Garrett has been on leave since Oct 22nd, that is over a month and I have been in complete bliss... having him around has been absolutely wonderful, especially since we had a surprise guest come, Lil Carly. Now the inevitable has come, he goes back to work tomorrow for schooling and then could possibly meet up with his squadron which is currently deployed with the USS Nimitz until the end of March. Talk about break a girls heart. This isn't my first deployment, but this is my first with a newborn. It is not that I don't know how to take care of my two girls (both whom are absolutely gorgeous, not that I am biased) it is that he will miss what could be the next 3-4mths of our Lil Miss' life and that is what breaks my heart, but welcome to the military I guess. I should feel lucky that he was here for the birth, a lot of dads don't get that. We should be finding out after the 11th if he will deploy, fingers and toes crossed, praying hard. We should also find out if he made 1st class this week! Again, fingers and toes crossed, praying hard.
Taylor is finally back in school, she started last week, after being out for a month. She is head over heels excited, she loves school, we are lucky. The teacher was worried about her being behind, apparently they teach reading in Kindergarten here, where as in WA they didn't really, but Taylor is picking things up great and making her teacher proud.
Carly had her 2 week check up today, she was 6lbs 5oz and about 18in long. Up 10oz from her birth weight!!! And they apparently measured her wrong at birth, her 2 day appt she was 17 and 1/4 inches, NOT the almost 19in they quoted at birth. So she is a shorty, for now, hopefully she will get her daddy's height. The doctor gave me permission to let her sleep through the night if she will, which she would if I didn't wake her every 3 hours for feedings. The doctor's don't like you to let them sleep through the night especially when they are jaundiced, but she is up from her birth weight, so tonight we will try, hopefully she will continue to want to, like before. *crosses fingers*
And me... I am healing still, I would say almost 100%, I have lost 35lbs of the too many lbs I gained! Hopefully it will continue to just fall off. I guess I am now officially a stay-at-home mommy... which I am loving so far, we will see if I am still liking it after I don't have Garrett to talk to anymore. I am hoping to start school again really soon (online), seeing as I don't really want to pay back student loans just yet. Other than that I am in heaven!
Guess that updates pretty much everything... family starts coming in a few days and the rest in 2 weeks, (for Carly's original due date and Christmas) I can't wait. Will blog about it later.
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