Cute Story

After John got home from work, we were all playin on the couch. Crew and John were wrestling and I was in the middle of it. Crew kept squeeling and bein a ham. Well, when he would scream, I would blow air into his mouth and he would laugh. Somehow, John got hit in the nose with Crews forehead, and he got hit HARD! I heard it pop. As I'm trying to make sure John is okay, crew says : "you need a band-aid!" He runs to the closet gets out the neosporin and a butterfly shaped band-aid. When he returns, he opens the tube of neosporin, squeezes it on Johns nose; opens the band-aid and puts it on Johns nose just right (with my help of course!) Then he says : "all better!"

That wasn't enough though. He ran back to the closet and got another band-aid, made me put neosporin on his nose and then the band-aid. He wanted to be just like his daddy.

Crew is truly the light of my life! There is never a dull moment. :D

Mommys

So, I've had a very interesting day. Crew woke up this morning bright eyed and bushy tailed...at 6 am!! He watched cartoons, ate breakfast and we took John to work. I made Crew lay down for a nap and he slept from 8-11am. I cleaned the house, showered, things i can't do when Crew is awake.

Crew wakes up from his nap and says "mom i go poop" So i take him to the bathroom, get him situated and let him have his privacy cause he was pooping. Or so I thought. 5 minutes pass by and he yells for me to wipe him. I walk into the bathroom to see poop all over the walls, all over him, and all over the floor. It was awful. So i go to get him off the potty and put him in the shower and he wipes poop in my hair!! We both shower, I scrub the bathroom. The worst of the day was over. Wrong again. I feed Crew lunch, i'm just kinda bummin around because i was tired. Crew comes up to me and says:

"mom i sick"

Me- "what's wrong?"

Crew- "i cold"

So as I'm about to pick him up to see what's wrong, he gets this death look on his face and....THROWS UP ALL OVER!! It's all over my lap, runs down my legs, all over him, the floor and the chair. I almost throw up, but i hold it down. So we both get in the shower, for the 3rd time today. It has been a very interesting day and it's only 3pm. I can only hope it gets better because if i have to clean up another mess like that i don't know if i can do it. Oh the joys of being a mommy. :D

Hard times and Blessings in disguise

I found out a few weeks ago that John is deploying again. :( He has only been home for 4 months. I know he's only gone for 3-4 months at a time, which is way better than 15 months. I just hate that he leaves all the time. When he goes this time, he will be missing 7 months out of this year. That's alot! I would understand them sending him if he hasn't deployed for a whole year but he just got back. And I am really pissed at the situation. I love the Air Force and it has been so good to us, but I honestly don't know how much more I can take. It is so had being responsible for everything, and having to be mom and dad. I don't think it would be so hard if I was closer to my family, but I live in frickin japan land. I love Okinawa but it definately has it's draw backs. I'm just lucky enough to have a great support system from my friends out here. I don't know what I would do without them. They have saved my sanity countless times! :D John has 5 years left on his enlistment and neither of us know if we should make a carrer out of it. We both keep leaning towards no. I want to be able to live next to our families and let our kids grow up around their grandparents. I want to build my own house. I want to know that John is always gonna come home to us every night and be there forever. I don't want to worry about his next deployment, or if I'm ever gonna see him again. I want John to always be around for Crew, and see him grow up. If John keeps deploying like this we're never gonna have another kid because he's not home long enough to make a baby!! LOL :D I just want to be able to focus on us and nothing else. I know it would be hard if he got out, but at least John would come home to us every night. If I could have that, nothing else would matter. Now don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for everything I have. I'm thankful for the military because without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. I have so many wonderful things. I always know there is going to be a paycheck coming in, and I know there is always a roof over my head. I think I just want to start another chapter and see what else is out there. John wants to fly so bad. So I guess we'll just see where this 5 years takes us and make a decision when it gets closer.

An update on life

It's been awhile since I updated this thing so I think it's time!! Johns mom and brother came out to visit in April. It was really nice to have them out here! We did lots of fun things and laughed a lot. We really enjoyed them being out here and I hope they had a good time.

John was on leave for about 3 weeks, and he just went back to work last week. So it's been a little adjustment getting used to reality again! Crew and I have spent alot of time together since John went back to work. He always amazes me! He is so incredibly smart. Every day he learns something new and it is so incredible to watch him grow. The other day, Crew was sitting at the table eating Cheeze-its, he would take them out of the bowl and count them one by one, just like he always does. This time was different though. He started counting in Spanish!!! I just stared at him in shock. He counted all the way to 6 and then finished to 12 in English. I just couldn't believe it. I guess Dora does teach kids something.

I've started a new exercise. Spinning!!! Oh my gosh it is soooo much fun! I try to go everyday, but sometimes it doesn't happen. Being a mom always comes first. :D Anyways, it's such a great work out and it burns about 1200 calories every class. It starts really early, 5:15, but it's just so much fun I look forward to getting up that early. I have a great friend that keeps me motivated. Julie Alvarez. What a great person!! I just love her!! I haven't seen a difference on the scale yet, but I've lost 2 inches off my waist and 1 inch off my hips. So exciting!! I now wear a size 8 in jeans....a size i haven't wore since I was 17. So here's to exercise and eating right!!! It acutally pays off!!!

Camping

Yesterday we went camping at a place called Rocky Point. It was one of the most beautiful places I've seen on this Island. It was at the very top of the island, we had to drive 2 hours to get there. The drive was definately worth it!!

Buck, Kellie, and Laque went with us. They are really good people and we have alot in common with them. Crew and Laque play really well together. Ryder and Charlie went with us too. I was really nervous about how they were gonna travel and behave through the night, but they did great! They had so much fun. They slept outside the tent, and they both dug their own hole to sleep in. We cooked hotdogs on our camping grill, and I ate one!! It was actually pretty good. John was shocked that I even touched the hotdog. Crew slept really well in the tent. I have never seen so many stars in my life. I wish I had a better lens, but it was absolutely gorgeous. We woke up about 6:30 to the dogs barking. We packed up early because we forgot the griddle that goes on the camping grill haha :D typical John and Jordy move. While we were packing up, John and Bucks chopper flew over. They were doing a search for a guy that got lost snorkling. I wish i would have thought sooner to take a picture because it was on of the coolest things ever!!!

I can't wait to go back next weekend! It was so nice to get away from the house for a bit.

Life

We have been so busy since John got home! It has been so much fun. John got 3 weeks off of work, so we were always out doin something and tryin to make memories. Last week we went to the beach and played for awhile, Crew was tired and cranky so he wasn't havin too much fun. John was gonna try and surf but the waves were too far and he didn't want to be tired by the time he got there so he came back to the beach. It was all in all a pretty fun day.

We went to the Nakijin-jo castle site about 2 weeks ago. It is so neat to see all of the hard work that went into building those things. All of the signs were in japanese so we didn't really know what we were lookin at but it was still neat to see.

Last Thursday I went and got a pedicure. AMAZING! It was great to just sit there and have my feet pampered without hearing a screamin kid and barking dogs. Don't get me wrong, I love to be home with my family, but I desperately needed some me time. John took Crew to the park while I was gone and they had lots of fun. John took some really neat pictures and some really cute ones of Crew. I'm so lucky to have Crew. He has brought so many blessings and so much happiness into our home.

John got me interested in something really awesome. I know some of you might laugh, but longboarding is so much fun!! I always made fun of John and told him he was going through and early mid-life crisis with his long board and his surf board and all the other crap he's been doin. I have to admit it was kinda makin me crazy but, now that I know how much fun long boarding is I'm gonna give the rest of it a shot.

Today was the first day John went back to work. We're all starting a new schedule and I'm so tired today! AHH! Hopefully we will all adjust soon. This week Crew and I are going to work on potty training. Lord please give me patience. (we're potty training Crew of course, not me) :D Easter was a good day. Besides the rain. Crew ate lots of candy and had a sugar rush for about 3 hours. That was fun!! I'll try and keep up with my blog....I know mom reads it!

Yesterday, was one of the greatest days in my life. John came home!! I got a call from the unit Sunday night saying that Johns plane was gonna land 3:40 am Monday morning. I stayed up all night cleaning and gettin ready for my hubby to come home. 3:00 rolled around and I woke Crew up and drove to the terminal. We were so excited! We get there and a guy from the unit says that their plane got delayed and he wouldn't be in until 10:00. :( We were sad. Crew cried all the way home because he didn't get to see his daddy. We came home and watched a movie and fell asleep on the couch. Then, i got another call from the unit. I was to be at the terminal at 10:40. This time i didn't tell Crew where we were going, and i didn't get my hopes up. We get there, and this time he really is coming home! Crew was ecstatic when i told him his daddy was coming home. They came in on a C-5...that airplane is HUGE!!! Crew and I were so excited we could barely contain ourselves. The guys came filing in through the door, every wife looking for her man. There he was...he was actually HOME! Crew started screaming and ran right up to John and gave him big loves. Having him home is so surreal....the feeling is undescribable and we couldn't be happier to have him back with us.