Bring on 2013 (2012 in review)!

What a year what a year!!

It's time to review this past year and see just how much I've changed and give my predictions for next year.

In 2012 I moved nearly 1000 miles away to make Virginia beach, VA my new home with my sweet husband. I got to be a proud navy wife and witnesd my husband reenlist for the good of his family. I got a Jeep Liberty as a birthday present as well as finally turned 20. We attended one wedding and numerous get togethers (can't forget our takamaka Sundays). I took the trip back home four times in total. My tummy got HUGE and out popped my little B. My husband very narrowly made the birth if our first child. I road tripped to Richmond and OBX to stay busy on weekends. I stayed in an apartment through one hurricane. I watched the summer Olympics and saw our president reelected. I cooked my very first thanksgiving dinner and many other dinners actually. I got to witness my baby grow and see my husband turn into an amazing father. I witnessed my husbands ship deploying for the second time and seen him for the last time in 2012.

This year has definitely been full of exciting memories. At this time next year I'll have my husband back from deployment. Hopefully we'll be stationed in Jacksonville but I'm happy with Norfolk as well. We'll have most of our debt paid off and may even own a house. We'll be trying for another little one and have a toddler running around. I'll be working and finishing my degree. I'll have branched out as a military wife and made more friends and participated more. I won't go through any long periods of time without my husband and he'll be able to see B grow everyday. I'll have a new tattoo or so and maybe some piercings. I hope next year is half as rewarding as 2012 has been. I've got to see and do so much!

Cara box part 1

Sorry I haven't been updating my post :( my husband deploys tomorrow and we've been trying to spend as much time as a family as well possibly can!

This month I joined up with Wifessionals for the Cara box swap. I got the wonderful experience to meet two great girls!

Amanda Hammons sent a box to me and I got to send on to Lauryn Johnson!

I didn't take a picture of what was inside Amanda's box to me but I do have a picture of the outside and as soon as I arrive back in Florida I'll be posting the awesome goodies. Lets just say my husband fought me over a good portion of my box!!!

Opinions on moving home;

As I was looking on my facebook the other day, I stumbled across a post that was a little offensive to me.

As you all know, my husband and I decided moving home during deployment was the best thing for us. This post was an administrator saying that she thought military wives who moved home were weak. Many women commented saying if they agreed or disagreed but there was one particular women who stood out. I had commented that I was moving home to save money and let my mom keep my baby while I goto school or college (yes I am paying my mom it isn't free childcare and plus I trust her way more then a daycare). The girl was calling people out and referring to them as "bitches" because they, WE, decided to move home for a deployment. I for one don't feel weak for moving home. She said that it was irresponsible and that I choose this life as a military wife. I feel like those statements are very wrong. I feel like moving home to save money and pay down debt is very responsible of me. I also feel like allowing my mom to keep my child so I can start school again and get a job is responsible. I'm being responsible for my future as well as my child's. I also don't think I chose this life. I chose my husband but he chose the military. I stand by him and I am very proud and thankful of him for his choices but I for one, did not choose to move away from my family. I don't feel like it makes me any less of a women to come home to my family and friends.

I've been in Norfolk for a year now and I have one person I can really trust. I don't want to be in Virginia without my family and friends. I've always lived very close to my family and have taken any chance I could to travel back home to them. I feel like being family oriented isn't weak but that's just me I suppose.

How do you guys feel on this subject? Do you think it's weak to move back home? Do you feel like you chose the life you live away from home? I would love to hear more opinions on the subject!

The dentist;

I HATE the dentist :(

I've managed to avoid going since I lost a filling in September... I know I know, WOW! Lets just say things got away from me and last night I paid for it. I sat up all night with the worst pain I had ever felt. I took Tylenol, 800mg Motrin, clove oil, oragel, doctor prescribed mouth wash and the only thing that managed two help was two dosages of a strong pain medicine.

I took a trip to the dentist today only to find our that the tiny missing filling would now require a root canal and a crown!!! The sad part is that it's a wisdom tooth and they're leaving it!!! I am extremely nervous to get all of this done. Not only am I worried but I'm really upset that I can't breast feed B while taking pain meds. I've only been breastfeeding for four and a half months and I planned on continuing until six months at least.

Lets just say I've learned my lesson and I'll definitely be way more diligent about getting to the dentist.

We're moving!!

That's right, B, Roscoe, and myself are moving home to Florida! My mom is on a plane coming to help drive down as I write this.

This is kind of a bitter sweet happening. As I said in my last post my husband's ship is deploying. I have elected to head home and start classes and working again while I have free childcare (my mom). I'm super excited to get back home to my family and friends. I can honestly say I won't be missing very many people here. I have one person that I truly consider a friend and I believe she's heading back home for the deployment as well. I keep hearing great stories about how supportive and friendly the military community is yet I can't seem to find friends that aren't corrupted. The one group of girls I really tried to be friends with ended up being druggies and I'm not cool with that.

Little B is ready to get back to some warm weather for a while! We're tired of it being 50 (yes I know it's colder for some of you). I also can't wait for my wonderful husband to meet us in Florida for Christmas. I'm super excited! Our anniversary is coming up as well; it's our first Christmas as a married couple!

I hope everyone is having an awesome December. This year has flown by!!

The joys of being a military wife;

The worst part about being a military wife is the time spent apart.

Today Chance leaves for a long underway. This underway leads to a short break then deployment. When is at short break I'm not exaggerating. He has 9 days between the two. I hate to complain,
but since this underway was a group mission and everyone else in the group cancelled then why the heck is the Mahan still going? That makes zero sense. We've been scrambling the past few days to prepare for the deployment at hand. We've bought new uniforms and got patches seen on, we've bought new under garments, and we even spent time packing all of his stuff already.

Tomorrow my mom arrives to help on our 15 hour trip back to FL. Yes, I amazing baby who is going home for deployment. I really have good reasoning though. I plan in starting school again and getting a job and lets face it, child care is WAY cheaper when my mom will be the care giver.

I'm really going to miss my sweet Hunky and I know he's going to miss b more then anything.