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Deployment Bucket List

Everyone should have goals... even an army wife in a deployment. So here is the list of things I want to do while William is gone...

For me:

• Lose the baby weight
• Run a half marathon (or two or three)
• During the summer meet up with other people at least twice a week (failure), during the school year at least once a week
• Read a book each month (June: Divergent, July: Insurgent, Matched, August and Septmeber: none)
• Blog here twice a week 
• Become active at church

For William:

• Blog on Levi's blog everyday... including a picture
• Send him a care package every other week once he is in country
• Get my school involved in sending mail to his team

For Levi:

• Schedule a play date with a friend at least once a month
• Get the playroom in order for him
• Plan an awesome first birthday party
• Make Daddy a part of every single day
• Be a good boy mom
• Make Levi's baby food

Getting Creative:

• Get better at sewing (maybe take another class)
• Make a pinterest project once a month
• Make a yellow ribbon wreath for the door
• Start a meal exchange with Jonna
• Learn to cook 20 good meals

For the House:

• Hire electrician to fix plugs and light fixtures
• Hire contractor to put in french doors in the living room and kitchen and close in door in bathroom.  
• Get the play room in order for Levi
• Get a slipcover for the couch in Master bedroom
• Get flower beds in better order (and get a load of dirt to put on them)
• Get the trees trimmed
• Decorate rooms and fill up picture frames

For our Future:

• Pay off college loans by September 2012 (our little stint with FMLA pushed this back from May)
• Reorganize filing cabinet
• Establish the "new car" fund
• Pay an extra payment toward our mortgage principle

Catch Up: Photo Bomb

On Thursday, William and I when with two of my SLP friends, and their husbands, to the Arboretum for a concert and to see the Chihuly exhibit.  It was such a fun night.  We had a picnic on a the big hill overlooking the lake and then when the sun went down we toured the exhibit again.  I'm so thankful for my amazing friends... Sarah and Erica, I'm so glad yall are in my life and have such fun husbands! 

 Levi looked up the hill at Erica and Craig all night! 

These are various pictures taken over the last week or so.  Levi has started trying to sit up, so we helped him a lot with that this week!

Look Mom... I'm sitting!

Sad face... 

Finally!!! A Baylor outfit fits me!

On Father's Day, we went to First Baptist Richardson Church for the second week in a row.  William had already decided that he liked the pastor but I was still trying to feel comfortable in one of the Sunday school classes. This week we found the prefect class for us (mostly me though) and so we joined the church on Sunday morning.  It was pretty emotional for us both.  They announced in front of the entire church that William was deploying.  I cried.  William cringed... he hates the "sympathy".  But we are very happy with our decision to join.  As I told Williams "I don't want to be a visitor for 15 months".  We found out as we were joining that Ellis Orozco (the FBCR pastor) is good friends with our old Tallowood pastor, Duane Brooks.  Williams said "See I knew I liked him for a reason".

 After church we went to brunch and Levi was making some silly faces at me while playing with his favorite toy, "the loosely defined ball" as William calls it.

Levi got himself and his daddy fishing poles.  This was they can fish together when William gets home. 

We rounded out our last weekend together with a nice grilled chicken dinner at home.  Levi even sat in his high chair and ate with us... plastic.... yum!

Happy Father's Day, Daddy

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

Sorry I can't be there this weekend... but I guess that's the cost of your little girl becoming a Mommy ;)

I tried to do the "Oooga Chaca" dance for Levi the other night... but I don't quite remember it.  Can you make a video and send it to him? Oh... and I read him Jillian Jiggs... because his room looked like it had been lived in by pigs... unfortunately it's our fault it looked like that... not his.  But one day it will be his fault I'm sure.

Love you... thanks for teaching me that Nothing is Impossible.

The Day I Threw Developmental Milestones Out the Window

Levi is 15 weeks old... 2 weeks and one day shy of 4 months.  It's a little early for solid foods by all standards. I know about all the debates... obesity vs. oral motor skills, sleeping through the night vs. child led weaning... and the list goes on. No, Levi hasn't doubled his birth weight yet... no, he can't sit up unsupported yet... No, he doesn't act interested in our food.  He does eat a ton though. We are creeping up on 34 ounces of formula a day... and let me tell you, they don't make bottles bigger than 9 ounces! But to be honest, our decision to let Levi eat oatmeal today was based on one thing...

We wanted to make a memory. And that makes it okay.

 Mom, why are you sticking this thing in my mouth?

 Hmm... it's not so bad.

 I changed my mind... I don't like it, okay?

 OH crap... she's going to do it again.

 Daddy, I thought you heard me say I didn't like it. 

 Seriously? More? 

 See this face... it's the face of I DON'T LIKE IT.

 This thing is freaking awesome though.

 Maybe you should just let me do this myself... I'm seriously better at it than you.

What did I tell you... I can do it BY MYSELF!