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Life Goes OnEvery day is a winding road... (Cheryl Crow) May 24 OK, Last time!I moved my blog. Last time I do it, promise. Please come see me at www.just-us-ya-know.blogspot.com At least I think that's it... <sigh>. April 12 LOVE the fam...I am having such a good time with Katy and Brandon! I feel bad though, cause it's like the 3 siblings that live here fight over who gets to spend time with them and it's dumb because we should all just do stuff together in my opinion. Oh well, that's how it always is when fam is in town. At least they know they are loved!!
My kids are doing so well on their potty training. As long as they are completely naked, they go only on the toilet. Unfortunately, we live in a society where I can't take them out while they are naked... kinda messes things up. But they are both getting better.
Other than that, not much going on right now. Randy has AT in a few weeks, 21 days at Camp Williams. We are hoping since it's so close he will be allowed to come home at night, but who knows? I have lost so much confidence in our military leaders lately. He still has NEVER BEEN PAID for one of his drills, and we have talked to everyone we can think of! Pooh. Oh well.
Have a great weekend everyone! April 03 MORE good news!My sister Katy got engaged today!!! She and her honey Brandon have been a couple for 2 years, as of April 1 (Raedin's b-day!) They will be getting married on April 1 next year. I am so happy for her. I like Brandon. I am the only sib here in Utah that has met him and he's a nice guy. And he is a lot like Randy in many ways, except he's liberal and Randy is uber-conservative! I told Randy that when they are here next week, he and Brandon can talk about anything in the world EXCEPT politics!! HAHA! So congrats to Katy Bear! I am so excited to see them both next week! April 01 I'M AN AUNT!!!Ok, it's not the first time. I have 4 nieces on my side and a ton of nieces and nephews on Randy's. BUT, this one is DIFFERENT. For one thing, it's a BOY!!!! And for another, I got to be with my sister through the whole labor and delivery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot describe how incredibly happy that has made me. You see, mine were both c-sections, and I have had to have my tubes tied, so I have never had the chance to experience live, healthy, natural birth. And I gotta tell ya, I am SO PROUD of my sissy!!!! Chris did SO well. She ended up asking for an epidural, and once it hit and she could stop fighting the contractions, she went so fast. Raedin Levi R------ was born at 5:04 am and weighed 6 lbs 13 oz, 18 inches long. His 2 big sisters were so long compared to him!! They are so in love with him , and so am I!!!
CONGRATS CHRISSY AND NATE!! HE IS AWESOME!!!
***Also, Randy's home unit, the 145th, is leaving in July for a 12 mo deployment. At this time, they are saying the 40 who went with the 222nd will most likely NOT have to go. Please pray for that with us!!*** February 09 A small difficulty in being NG instead of Reg Army...I took Randy down to the armory tonight with all his gear for an FTX up at Dugway. Something about the whole thing made me just bawl. It wasn't because it's our first time apart for this long since he got home (I mean, it's only 2 days for cryin' out loud).
It was kinda because it means he can't take work off next Wednesday to take me out, because he had to miss work tonight (he works nights) and he can't take me out this weekend, and he can't next because it's my bro's wedding. It does stink that we are spending another V-Day not together and not celebrating, once again because of military stuff. On the other hand, he will be home that night and it's a commercial holiday anyway. So it's not really that. Really, it's seeing him training and knowing very really that it IS TRAINING. It used to be, "Oh look how sexy, my man is in a uniform off playing soldier!" And then he got deployed. And now it's, "Oh look, my man is learning new tactics to try to stay alive next time he gets called up." And ya know what? THAT SCARES ME. It breaks my heart. It worries me. I am one of those dumb people who thought National Guard meant home security: patrolling the street when the prez comes to town, guarding City Hall during important meetings, clean-up after natural disasters.... and SOMETIMES a trip out of the country for a bit. Now it's like we should have just gone regular Army in the first place. We know he is going to go again. We know there is no longer a limit to how often he can go or how long. And I hate seeing him go to drill knowing that this time, this could be the one where they announce his next deployment. This could be it. And if it's not, then next time could be it. Or the next. I try so hard not to dwell on it, but we ARE NOT regular Army, and so tonight was kinda a plummet back to the reality of "It can and will happen again, we just don't know when." And I hate that. January 31 Life happenings...Randy and I went on a date last Saturday. It was fun, we got some Chinese food and walked around the mall for a while before going to see Night at the Museum. SOOOOO funny!!! I absolutely LOVED it. We are going to see it again this weekend in fact, lol. Seriously, it was soo much fun. I love Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson! OW has physical comedy down so good, he is PERFECT in his delivery.
Julia is in her last semester of preschool, I can't believe it. I am so wishy-washy on how I feel about her going to kindergarten in a normal class next year. I feel like it's a scary thing. I mean, she's been surrounded so far by other kids with delays, and teachers and therapists who are trained to teach kids like her. I know she is super smart, and learns well, but she is still delayed in her speech. And she is still really little, even with all the weight she has gained lately (we hit 30+ pounds finally!!!! YAY!). But she is little. I don't want her teased or bullied! I don't want her being abused at school and not knowing how to tell me what's going on! I don't want kids thinking she is dumb just because she isn't potty-trained yet. She can't have proper bladder control yet, she is still on liquid feedings that make her go a lot, a little at a time. But we ARE trying. I feel like she's SAFE where she is, does that make sense? And sending her out into the "real" world isn't SAFE. I don't know, I don't know what I want for her. Do I want to hold her back so she can be a little more caught up? Or do I want to send her to K and see if it helps her improve even more? I don't know. I need to pray about it I think.
Enough rambling for one night. January 28 Brief UpdateOK, where to begin?? Randy left his job at the beginning of December and is now working at a place called Reed Hycalog. He grinds drill bits with diamond-dust grinder wheels. Pays more than the last job, but it's a swing shift, 3:45 to 12:15 at night. It's good in a way, I find myself getting a LOT more done at home now that I am not distracted all evening by my hubby and I don't have the car at night to go run around. But it also means he doesn't get as much time with the kids. On the other hand, now he feels like going back to school is much more doable. So that is good. The holidays were good to us. Just having Randy here this year made all the difference in the world!! His cousin came home to in November; on Veteran's Day as a matter of fact, go figure! So it was good to see him on Christmas. Julia had back surgery on January 4th. She was diagnosed with a thing called Sprengel's Deformity. Basically, her right scapula (shoulder blade) didn't fully descend when she was developing in the embryonic stage. So the orthopedist went in and cut the muscles connected to the scapula and pulled them down and re-attached them to a lower part of her spine. It made such a difference! She can now put her right arm completely over her head and she doesn't have the funny hunch-looking thing on her shoulder now. She recovered extremely quickly and is back in school. They want her to go to mainstream kindergarten next year!! I can't believe it, it is too unreal to think about at this point. She really is doing well though, more and more people comment on how much easier it is to communicate with her. Nathaniel is growing like a weed. He is the ultimate cutie and monkey and trouble-maker. He is starting to want to sit on the potty every once in a while. Hasn't produced anything yet, but since we are now officially potty-training Julia, I am sure he will soon too. I shaved his head recently and he looks so much like his daddy like that it's eerie. Randy and I went to his battery's version of a military ball on December 2. It was pretty lame but we got to dress up, so that was fun. I'm going to throw some pics on here some time today, but for now I need to give my poor wrists and fingers a break. Typing this much HURTS these days something fierce. Happy Sunday all!
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