The Shop Morale Party went really well on Friday night. So many people showed up. When we first planned it, none of us thought it would be such a hit. Turns out, it was. The Smith's house was completely packed with people. Nathan, Noah, and I showed up about 45 mintutes late (blame it on Nathan) and it took us a good 5 minutes to get to the kitchen which was not even 10 yards away. When you walk into their house it's a long hallway with two rooms off the side (living room and game room) and then you'll hit the stairs and the kitchen on one side and the bathroom on the other. Both the living room and game room were full of people, so people were overflowing into the hallway. The kitchen was also full, people were sitting on the stairs, and there were people out back on the patio as well. Yeah, it was a big success. It was a pot luck and so everyone brought yummy food. I was so stuffed. We stayed for a couple of hours and by about 9 pm things were pretty much dying down. A lot of people had left so we could walk more freely. It was great getting to spend some time with everyone. There was absolutely no drama the entire night which made things even better. I'm really excited for the next one. And another girl even offered to help plan the next one. Katrina is awesome for doing the majority of this one. Unfortunately, Noah didn't go to sleep until like 11:30. It was crazy. I think he was still hyped up from being around so many people for so long.
Saturday night, I went to my mom's Lemongrass Spa Party. I showed up late (again, I'm horrible) because I thought it was at 5 pm. Nope, it was 3. They had already done the hand stuff so I walked in and got to start soaking my feet. We did some cool body scrub things for our feet and they were feeling amazing by the end. To top it off, my mom gave us all foot massages. It was wonderful. It was really nice to get out of the house. I love staying at home with Noah but I need my break from time to time. Especially, since Nathan has been taking this classes on Tuesday and Thursday nights. I don't get a break on those nights.
After the party me, Jessie, Regina, Linda, and my mom sat around gabbing for a few hours. Jessie just got back from the states so it was nice to see her again. I am going to start running with her and Linda to get this last 10 lbs off. Jessie gave me some good eating tips as well. I really enjoy being around older (not old) people. I feel like I click better for some reason. I guess I just get tired of talking about "Teen Mom" and how hot Gerald Butler is. I know, not everyone is like that, but I just feel so much more comfortable around ladies that are a few years older than me. I can, for the most part, always remember being that way.
I went and picked up a new toy for Noah. It's a little horse jumperoo. It sings songs and makes horse/galluping noises and it has a few little toys attached to play with. That kid loves to bounce. It's so fun watching him get into it. I love this age.
Then, my parents took us out for dinner at J.R. Rockers/Pizza Hut. I love my parents so much. We are blessed to have them here with us. They make things so much easier.
Sunday was another day of church ofcourse. Afterwards, Lauren came over to do more blanket sewing. At first we just couldn't get motivated. Then it reached about 8 pm and we were on a roll. We finished a few more and pinned a couple extra. We also made our first bib. Quite interesting. I honestly wasn't feeling too great by the end of the night but that's a whole other story that I won't get into on here for personal reasons.
Yesterday, Noah went to my parents house for a few hours so me and Nathan could get some things done. It was really weird not having him in tow, but we got more done than we would have if he would of tagged along. We went to the Library first so Nathan could get his study guides for his next clep test. He's doing so good on those and he passed his Human Resources one yesterday. Now he's got a Public Speaking one that he's studying for. Three more cleps and he'll be done with his CCAF. And then it's on to a few more face to face classes and by next January he can put in his package to get commissioned. I'm really anxious, excited, nervous about it. We just want it so bad. It would be such a great thing for our family, especially if we want to have as many babies as we are planning. Nathan was looking into a school in Southern California to attend before "officer tech school".
So afterwards we went to the BX just to look around and get some things we were needing. I got Jessica's baby shower gift. Then we went to Hela to get some paint. Nathan tried to get another gold fish but it was taking too long and we had other things to do. After all of the shopping, we went and got a bed, well the frame part. We already have the mattress and recently we decided we actually wanted a headboard. :)
We found one on spangyardsales.com for a decent price so we went ahead and picked it up. It's huge and we had to put the headboard part on top of our car to get it home. Since it was on top, we used rope to tie it up there.. through the windows.. I had to climb out the window to open the trunk door so Nathan could get out. We had fun. And I am really excited about it. We are going to paint it black, along with a dresser we are getting tomorrow, to match our room. One day we will have our room complete. I'm just not so good at decorating the entire house all at once. I work one room at a time.
Today, I had lunch with Katrina, Russ, my mom, dad, and Nathan. And Noah as well. Actually, he sat in the big boy high chair, I was impressed. Then Katrina and I went to the commissary where Noah sat in the shopping cart for the first time. He did so well, sat straight up the whole time. Good, that means I don't have to lug his heavy carseat around with me anymore. While we were in the commissary my eye started going crazy. I would get sudden, sharp pains in it. Then my eye would leak a hundred gallons of water from it. It was really weird but I didn't think much of it. As we were driving home the dang thing did it again and I really had a hard time seeing the road. Luckily, we only live 2 minutes away so it wasn't too bad. I took out my contacts and it felt much better. I'm guessing something must have gotten onto my contact that was not meant for eyes. I've had ripped/torn contact lenses and that hurts, but this was a different, more horrible kind of pain. I wish I could explain it better. Needless to say, I threw those out. Later in the day, I went with my mom to get a skirt and jacket himmed that I'll be wearing to the Spouses Dining In in April. I'm excited. We all dress in crazy outfits. I'm Professor Plum from Clue. I'm really excited to see how everything turns out. Tomorrow, we are going to build our mock clue house for the table centerpiece. Things are coming along nicely. Lots of drama between many of the wives though.
I read a blog earlier about this lady who recently (two weeks ago) lost her baby to something they are not certain about. Their daughter was four months old. Noah's age. It talked about how she passed and how she has been feeling having to deal with the funeral and ofcourse the loss of her child. I cried as I read it. A friend of mine posted it on facebook and she talked about how she cried, I opened it in another tab and avoided reading it for about an hour but then decided that I would. I knew how I'd feel if I read it but it just kept yelling out for me to pull it up. I just cannot imagine going through that. It makes me nervous to ever leave Noah with anyone but family, but also to leave him in his room at night. Especially, since we have a really crappy monitor. I think tomorrow I'm going to look into the video monitors. There is never a better time to take extra precaution! Even thinking about it makes me want to cry again. I hope I don't have nightmares. A few years ago I read a story about some mean kids who kidnapped a 3 year old and did unimaginable things to him and it was in the back of my mind for weeks. Then last year, my sister told me a story of this lady who drowned her 4 kids one by one. More nightmares. Tonight I read a story about a mom who shot her two kids because they were "talking back". And then I read this story. I really feel for all these families. It makes me sick to think of what this world is coming to. It makes me even more sick that people support the people who do disgusting things. I don't care if I'm alone when I say that if you hurt a child in a serious way, you should have the death penalty.
Okay, this blog is way too long and I'm getting a little deep in my emotions so I'm going to end with a good night and see you in my next post.
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