Pride

The amount of pride I have for what my husband, and our family, is doing overwhelms me. It is an amazing feeling. A feeling that can settle a heart longing for her man. Watching the news today and driving down the streets, seeing the American flag and people honoring our veterans and active duty, made me smile with all of my heart. Im happy we are serving our country. The sacrifices are hard...very hard, but this pride is something that will stay with us, and our children forever. Im sure that i will go back in forth with this, in times of pure desperation and longing for my husband, but right now im proud.

One week from tomorrow I will see Pete go from a man to a soldier. It will be wonderful. I have been counting down for 10 weeks, and I can hardly believe it just a week away. Its been a hard week. Charlie has been sick, I got either food poisoning or a stomach bug and taking care of a sick baby when you yourself feel like you are going to vomit at any minute is miserable. All I wanted to do was stay in bed, but not an option for a temporarily single mom. Charlie is walking everywhere now, its the cutest thing ever. However because of this new found skill, she is so excited at night that she is fighting bed time. I was rocking her in her room tonight, and she literally wiggled out of my arms, and walked to the living room. I kind of sat in the chair for a minute to see if she would come back...but nope. This girl is a fee spirit thats for sure. Normally when my patience would run out, or when I was not feeling well, Pete would step in. I have my mom, and that im forever grateful, but not the same as a spouse.

So on our first Veterans day, I not only salute our military past and present, I salute the wives and families that support them. Whether it be battling terrorism, or battling a 1 year old fighting sleep , its hard......but worth every second.

18 days

18 day till I can kiss my loves face off. I got to talk to Pete several times on the phone today, he had a day off. It was wonderful. He sounds different...stronger. I can hear his heart ache for Charlie though and it makes me sad. I tell him of all of the new things she is learning, and her walking everywhere and it just kills him that he is missing it. He worries that she will forget him. I tell him that, that will never happen. His graduation is November 19. We get to take him off base for 12 glorious hours. He ships off to Virginia for his AIT, that is 19 weeks long, the next day. Pretty sure he will get a couple weeks off at Christmas, which will be the best Christmas present ever. Im trying to keep myself as busy as possible the next 2 weeks so they go by fast. I just cant even wait. Im oh so proud of my man, my husband, my soldier. The sacrifices we are making will pay off in the long run, and some day when we are old we will look back at this time and smile about how much stronger it made us as a couple...im sure of it. He sent me this picture that was taken of him when he first got to Basic training. I cant wait to compare the pictures of his befor and after...i bet you can see his strength.