he is flying through Rome though! Can we say jealous wife?! But I am so happy that he gets to at least go through Rome. That is amazing!

I have cancelled all of our services out there in San Diego (Directv, AT&T, etc...). I changed our insurance information and it lowered it $30 a month. Whoo hoo! I have put together a list of everything that Bruce has to do in order to get the move done quickly and get out of there without any issues. I am just hoping that the Navy gets their butts in gear and gets this move set up quickly. I want him home and so does Bruce Jr. I can't even imagine how little Bruce is going to react when he sees his Daddy show up here! I don't know how I am going to keep myself composed when he gets here. I am crying now just thinking about him coming home and the two of them being together again.

Well, I am off to relax and get some sleep. I am so tired!

Deployment is over!

Well, I woke up to an email on my phone from Bruce saying that he doesn't have to finish out his deployment since he is getting out. They are sending him home along with 2 or 3 other sailors that are going on home emergency leave. I am still in shock a little bit but we are so excited. He will be home in San Diego next week and from there he will have to take a class about living in the "civilian world" and then we are hoping that he can get the move set up quickly and once our house is all taken care of and his keys turned in then he will be driving to Tennessee.

Sadly I will NOT be returning to San Diego. It is killing me that I will not be able to say goodbye to my friends. I can't believe that I won't see them anymore. But it is what is best for our family. But there is an upside, Alicia, Rob and Chase are moving to Norfolk this year so we will be able to see them.

I am still in shock over all of this. I can't wrap my head around the fact that I won't be back in San Diego. I won't ever be in that house again. I won't go to the Mission Valley mall again, Chevy's, etc...

I am just so glad that this is going to be over soon. We will be together in Tennessee and we won't ever have to be apart again. I couldn't be more excited about that.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles...

I am so exhausted! I've had a cold for a few days and my cold symptoms aren't that bad, but the cold itself has been sucking up all of my energy. I just can't get up energy to do anything.

Anyways, I got little man his big boy bedding. It has trains, cars, planes and boats on it. It's adorable! I got it for a little over $40 at a consignment store. I went home and looked up the bedding and oh my gosh! I got an incredible deal. If I were to buy that bedding at full price it would all cost over $400! I can't believe this! It came with the bumper, comforter, mobile, valance, light switch cover, socket covers, lamp shade and a bed skirt. When we put him in his toddler bed we are going to sell the bumper and mobile. He loves the stuff! When he seen it he just kept saying "Wow! Wow!" It was adorable! When I go to get him up from his nap and in the morning he doesn't want to leave his crib. That just makes me so happy that I found that stuff!

Seeing how Thanksgiving and Christmas completely destroyed my diet and exercise routine I am going to start the Special K diet tomorrow. I am so freaking excited!