As most of you already know...Justin is getting ready to leave for Iraq. Everybody is handling it in their own way. Hope I don't think really knows whats going on, but I know she can feel how tense it is around here. Gabe is the same way, but he is acting out a lot more than Hope is. I...well I'm dealing. I'm really tired, and not sure that the fact that Justin will be gone for a year has really hit me yet.
We are doing things to try and keep us busy. We are enrolling the kids in lots of activities throughout the next year to keep them busy. I am volunteering at Justin's companies FRG (Family Readiness Group), am starting to go to a weekly Bible study on post and a monthly womens worship at my midwifes church. We are part of Waiting Families which provides us with 16 hours a month per child of free child care, 1 family activity a month and 1 adult activity per month. So there are lots of things to keep us busy for the 12 month deployment. Now all I need is a house keeper!!!
We are also concentrating on getting things ready for our newest addition coming in April. We find out in a little over 2 weeks what we are having. We are SUPER excited. Justin will get to come home around the time I have the baby so he will get to meet him or her. Anyway, I am going to try to update this every week to keep you all updated on what is going on with us. I will also give you as much information about whats going on with Justin as I can.
