Benadryl + A Lot of Prayer = Successful Flight.

Well MaKenna and I can add one more thing to the list of things we can do by ourselves!! And for everyone who questioned our ability... Well, we told you so!! :) .I Have a couple of points to Highlight about the trip.
 1. Well first things first. Please do not think that I am a bad mom b/c I gave my perfectly healthy, non-sick/allergy child benadryl. It was recommended by a pediatrician. Well we all no one reason for the benadryl, to make her sleep, but another reason is to dry up the extra fluid to prevent her ears hurting with the pressure change. So see with that information it doesn"t sounds so bad. Of course we also had the bottles for take off and landing, and lots and lots of PRAYER!! All of this came together to make it a successful flight. MaKenna did Great!!

 2. Now I know for most people flying with an infant isn't that much of a big deal. But for this small town chick who has flown once in her life, flying by myself is a big deal!! And yes I am married to a pilot. I was told it was like being married to a construction worker and never getting any work done on your on house.

 3. People are supper nice in the Airport.I couldn't tell you how many times people offered to help me.  I had help with my stroller every time, people putting my carry-on bags up for me, and one guy even waited on my stroller and car seat so that I could get MaKenna out of the crowd and brought it to me. I know that deep down inside everyone would cringe when they saw they were on a flight with an infant. But then after we landed they were all amazed at how good she did.

 4. I was the one they chose to search and pat down!! Of course that would be my luck. With everything I had. They had to get out all of my milk test it, and pat down MaKenna and I.It took forever to get all of my belongings together. Someone on one of my flights said, Did you tell them you are going to see your husband who is protecting us from the people u think i might be.
  But now that I have been through it I can comment on all of the complaining I have heard on the news about the searching. And all I have to say is shut-up, grow-up, and quite being so selfish. It is not that big of a deal, not one time did I feel uncomfortable or that they were touching me or my baby in appropriately. They were very professional and if that is what it takes to keep us safe then so be it!

Waiting on our flight.

We made it to Texas, Zach was so excited to finally hold MaKenna again.

This was about 1130 at night we are a little tired so don't judge.

It was a great trip!! But was of course not long enough. I will try to post real soon about the trip itself.

What We've Been Up To

Well once again it has been a few weeks since I last filled you all in with the happenings in our lives.  Well we have been busy growing,  discovering our hands, trying to fit both fist in our mouth, laughing and cooing, oh and Momma had to go back to work.

 Mother's Day weekend We participated in Finish with Faith 5K/1mile. Pretend like you believe that MaKenna and I actually ran the 5K part of it just for my little boost of ego.  And I will just let you think that. But if we must be honest we were in the 1 mile group
 Saturday May 7 she also discovered her hands. and ever since then we have spent hours holding them in front of our face opening and closing them. And trying to get them in our mouth

On Wednesday May 11 I was supposed to start back work, but to my advantage we were slow at work that week and I flexed off, but I had to go in on Thursday. It was horrible!!!  But I only worked a half day on Thursday. Then there was Friday and I didn't get home until 6pm that was soo not cool. I felt like she had forgot who I was. I worked all 5 days last week. But we made it through and lived to tell about it. I think MaKenna enjoyed her self and didn't miss her Momma for 2 secs she has been to busy being spoiled by Nana, MawMaw, Aunt Joann and MawMaw Betty.

I am super blessed though and once again God has proven that he has everything under control and has blessed me with a prn position.So this was my last week working full time. YAY!!!

 On Thursday May 12 we traveled to Birmingham so that MaKenna could welcome her BFF into the world. I couldn't believe that just 2 months ago MaKenna was almost this small compared to Addison she looks like a grown child! I had to come home and look at pictures to make sure she used to be that little.

And this week we are gearing up to fly to Texas to see Daddy!!! I will do my best to be prompt and post pictures soon after we return.

Easter

Zach and I decided that I needed a deadline the week that he left in order to keep me busy. So I decided that I would make MaKenna's Easter dress and her egg hunting outfit. I have a problem with taking on projects and then making them a lot bigger/more difficult than they started out. (at first I was just going to make one or the other outfits and then I decided to make both along with making a Liner to go inside MaKenna's Easter Basket.
   We went home on Saturday and did a little egg hunting at Granny's Then we continued egg hunting and Visiting on Sunday after church. I did a horrible Job of documenting the Festivities in My defense MaKenna slept through most of the Egg hunting.
   Zach got to Skype with us on Sunday morning while MaKenna checked out what the Easter Bunny had brought. She got a Stuffed Bunny and if she squeezes its hand she can here her Daddy telling her goodnight and I love you!. A pair of sun classes which she currently hates, A lullaby CD, The Story of Easter book, pair of shoes, Bubbles and a chirping chicken.

Talking To Daddy

Isn't she just adorable

This is how she hunts eggs

                                                     Telling Granny Pat all about it

My Excuse for Not Blogging Lately

I know it has been forever and a day since I have posted anything. But it has been a crazy past couple of weeks. I won’t bore/depress you by going on about the events; let’s just say it included the shortest Friday afternoon ever!! Followed by the Longest Saturday, with me thinking if I can just get through today, in the Morning it will be better. Morning light always makes everything better…Right??  Well not in this case, which led into the longest week ever that involved Double ear infections and many emotional break downs.  I thought I was tough I told myself before this deployment I can do it I am not the first wife to do this and I defiantly won’t be the last!! Well that first week there was a lot of I don’t think I can do this going through my head. I found this quote on another blog that I follow "to love a soldier by Eleanor Roosevelt 

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face You are able to say to yourself, I have lived through the horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. YOu must do the thing ou think you cannot do.”

Then she stated you can do this for you were chosen for this.

So I keep on repeating to myself we can do this. God chose my husband to be one of the few heroes in this country and he chose me to be his wife to support him. And  I have to believe I can do this so that I can Have the happy strong voice when I talk to him to give him courage and support b/c the last thing that he needs to worry about is how things are going back home.  So this next week it has gotten easier If I focus on today I believe I can do it, it is when I look at the big picture and think about tomorrow, And how different things will be, how MaKenna will have changed all the new tricks she learns from day to day that he won’t see, That is when  the words” I can’t”  begin to creep back up and the sick feeling in my stomach comes back. I know that if I just trust God with each day pretty soon 365 +/- tomorrows will have come and gone,  and we will be together!!!

Okay I apologize I guess it was a little depressing post The next one will be better I promise, I don’t like to be all mopy (not real sure how to spell that or if it is even a word but I mean depressing.) Plus I am super blessed in so many ways and have no reason to complain, One of which is having a wonderful husband and marriage so that when he is gone I feel like half of me is missing and I am lost without him. I personally think that is a good problem to have. Don't think it would be a great example of our marriage if I was happy he wasn't here :)

Here are some pictures from the day he left. It still amazes me that this is actually my husband Flying this thing, I mean How hot is that!!! And I am super proud of him!!

MaKenna was convinced she could fly with him. She said "My carseat fits perfectly in this seat"

2 Months Old

MaKenna I can not Believe you are already 2 months old!! You are just growing up too Fast. At 2 months you way 12lbs 1oz and are 22.6in  long. You still love to just lay down and kick and get fussy when you want to be put down. Maybe that means I hold you to much I don't know. But you also like to cuddle. Which Mommy loves!! When mommy is crying b/c she misses Daddy you lay your head up under mommy's chin with your arms around her arms and are just as still as can be. It is so amazing the stuff you seem to already know/sense, Mommy is so blessed to have you.
  You fight sleep in the afternoon when it comes to settling down for the night, you don't won't to miss anything. Mommy walks and bounces you until you fall asleep. Some people may say that you are spoiled b/c of this but I just say you are helping mommy loose those last 5lbs.
  We still don't have much of a routine when it comes to sleeping and eating, we just pretty much do whatever you want. You eat when you are hungry and sleep when you get sleepy. Typically you eat every 2 hrs. When you take a bottle it is 5ozs. For the past week you have been going to bed about 8:30/9:00 and don't wake up again until around 3:00 to eat again. And then again at 5:30 and you are usually up for the Day.
  Mommy also thinks that you might be teething already but we are not sure. You drool a lot!! And you love to put your fist in your mouth or anything you can get to your mouth you will have slober all over you at times
  You love to be read to. Nana was amazed the other night b/c as soon as she would quite reading you would get fussy until she would start back. You also like to read the books Daddy recorded for you You coo and grin as he reads.
   I love you so much little girl and am so thankful That God has blessed your Dad and I with such a perfect wonderful little girl. Can't wait to see all the new tricks you learn in the next month