Coming to a Close....

Time is coming to a close for us in “Good Old USA.” It has been a wonderful trip, but I’m ready to head home. I’m ready to have my little family back together again. The time has gone so fast, but slow at the same time. It's never easy to be away from Jake, but luckily I have had such wonderful help. I can't thank our family, and friends enough for being there for us. Reagan is sure going to miss everyone back in Washington (so will I), but I think that everyone should come visit us next. We love when people come to visit, and hope that many of our friends and family will take advantage of the fact that they can stay with us. It’s a free hotel, without housekeeping!

It’s so hard to believe that when we left England to come the states Reagan had just turned 6 months old the day before. I can’t believe that she is already 8 months old and has 2 teeth now. I was shocked when I looked in her mouth last week, and the day before she turned 8 months old both of her 2 bottom teeth broke free. My little baby is growing up so fast. I almost started crying tonight when I looked in her mouth and could see in her gums that her top teeth don’t look like it will be long before they break free also. I wonder why the time seems to be going so fast. I felt like I was going to be pregnant forever, but these past 8 months have gone by in a blink of an eye. Jake said to me, “Once we have kids our life will speed by.” That is a little depressing to think about, but it does go so fast because your busy being a parent.

I can’t help, but think of when Jake and I were first married. I really didn’t appreciate the time that we lived in Hawaii. I was always focusing on the negative things, and not all the wonderful things. I couldn’t get past the bugs, sweating, deployments, bugs and more bugs to see the wonderful things everyday. I’m not sure if it’s being older, wiser or maybe a combination of things but I just don’t do that now. I had been down on England in the past because Jake had the WORST work schedule, but I vowed I would not do that ever again. I’m going to look at the positive in every place that we life. I know that there will be a time that Jake will leave and be gone for an extended period of time, but it’s not the place that we lives fault. When I married Jake I knew what I was getting. I was marring someone that vowed to protect our country, and that means at times I’ll have to be alone. It now means that at times I’ll have to be a single parent. I’m just not going to think about that until the day it arrives because that just makes me feel a little stressed thinking about it. I guess the point that I’m getting at is, enjoy your home. Your home is the next place that you move your stuff. It doesn’t matter if you live in the town you grew up in, or some foreign country. Don’t focus on the negatives in life because lets face it you’ll get too many wrinkles that we really don’t need. I guess what I'm trying to say is that home is the place that you move your stuff to, and your family is there with you. When you get married you start your own little family. When your a military family you have to put everything on your own little family because we don't have grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, & cousins close. Just remember to enjoy every day because you never know when it will be your last. Love hard, and give lots of hugs and kisses.

Thanks to everyone that made our trip in the states so wonderful! We love you all..