Happy Anniversary to Me

Today is my two year anniversary.

It is definitely bitter-sweet.  Of course I'm thrilled that we have survived two years of marriage (especially since 19 of those months were spent apart).  However, it's bitter because not only is my husband still deployed, but I haven't been able to talk to him today.

The good news is, this weekend marks 2% until DH begins his journey home from Afghanistan :).  That is tremendously exciting news in the world of deployments.  It is *almost* finally over!

In other news, I've decided to go to The Melting Pot for my 21st birthday on August 6th!  I've never been to The Melting Pot or any fondue restaurant so I'm super excited.  I think it will be a fun, unique way to spend my birthday.

I also got my Japanese Straightening Perm!  I mentioned awhile back that I was planning on getting one and I finally did it.  I am VERY happy with the results.  Never in my life have I been able to hop out of the shower, brush my hair, and go.  If I did, I ended up with a wavy, frizzy, poofy mess.

Yesterday (after not being able to wash my hair for 72 hours - gross!) I washed my hair, hopped out of the shower, brushed my hair, and went.  And you know what?  It came out great!  It wasn't frizzy, poofy, or the least bit wavy.  Below is a picture of what it looked like after it dried.  It's a miracle!

Although today itself isn't such a great day, great days are just around the corner!  Hold on tight, this deployment rollercoaster is almost over!

Picture Time!

Here are the pictures I said I'd post and a few others.

                        Jack and Bella

                   Bella at 3 months old - December 27, 2010

                    Highnoon

          Christmas flowers from DH

I'm Home!

Or at least my other home =P .  We made it to AR after about a 6 hour drive.  We had to leave later because I waited on my flowers to arrive.  They are so pretty!  Red and white tulips in a red vase with a silver bow on it <3.  They wilted a little on the way here, but I think they'll recover quickly.

Anyway, I went to visit Bella (my mom's calf) once I got here and she has gotten SO big!  It's probably hard to picture, but when I left her she was about 3 weeks old and the size of Jack.  Now she's about the size of, well… a small cow lol.  I also went to visit Highnoon.  He's my favorite horse (out of 6). He's a Morgan horse (for those of you who know anything about horses or who care to google lol) and he's so sweet!  They're all really sweet, but I especially like him because he used to be so shy and he always comes up to me to let me pet him.  I trust him the most and I just love him to bits!

Not much else going on.  I gave my brothers their Christmas gifts early.  I gave my oldest brother, Justin, Bioshock 2 for xbox 360 and my youngest brother, Chris, another xbox controller so he could play with Justin lol.

I also got to talk to DH!  I didn't think I'd get to talk to him until Monday, but he was relieved from duty early =) .  Hopefully I'll continue to be able to talk to him all the way until Christmas.

Anyway, I'm super tired since I went to bed late and woke up early to talk to DH.  Below is a picture of Bella when she was only a couple weeks old.  I'll post a picture later of her current state.

Picture taken:  September 23, 2010