Adjusting

So it's been a week since Hubby left for his 9 month deployment and life, unfortunately must go on. There are certain things that I use to do that I will not do while he is away for the best interests of us all. I use to watch the news when I had those late night/very early morning feeds with my son but after they featured a story on a widowed wife who was joining the Army in honor of her husband, that hit me too close to home. The past week my son had a bad cold complete with a fever, we have been staying indoors just cuddling. That in itself has made this first week fly by.
As I wait for his extra pay to kick in, I'm getting my lists together on the things I'm going to need for organizing and making our new house a home. The first step, hang up all our framed pictures around the house so Hubby's face is there when I miss him and our families are proudly displayed as a reminder that I'm not alone. Love my new feature wall in our living room, I look at it numerous times a day and walk by it all the time. Next, get a sugar shaker, like the ones at coffee shops, so we don't have to walk to the pantry, get out the huge 4 pound container every morning to have my morning cup of tea. Easy enough because found one at Walmart for a buck!  
Well that's all for now. Happy Thanksgiving, I have more than enough to be thankful for this year!

New House, New Baby but No Hubby

All too soon my hubby will be deploying for 9 months leaving me home alone in our newly purchased two story, four bedroom house. Excuse me, leaving me with our 3 month old son and our two cats. So just about all alone. Like many military families we moved away from our families and it takes a 6 hour plane ride to go see them - so having family here to support me is out of the question. It's our first deployment, our first house and our first baby. What to do, what to do? I not the greatest at being alone; while my hubby was in Basic Training for 5 months it took all of my strength just to get out of bed in the morning. It was hard on us because we were newlyweds and just like then we have a lot of new things going on. This time I can't stay in bed all day just so the days go by faster while I was sleeping. No this time I have a baby to take care of. So to keep my mind off the fact that my hubby is deployed I'll be throwing myself into getting back into shape, playing with my sweet baby and making our new house a home my hubby will love to come back home to. *fingers crossed*