week one down

Well Monday marked our survival of week one of this deployment. All is well for the most part, of course Julian ask about his dad every single day and went through his stage of not wanting to eat, or sleep like he usually would, but is doing much better now. I have been doing my best to keep busy to help time to pass quickly and not get sad or depressed.

Before Josh left we made video's of him talking and reading to Julian, and also made him a build a bear with Josh's voice in it. He plays with his bear all the time and laughs every time he presses the hand by accident. I havent put any of the movies on just yet.. everything is still raw, and last time he was away for a while i played a home video and Julian got really upset when it ended, so I am holding off until things get settled in better before playing any of the videos.

Also before he left we made a box and decorated it.. and i put a hold bunch of activity ideas in it for when times start getting slow, or we start getting sad, or bored...

The first week i pulled, plant flowers with Julian. Well of course i couldnt go out side and plant anything with the cold weather that has been around.. so I got some little clay pots, soil and seeds, and we planted them. and it looks like we might have green thumbs after all!

yesterday & this morning

Yesterday was a boring day in our household.. it consist of alot of sitting around, studing, watching tv and laziness. I started to get stir crazy and needed to get out when a friend asked us to go to the park! I threw clothes on Julian and we headed out the door, it was the perfect excuse to get out the house. We went to monsanto park, unforuntinally our friend and her boys werent able to join us, but we still had a blast. Julian is getting older and is loving playing on playgrounds

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Julian was able to climb up the steps himself, and he would go slide down the slide. Of course i couldnt get a picture of him going down because i was supporting him to make sure he didnt fall off.


After the park, we had dinner at Melissa's house and then came home for bed time! & of course i had to stay up to do homework. That is- until i all of a sudden started having a killer headache and upset stomach..when put me to bed way earlier than i had planned.

BUT i am feeling brand new this morning, i think i was just totally over yesterday and needing some rest.... Well this morning, Julian and i were doing our normal, breakfast, cartoons, and me on my pc checking out email, school stuff, and facebook.. when he came to the stool i was sitting on bouncing up and down, and making a yelling noise, like he wanted my attention... and then he would run to the window... so i went to see what he was tring to show me..

and this is what i saw...

HAHAHAHA, what the heck!? I know my neighbors have alot of land behind my yard and they have horses but i didnt know they have chickens.. and if this is their chickens.. are are running lose! LOL Julian stood at the window and watched them until they left- and when they did leave he cried. Poor thing.. he loves animals nowa days... i really do need to get him a pet dog or something.

play off's

Sunday, Mom had a big cook out over at her house, Lots of yummy food! It was nice outside, so of course thats where Julian wanted to spend his time.





What a cheeseball! huh? yeah well he was doing all these cute things- while tring to get my moms glasses off her face! which he succeeded in doing. haha..


I hurried to snap a picture because he looked so nerdy! :P hahaha- he just loves attention!


Julian is getting so big! Just in the last month i have been living in Louisiana, is says Nana, puppy, i love you, & JUST said mawmaw for the first time a few days ago. He has become so independent, he tries to put on his own shoes, shirts and even when im changing his diaper, he pulls a wipe and tries to clean himself. haha. He is just growing so so fast! crazy to think hes almost a year and half old. It wont be too long before I'll have to start thinking about his next birthday party theme!

Well we all aree well aware of the saints WINNING the play off's and if that wasnt enough excitment... My sister in law texted me not long after the game telling me..YES THE SAINTS GAME LITERALLY PUT ME INTO LABOR! ahh.. i thought i was with out a doubt going to have heart failure that night.

and sure enough, the next morning, Monday January 25 at 8:26.. the beautiful, perfect Avery came into the world weighing 7 pounds and 5 oz. 20.5 inches long.

:) Congrads to Cherish and Josh, I know yall will make terrific parents! & i can not wait to meet you sweet bundle of love!

busybusy bubble bee-funfun fun as can be!

whew! its only Saturday night? Really? It feels like Wendesday, man i need to relax for the remainder of this weekend!
Thursday we went to visit Grandmaw Connie in Baton Rouge. We went out to eat lunch, and also went shopping for Julian some summer clothes that he was in dier need for.
Friday we visited Melissa, and ended up sleeping there last night. She has Julian the cutest RaceCar bed in her room- & he slept so well in it! :) This morning, Melissa Julian and I went to do our income tax then brought Julian to Mawmaw Linda's so us girls could go do some shopping-- well for Melissa to go do some shopping should I say! haha. After running the roads, we went back to Mawmaw linda's. Julian had sat on her lap and cut the grass with her..well... the lawn mower actually put Julian to sleep- so yeah. And we got there just as he was waking up!.. He loves the freedom of playing outside...so thats what we did while our clothes washed and mawmaw cooked cornish hens and wild rice!..
here are a fre pictures..

Mawmaw yelled HI to Julian from the kitchen window- and his little face lite up!..

here he is waving to her and saying, "HEYYYY"


Finally she was done all that cooking and came outside to play! haha..here is Julian going baazerk with the wind chines mawmaw was introducing to him!

&& here they are laughing, a Julian attempts being gentle..haha yeahhhh RIGHT!

:)

perfect weather

It was beautiful outside today. I happen to see the nasty weather headed this way for tomorow, so i figured i'd bring Julian outdoors today! he loves to play outside, since he wasnt able to do it much when we lived in the apartment!
So i packed up his block wagon, some trucks, and his 4 wheeler and we spend qt time getting some fresh air out in the back yard.

Mindy checked the mail for me today, and was nice enough to bring me my much needed debit card! Julian and Kenzie get along so well!... HM, well i was showing Mindy something on the computer i believe when we realized the kids were mighty quiet. YEAH well this is what we found!.. Julian and Kenzie had got in my cupboard and spilt my coffee creamer ALL ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR and from the looks of the evidence, and the amount of creamer i found in Julians diaper- THEY HAD A BLAST!

yesterday

Yesterday after Julians nap we went to Melissa's to spend some time, Here are some pictures from our afternoon..

On the way there, it was beautiful outside, so i cracked the windows! Julian was having a blast, he would throw his arms in the air like was on a roller coaster and squeel! :P


Idk what the deal was with his lunch..but he literally took one bite out of everything...and then went back and took another bite out of everything. It seemed like he was sitting there forever to eat his dinner. WEIRD.


I printed out some pages from the internet for kids to color. Ones says," Proud of my NAVY Dad!" we are sending these to daddy soon, so shhh..dont tell him!

fun field day!

Sorry again for not updating!!! We are finally moved into our little cozy apartment in Des Allemands. It is starting to feel like home, as the days pass- and we create memories here & put our own touches on things.
It has been so nice being around family and friends! I do not know how I am going to part from NOLA again!

I have made it through my first week back in college successfully! 90 on HLT 143 test & 93 on PSY 201! yay! anndd Julian has been adjusting just fine himself.

Today Mawmaw Linda came by this morning on her way to the grocery! :) Julian always loves riding mawmaw's horsey! While Julian napped i cleaned out the inside of our car and folded some laundry my mom had washed for me and dropped off. Once he woke up we went to Dylans birthday party at mawmaw&pawpaw Murphy's house! here are some pictures I snapped. ( Julian has adored pawpaw since the day he met him )

Path way to a happy, successful life!!

saying,"ohhhhhh"

My Pawpaw is my hero! He is the OX of our family, the strongest man i've ever met. He is fearless & such a kind person. Would help anyone who is in need, but is very honest and will tell you if you are doing wrong. I love him very much!

Pawpaw paying ball with Julian.

:) ball Mommy.

pawpaw was fixing his orange tree, and Julian was tring his best to help him!!

after the party, we stopped by Mawmaw Linda's so I could wash the outside of the car & she made us a togo plate of Hotdog skettie! && upside down pineapple cake!! Yuumm.. Julian and I really enjoyed our dinner && desert tonight- THANKS MOM! :)

ahhh! i got Julian some "shit kickers" LMAO. they are the cutest thing!!!!!!

I took this picture for you mrs. Debbie( he was snuggling his George you got him for xmas!!) Can you tell my baby was pooped after playing all day!!

i will post pictures later of the apartment- check out my blog for the fun stuff!

few & far inbetween

i realize the updates have been few and far inbetween.. but the move has really been putting a weight on my shoulders. I haven't had much time for anything other than the move & getting settled in.

the move was as expected, exhusting, but im so glad it was over. I had been feeling very anxious about our travel arrangments. In october when we flew- Julian was a holy terror, so I thought for sure this go around would be even harder and minus Josh. But to my surprise, it was actually alright. :) the monkey horest made a big difference..I am very glad I bit the bullet and got it.

Once we got here it was lost of preparing, and unpacking, visiting and tring to settle. The settle part still isnt set in, being its been so cold down here && my place doesnt have a central heat. What happend to NOLA having 40 degg and 30 degree winters? freakkingg 20 and UNDER..is just so out of the norm for South Louisiana. I am so looking forward to the weather getting back to normal so I can settle and get Julian back on track & let him know he does in deed have a HOME.
I am looking to get serious with potty training as soon as we get settled. Julian has been introduced for a good 3 months now and has done number 1 and 2 on the potty already. But sadly, i wasnt able to inforce it 100 % because of the move. But i think that turned out to be better for us, in the long run.

My camera is dead && still packed in a box but I plan to start taking pictures again && blogging regularly, cable and internet will be set up TOMORROW thank god!

Hope you all had a safe and happy holidays!