My daughter is one year old! It's so hard to believe! Her birthday was last Friday, May 4. My husband took the weekend off. We celebrated her birthday and then threw her a party on Saturday. We think she had a great time and of course she was spoiled by us and our friends and family! This year went by so fast. She's grown so much. She weighs 23 lbs. 13 oz. and is 30 inches long. She's walking everywhere, talking (only 5 real words, but she loves to make noise!), eating solid foods now, and has almost 6 teeth! I just love her more than anything and she still continues to amaze me!

 

Our lives are kind of up in the air right now though. My husband's going to be having hip replacement surgery within the next month. That's good for him, but unfortunately it will end his Navy career. Of course we're excited about being able to go back home, but we're worried about the surgery and recovery and what it's going to mean for us in the long run. His time in the Navy is up next February, but due to this we may end up going home sooner which is good and bad. He could possibly get medical retirement so we'd still get all the benefits and he'd still get paid, but he could also just get discharged and would get a nice amount of severance pay, but that's it. We're just having to take things one day at a time right now so if you would just remember us in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you!

Lana is 9 months old! We had her check up on Monday. She weighs 20 lbs. 13.4 oz and is 29 inches long! She's grown so much. She's pulling up and standing all the time now. She's getting braver and trying to stand alone for a few seconds at a time. She can clap her hands, she says "mama", "dada", and "uh-oh", and she's getting into everything that she can. Ricky's getting ready to go out on his first deployment! He's been in the Navy for 3 years and is finally getting the chance to go out to sea. Once he leaves he'll be gone for about a month. We're going to miss him like crazy and it's going to be rough without him, but it's his job and there's nothing we can do about it. We had a great holiday season with our families. Lana also graduated her physical therapy! I took her on Tuesday for a follow up appt. and her therapist said she's right where she needs to be for her age and then some so we never have to take her back! I guess that's about it for now. I'll try to update more often!

My little girl is 5 months old! It seems like I just brought her home from the hospital yesterday! She's growing and changing and learning so many new things. I love just watching her everyday to see if she's going to do something new! She can roll over now and hold her head up and she can turn herself around when she's on her tummy! She also loves grabbing her feet and she put her toes in her mouth the other day! Sometimes I still can't believe she's mine and that my husband and I created her. She's just so perfect and I love her more than anything!

Hey everyone! I know I don't get on here as much as I should and I apologize for that, but it's kind of hard to find time now. My new picture is the most recent of me and my daughter! She's 4 months and 3 weeks old now! She's amazing and I love being her Mommy! Everything's been pretty good here. Of course we miss all of our friends and family back home and we can't wait til Christmas so we can see everyone again! Not really much to say, just wanted to write a little something!

And just a random blog for those of you who don't know I just recently celebrated my 21st birthday on August 11! So, I'm finally legal! I had a blast. I went out to dinner with my husband and purchased my first alcholic drink, a Mai Tai. Then we went to a movie. Then the Sunday after my birthday one of my girlfriends took me out to get my first margarita! It was a great birthday!