Dear February

Please go by quickly.

I shall be spending the entire month of February, in my big house, with my two puppies, alone. SIGH. Such is life when you are an Army Wife.

On other notes, we are doing amazing! Within the next 6 months, a house (of our own), a baby, and my new vehicle are coming into play. This weekend we are going to talk to a realtor and start looking at homes to buy. We will either buy a house if we can find the perfect one, or we will be building. We already found my new vehicle and when he comes back in Feb. we will be going to get it. ( 2011 white jeep compass ) SO EXCITED! We have also talked about children and we may possibly be trying within the next 6 months.

OH, did I mention FIJI!!!! Yes, we are taking a trip to Fiji. ( pending a few things.. aka ARMY ) Hello honeymoon, tropics, scuba diving, and drinks on the beach! I got to start tanning and I am really excited! Wow, this year is amazing!!! I am married to the love of my life, we have an AMAZING relationship, we are going through some exciting adventures together, and everything is really going forward for us!

The puppy is doing great and growing so quickly! He is really smart. I am very proud of the dogs. They are doing so well. Shawn and I are doing amazing, and he is doing well in general. I am so involved with his company and they are always inviting me to do activities and come in for lunch, and PT. They are a great group!

I got my hair done yesterday and I finally found my place to go! I am really excited because I am really really really picky about my hair. She is awesome and knows what she is doing. She is so much fun too. I am really glad I found her.

Anyway, just an update of 2011 so far.

Walking in his shoes

Today was amazing! I got an awesome opportunity to walk in an EOD tech's shoes.. sort of. Today I was invited to come on post to Shawn's company and wear the bomb suit. I came in and they put me in a bomb suit and had me doing obstacles, and different task that tech's have to do with the suit on. I can tell you now, IT IS HARD! It was pretty heavy, hard to move, and difficult to perform everyday task. I had to squat down and come back up, pick a coin up off of the ground, walk back and forth, run, and the funnest of them all... lay on my back and GET UP with no help. I wish it was video tapped because it was hilarious from my stand point I can just imagine what it was like to watch me. BUT, I did it and I got up all on my own! I was so proud and so was Shawn. Everyone that was watching was yelling and supportive and telling me I could do it. It was great and I will never forget this experience. 

I have a huge respect for those men and women because I only went through about an hours worth of it and they go through soooo much more! 

It was amazing! That is all I can continue to say. But anyway, I now have decided to start working out because my strength has disappeared.. HAHA.