11 Years

Wow - tomorrow, May 24, is Mr. Alli's and my 11 year wedding anniversary! That is crazy to think about. I don't feel old enough to have been married for eleven years!

I also have to add, Rose is head over heels in love with her daddy. Today we went to the store to look at new carseats. I went around the corner and Mr. Alli was showing Rose the dolls. She became attached to one. He said he wasn't sure she would be able to leave it. I took the doll gently and tried to distract her, knowing she would get over it. She cried. He bought the doll. LOL. He cut it out of the box at the check out stand and she has been clutching it all day long! Talk about a daddy's girl! :)

Exhale

We are officially done with the second (and hopefully last) deployment!

Mr. Alli is safely home - I will download and post pictures next time. The reunion was fantastic. We just all couldn't wait to get home. Ms. Rosebud has taken to him so quickly again and I am grateful for that. Right now, Mr. Alli is with Little at baseball and it's nice not having to be two places at once!

This is such a relief. The first deployment was much, much more dangerous for my husband. Their unit lost 16 soldiers and since he is a medical provider, he had treated them at one time or another. It was devastating for him and it was horrible to be here and not with him when he needed me. This time, the worst of it was him not getting to see Rose. Babies are babies for such a short time.

Since he's been home, things have gone so smoothly. Our transitions have all been blessedly easy. I did scare the crap out of him the other night, though! LOL! I was getting into bed and he had been sleeping and I startled him and he said, "what the f***?!" and I said, "It's just me!" and he asked me, "What?" about 10 times before he finally seemed to snap back to reality. He's been having strange dreams, but that is par for the course and something we can totally handle.

But, praise to God, we are finding our footing again. Thank you for all of your well wishes!

Tomorrow! Tomorrow!

I'm putting in a picture of Rose just because she's cute with all her teeth.

Here's the skinny:

After much plan changing (typical army) and flight rearranging, Mr. Alli will be home tomorrow! If all flights go as they are supposed to, he will be home before lunchtime!

To answer the "anon." comment from the last post - yes! He is done completely with this deployment. Thank you Lord. It's his second year long deployment in 4 years, so we are all really feeling very DONE with the separation.

Thank you all so much for your well wishes and kind words. Today is flying by because we have so much (cleaning) to do. It's fun watching the boys acting silly with excitement!

Four More Days

Mr. Alli comes home from Iraq in 4 more days.

Is it possible that this is almost over?!

Here comes the sun!

This has been the strangest spring I can remember in this area in a while. The weather is crazy! We finally have had a few nice (meaning no rain with occasional actual real sun breaks) days and the girls (Rose and Frankie - LOL) have been dying to get outside!

Rose is holding Frankie's leash saying, "Let's go!"

Still sick!

What the heck? Rose is still fighting this snotty nose. She doesn't have any other symptoms except the gross nose. No cough, no sneezing. Her eyes were a little watery today but it's been over a week now! Her little nose is sore!

It was a beautiful day in the Seattle area today. It was clear and sunny. This is the weather that makes me love this area. I'm sure it will be cloudy and rainy tomorrow though, and we'll be back to normal! lol.

My poor sick baby!

Poor little Rose. She has had the worst cold the past few days. I don't remember Big or Little ever having a cold like this! Her eyes are leaking all the time and she has a veritable curtain of yellow snot coming down her chin. It's gross and I feel so bad for her. Thank you Lord for letting her continue to sleep okay. I was really worried it would keep her up at night but she seems to just accept that she has to breathe through her mouth.

Her gunky eyes were really nasty - but not conjunctivitis. Mr. Alli performed a medical consult on her via web cam (LOL) and told me it's probably blocked tear ducts and to put some warm clothes on them and sure enough they cleared up. Now, if he could only look in her ears for me from Iraq, we'd be in business!

Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday. I'm going to try and attach a picture of the ailing baby.