Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. Virginia Satir

Sunday, January 8, 2012

It's 2012!

It's the new year..2012! There are so many things that I am looking forward to this year. Of course, there are certain things that I am going to work on changing for the better, but most of all I'm hoping for a year of happiness for my family.

Peyton is in school and he seems to be liking it a lot! He has a hard time waking up in the morning, but once he gets home from school, he tells me all about his day and how much fun he had playing with his friends!

Ian is getting so big! Peyton will be 4 on March 5, and Ian will be 1 on March 11! I can't believe how the times flies. I can't believe that our baby is going to be 1 already! Ian is becoming more and more strong and smart every single day. He gets on all fours and moves back and forth, back and forth, while trying to crawl. He has picked up one leg and moved it forward, but then toppled over. He will be crawling any day now, and I'm so excited for him! He loves to play right along with his big brother Peyton, and he will babble on and on while trying to talk to us! He is loving all of his baby food. Anything and everything I feed him, he eats. He's eating baby food with meat in it, and he loves it! His therapies are going amazing and I am so proud of his progress so far!
My babies and my husband have my entire heart! It makes it difficult to have Charlie so far away from us in the military, but the boys and I are keeping ourselves busy! Between school, doctor appointments, the random busy life of children, we are just doing everything day by day and we can't wait for 2012 to end (already I know..) so that Charlie can come back home to us! Charlie has yet to really get to meet Ian, and Peyton misses his dad so much.
Of course, that's my husband eating barbeque chips and trying to enjoy himself lol. We love and miss you Charlie and we can't wait for you to come home!

3 comments:

  1. You have some beautiful babies!! Looks like Peyton is so happy to be going to school and of course Ian is doing fantastic! I bet you can't wait for Charlie to get back home though!

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  2. When did Charlie deploy? Obviously, I'm going through a deployment too and it is definitely hard. The key is to stay busy and it seems that your quite busy with the boys. You have two very good looking boys and Ian seems like he isn't going to let his disability keep him from learning...and he's barely 1. Melissa, you're a good mom and wife. You should be proud of yourself!!

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  3. The whole things been complicated Josie..Charlie left for training in March of 2011, and came home in September for about 3 weeks to see us. He left for training again right after that, and he was suppose to deploy in the beginning of January, but now we're thinking February sometime. In the mean time though he's down in Camp Shelby in Mississippi. It's just been a lot of training and in the mean time waiting to deploy to Afghanistan. If they'd quit switching stuff around then he may have been done sooner and able to come home sooner! :( It's a mess..And thank you for all of the kind stuff that you said about me and my family. I try my hardest to stay positive. I hope you're doing okay and handling it all the best that you can. All we can do is for all of the guys to come home safely and hope that the war is done over there sooner rather than later! <3.

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