Day Eight.

So today we went grocery shopping at the commisary. My cart was quite ridiculous, filled with frozen meals and 'comfort foods'. Carter was good the first half of the trip.. He would just smile at me and look around at all of the bright lights. But when we got to the freezer isle he wanted to be picked up. So I was then walking around with a baby in one arm and trying to navigate the cart around with the other. I serously probably looked like a nut. But thats okay! After that Carter and I went to JCPennys for a sale on baby clothes. He can no longer wear anything with 'nb' stamped on it. He is offically a big boy who wears 3 month old clothes only. After we got home I made myself some lasagna and we waited for you to call and I almost gave up after you were an hour late calling. I was so glad I got to talk to you!! I hope to talk to you again tomorrow, but we'll see. I love and miss you baby, Carter does too!

Day Seven.

Woo hoo we got through week one! Now we just have 27 more to go. I'm sorry I got your text late today. My phone isn't going off when I get a text message and it's dying super fast. I'm pretty sure I'm buying a new phone in the next week or so because it's making me sad that I keep missing texts and calls. Well today we went to Rachaels house and we took Carter's 7 week picture. I can't believe he's so old.. And big! I can barely carry his car seat with him in it anymore.. It's crazy! Of and he's standing for long periods of time. It's so crazy that he can even do that at all. He's so strong, like his daddy! And since we couldn't talk to you today we read you're book.. Like 3 times. I miss you SOOOOO much baby. Hope you're being safe. We love you. Kiss from us both!

Day Six.

Today we went to Lowes to buy more paint for our new curtains.. Which are finally finished, yay!! We also went to Food Lion to pick up a few things to get us by before our "big trip". Tonight I made a yummy breakfast casserole.. its so hard to cook for one person. I have enough leftovers to feed an army!! We also rented Gnomeo and Juliet and watched it at Rachaels house because Troy was on duty! Carter was knocked out at first so Rachael and I started to pose him and snap photos! I think Im starting to get the hang of this single parenting thing.. It just takes a lot of planning and patients. I cant wait until you come home. I know it hasnt even been a week yet but since youve left Ive realized how much of a help you are with Carter. I MISS IT! lol Well were down to 188 days. That sounds better than 189 (: I love you baby! Hope youre being safe on your flight. XoXo

Day Five.

Today sucked. Im pretty sure I'm aloud to have a day that just completely stinks sometimes right? Carter is going through his 6 week growth spurt so he is literally eating every hour. So basically he eats for 30 min, then takes 30 min break, then is back to eatting again. It's pretty draining and I'm exausted but it's only supposed to last a few days so I'm just trying to hang in there. I'm pretty sure Carter is like going to be big foot when he grows up. Or at least a football player!! I'm glad you were able to talk to me today. I was almost sure I wouldn't be hearing from you and I think that's probably why my day was so pooey. But I am for sure getting out of the house tomorrow. I need grocerys because I can't live off of sandwiches forever.. Or maybe I could, but I'd rather not. I also need to buy some more paint for the curtains I'm making for the dinning room. I'll send you pictures when I'm done. I know you are going to be busy flying tomorrow so again I'm not expecting to hear from you, but don't let that stop you from calling anyways! Carter and I love you with all of our hearts. Talk to you soon baby.

Day Four.

So I just got off the phone with you. That was a perfect way to end my day! Today was a pretty boring day here. It was rainy and gross. Carter didnt allow me to get any sleep last night so I was pretty much a walking zombie all day! We went to town for about an hour and came home to nap! Then I actually cooked. It was just sloppy joes but it tasted like heaven because I was starving! I wonder what kind of food you had for dinner? Hopefully steak (; lol I know you have a lot to do today, I pray you stay safe and dont get too hot! Carter and I love you SO much baby. Talk to you soon. XoXo

Day Three.

So today FLEW by so fast. I like days like that. Carter sleep very good last night.. This is probably due to the fact that he stayed up so much yesterday but it's still progress. Not too much longer and we'll be attempting this whole sleeping through the whole night thing!! Liz came over this morning and then we went to town to run some errands. Five hours later I came home and ate dinner and painted the lamp that I've been working on. Today when Carter was in one of his super good moods I noticed his dimples were starting to show again for the first time since his ultra sound! I couldn't get a good picture of it because it was very faint but I thought it was just adorable!! I love days when Carter is a smiley boy.. It makes me a smiley girl! I'm glad I was able to talk to you for a little bit today. Just hearing your voice makes everything so much better. I feel at ease because I know you're safe. You know what would be awesome? If we talked every single day for 6 months!! I know it sounds impossible.. But I can dream. I hope you made it to Afganistan safely. I also hope to hear from you tomorrow, even if it's just a text. I love you with all my heart babe! I'm going to bed now to dream of your handsome face! Stay safe!

Happy Baby Boy (:

Day Two.

Today was a good day for a few reasons. First of all I woke up to hearing your voice. I was SO excited to get a phone call from you this morning because I wasn't expecting one for a week at least! So you definitely made me a happy lady! After we talked on the phone Carter woke up in the BEST mood. He was a smily boy and it was the cutest thing ever! We didn't do much during the morning time.. I started to redo that silver lamp that was in our room for a little while but it ended up taking longer that I thought so I'll probably finish it tomorrow. There was a bad storm here today too. I video taped it on my phone because it was so windy, I actually thought it was a tornado at first... Kinda crazy! Then we got invited to go to Rachaels for dinner. I haven't really felt like cooking yet so I was all on that (: When I started to put Carter in his car seat it hit me.. HE DOESN'T FIT! So I decided to take out the newborn head support and vala.. Perfect. He doesn't get as hot in it now because it's way less material! I'm so happy that we were able to talk so much today. I know that it wont be like this everyday but a girl can dream right? I hope you stay safe babe. We miss you tons and are counting down the days until we can both give you a big bear hug! We love you Acea. Stay safe!

The big boy in his big boy car seat!!

Day One.

Today I wasn't as down in the dumps as I thought I would be. I woke up to a smiling baby and a sunny day! I haven't stopped thinking of you for one second, you're always on my mind. Believe it or not I didn't even cry. Well, I didn't cry until I watched the videos you left me. They meant so much.. I'm sure I will watch them practically everyday. It was weird, after I started to play them Carter woke up from his nap. I think he heard his daddy!! I know he will miss you just as much as me. He loves his daddy very much! But I tried to keep myself busy today. Liz and Rachael brought me a big chocolate milk shake and fries from Arbys and we played with little bear for a few hours. After they left, I did a little crafting. Remember when I traced your hand the night before you left? Well I made a cute little family hand print picture to hang in the hall way. And just know, trying to trace a squimming baby's hand is one of the hardest things I've done all day. It was quite ridiculous. Oh, and I'm sorry I didn't answer the phone the first time you called today. I've seriously got to get a loud obnoxious ringtone so I don't ever miss a call. I'm just glad you were able to answer when I called you back. I hope you got some sleep baby - I know you were exausted. Know that I love you to the moon and back. Carter says hi dad. We will talk to you in a week or so.. Hopefully. We are so proud of you baby. Please BE SAFE!!

Carter didn't want to let you go. But I can only imagine how big the smile will be that will be on his face in 6 months from now.

A happy little family of hand prints (: lol