The dreaded work up.

Happy New year!

First, I admit..I totally failed with my blog these last couple of months, but I think i've been soaking up all the husband time I could - because before I knew it he left...(sigh)

He left for PTA today, which basically means he is training on the big island (Hawaii) for a couple of weeks. For those of you who forget (usually just the grandparents ;) ) we are stationed on Oahu on Marine Corp Base Hawaii 

Just wanted to throw that in there for reference, hey..I'm a visual learner..dont hate.

Anyhoo - once PTA is over then there comes CAX, which is in California (I dont think Ill post a map for this one) and that one is 6 weeks.. and then theres the big D. Gross




Wife speaking, I'm not ready for this deployment. Marine wife speaking - I've got this.

Despite what some Marine wifes say.. It's always hard to watch my husband leave, you think it would get easier with time, but Patrick and I have been together 5 years this summer and I love him more & more everyday... (well, 6 out 7, haha) so it makes sense to me that its still hard...and besides the past year it's been long distance, so I guess it makes sense - I'm no longer "used" to being apart.


I'll suck it up in a day or 2, right now I still have my cousin here to keep me company! (and my doll faced Aiden bug) but right now, I just needed to ramble!

Oh, and ill throw this picture on here to make this less sad.

all for now,
 Kels

The Blob.

Just a quick video :)

We're pretty cool parents.

Updates on The Webbers!

Where on earth did time go. The last time I updated this was for Aid's birthday which was roughly a month and a half ago. (Ill have a 14 month old around Christmas time, I dont know which one is harder to believe?)

Patrick

• December 2nd- Patrick took oath & made it official that he will be spending another 4 years in the Marine Corps :) Which has come to mean we will be spending another 2 years in Hawaii (not what we were hoping for, but the good Lord won't let us down!) & then he can hopefully PCS to the east coast!

Personally it's very bittersweet..for me anyway. I really miss my family, Kendall & Noah mostly..simply because I can't directly call them.

Kelsey (yep, thats 3rd person right there)

• I applied part time to the CDC on base, prayers I hear back about that soon..I would LOVE this job!
• Im meeting with a counsoler next week to see what I can do to get my degree back on track!
• Thats about it.
• Im lame

Aiden

• full time walker
• babbles allllll the time
• Cutting his top teeth!

thats it for now. I need to shower before crazy kid wakes up!

Aiden Patrick's 1st year update.

Aiden's 1 year check up : 24.5 lbs, 31 inches long.

(She doubled checked the paper to make sure it definately was 1)

Watch me grow.

Aiden's favorites:                                                         

• pulling bowls out of the cabinets
• pulling all the toliet paper of the roll
• Cheese
• Swimming
• bathtime
• getting chased by mommy and daddy

To do list:

• Take first steps
• Climb stairs
• Eat table foods
• Cut 2 bottom teeth
• Take steps on his own
• Learn to kiss
• Says 100 forms of Daddy
• Walk independantly all the time
• Run

I cant believe my baby is 1.

Im going to go cry again.

Love you aid. <3

Military Man's Promise

 (I jacked this Heather's facebook...kudos!)

I cannot promise you every night of my life. I cannot promise to be beside you for every difficult moment, every trial, and every hardship. In truth..., I can promise you that I will not be with you for most. I will leave you at inconvenient times. Any special date to us may be tainted with the anniversary of the death of one of my friends. I will ask you to take over whatever life we have built together for months and years at a time. And will then crash back into that life that you have used your sweat, your tears and your heartache to keep together, and try to take it back as I knew it before.

I will shut you out at times because it will be the best way for me to hold it together at that moment. I will lie to you. I will tell you I don't know things when I do. I will not always tell you where I am going, when I will be back, or who I am with. I may not call you for weeks and months and you will not be able to call me. You will ask questions that I won't answer. You will know answers to questions that you will hope you never need. I will share things with my brothers that you will never understand. They will know things about me that you never will. They will be a support to me in some things that you cannot be. I will miss birthdays. I will miss anniversaries. I may need time to process things that seem natural to everyone else. It will seem that someone - or something - will always take precedence over you. You may lose me long before you ever thought possible.

I will uproot you and ask you to re-establish our family anywhere in the world, in any season, at any time - over and over again. Sand and mud will be tracked through your halls from the boots I am too tired to take off. I will leave you when you beg me not to. I will stand at attention while you cry beside me. I will not turn my head and I will walk away. I will knowingly break your heart. And I will do it again - and again. Whenever you want to call and you have no number to dial, I will be wanting to do the same. I will protect everything that we have created together with every fiber of my being while you do the same back at home. I will honor you in everything - every moment that we are apart and every moment that I am with you. I will fight harder and push further knowing that I do so for you. And I will carry you with me in everything, until my sandy boots once again sit just inside our door.

The D word.

Yep. It's that time again...Deployment work up. wooohooo.

Insert kicking screaming overly dramatic fit here.

As for timing, it looks like we have about 7 or so months (ish) until D day.


But then there is PTA, CAX..field ops..

Ok, this is going to be a short post - because right now I can't talk/type/whatever without getting a knot in my throat.

Basically, I know it's going to be okay - I know that the Lord will carry us both just like he always has and always will... but I'm simply just NOT ready to think about it.

Aiden update, 10 Months!

this whole thing started so Pat could keep taps on Aiden while away... and Im updating so our family and friends back home can do the same :) but I've totally been lagging - So here's an Aiden update!

10 months old

Handsome little stinker.

Aiden Patrick - 22 lbs and 29 Inches long. 

Current list of activities:                                           Things we can check off the "to do" list:

Crawling                                                                         1. Say Mama

Saying Dada every 5 seconds                                          2. Cut his firth tooth

Crawling up stairs when he gets the chance                      3. Wave

Playing in the toliet when we leave the door open             4. Transition from bottle to sippys

Pushing his push walker

Walking along furniture

Pulling up

He is SUCH a ham, and I love him more and more each day and it's hard to believe that Im planning his first birthday, I really don't know where the last year went, Im so thankful Patrick is home again - but sometimes I wish Aiden was still my sweet little baby that would fall asleep in my arms - and now he refuses to snuggle with me (he is a total daddys boy)

He LOVES food. He "smile crys" as pat puts it, if you have food near him even if he has already eaten, it cracks me up.

He is off bottles before one! He loves his sippy cup (thankfully) now to get him off the binky (totally not looking forward to that one)

thats all for now!,

  -Kels.