And so it begins...

Yes we are officially in our second deployment.  It's still sinking in.  I usually run on autopilot for a couple of days after he leaves until I have an evening where I fall apart and then can start to find my new rhythm.  By next weekend I should be fairly close to normal.  Well as normal as I can be this late in pregnancy.

However, now that he is gone I can focus my energy on preparing for the new baby.  After all, I am thirty-six weeks pregnant.  It's hard to believe we're less than a month away from the guess date.  It has all gone by so fast.

I will try my best (I always say this don't I?) to keep this blog updated.  Honestly, I might stand a good chance since I don't want the deployment stuff taking over my personal blog.  I will try to limit my postings on here to military and keep the cute baby/toddler stuff on my personal blog.  That way maybe they'll both get the attention they need.

an update of redeployment.

with no dates of course. jesse left iraq later than originally planned which is really no surprise i guess. i hope to get a phone call from kuwait but no promises. his internet ran out last night while we were talking so no goodbyes. i hate when that happens. it really bugs me when we don't get to say our goodbyes. but oh well. hopefully the wait in kuwait won't be long before they get to move to ft. dix, NJ. sadly new jersey is where they might hit the biggest delay. apparently the base does not work on weekends and this might mean they have to stay there longer than the original schedule allowed. however this might have an up side. they may send jesse directly back to nashville instead of us going to florida to get him. this does make me sad though because my husband and his unit deserve the nice big welcome home ceremony where the attention is all on them. they've done a wonderful thing for our country and deserve to see how much they are appreciated by more than just their families. but oh well, him flying into nashville will be less stressful for me and his parents to plan for. i just hope all goes well and he gets home to me as soon as possible.

the danger of facebook...

yea so the title might be confusing since i try to keep what i post on this blog restricted to military related but i promise it will make sense. there has been a very big issue with soldiers (and their family members) posting countdowns or locations on facebook for the world to see. this is a big no no and well a breach of security. i always talk to jesse prior to posting anything just to make sure that i won't put him and his unit in danger. other people are not so considerate. as much as i want to know exact dates and tell the world just how many more days til i see my husband again, none of that will make jeopardizing my husband's well being worth it. so as we near the beginning of redeployment (aka homecoming) i will post as much information as i can. i will probably not give set dates until my husband is back in florida. i am likely to tell you when my husband has reached stateside but i will have to try my best to not give any implication of a time line. its not allowed. i can talk face-to-face with my in-laws and give them just as much information as i know but sadly my blogs and facebook will have to stay vague.
on a lighter note, he should be home in less than a month!

still no date...

but he should be home before the end of november. that is within a month. i'm so excited! we (meaning my in-laws and myself) might be spending thanksgiving in florida but i'm pretty sure we all think jesse is worth it. we are all ready to have him home!

countdown?

kind of. i have sort of started a countdown for homecoming. i have a rough date for when they should be leaving iraq. but they will have to go through kuwait, germany, and ft. dix, new jersey before reaching florida again. the hope still is that they will be home by the end of november. we are both so ready for this deployment to be over. while this deployment hasn't been near as difficult as i thought it would be, i'm still ready to actually have some time with my husband. i'm ready to get settled in and figure this whole "married thing" out lol. of course that will happen a day at a time over our lifetime but i feel like we're kind of frozen right now. we had hardly any experience living together. i'm just ready to have him home and he's ready to be home. sadly he'll miss his birthday (october 22nd) and our one year wedding anniversary (october 30th) but we'll make up for it when he returns.

random updates.

hubby's pain is back. doctors aren't having any luck figuring out what it is or making it better. so far we're still hoping and praying for healing.

he is being relocated. he told me that he would be staying in iraq but instead of being in mosul, he'll be on the syrian border. jesse seems okay with the move so i guess i am too. he's the one living through it so i trust his judgement.

there is a rumor of extension but that is all it is right now...a RUMOR. we'll just see how it goes. we haven't been given a come home date yet so its anyone's guess.

sorry i don't post on this blog nearly enough but jesse has posted from overseas. i just tend to focus more on my personal blog.

hope everyone has a wonderful day!