Deployment Pity Party

Babies bathed, fed, and put to sleep on time: 1

Errands run post-departure: 4

Homecoming videos watched: 0

Sappy songs listened to intentionally: 1

Eye-makeup applications ruined: 0 (!!, rockin' it!)

(It was pretty close though.)

Anti-Stress face masks: 1

Bags of pity candy: 2

Root Beer drive-thru trips: 1

Angry gestures from other motorists due to absent-minded driving: 1, but I'm pretty sure he was just having a bad day too.

My day of Sads & Self Indulgence is almost over...  I'm pretty excited to start knockin' out the days!  

Bring it on, Deployment #3!!

Fab Friday

So, one more ER visit and a couple million prescriptions later>  Acute Bronchitis + Asthma flare!  Awesomeee!

Really, just frustrating because I have so much to do these next weeks, and its harder when I'm all sick.  Whatevs, the meds started again this morning, so hopefully I'll be chipper in a day or two!

AND, Brian gets Monday off, so bonus weekend day!

AND, Lulu is decked head-to-toe in pink today, which just makes me happy.  

Please ignore the hair, this was immediately post-nap!

Happy Friday!!

Unintended break!

So, I've had the supersicks...  Awesome.  But, have only had one hospital trip and two medicine refills so, score!

But, turns out B is actually deploying and all of my denial has gotten me nowhere.  Plane tickets home are purchased, moving days tentatively scheduled, and I'm bummin', yo.  

But Miss Louisa is always a party in the backseat so we're keepin' on.  I might share moving pictures so you can be jelly that you're not me.  Get excited!

Phone Pictures!

So after I filled out an insurance claim my phone gave a flicker or two of life.  This morning I actually had a few solid minutes that the screen was light enough to kind of see!  I pounced on that opportunity and sent a bunch of pictures to my email...  There are still tons more that I'd like to save, so hopefully she has another bright moment soon!  

But anyway, here is some of the fun I salvaged:

Early morning baby smiles!

Baby is getting excited about this eating thing...

Naps

Self portrait with Lulie!

Baby sleeps.

Baby nap not on me!

Lulu, when she fit into her infant seat!

Brian, while he was at NTC.

Laundry day with babycakes!

Pretty Louisa

Silly baby Lulu

Naps on Christmas!

Not sure why she is half naked...?

Sleepy Lu

More baby naps...

The end of our street, Yay AK!

Louisa's 1st Christmas tree!

So, clearly out of order, and I obvi am obsessed with my Lulu, especially when she sleeps!!

Day 14

A picture of you last year -- How have you changed?

18 weeks!

Well, I'm not pregnant anymore!  And this little lady is rockin' my world on a daily basis:

And Brian has been not deployed for the last year...  So, pretty awesome.  

Minus the deployment countdown, obvi!

Days 12&13

Day 12

Kind of ironic that the topic for yesterday was: Something you don't leave the house without. 

-Military ID, 'cause the gate guards here are pretty strict, and I'm terrified that I'll lose it and not be allowed back on post

-Cell phone

-Mascara, wearing it

So yesterday morning, my id went missing.  I searched the car, the house, everywhere.  It was gone gone.  I panicked.  Hours late, bam, right in my diaper bag!

Also, after seven months of regular abuse from Lulu, my cell phone collapsed while we were out at dinner with friends.  It gave a weak little shudder and refused to turn on.  I took it apart to dry, potentially baby saliva was the culprit?  Nothing.  So I'm leaving it plugged in today, but I don't have high hopes.  Bummer.  

Day 13: Goals

Convince Louisa that sleeping through the night is the cool thing to do...

Ha!

Fortunately I've already accomplished so much that I wanted to.  Bachelor's degree, rockin' husband, cute little baby...  

Now? 

 I'd like to be more healthful, find a job that makes me happy (or at least have enough time off to be with my awesome fam), take at least one vacation to Europe, buy a house, perfect my self-tanning technique, the usual.  

Maybe pay off my student loans?  That seems a bit radical though.  

Catch Up! Days 8, 9, 10, 11

Day 8: A place you've traveled to

via

This is where I live, currently, but definitely not home.  Totally counts because it takes forever to get up here.  

Someday we're going to vacation in luxurious, exotic locations...

Day 9: A favorite picture of your best friend

My sister, Meg.  Isn't she a beaut?  That is baby Scarlett and Tyler, also, but they don't count as my bff.  

Molly!  And her sleepy Alyssa.

I almost used one of Brian, but he is my husband, which is in a totally different category than bff.

Day 10: Something you're afraid of

Um, scary movies.  Lame, but seriously.  I've never seen one of those Saw movies, and I plan on keeping it that way. 

Those bitty little geckos that live near Fort Hood, TX.  

Bad things happening to my awesome people.  

That Lulu will spontaneously stop breathing while she sleeps.  Or the other million fears that suddenly arrive when you have a baby.  Seriously, the world never seemed so dangerous until this awesome little dangerbaby came along!

DangerBaby, oh no!

Day 11: Favorite TV shows

I kind of feel like blogging about tv is lame.  Am I more fun to you if we watch the same shows?  Not that awesome.  So, I'll tell you what I don't watch:  Housewives.  None of them.  I just can't handle it.  Even though my mom could maybe fit on the show.  Maybe.  

Evidence.  (Don't worry, she knows.)

Yay, done!