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28 SEPTEMBER 2004
Mike has been given the official word that he will deploy to Iraq in February or March. We pretty much knew this was going to happen for quite some time, but now it's official. I really hope that the deployment date is closer to March so that he can be here for the birth of baby #2. I guess we'll just have to pray and wait and see what happens. Speaking of baby #2, no, we do not know the sex yet. I have an ultrasound scheduled in mid-October. I will definitely be anticipating the gender. If we find out, we will let people know individually.
Well, I think I've caught everyone up on what is going on here. There are new pictures of Annie on her 13th month album. I may be making some changes to her albums as it seems silly to continue counting her months now that she is a year-old. We'll see!
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We
made it! (The picture at the right is Lucy traveling with her dad
in his truck on our final trek to NC. She annoyed Mike by sitting
in front of the airvent sniffing the air the entire 6 hours.) The
house is now officially ours and being lived in by us. It only took
a week of living in a one room hotel room with 2 adults, 1 baby,
1 dog, and 1 cat and another week of living in a 2 bedroom duplex.
There were a couple of days when I thought I was going to have a
kickboxing match with the builder's "manager", but everything
eventually worked out. The house actually exceeded our expectations
of beauty and quality. The movers delivered our goods mostly undamaged,
and now we are finally settled in. I will soon post pictures of
what the house looks like with all our junk in it.
Annie
made a full recovery from her disease. The rash went away in about
a week, and it really didn't bother her during the healing process.
She seems to be truly happy in her new surroundings. We joined a
playgroup on base that meets once a week in a big gym with lots
of toys. She keeps herself very busy exploring all the offerings.
She rarely wants to sit still during story/snack time and then song
time, but what can you expect from a 13th month old? I can't believe
she's already 13th months old especially since the last post was
her 1st birthday. Time is flying by!
Settling
into Jacksonville, NC life hasn't been too bad so far. I joined
a couple of wives' groups for the chance to meet new people. I've
already been to a stamp club and a luncheon. There is a nice daycare
for officers' families that Annie has enjoyed attending while I
go to my events. However, we did both end up with a 24-hour stomach
bug right after Annie's first time (I'm not blaming anyone). We
are finding that JAX is quite a bit different than Beaufort. There
aren't as many nasty critters lurking in every corner. Although
we did see a fairly large spider at a garden center (see picture).
Mike called it a wasp spider (who knows if that's correct). The
military life is much more evident here than at PI. Thousands of
young, hot-headed marines drive like maniacs in there souped-up
machines and have no mercy on a slow-poke like me. 