I'm still so proud

One year ago I sat in the bleachers at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia to watch my husband graduate from Basic Training.  I was (and still am) so incredibly proud of him.  I cried happy tears that day because my husband was doing something that he has always wanted to do and he had completed the first part of his training.  I cried happy tears because our separation was finally over; once he was at his AIT site I could go visit him.

I am a very emotional person anyways but something about seeing my husband out there with a lot of other men (in Basic Training at Fort Benning there are no women) got to me...  Their accomplishments so far, the hard work they put in, their bravery...  It was a great ceremony...  I cried from the time they all marched on the field to the time I was finally able to wrap my arms around my soldier.

The first two pictures are part of the demonstration that they did as part of the ceremony.  The third picture is all of the men that graduated that day.  The fourth picture is the men marching back to their positions after marching by the stands.  And the last picture is of me and my soldier.

How do you like those glasses he is wearing?  They weren't allowed to wear their contacts.  They refer to them as birth control glasses (BCGs) and that they are...  I'm just kidding (they seriously call them that though), they really aren't that bad...  in fact Zach still wears his at night after he takes his contacts out.

To my husband: thank you for serving our country, thank you for being such a wonderful man and a wonderful husband.  I am so proud of you and all that you have accomplished!  I love you to pieces!

Augusta, Georgia

I'm sorry if some of these are repeats but there are a lot of new pictures here too.

Augusta is a beautiful city with lots of old homes downtown that I absolutely LOVED.

 

 

We spent a lot of time at the River Walk in Augusta...  We found this the first weekend in Augusta with Zach's parents.

 

 

 

Where I am standing taking the following picture is Augusta, Georgia...

This is across the Savannah River and it is South Carolina.

Then one weekend we discovered the Savannah River Rapids Park...

 

We spent several weekend with Zach's friend Joseph and his girlfriend (at the time, they are engaged now) Katie, she is such a sweet person!

 

My mom even visited with me one weekend and we went sight seeing of course...

We saw these four young men jumping off the dam.  Yes they all survived and no they didn't get arrested.

 

And they were even kind enough to take a picture of me and my mom...

We visited the Savannah River Rapids Park a lot because we LOVED it there...  So I have a TON of pictures of Zach like this...

And finally it was graduation day, a day we looked forward to for so long...

 

 

Good bye Fort Gordon!

TEAMWORK

 
Don't you just love how we can work together?   (Do you see it? Check my sunglasses... click picture to enlarge)

you had me at "let's got out to eat"

My wonderful husband called me this morning to tell me that he was craving a calzone and that he wanted to go out to eat tonight to get one...  (is he pregnant with his craving of a calzone?)  So then he suggested we go to Hungry Howie's.  But we thought the closest one was like an hour away but it turns out that there is one and it is only 20 minutes away!

We LOVE Hungry Howie's!  When Zach was in training at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia we would order from there just about every weekend!  It is seriously the best pizza that I have ever had!  So when he suggested Hungry Howie's for dinner I got excited not only because I LOVE it but because I don't have to cook!

Moving right along...  on the baby topic: still waiting on my next cycle to start so I can start taking Clomid.  I have until Sunday the 10th for my next cycle to start before I go in for bloodwork.  If my cycle doesn't start because I am pregnant that would be FANTASTIC but if it just doesn't start I will be disappointed but I will just move right along and start my medication with the hopes that it will do the trick!

My sister just posted the flipping and changing that they have done in their house...  They inspired us to do some flipping and changing of our own.  We installed blinds on our back door so that you can't see in our house.  We switched our TV from one wall to another which involved moving the cable lines.  We rearranged the furniture in our living room to make it more open!  Our next project involves Karmen and her sewing machine.  She is going to help me make some curtains for our living room.  I have one fabric picked out and I am SO excited about it.  Also on our to do list is to paint our living room and our kitchen.  Right now our living room is red (my husband's choice not mine) and it is driving me insane.

Sorry I have no pictures of our rearrangement.  I have yet to take any.  We are still in the process of putting everything back in its place.  Once that is finished I will put some pictures up for you.

So there you have it...  we are going out to dinner tonight, we are waiting for my next cycle, and we are sprucing up our house...  not an exciting life but it is our life!

Christmas with my Family

We celebrated Christmas with my family last night!  We had such a great time as we always do...  Here are just a few pictures...

We sent my dad on a little scavenger hunt to find his present this year!  We got him a guitar because that is what he wanted, he thought that after Christmas they were going to save and buy him one, little did he know that we had all pitched in and got it for him.

We got my mom some new cookware and we sent her on a little scavenger hunt too...  she only thought we were sending my dad on a wild goose chase!

Ava had a blast opening presents this year, she was so excited and couldn't wait until it was her turn.

My mom and dad got Ava a harmonica as one of her little gifts, here she is playing it with my dad playing his.

Ava was probably most excited about her digital camera that Nanny got her and she took pictures of everyone all night!

Below are just some random pictures that I took!

These pictures aren't from last night but I wanted to share them...  First are my Christmas decorations and our tree...

We also had a private photo session with Santa since Ava's first pictures didn't turn out good.  The photographer that took them did a horrible job so we placed a call to the North Pole and Santa came back down to visit Ava for another picture.

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

The sweet things he says...

For the past few weeks Zach has been getting up at 4:30 to go work. Normally when I leave at 7:15 he is still snoozing away so for him to get up before me is a major deal around our house. He gets up and goes to take a shower and gets dressed and then he comes and lays back down in the bed with me for a few minutes before he kisses me goodbye and heads off to work for the day... I asked him why he gets back in bed after he gets up and he said "because you look so cute and snuggly laying there asleep and I just want to cuddle for another minute before I have to go..."

How sweet is that... talk about knowing a way to my heart!

Patrick and Heather's Wedding

On Saturday we officially added a new member to the family! Patrick and Heather got married!!!

Welcome to the family Heather!!!