3 MORE DAYS!!!!

ONLY 3 MORE DAYS!!!! On Thursday I will be picking up my hubby at the airport! Isn't that exciting! Yesterday on the way to Church Jeremiah was in the back seat pointing out the window and saying, "Daddy! Daddy!" and then he started blowing him kisses! Too cute! I guess he thought that we were going to pick up Daddy! Everytime we get in the car he does that now! Do you think he's ready to see his Daddy?! Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of watching my nephew, Sammy, while his parents went to the Panthers game! That was fun, and sure was a handful! Kudos to you Mom's of two or more!! Sammy is 14 months and Jeremiah is 18 months! They had so much fun playing together! Jeremiah woke up this morning saying, "Where's Mammy?" (That's how he says Sammy's name! haha!) and was looking around the living room for him! Think he had fun! Here's a picture of them, the few moments that they were actually still and watching Curious George, their favorite! That only lasted about 5 minutes! Notice Sammy is holding a Curious George doll!

Call my from my Soldier!

Today has been ok. But the past few weeks have been quite stressful, as I haven't heard from my hubby. Until today!! YEAH!!! He's doing fine, just keep him in your prayers, as I know you are. He's got a lot going on right now. It was wonderful to hear his voice again, as it was about 2 weeks since I've spoken with him. Talk about hard ladies, not being able to have any, other than letters that take a week to get to you, contact with your hubby. Today also marks the one week till I get to hug his neck!!! How exciting!!!! I don't need and/or want anything else for Christmas! Just my hubby! That's all!! Jeremiah got to talk to his Daddy today too!! It was so cute! His eyes just lit up and he grabbed the phone and started walking around just jibber-jabbering away at his Daddy!! After I got off the phone he was walking around saying, "I did, Daddy!!!" I would ask him if he got to talk to his Daddy, and that was his response! Too cute!! I don't know who's more excited to see him, me or Jeremiah! It will be the best time ever! We will definitely cherish each moment together! Rich being gone has opened my eyes to lots of things, one thing being that all those times we would have a disagreement or argument, seem so small and insignificant. And seem so pointless as to why we would even get upset at each other. I definitely have a better view of our marriage and how it's so important to rely on God to provide for us! This experience thus far has opened my eyes to really rely on the Army of One! All I can say is that God has shown His Hand in Mighty ways since Rich has been gone. All my thanks and praise goes to Him, as He will never let His children down. Yes, it's been hard, but only brought me closer to the Lord. What a wonderful Savior we have! :) Continue to pray for Rich as he only has one more week left until he comes home!! We thank you so much for your prayers, as they are evident in our lives everyday!

Our First Trip to the ER!

Well Saturday was an exciting day! If you can call going to the ER exciting! Jeremiah has been battling a cold and cough. I went to work on Saturday and my Mom, Dad, Aunt Cammie and my grandparents (you think Jeremiah was in heaven with all those people to care for him! haha!) watch Jeremiah for me. Mom and my grandmother (we call her Nonny) said that Jeremiah's cough was getting worse and was going into his chest, so we gave him some cough medicine, but that didn't help. By the time I to their house after work Jeremiah was wheezing really bad, so I called the nurse on call and she listened to his breathing and she told me to take him to the ER right away! So that's what we did, packed up and ran to CMC to have Jeremiah checked out! Talk about scary! They gave Jeremiah a nebulizer treatment and his wheezing improved. They said that his cough had settled into his chest, which was causing the wheezing, and that he may just have some kind of virus that's going around! Whew! At least that's all it was! So, needless to say it was around 12am when we got home and Jeremiah threw up in the car on the way home, so I was up even later cleaning up that!! I had to take Jeremiah to the Doctor yesterday because he needed a follow up with his Pediatrician and because his cough didn't sound any better, even though we've been doing the nebulizer treatments. The doctor said that Jeremiah has an ear infection! AARRGGG!!!! The infection came from all the congestion that was built up in his head! So, now he's on antibiotics and cold medicine AND the nebulizer treatments! Boy! That sure is a lot to do! But at least it's under control now! A HUGE praise is that we have medical insurance now!! So our insurance should cover all costs!! What a blessing!!! Here are some pictures of Jeremiah's first ER visit! When we left the hospital Jeremiah was waving bye-bye and blowing kisses to all the nurses and doctors! It was so cute!

Here is Jeremiah and Oma in the waiting room playing. He doesn't really look sick does he?!

I had to wear this thing on my toe so the doctors could measure my breathing! I did not like that!

Do you like my new gown and socks? Haha!

Here I am getting my treatments!

A Letter, A Phone Call and A Picture!

Hey y'all!! Today marks the one week day that Rich has been gone! It's been a tough week having to deal with that, but not so bad because of the family and friends surrounding us with love and prayers! I have received a couple of phone calls from Rich which was a surprise because I wasn't expecting to hear from him so soon!! It was the best 3 minutes.........ever!! I got my first letter from him today! (I don't have his address yet, but I'll get it out as soon as I get it!) He sounds tired, and that was a few days ago! He's got much more ahead of him! He did ask for prayer for his right foot, it seems to be hurting him in some way, so please pray that it will heal and he won't have any other problems with it! I've been busy this past weekend! Whew I'm glad it's over though! Only for it to start again with Thanksgiving! Over the weekend I went to my brother's house and hung out with my sister-in-law and my nephew! Boy, did those two boys (Jeremiah and Sammy)have a blast playing with each other! Sometimes I wondered who had more fun, Jeremiah, Sammy or my brother, Andy! HAHA!! Here are a couple of pictures from my weekend! I hope that everyone has a good Thanksgiving!

Uncle Andy and my cousin Sammy and me playing with the big bouncy ball!!

We had fun pushing each other around in the Tonka truck!

This one I just thought was funny! Do you think Jeremiah has fun playing at home?? This is what my living room looks like most of the day! Enjoy! :)

Dishes

Who likes to do dishes?
It's only with wishes
That they would disappear!
I clean them up, only for them to re-appear!
Every time I turn around,
There's the sound!
The dishes waiting to be done!
Why can't I run?
Where's my Mr. Clean?
Can't he get them done?
Oh well, they must be done
For a Mother's job is never done!

We Love You!

Today was Rich's last day here. I don't know any other details other than that he will be in a hotel tonight and get up really early tomorrow and...........be in Ft Sill, OK by tomorrow night! We maily just hung around the house today soking up the precious moments and memories, and did some last minute errands. I want to thank y'all for all your prayers! We can sure feel them! Here are a couple of pictures from our day!


The Army of 3!

Can I help Daddy?
I love you Daddy!
High Five!
I'm gonna miss you Daddy!
This is Rich with the Army Recuiter, SSG O'Berry

I ask that you continue to keep us in your prayers! I will probably not hear from Rich for a couple of weeks, so pray that the Lord's Peace will be with me and Rich. Pray that Jeremiah will cope with it all, he had such a hard time when Rich left, he was clinging so hard to him. Pray also for our house, that the right person will come at the right time! Thanks again! We love all of you and appreciate your prayers and support!

Alabama Trip

Wow! Has this week been fun for us!! We packed up on Tuesday morning and headed to the wonderful world of Oz!! (Ozark, AL) We made one last trip down there to see Rich's family before he leaves next week (can you believe it, next week!). We were there longer than we usually visit for, so it was really nice to see the family for a little bit longer. I know Rich enjoyed seeing his family, as we don't get to see them very often! Jeremiah just LOVED his cousins!! He has 4 of them down there!! The youngest, Peter, is only 1 and is bigger than Jeremiah!! They get along so well, they were talking to each other in their baby language all day!! It was so cute, it was like they could understand each other!! Jeremiah HAD to do everything the big boys were doing!! If one was on the swing, he had to be swinging in the other one, if one was riding his bike, guess who had to have Daddy push him on the bike! Yep! You guessed it, Jeremiah!! He couldn't miss anything!! Jeremiah had so much fun on Halloween. Jeremiah was Elmo!! Or as he calls him "Melmo'! Too cute! He even had Elmo slippers!! Rich's parents church threw a Fall Festival, so we went there! Jeremiah loved the big bouncy slide!! And Daddy did too!!

Me and Daddy bouncing! It was lots of fun! I don't know who had more fun, Daddy or Jeremiah!

Me and Daddy going down the big slide!! Can we do it again Daddy!?!?!

Since I was too little to throw the ball, I just walked right up to it and put the balls in!

We also went to Uncle Tim's (Rich's brother) church's Fall Festival!! Tim is the youth minister there. Boy was that a busy night! Jeremaih had so much fun! He was worn out by the time we got home!! He almost won the costume contest!! He was the runner-up! But he did win some cookies on the cookie walk with Daddy!

Me and my cousin Powers playing in the ball pit for little kids!

Jeremiah had a big FIRST down in Alabama!!! He got his first haircut!! Bye-bye curls!! I almost cried!! I teard up a couple of times! Jeremiah was so good while Aunt Hope cut his hair! Now he doesn't look like a little boy, he looks like a little man. He looks just like Rich, so we have been calling him 'Little Rich'!

Before!

Bye-bye curls! After!!

What handsome men I have!! :) :)

I know this was a long post, but there was a lot to tell!! Hope you enjoyed reading!

A Little More Time...

We have a little more time with Rich!! Rich found out last week that he will not be leaving until Nov. 14th. Rich has to have a flight physical because of the field he's going in to. He can't leave until he has that done. He will be going down to Fort Bragg (in Fayetteville, NC) to have that done, probably sometime this week. Once that's complete then he will be ready to go. He will still be going to Fort Sill, OK, for his Basic Training. We are still going to have the potluck for Rich at our house this Sunday, as some have already replied and we have made plans for the other weekends that he will be home. So, please come!! I know it will mean a lot to Rich to have you come and support him!

2 Showings, ADT and my In-Laws!

WHEW!!! What a day it has been today, and it's only 1/2 over!! I got a call at 9:30 this morning from the showing agency asking if someone could come look at the house!! Now, that's what I want to wake up to!!! LOL!!! She wanted to know if someone could look at the house between 10:30-11:30 and also for 1:30-2:30!!! Well, I said it was fine. I mean, if these people want to buy our house I would like to have them look at it! So, Jeremiah and I hopped in the car and drove over to my parents, who live like 10-15 mins from us. Now, I'm just waiting on the ADT guy (who is my best friends husband) to show up to update our system. Then the next showing! WHEW! It makes me tired just thinking about it!! My in-laws are coming up from Alabama, my father-in-law has the weekend off, so they decided to come up here. This will probably be their last time to see Rich before he leaves for Basic. They will probably be here just in time for supper! My Mother-in-law requested that we go to Showmars! They don't have those in Alabama (obviously! cause it's only here!), so I'm excited to go out to eat! I was hoping for a nice relaxing day, well.....as you can see.....I'm not so sure how relaxing it's going to be! But, hey, God is in control!! Thank goodness!!!!

Not only is all this going on today but Rich is at MEPS today. I've had no contact with him since last night. He had to stay in a hotel last night and get up probably before the sun did and get shuttled to MEPS. From what I understand MEPS is just a place where he gets a COMPLETE physical!! And I mean complete!! He has an eye, hearing and medical tests!! Sounds like fun, huh?! This is something that all people that have enlisted have to do before they actually ship off. This is just a test for me to see how I will do with NO CONTACT with Rich. It was hard last night because I couldn't go to sleep till after about 1:30am. I tried everything! The Lord is just preparing me for the life that is ahead. I'm so glad that I have the Lord to lean on. I know that this whole experience (being an Army wife) will only bring me closer to the Lord! This is how God is showing me to depend on Him and Him only! I will be very glad to see Rich when he comes home. Whenever that may be!!

Change of Plans

We found out last night that Rich will be leaving 2 days eariler! He will be leaving on Oct 22nd (my birthday!). He will also be going to Fort Sill (I believe) in Oaklahoma for his basic training. All the spots in Fort Benning had been filled, so they had to move Rich. Rich is getting more excited every day! Me? You ask. I'm excited because I know that this is where God wants him, but it's hard because I won't get to see him for a couple of months and I know that the road will probably get rough around here trying to run (and sell) the house, work and chase after Jeremiah. I just need to run to God when I feel down, I know that He will take care of us both, even being in two different parts of the country.

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First Bite!

We have put our house up for sale! We got our first bite yesterday! It was kind of nerve racking as I wasn't quite ready for people to be walking through my house. I managed to get the floors cleaned up (well most of it ended up in the closet, so I hope nothing falls out of it when it gets opened! haha!). I was cleaning up and Jeremiah was walking right behind me pulling things back out and making a mess! I'm the worst for just leaving things laying around, so it's hard to keep my house absolutely straight so that on a whim I can just leave the house and it look descent! The people who looked at the house didn't like the floor plan, I was little bummed because I thought that this might be it. But I have to remember that God is in control and He will bring the right people at the right time! I'm thankful that He is there to take care of us! Just keep praying for us that we can get our act together and get the house looking good and keep it that way! We are having pictures taken of the inside of the house this weekend, so our realator can put them on line for the virtual tour! That should be pretty cool!

Packing, Packing, Packing

WOW! Can we accumulate tons of STUFF!!! We have been packing up some things these past couple of days. We put our house up for sale on Saturday and we have to have pictures taken of the inside of the house!! AAAHHH!!!! That means I have to de-clutter, and fast!!! LOL!!! I'm such a packrat! (And so is Rich!) Jeremiah has been having a field day with all the boxes laying around! Why did I spend money on all those toys, when the kid loves to play with the box!! LOL!!! :) He climbs in them, on them and even pushes them around and sometimes puts things in them, like his toys! He's such a big helper! :)

Army Strong!

Hello All!! It's going to be a tough road for the "Army of 3" family. As Rich is joining the Army, hence the title of our blog! :) He has always wanted to join the military, but the timing has just not been right until now! God has opened SO MANY doors for him to fulfill his dream. Rich's dream is to fly Apache helicopters, like his Dad. Rich's Dad was in the Army for 20+ years, so Rich knows and understands the Military life. Rich will be leaving on Oct 24th to go to Basic Training in Fort Benning, GA and then from there he will go to AIT school in Arizona for 23 weeks, hopefully Jeremiah and I will be able to move out west with him while he is in school. Rich will be going to school to train to be an 'Unmanned Areal Vehicle Operator', which means he will be flying a remote control plane! Rich will be home from Basic Training (BT) just in time for Christmas!! :) After Christmas he will have to go back to BT for two weeks, just to complete the training.

I'm setting up this blog spot because I'm not sure where we will travel to in our journey of the Army life, but I want all our family and friends to be able to keep up with our lives.