We are in the teens!

Today we hit 19 days until Shawn returns from Iraq. I cant believe that we are so close to being finished. It seems like it was forever ago when I dropped him off at the fairgrounds that cold January day. The total deployment has been a year but we got to spend two weeks together at Christmas before he left for Iraq. I am so thankful that this is almost behind us. We have so much to look forward to. First being his homecoming party which I have spent a lot of time planning, then our weekend to our favorite little town in Oklahoma, Tulsa. We are spending the weekend at The DoubleTree and have a romantic dinner at The Melting Pot. The one thing that Shawn wont miss is our tradition of pumpkin carving. He will make it home just in time. Then a month later we are off for our 7 day cruise to the western caribbean. I cant wait.

So close, yet still far away

Well, I only have roughly 30 days left of this deployment. I cant believe how close we are to being finished. I cant wait to spend the rest of my life with my husband and hopefully without deployments. He is staying in the military so there will be other chances to take. I am so proud of him and everything that he stands for. I just cant wait to see him again!