Deployment Update

A couple weeks ago I told you that we were beginning Deployment #7.  Well, so far so good!  The kids have been so amazing since their Daddy left, which I am so thankful for.  Lulu stays in her bed at night, whereas she used to fight bedtime every single night.  She is also completely potty trained during the day.  She even uses the big potty all by herself.  It really shouldn't be a surprise.  She was two months old the last time my husband deployed and she was the easiest infant to take care of ever.  She rarely cried and she slept through the night.  She continues to amaze me on a daily basis.  She's not even 2 1/2 and she's potty trained, knows her colors and shapes and is already starting to count and identify letters.  She is just so independent and curious.  I love it!  She's also begun singing songs.  Her favorites are "Row Row Row Your Boat" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."  It is just too stinking cute!  Now if only I could get her to keep her clothes on....

E-Ray has been pretty good, too.  He is having so much fun with basketball and I truly love watching him play.  He's only 5, so one of the youngest on the team, but he does great for his age.  He had a takeaway in his game this past Saturday and was so proud of himself.  It just melted my heart to see how excited he was about it.  He's been doing well in school, too.  His reading has really taken off.  He tries to read all of the signs he sees when we're out and about.  Most of all, he's just so sweet.  The other morning I woke him up for school and he said, "Do you want to cuddle for a few?"  Um, duh!  I would love to!  Then, while we were laying there I asked him if he was ready to eat breakfast.  He said, "If you're ready.  I just want to do what makes you happy, Mom."  Deployment really is a breeze when I have these two around to make me feel so loved and happy.  Sure, we have our occasional struggles, but the good far outweighs the bad.  I wish deployment could be as easy on my husband.  I know he misses these two like crazy.

As for me, I've been working on my goals.  Lately I've been focusing on genealogy and organizing my life and home.  I updated my genealogy blog, which took up an entire weekend of work and research.  I also came up with a meal and nutritional plan for the kids and I and a cleaning schedule for the house.  I still need to come up with a good home maintenance schedule.  I haven't been involved in the FRG this deployment.  I stepped down from President because my husband is transferring off the ship soon.  The meetings are in the middle of the week later in the evening all the way over in housing next to the base, so it's just not convenient for me to go to the meetings when I have to deal with traffic and it's a school night.  I'm busy enough, anyways.  It's isn't all work and no play, though.  This past weekend one of my besties came up for a visit so I got my girls together for a night out.  I didn't tell them what we were going to do.  It was a surprise.  We went roller skating at a skating rink!  We all had such a great time.  It was seriously so much fun, and none of us fell down, which was a miracle.

My Girls

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