OMG! I haven't blogged since October. Woops :( Big "F" for me! What has been going on since October? Crew started school, Halloween was a blast, Thanksgiving was even better, and then John came home! We got to spend Christmas, our Anniversary, and New years together. It was so great :) Lets back up a little bit:

Halloween, Crew dressed up as Iron Man (his Idol for anyone who doesn't know). We went trick-or-treating with Julie, Raymond, Lucy and Sophia. I was going to dress up as a 1920's gangster but my costume came in the day after Halloween. (really upset)! Lucy dressed up as...oh no I can't remember. Sophia dressed up at a baby bumblebee! So adorable :) Crew scored with all the candy he got, and even had his first experience of a scary clown.

Thanksgiving was a blast! I made my first turkey and it turned out perfect. I was so afraid I was going to burn it or undercook it. Crew and I went to Ashley and Travis' house and Ashley and I made all the food. We had all the good stuff. Turkey, stuffing, mashed taters, gravy, green bean casserole, corn, rolls, and of course pumpkin pie, cheesecake and a chocolate pie. Delicious!

John came home on December 9. He was gone for about 4 months. I have never seen Crew so excited to see his daddy. I sent Crew to school that morning and didn't tell him anything. I picked him up about 1:30 and we headed to the airport. Camera fully charged! And lookin' oh so fine :) His plane lands and we get to go out on the flight line to greet him. Crew had on daddy radar because as soon as he stepped off that plane Crew says "there's my daddy!!!" He ran to him like he was an ice cream truck. Aw such a sweet moment. :) It's so nice to have my family back together again. Oh! John was also home to celebrate Crews 3rd birthday. Which was just so awesome because he missed Crews' 2nd birthday.

Christmas was so great. John was home, Crew was lit up like a firework, and we got to spend it with great friends. John got an RC helicopter and a few movies. Crew got an RC car, hot wheels, movies, just toys galore! I got a new wedding ring. It is sooo beautiful. I can't wait to get it :)

Our anniversary was great. We have been married for 4 years! I just can't believe it. We went to the Macaroni grill for lunch and then that weekend we went rock climbing. OMG! Soooo much fun! My fingers felt like I had arthritis but it was such a blast. I can't wait to go back again. I even joined up to be a member!

New years was awesome too. I was just so happy to have John home for the holidays this year. It definately makes things so much more fun. We stayed home and played games, I got a little tipsy, and rang in the new year together.

Today was my friend Ashleys' baby shower. She will be 37 weeks tomorrow. She is having a baby boy and Ashley and her husband (Travis) decided to name him Titus Joseph Roth. I cannot wait to meet him. I am already head over heels for this baby. I threw her baby shower, and I was hoping it would have been better but, oh well. She got lots of baby stuff so they are set! We played some fun games, such as : "Little did you know", Bottle drinking race, and Pin the sperm on the egg. Super fun games, I just wish people would have been more involved instead of talking about work. Seriously!? We ate really good food, and the cake was amazing. I had 47 balloons blown up and let me tell you, it is NOT easy getting that many balloons in the car. Let alone when the wind is blowing like crazy. She had a good time though and she made out like a bandit with all the cute little baby stuff.

I will go for now. I will write more when I have something interensting to say :)

Preschool

4 weeks ago, Crew started preschool. The first week was a little rough. He would cry when I left, but as soon as he couldn't see me anymore he stopped crying and started to play with the other kids. Little stinker just wanted me to feel bad! I've seen quite a change in him the last 2 weeks. He's learned his ABC's, a bunch of songs, and can even understand some japanese. His teachers send home the school work they do every 2 weeks and it just amazes me. He knows alot more than I think he does. He's not a big fan on coloring so I need to work with him on that. He'd rather be running around. His teachers are amazing and he just loves them so much. I was a little hesitant at first because they are very strict with the kids, but after the first 2 weeks Crew was so respectful and started to listen the FIRST time I told him to do something. He's still 2 and has his bad days, but for the most part he's such a good kid. His being in school has been such a good thing for him. I want him to be outgoing and love school. I want him to love school and love to learn. I hated school and it was such a tough thing for me, and I don't him to hate school. I also benefit him being in school :) I can get the house clean without his "help". I can run the dogs in the morning, go for coffee with my bestie Julie, and get my errands done in half the time. School is great!

The last 6 weeks....

I haven't blogged in so long I don't know where to start. Not alot of exciting things have happened.

John left for his deployment 6 weeks ago today. It has gone by fast, but I feel like I haven't seen him forever. My heart swells with pride when I think about him. He has made so many sacrifices for us and our country. He does his job with out hesitating and is there to answer the call of duty. In a few short words to describe him i'd have to say, HE IS AMAZING. I've never known anyone like him (except my dad). Crew started school 2 weeks ago and he absolutely loves it. He has learned so much already. His teachers talk to him in japanese and he can answer them back in english. It's incredible. I don't know what I would do without that little guy. He's my rock when John is gone.

My dogs are driving me crazy lol but that's not new. :) Charlie is over weight so she has to be on weight control formula. She hates it. So, she started to throw it up. My dog is bulemic! (spell check?) I'm a softy so I put her back on normal food, and I just walk her longer than usual. Ryder is growing in strides and I don't know how much longer he's gonna fit in our house. I love my furry butts...even though they are a pain sometimes. :)

Halloween is right around the corner and Crew is so excited. He's going to be Iron Man this year. Iron Man is his idol. He looks so dang cute in his costume it's ridiculous. I decided to be fun this year, and dress up too. I'm gonna be a 1920's gangster :)

So what else?? I've been feeling like crap for weeks and cannot figure out why. I get enough sleep, i'm on my meds, i've taken 2 pregnancy tests that were negative. I'm tired and sick to my stomach every day. Not all day, it comes and goes. It's driving my crazy!! I should probalby call the Dr. :) That's it for now.

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!!!