Welcome Home Sailor!!

April 18 2014 was a great day to enjoy a beautiful Homecoming of the USS Harry S Truman!
The USS Truman left in July of 2013, but thankfully CJ didn't join till September 3 2013.
We missed him more than I thought was possible.

Here is our day in pictures...

 We arrived at the dock just in time to watch the ship come in

 We loved seeing the Sailors on the rail especially when they called Liberty and every one of them started waving and trying to find their families, but CJ is not up there.

Waiting in the cold, but we loved every minute!

Since my husband is a Nuclear Mechanic he had to help shut down the power plant before he could get off, so we had a 3 hour wait AFTER the ship pulled in. So we watched all the beautiful reunions and then had some lunch on the pier. After that we went back to the car for a nap.

FINALLY! I got a phone call from Hubby and he was ready to go, we didn't have the TV reunion but it was so GOOD to see him!!

Our first family picture was in the car..

Yes my sign is correct and well maybe even more emails were sent than I counted. We tried to stay in contact every day whether it was just an email or picture from me. I am pretty sure CJ could watch Lil' Man grow through pictures and videos!

Want to Play Catch Up?

Oh goodness I have not posted in forever and well A LOT has gone on!
February, Oh man!first we were able to attend the beautiful wedding ceremony for my youngest brother. We had a great day and added a wonderful young woman to our ever growing Crazy family!

Then we celebrated Lil' Man's First birthday (Ha, actually posted that), but then we had to say goodbye to all our family. The worst!
I miss being able to go shopping with my parents or spend the day hanging out with my mom-in-law and sister-in-law and all the cousins.

So then my mom and I packed up my Pathfinder with ALL the toys and clothes we collected over the four months and two dogs and a baby and hit the road for a three day, 2,300 mile and 7 state trip back to VA!  We had a great time with tons of Mother Daughter time. It was freezing in most of the states and well started frosting in TX at 4 pm and was 5 degrees in Oregon. But my mom was a trooper and we drove 15 hours our final day so we could sleep at my house in my bed!!

The next morning we found out we were going to have to stay in a guest suite for a week because my house had mold and they needed to tear out wall and floor to get rid of it.
Finally back into our house and someone had to come and fix our heater. Oy-Vey!

Now that we had gone through all of this we are finally able to get back to our routine and make some new friends.
CJ is still deployed, but we have met some more friends who are on the ship as well and made some new connections.
We are missing a few of our friends from last year, but Navy is not good at letting people stay close for to long.

So now we wait for CJ to get home...

*some pictures from our trip.

Riding out to AZ

Helping Uncle Miah

All the Warren Grand kids with Grammie!

One of his favorite places to sleep with Nana!

Happy Halloween

Grammie with both boys.

Lil' Man loved when Poppa would swing him.

Our attempt to keep him of the stairs...

One of his favorite toys! Thanks Papa!

I know it is blurry, but you try taking a picture of a Merry Go Round.

Lil' Man and Cousin Vanessa hanging out at the beach!

He loved playing in the sand and water.

Lil' Man and Papa had the best time together!

Nana and Lil' Man fed his cake to the ducks!

ONE YEAR!!!!!

OH MY!!! ONE YEAR OLD! I can not believe he has been my son for one year!!

Here is a look at his beautiful life so far!

The day he was Born!

And the Grand Finale!!

My lil' man is the joy in mine and CJ's life. He was a great miracle after 4 years of trying and the day we knew I was pregnant was one of THE best days we have had. He is so much fun!

He loves to laugh!
He is walking everywhere!
He likes to eat by himself and whatever someone else has on their plate!
He talks A LOT, but not sure of what he is saying yet!
He is such a JOY!!!

11 months

I can not believe we have hit 11 Months old!! I am not ready to have a one year old! I have no clue where this year has gone!

We celebrated Christmas with ALL the grandparents this year (three different houses)! 

 He Loves Avocados!! well actually he likes whatever you are eating!

 Down town Prescott

And the best part of this month... He started walking! He took a few steps Christmas eve and has just kept going!

6 YEARS

6 Years!

"I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved

you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that no one loves you, or
has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no
one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else

Our six years have included 4 different homes, 3 different states, a few job changes, and our Beautiful Son. Families are Forever!

Thanksgiving in AZ

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
It started the week before with my in laws and going to Organ Stop Pizza, for great music and good pizza.

Then Lil' Man and I headed up to Prescott Valley to join my family, and we ended getting a great surprise of my brother and his family! So my mom was able to have all her Grandkids together!

We then headed back to Phoenix.
My brother and his family and lil' man and I went to my step mom's house to meet up with my Step Sister and her little family. We loved having all the kids together.

From there we went to my grandparents house for the main part of the day.
While there we were able to get a 5 generations picture with my Great Grandfather who is 98 this year.

Then we headed over to my Aunt's house to introduce the newest grandkids (my little guy and my brother's second daughter) to my Dad's side of the family.

By the time we headed home we were all very exhausted, but we had a great time being able to see every one and enjoy ourselves.

Then after Thanksgiving the family went to our local Casino and Resort to look at the Gingerbread Village. While there the resort had a Santa Claus! 

We were able to get all 3 grandkids (and Eddie) in for a picture!

It was such a great weekend!

10 Month

10 Months! OH MY!
I still can not believe that I have a 10 month old. 2 months from a year. My Baby is slowing getting bigger!

 He loves making faces at pretty much any one, but when you get a camera out, man he lights up!

 Our first Santa visit went really well.  He sat just fine and had fun too!

This was our surprise today.  I had gone up the stairs and he wanted to follow. Papa caught him climbing the gate!