Wow! Really?!?! Already? It seems some sort of surreal. It just seems that I just moved here from Virginia, away from the cold, snow, and Matt. But it was actually a year ago. I'm sure most of you that do this kind of thing know that when the first move is underway, that the time it is til you are with who you want to be with, moves slower than a snail. I can say that I was definitely, without a doubt, one of those people. It really never accurd to me that the time would actually come faster than I ever imagined. There is good and bad about that. The good is, obviously, that I get my "own" family back, in a home, where we can spend the much needed time together and get reaquainted. The bad is that I'm leaving my mom, family, and friends here. There is never a good time for that. I hate leaving my mom. She is my best friend and has been such a great rock for me through this time I have been away from my husband. She has been such a great help with my girls and I cant thank her enough for it. I will miss her everyday, and that i have been away from her before, the leaving ALWAYS sucks!! As for the rest of my family here, they have been such a great help with my girls and me. There have been some great times and I hope there are many visits with them. I will miss them too. Another sad good-bye is seeing my dad. He has had a year, a whole year, to bond with Finley. She is now so in love with her Papa, that she would rather spend all her time with him. It is so sweet. I know that seeing her go will make him so sad and that just makes me feel so guilty. And the fact that Charli was born here, and raised here for the first year of her life, we are leaving a ton of memories behind. With my family and friends seeing the girls all the time and the changes that they have made, its getting really hard to leave all that behind.I know that all of the new memories to be made with my husband and two girls will be worth all of this that we are going through right now..I just wish we didn't have to go through it. I really have never felt so guilty in my entire life.
We are going to be taking off tomorrow morning and hitting the road for the long day of driving we have ahead. I hope the girls will cooperate and we can get where we need to in good time, but given the fact that we are driving during the day, I'm sure there will a lot of pit stops. I hope Charli can handle the car seat that long!! Im really praying for that!! Now that she is just about walking and crawling absolutely everywhere, loving to be mobile, she will probably hate me tomorrow. I know Finley will be fine. I bought her a bunch of new little things to open in the car and play with. It will be a little "moving present". She will be excited for that and it will keep her busy.
Just knowing that I will get to be in a bed with Matt tomorrow night, even though its a hotel, its just surreal. I really am having trouble believing that we are here. At this point of moving to our first base as a family, living the real military life, and actually going through the motions. It will all be interesting to say the least. I will be able to call myself a real "Navy Wife" from now on. Its a wake up call for me!
Don't get me wrong. Im really excited about the move, but emotions are running high and goodbyes, being left to be said, its just all too sad. It will bring tears and sad feelings, but at the end of the day tomorrow, we will be a family of 4 for the first time ever!! Now, there is something that can't be replaced!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
The movers are here!!
Wednesday I spent pretty much all day going through the rest of our things, picking out what I wanted here to keep for the last couple days and what was heading to South Carolina on the truck. Keeping in mind that all I kept here was going to have to be stored in the van with us and two girls plus car toys, I kept it down to a minimum and still felt like there was too much kept here. Oh well. We'll deal with it. I kept catching myself,on wednesday while going through stuff, getting choaked up. I was imaginig that I'd be so excited that tears really wouldn't play a role in the "going through stuff phase". I knew I'd better get myself together because I knew this wasn't even with a thought going to be the hardest part.
Yesterday the movers showed up in a 55 foot semi. I was a little intimidated to be honest. Not that this was just a truck, but all my stuff was going to be living on this 18 wheeler for the next week and you know how it is when you dont have control of all your own belongings. I got over it real quick when the 3 mover guys got out and asked what was going and what was staying. Of course I immediately switched into my "mom-survival-adult" mode and gathered my things and took them around and showed them what to do and take. They numbered and listed every item/box/tote that I had and packed each one thouroughly and precautiously. I was impressed. They showed up at the condo at 10:10 and we left and headed for the storage unit at 11:50. They worked fast!!
When we got to the storage unit they started right in, going through what I already packed and checking to make sure it was packed nice and tight and safe. The did a great job! I was on site becuase there has to be a witness of their work and how they handle things. I never lifted a finger which was the best part, but my legs and feet hurt from standing and walking ALL day long! I'll tell you though, to not do anything, it was worth it :)
I couldnt believe how fast the whole thing went. They never took a break and just kept working their butts off and loading stuff. They got done with the storage unit around 430-5ish and headed for Jacksonville, where I guess they were doing another pick-up of stuff. I was kind of surprised when they told me that the bulk of all their moves and business is military. I dont know why it shocked me, but it did.
The driver explained to me that he has to drop off a move in Savannah, Ga on Tuesday of this up coming week and he would be at our house Wednesday. The only delay would be if something drastic happened. So it looks like we will be taking off Tuesday morning about 730 and hitting the road to Beaufort.
Im just taken back by how all of this is done and my stuff is on its way there and there really isn't much more to do! I mean this move is really 4 days away! Time has sure been on Matt and my's side. It will be quite the adventure!! Our first one as a family of 4!
Yesterday the movers showed up in a 55 foot semi. I was a little intimidated to be honest. Not that this was just a truck, but all my stuff was going to be living on this 18 wheeler for the next week and you know how it is when you dont have control of all your own belongings. I got over it real quick when the 3 mover guys got out and asked what was going and what was staying. Of course I immediately switched into my "mom-survival-adult" mode and gathered my things and took them around and showed them what to do and take. They numbered and listed every item/box/tote that I had and packed each one thouroughly and precautiously. I was impressed. They showed up at the condo at 10:10 and we left and headed for the storage unit at 11:50. They worked fast!!
When we got to the storage unit they started right in, going through what I already packed and checking to make sure it was packed nice and tight and safe. The did a great job! I was on site becuase there has to be a witness of their work and how they handle things. I never lifted a finger which was the best part, but my legs and feet hurt from standing and walking ALL day long! I'll tell you though, to not do anything, it was worth it :)
I couldnt believe how fast the whole thing went. They never took a break and just kept working their butts off and loading stuff. They got done with the storage unit around 430-5ish and headed for Jacksonville, where I guess they were doing another pick-up of stuff. I was kind of surprised when they told me that the bulk of all their moves and business is military. I dont know why it shocked me, but it did.
The driver explained to me that he has to drop off a move in Savannah, Ga on Tuesday of this up coming week and he would be at our house Wednesday. The only delay would be if something drastic happened. So it looks like we will be taking off Tuesday morning about 730 and hitting the road to Beaufort.
Im just taken back by how all of this is done and my stuff is on its way there and there really isn't much more to do! I mean this move is really 4 days away! Time has sure been on Matt and my's side. It will be quite the adventure!! Our first one as a family of 4!
New Haircut!
Matt has always loved me with long hair. I think pretty much in general every man loves long hair. I dont get it, but whatever. I had long hair til the day Finley was an infant and pulled it out..it hurt like crazy! I went to the salon that day and chopped all my hair off! Since then I have kept my hair short and styled it just the way I like it.
I'd like to say recently, but for a while now, Matt has been begging me to grow my hair out. I finally gave in when I saw him over the summer in Chicago. So, its taken me from July til now to get my hair a little bit past my shoulders and I always took the time to fix it up nice and make myself look presentable as best I could. Then during the day, getting busy with the kids and stuff, it always wound up going up in a ponytail or some sort of twisted thing. And of course, the hair just never falls straight after that. I was just plainly getting so tired of having the long hair. It just felt heavy and it was always getting tangled and such and I was over it. So, it took some major convincing, coaxing and a little bribery!! (I promised him that we could get a king size bed...and then he got some ideas off that...) Then I thought, oh Lord, what have I done?? LOL! That definitely helped do the trick!! I got Matt around the idea that my hair is so much better short and its so much easier for me to take care of it and it takes less time, which is better with the girls anyhow!
So, with his support and his OK, I called up and made an appointment. I went in on Tuesday afternoon and although I couldn't help being excited, I was a little bummed on cutting it all off because deep down I didn't want to disappoint Matt. But it all came out great and I couldn't be happier with the end result! Especially since I got my roots touched up and some low lights put in. It was just what I needed before the big move. A good boost for me :)
Here are the before and after pics...
in the pic with my hair long, those are also my new glasses :)
I'd like to say recently, but for a while now, Matt has been begging me to grow my hair out. I finally gave in when I saw him over the summer in Chicago. So, its taken me from July til now to get my hair a little bit past my shoulders and I always took the time to fix it up nice and make myself look presentable as best I could. Then during the day, getting busy with the kids and stuff, it always wound up going up in a ponytail or some sort of twisted thing. And of course, the hair just never falls straight after that. I was just plainly getting so tired of having the long hair. It just felt heavy and it was always getting tangled and such and I was over it. So, it took some major convincing, coaxing and a little bribery!! (I promised him that we could get a king size bed...and then he got some ideas off that...) Then I thought, oh Lord, what have I done?? LOL! That definitely helped do the trick!! I got Matt around the idea that my hair is so much better short and its so much easier for me to take care of it and it takes less time, which is better with the girls anyhow!
So, with his support and his OK, I called up and made an appointment. I went in on Tuesday afternoon and although I couldn't help being excited, I was a little bummed on cutting it all off because deep down I didn't want to disappoint Matt. But it all came out great and I couldn't be happier with the end result! Especially since I got my roots touched up and some low lights put in. It was just what I needed before the big move. A good boost for me :)
Here are the before and after pics...
in the pic with my hair long, those are also my new glasses :)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Shopping Excursion :)
Sunday, on our way to St. Petersburg, my mom and I decided to make a pit stop at the Ellenton Outlet Mall. Now the words outlet and mall in the same sentence make me too excited! We pulled in, parked, got my double stroller (which has saved my life) loaded and headed up! Walked into different stores, coming out with shoes, clothes, Tupperware and dishes. I was in heaven! The place was crowded which was nice to see people out spending money, helping the economy turn around. Its about time for that!!
I was so excited to get my dishes for our new place. I have no idea why I get so excited about it, but its a mom thing I guess! They are Corelle and have a cute leafy pattern with some yellow and bright blue dots and fill in color on the edges. I cant wait to use them!! They are break and chip resistant so that will help with kids in the house!!
My mom and I bought the new Reebok shoes that are the Tone Ups for walking. They are really comfortable and I like them alot. Then we walked into Micheal Kors. I swear my mom and I could buy everything in that store. I love his stuff. My mom got a cute pair of black pants....but I wanted to literally buy EVERYTHING in there!! Good thing I cant!!
I hope that there are places like that in South Carolina! I need my outlet mall fix every once in a while!!
I was so excited to get my dishes for our new place. I have no idea why I get so excited about it, but its a mom thing I guess! They are Corelle and have a cute leafy pattern with some yellow and bright blue dots and fill in color on the edges. I cant wait to use them!! They are break and chip resistant so that will help with kids in the house!!
My mom and I bought the new Reebok shoes that are the Tone Ups for walking. They are really comfortable and I like them alot. Then we walked into Micheal Kors. I swear my mom and I could buy everything in that store. I love his stuff. My mom got a cute pair of black pants....but I wanted to literally buy EVERYTHING in there!! Good thing I cant!!
I hope that there are places like that in South Carolina! I need my outlet mall fix every once in a while!!
A special visitor!
On Sunday, my mom, the girls and I made a trip up to St. Petersburg to get my grandma from the airport. She flew down from Iowa and is staying here in FL for a while til the winter passes up north. I was so excited to see her! She is such a special lady to all of us here. I am so happy that she is here while we are so that she can get reacquainted with Finley and get to know Charli. Finley absolutely loves her! She has asked me a million times already if her and grandma Jeanne can have a sleepover-spend the night party! Its too cute. I know that my grandma loves every second of it. Finley is just really funny and silly right now so she keeps us laughing. Always a good thing!
I'm so glad that we at least get a little over a week to spend with her before we leave. I wish it was longer. I love being around her, listening to her talk about all the different things she has done in her life, and what she is doing now. She is such an active lady at her age, 87, busy doing all kinds of things. It amazes me! I hope I can be just like her someday! She is truly someone that means the world to me and such a great role model for my girls.
Yesterday I had to run a quick errand and when I came back she was holding Charli, who was sleeping on her shoulder, and it was priceless. She was holding her great-granddaughter for the first time. It really was such a special moment.
I can only hope that she can relive moments like those for a long time! Matt and I are going to try and travel back to Iowa this summer with the girls and show them off. My family hasn't seen them since Matt and I got married and that's TOO long!! We are overdue for a visit!! Hopefully things will work out and that will be able to happen!!
I'm so glad that we at least get a little over a week to spend with her before we leave. I wish it was longer. I love being around her, listening to her talk about all the different things she has done in her life, and what she is doing now. She is such an active lady at her age, 87, busy doing all kinds of things. It amazes me! I hope I can be just like her someday! She is truly someone that means the world to me and such a great role model for my girls.
Yesterday I had to run a quick errand and when I came back she was holding Charli, who was sleeping on her shoulder, and it was priceless. She was holding her great-granddaughter for the first time. It really was such a special moment.
I can only hope that she can relive moments like those for a long time! Matt and I are going to try and travel back to Iowa this summer with the girls and show them off. My family hasn't seen them since Matt and I got married and that's TOO long!! We are overdue for a visit!! Hopefully things will work out and that will be able to happen!!
Packing...
I have been really busy getting all of our things together. Going through all the cabinets, closets, and drawers pulling out our clothes, towels, sheets, etc. I didn't think that living at my mom's for a while I would actually accumluate so much stuff. I thought clothes, toys and some bathroom stuff would be about what I would have here, but going through everything, its so much more. I noticed yesterday when I was doing this, I couldn't actually fathom that this move is next week!! I know I asked time to speed up some for it to get here quicker, but holy cow, its 7 days away!! I know how excited Matt is so I know its all worth it! Time is on our side I guess.
The movers are supposedly coming on Thursday, but I have yet to hear from them. I am so new to this military move that I am really not aware of how this process goes. I guess it will be what it will be.
I will kepp you all updated on whats going on!! Keep crossing your fingers that it will go smoothly!
The movers are supposedly coming on Thursday, but I have yet to hear from them. I am so new to this military move that I am really not aware of how this process goes. I guess it will be what it will be.
I will kepp you all updated on whats going on!! Keep crossing your fingers that it will go smoothly!
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