We ordered "Daddy Dolls" for the kids, and Daddy gave them to the rugrats before leaving. They are loving them up - giving them hugs and kisses before going to bed at night and first thing in the morning. It's pretty cute. Gabi wanted to know why I didn't have one too. I asked if I could just borrow hers when I needed a hug instead, and she said she would share. Such a good girl!
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Gone
He left on Saturday. I was fine until the gate attendant told us we only had 2 minutes. Then the tears came. The kids were pretty unfazed - they are just too used to TDY and too young to understand what a whole year means. We went and drowned our sorrows in syrup at IHOP afterward and then met up with family. We've had great support since then, but somehow I don't feel like I'm handling this as well as I thought I would. It's probably because we've been traveling non-stop and the last month has been pretty stressful. Hopefully, once I get a little rest and we get into a routine, I'll start coping a little better. We ordered "Daddy Dolls" for the kids, and Daddy gave them to the rugrats before leaving. They are loving them up - giving them hugs and kisses before going to bed at night and first thing in the morning. It's pretty cute. Gabi wanted to know why I didn't have one too. I asked if I could just borrow hers when I needed a hug instead, and she said she would share. Such a good girl!
We ordered "Daddy Dolls" for the kids, and Daddy gave them to the rugrats before leaving. They are loving them up - giving them hugs and kisses before going to bed at night and first thing in the morning. It's pretty cute. Gabi wanted to know why I didn't have one too. I asked if I could just borrow hers when I needed a hug instead, and she said she would share. Such a good girl!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Deployment
As usual, its been a long time between posts. However, I have a feeling that is about to change. Unfortunately, in the near future, I'll be using this page to update my husband on the daily activities of our children.
I've been putting this post off for a long time, because the situation has changed so many times in the last 6 months, I wanted to make sure we actually knew for certain what was happening before I blasted an announcement out to everyone. Now we are a week away from departure, so I'm assuming its not going to change again. (Of course, you never know....)
Long story short... in March hubby got accepted to a very exciting position with a top-notch unit. Unfortunately, the job doesn't open until Summer '09. He was supposed to remain in place until then, but his job was promised as a retention bonus to another soldier, forcing him out of the position. The Army's solution was to create a job in Afghanistan and send him there on an augmentee tasking. He is still technically assigned to the Recruiting Battalion, so technically, that is where the kids and I are supposed to be staying while he is gone. However, with no military infrastructure, no family readiness group, and no family nearby, we decided that we would prefer to move the kids back to Wisconsin for the duration of the deployment.
So, at the beginning of June, we put most of our stuff in storage, loaded up the car and a U-Haul trailer and drove 2,000 miles back to "home". We'll be living with my parents, which I haven't decided how I feel about yet. I love my parents and get along with them quite well. However, I haven't lived at home for over 10 years... its going to be a big adjustment for us all. But in the long run, I think its the best thing for the kids, and its going to be great to have the extra help and live-in babysitters. Maybe now I'll have some time to take some classes and work on some professional development, so I'll be ready to get back to work one of these years!!
Anyway, for now, we are savoring our last few days together before Dad takes off. He will be leaving Wisconsin to go to Fort Benning on July 5th and then departing for Afghanistan from there after completing CRC. We are not looking forward to it, but we're ready for it. Gabi says she's going to "miss my daddy when he goes to "up-scan-iz-scan"".
Me too.
I've been putting this post off for a long time, because the situation has changed so many times in the last 6 months, I wanted to make sure we actually knew for certain what was happening before I blasted an announcement out to everyone. Now we are a week away from departure, so I'm assuming its not going to change again. (Of course, you never know....)
Long story short... in March hubby got accepted to a very exciting position with a top-notch unit. Unfortunately, the job doesn't open until Summer '09. He was supposed to remain in place until then, but his job was promised as a retention bonus to another soldier, forcing him out of the position. The Army's solution was to create a job in Afghanistan and send him there on an augmentee tasking. He is still technically assigned to the Recruiting Battalion, so technically, that is where the kids and I are supposed to be staying while he is gone. However, with no military infrastructure, no family readiness group, and no family nearby, we decided that we would prefer to move the kids back to Wisconsin for the duration of the deployment.
So, at the beginning of June, we put most of our stuff in storage, loaded up the car and a U-Haul trailer and drove 2,000 miles back to "home". We'll be living with my parents, which I haven't decided how I feel about yet. I love my parents and get along with them quite well. However, I haven't lived at home for over 10 years... its going to be a big adjustment for us all. But in the long run, I think its the best thing for the kids, and its going to be great to have the extra help and live-in babysitters. Maybe now I'll have some time to take some classes and work on some professional development, so I'll be ready to get back to work one of these years!!
Anyway, for now, we are savoring our last few days together before Dad takes off. He will be leaving Wisconsin to go to Fort Benning on July 5th and then departing for Afghanistan from there after completing CRC. We are not looking forward to it, but we're ready for it. Gabi says she's going to "miss my daddy when he goes to "up-scan-iz-scan"".
Me too.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Happy Easter!
Ha! Apparently, I only find time to post pictures of the kids when they are in costume! Ah well, at least I got one more use out of the outfits!! My ducky and bunny wish you a very joyous spring and a happy Easter!!
As for an update on our PCS situation... we are still waiting for resolution. Our PCS date and destination have changed about 3 times in 3 weeks... so we are waiting for something in writing before we make an announcement about where (and when) we're headed next.
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