Ellie loves Johnny!

I am sorry that it has been so long since I blogged. This week was busy, and I was pretty much on my own because John was out on alert…therefore my life was a little boring…hahaha. John came home Thursday afternoon. Poor guy, the capsule was closed down, so there was really nothing for him to do. They just kept alert and posted. John blew through both books he brought and then watched TV. That sounds miserable to me. I am the type of person that needs a little something to do all the time. When he got home he was exhausted, so I made homemade pizza and we watched JERICHO. I love that show!! Then yesterday my precious husband finally got to sleep in as I slipped off to work. It was so awesome to be back at work this week…I really missed it. Although it made me realize all over again how tiring it is to take care of babies. When I got home Friday afternoon I had to take a little nap. John was all rested so he ran some errands. He got a single cup french press, so he was really excited about that. Then we decided that we would do dinner and a movie. We went to Chili’s and then picked up a movie on the way home. We watched the movie and stayed up late. John went out again today, but since they have changed over to 24 hour alerts, he will be back tomorrow which is really nice! We stayed up late last night because he was going to have the late shift, so he needed to make sure that he was tired so that he could actually fall asleep during the day. I feel so sorry for him, because with this job it is almost as if he has to continually get over jet lag. Anyway, Today was 73 degrees and gorgeous!! I am so glad that we are done with winter! It was fun while it lasted, but I am definitely ready for sleeveless t-shirts and flip flops. So the puppies and I are just killing time together until Daddy gets home. Also Thursday afternoon our dear friends Chris and Becky found out that he is leaving for Kuwait in July. He will be gone for 9 months. Chris is excited and anxious to serve his country, and Becky supports him, but as much as they were prepared to hear the news that he would be deploying, they did not know that it would be this soon. I also think that the reality of the situation is really hitting Becky. She is only 21 and her sweet husband is going to be away in an extremely dangerous place for nearly a year. My heart aches for her. I remember having to say bye to John for 4 months when we were dating and being so sad that I felt like my chest was going to collapse. I cannot even wrap my mind around what it must feel like to say goodbye to your husband for 9 months knowing that you are sending him off to war. Please join us all as we diligently pray for his safety for the next year. Him and Becky are very dear to our hearts and we just want to be there for the both them as much as we can. Military life is crazy right now to say the least. Wow.

Here are two poor quality pictures I sent to John the three months that we were away from each other the summer we got engaged. I only had my camera phone. He had it set up where I could take a picture of whatever I was doing and send it to his flickr account. The feet picture was because John said that he liked white toe nail polish, so I painted my toesies white for him. The other picture I was sitting at the computer reading a sweet email he sent me. I feel so blessed to be near him all the time now.

This is a picture of John’s computer screen while we were apart and a little blurb he wrote to explain the meaning of all that is on it. I can’t express how hard it is to be away from the one you love more than anything in this world. Looking at these pictures makes my tummy turn with remembering those emotions. The thought of him would give me butterflies and chest pains at the same time. Love is an incredible thing. I love you more than words can say Johnny!

“That’s a picture of her to remind me how beautiful she is, weather so I know what it’s like where she is, a clock so I know if she’s awake so I can call her, and the red window lets me send her a text message instantly, just to say I miss her…”