Preparing for Daddy's Arrival!

It is finally June!  It has been a long 7 months.  The girls and I are extremely excited to have Daddy back home.  We have a date for arrival and hopefully it won't change but mentally prepared if it does.  I haven't written lately and well that's because we have been very busy and not much exciting has happened.  Our days are basically the same.  We wake up, eat breakfast, go for a workout, have lunch, nap or try for a nap, play outside, dinner, bath time, bedtime, and then me time.  I can actually say that Ava is potty trained!  I'm sure we will still have some accidents and I'm just praying she doesn't get to excited and pee on Daddy when he comes home.

I found out last month that our lovely base housing is not scheduled for renovation till the earliest 2015.  This is good because we won't have to move this year as we were originally told when we moved in last year.  So I have officially been making this place more of a home.  We now have a fence for the back yard, translation I won't be chasing Ava across the base as much as I have been.  I put a gate up for the front patio, or I should say I hired someone to put a gate up.  We also have a cover for the front patio as well.  I have been hanging pictures and organizing.  The place is looking better.  We are even proud owners of a grill, a used grill but hey I got it from the neighbors for 60 bucks and it's a nice grill WITH a cover.  We also have plants...don't know how long before I somehow kill them but they look nice now and will hopefully last till Garry gets home .

The New/Used Gate

After 6 months, Ava finally started to show a real interest in her Daddy Doll.  He has gone with us to the Dr's and even to a friends house where Garry was able to hang out with another deployed Marine.  What can I say?  Not much going on...

A few of the wives with Garry's Unit have gotten together and we made some Welcome Back banners.  We have been working hard making this homecoming special for all the guys.  Between baking cookies and making signs for the single/unaccompanied Marines we have all been very busy.  It has been great because the time has just flown by.  This final week will be extremely busy.  A lot of last minute things to do!

We are ready for you to come home Daddy!