Getting Ahead of Myself

I think I am getting way too far ahead of myself! I am only about 7 weeks along but stressing about who is going to watch Aidan when the new baby is born! We seriously lack family in town and aren't close to too many people. I'm pretty sure my mom is coming out but that's in December and the pass probably won't be clear. That means she'll have to fly, which means she has to SCHEDULE her trip and can't come out on a whim. Oh man, I can't believe I am already worrying about these things. LOL! I really hope we don't have to rely on a babysitter! ICK! Well, I guess there's about 8 months to think about it!

Terrible, Terrible blogger here...

I know that I am terrible at blogging. I think the first step would be to simply keep ONE blog, not a few of them. So, as of now, Aidan's blog will still be posted but all blogging concerning our family will be seen here.

Speaking of family, we will be adding a new addition to it in December! I am one super, duper, very happy Mommy! We have decided to hold off telling everyone until we hit that fabulous 12 week mark. However, I could not contain my excitement and had to share it on my blog! Hence the reason I have not mentioned it on facebook. I must say, it has been killing me. Anyways, I have my first appointment on Thursday!

HELP!

So, I am making cookies friday with my mom in town. We are mostly doing this for Aidan. I am not actually making the cookies... Pillsbury made the dough and I'm slicing it and baking it. Anyways, the point of this cookie experience was really for Aidan to put sprinkles on cookies. I bought some cake frosting but my mom has informed me that won't harden on the cookies. So, I am in need of a cookie frosting recipe (not a glaze but actual frosting) that will dry! I found some online but they all had egg whites or milk in them and I can't imagine those keeping well at room temp. Ugh.

Signed,
Unexperienced Baker

Veteran's Day

I think a lot of people simply enjoy this day as a day out of work without a second thought to those who have fought and are still fighting for our country! I have a dad and mom who were both in the military (albeit for very short periods of time), extended family that served and an uncle who is still serving, as well as a little cousin who just enlisted in the marines! I also have numerous friends with husbands who are active military. Being a young woman living near Fort Lewis... I met my fair share of great young men who were serving our country.

One inparticular was this great guy named Donald McCune. In fact, Donnie and I went out a few times and 1 week before he was deployed to Iraq he decided that he should seal the deal and ask me to be his "girl friend" before he left. What girl would be crazy enough to turn that down? Communicating through email, IM and a phone call was hard. It down right sucked as a matter of fact.

On August 6th, 3 months after his deployment, I opened up an email from one Donald R McCune. The email went on to explain that Donnie had died the day before in Germany. Apparently his vehicle had hit an IED (improvised explosive device). Donnie was airlifted to a hospital in Germany. While his mother was in flight to see him Donnie passed away at the age of 20. I remember screaming while reading the email, it seemed to be the only things my body would allow me to do. I had kept hearing in the news about our soliders who had died but it never seemed very real until this moment.

No matter how "tough" you are, hearing a 21 gun salute and seeing those boots with a gun and helmet propped up will bring you to tears. I can't imagaine how many families have gone through this experience and I would never wish it on everyone.

That is my story about why Veteran's Day is important to me. I would like to thank all of our current and past military. They do a wonderful job at keeping our country safe. I also want to be sure to thank the family members of all military.... without you, they couldn't do what they do!

Pictures

We took our family pictures on the 26th of September. I expected them back ten days afterwards, well, that was yesterday. I am a little cranky because I want to see them SO bad!!!!! However, I totally understand that Taraka had to leave town for the day due to her sister having her baby. To make it up to me, she is giving me a couple free prints and even sent over her favorite photo from the shoot. I posted it on Facebook this morning without realizing that maybe I shouldn't have, seeing that it has yet to be edited (note the green spot in the photo). I feel now like I gave her some negative advertising. Well, I figured the best way to correct that was to post a blog about the situation and , of course, share the picture I have.