countdown

The countdown is on. Wednesday Casey and I leave for Houston. We are staying for a week. On Monday I turn 21 and I think we are going to louisiana to the casino. Will be gambling but not drinking. I'm pregnant!!! Im about 8 weeks along. We will get back on August 5th. Casey then leaves for Amarillo on the 10th. Then from Amarillo to Ft. Benning for Basic on the 11th. A little more than a week after he gets there I should get our insurance information so I can see a doctor. Lots going on and lots to look forward to!!!!

Weekend Fun!

The house was crazy busy this weekend. There was good food and good times!

Miss Madalyn
Look I actually got a smile

Aaron, Adrien and Lexi playing in the pool

Aaron.. He can be soooo goofy!

Adrien.... He always looks like tough stuff lol.

Lexi... She LOVES the water.

Splashing around






She love holding babies!

Casey just text me he is on his way home! Hes officially army now! They swore him in today! YAY!! Things are set in stone and im sooooo relieved and proud.

SO first cycle done and Im not pregnant. I am so ready to be pregnant but I was kinda glad. I didnt really want to be due in Jan. I guess god knows best. Casey left for MEPS today. Tomorrow he will go in for his physical and his army tests. I know he will do great but hes really nervous. Then he leaves for training in August. Hes enlisting for 6 years. Part of me wishes he will get stationed in San antonio so we are half way between his family and mine. The other part of me wants to be stationed somewhere new and interesting like california or italy! We have no choice so ill just have to wait and see. Wont know any of that till the end of nov. When casey gets back from training (end of nov) he has to work as a recruiter for a couple of weeks till they send him to a station. Got a busy couple of weeks coming up at the end of the month. First is the James reunion and then im flying to my parents for my sisters graduation. WHOO HOO cant wait to visit everyone!

I tried to write this before but due to the need to talk to a few more involved people I deleted it and am now trying again. A few BIG decisions have been made that are going to turn my life on its axis. Definitely for the better. The first is Casey and I have decided to have another baby. Lexi is 19 months now and will be almost 2 and a half by the time we have another. We think its a good age difference. The second which is both helpful and a hinderance to the first is Casey has decided to join the military. He is already in the process of enlisting with the army. If all goes well he is leaving in July. The third decision happened to make the second easier... We moved in with Rita. This way in the next few months before he leaves we dont have bills to worry about. He will also be away at training for several months. The ball is already rolling on all three fronts... so we will see how it goes!!

lexi

Totally Awesome night!!!

I had a really good night tonight. Firstly we had our first night in league. While I dont rock ( my average is 90) I have so much fun! Lexi was exceptionally good while we were there. She sat in the playpen with Juli and played and ate. Our team by the way is "The Sewer Rats". We got home, I laid lexi in bed, she didnt cry!!! Not one little noise just rolled over and went to sleep. Now I know it was like 11:30 but she normally fights me a little still. Then for the best part. I got online to check my grades!!! One of them hasnt come in still. In Eng 101 I made a 84.9!!!! YAY!!! Im so excited. On my final paper which amanda and I worked endlessly on I made a 94!! He took off a couple points cause it wasnt enough words and a couple because my header was a different font from the rest of my paper. He told me it was OUTSTANDING work though. his words exactly lol. so overall a very very good night!!!

6 hours down 56 to go

I finished my first set of classes today! These were my first internet courses and I have been kinda worried. Especially about my final which is a 1500 word expository essay. Thanks to my wonderful sister in law Amanda I think I nailed it! She and I must have sent to paper back and forth 50 times lol. So I just finished English 101 and Gen 105. Tomorrow I start English 102 and Computer Information Systems.

Hope everyone had a good valentines! I did casey bought me roses, candy and a stuffed ladybug. He took me out for steak. Then we went bowling and then everyone came to our house to play guitar hero. It was fun!

Lexi at the bowling alley.... chatting on her phone...

She looked so sweet. but refused to give me a better picture than this lol.

Playing... putting on daddys socks and shoes.Recent family photo!

A little update

Trying to play the drums

My Smiling Girl!!!

Sleeping like a big girl

Lexi has been sleeping in her own room for 2 weeks now. Last night she didnt cry at all. Shes being such a big girl! Its hard to believe shes almost 17 months!

Enjoying the changes

So the new year has brought so many new things. I mean this all started mid december but its really struck since the beginning of the year. Casey got his new job which gives us extra opportunities and more money. We joined the gym which has given us something to do, it helps us feel better and has made us happier. It is also a time to get together with friends since they go with us. We are joining a bowling league to spend time with some other friends and with each other (and lexi of course, she loves bowling!). Our roommate moved out. Its given us sooo much more space. Lexi has her own room now. All her toys are in there. We got our income tax, we put alot of it in savings and casey and I split the rest. I bought me a new laptop for school. And the software Ive been needing for school. It has made my classes sooooo much easier. I only have a week left before these classes end and new ones begin. I also bought several things to organize and decorate my house. Things feel so new, active, and awesome. I like how the year has started hope it continues this way.

So Excited

In order to explain why I am excited, I have to give a short history lesson. Casey proposed to me on February 15, 2005. He bought me a gorgeous little engagement ring. Mid 2006 I lost it!!! I was soooo upset. We tore the house apart looking for it, to no avail. So since our wedding in Nov 2007 Ive only been wearing the wedding band. Well we helped my grandmother move all her stuff to a storage unit last weekend. After moving my grandfathers bed my mother found my engagement ring!!!!!!!!! She just gave it back to me this morning. I am so excited. I started crying, I missed it soooo bad! YAY!!

One Word

1. Where is your cell phone? table
2. Where is your significant other? couch
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? unpredictable
5. Your father? distant
6. Your favorite thing? relationships
7. Your dream last night? scary
8. Your goal? degree
9. The room you are in? living
10. Your hobby? internet
11. Your fear? death
12. Where do you want to be in six years? here
13. Where were you last night? bed
14. What you are not? cold
15. One of your wish list items? laptop
16. Where you grew up? Alvin
17. The last thing you did? drove
18. What you are wearing? nightie
19. Your TV? Jumper
20. Your pet? None
21. Your computer? boring
22. Your mood? achy
23. Missing someone? Always
24. Your car? tiny
25. Something you are not wearing? make-up
26. Favorite story? love
27. Your Summer? long
28. Love someone? infiniately
29. Your favorite color? red
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? week

Okay family! I have been working on a family tree for over a year now. There is still alot I dont know. I want to welcome all of you to help me. I can email you an invite to the tree so you can edit and add. Or you can just send me information and I can do it. Please go view it at http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/pedigree.aspx?tid=1379616 . It will always begin at myself but its easy to navigate to find the part of the family you want. Currently it consists of over 250 people and 10 generations!!!

Just Starting

Okay so my sister-in-law like twisted my arm and told me if I didnt do this she would break it!!!! LOL. I'm just kidding, although it does kinda sound like her ;) love you amanda. Alright. There is alot going on and not alot going on all at the same time. Im still in school. Its still my first nine weeks. My husband just started a new job. We are really excited about the raise. We both joined a gym and go quite often. I think its really good for Lexi. She gets the daycare experience a little at a time. Learning to be away from mommy. Took her to the doctor today. It was a wellness checkup. Everything looks really good. Shes 29.5 inches. Still a short stuff. Shes still right at 20 lbs. Alrighty thats about it. Now back to cleaning. (Yeah Right)