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!

Returning to Tennessee!

So much has been going on since my last post!

First of all, Bruce is getting out of the Navy. We just decided that it was best to not reenlist. We will be home sometime this summer and we couldn't be happier. Yes, it will be harder to live here on our own, but it will be better for us. Little man will grow up around his family and I couldn't be happier about that. My Dad and I are still going to San Diego and get our affairs in order and once Bruce gets home from deployment we will set up the move and head to Rogersville!

But on the other hand, I can't believe we are leaving our life in San Diego. I am going to miss our friends so much. Alicia Holmes, Andrea Gritzinger, Taylor Montoya and Shaela Kilgore. And we have already lost so many friends due to them being transferred. It's just so hard. But it's nice to know that I will be able to have my friends here and know that I will have them the rest of my life and we won't have to say goodbye.

Ugh! When I think about all of the stuff that we are going to have to do over the next few months it kind of makes my head spin a little.

Sick and twigs...

I have been randomly sick since yesterday afternoon and I'm finally starting to feel better. I have no idea why I got sick, but I could not keep anything down. I felt horrible. I had horrible body aches and could barely sleep because my body couldn't get comfortable. But the worst part about being sick was not being able to see little Bruce. I hated it. But seeing his little face when I came out of my room today was amazing. I had missed him so much.

We had such a good afternoon though. My Dad came over this morning to watch him so I could try to rest, but after nap time I was feeling good. My only issue was the body aches. Those are the worst. But now I am 100% better.

Being sick made me really miss Bruce so before bedtime I broke out the home movie I brought with me so we could watch big Bruce. It was so cute! Little man just sat and started at the tv. He misses his Daddy so much. I had to pause it for something and he got super sad because he didn't want it to stop playing. I can't wait until the two of them can be together again.

When it was time to go to bed I kept hearing this scraping noise coming from a window in my room. It was so annoying. So here I am at 11:30 at night in my jammies going outside with a flashlight and scissors to cut off these little twigs or whatever they were from this tree thing. But I got the job done! That is another thing that really makes me miss Bruce. I wouldn't even have to ask Bruce to go take care of that, he would have just done it for me. I miss having him around.

I love you Bruce...

Awkward!

I had such a good day today. My Dad and I went to Kingsport to the mall and to see a movie and have dinner. We got to the mall a little before 12:00 and found out that the stores don't open until 1:00. So we just bought our movie tickets and walked around the mall until 1:20. And let me tell you this, Black Swan was not a movie I should have seen with my Dad. Oh my gosh! There was a lot of girl on girl and girls touching themselves. Oh my! It was so uncomfortable to sit next to my Dad and watch all of this. It was so weird.

After the movie we headed to Texas Roadhouse. We had an awesome dinner except for the fact that they ran out of Coors Light, so my Dad had to settle for Miller Light. HA HA

We headed back to Rogersville just in time for my little man to get home. I missed him so much. But tomorrow he is all mine! I am not letting out of my sight! I love that little guy!