Life of a Military Wife

On Saturday we said goodbye to Matt for two months.  He is heading to the east coast for his career counselor training.  It seems like this weekend just popped up.  I felt like I had more time to prepare, and no, I didn’t.  It doesn’t matter if he is gone for a week, months, or a year, it is still hard to say goodbye.  I think the hardest part of saying goodbye this time is that Gracie gets that Daddy is going to be gone for a long time.  She does understand that we get to see Daddy for her birthday party since we are going home for the Thanksgiving holiday (although if you were to ask Gracie she is convinced we are going to Jamaica to go camping).  She hasn’t really asked for him yet, but she did want him when I made her mad today.  You can tell her schedule is off, she didn’t take a nap all day and is now in bed at 7:30 watching Mickey Mouse Playhouse. 

On our last day with Matt, he kept Gracie home since he was on leave.  He decided to drive to South Carolina so he is stopping through Illinois to see his family.  Gracie and Matt had a Daddy and Gracie morning until they came to see me for lunch.  I ended up getting off of work early so we went swimming.  Gracie can now swim by herself with a jacket on.  We have a little fish on our hands.  I think this spring we are going to put her in swim lessons.   

Gracie and I have been just hanging out and working on the house.  Just because we are not moving does not mean that we can’t do a major clean out.  I also switched our guest room with Gracie’s room.  She simply needed more room.  I am in the process of redecorating her room…it is going to be so cute! I promise to show it off when it gets all done.  We did take some time for the park yesterday.  Gracie was not being camera friendly, so I only got two cute ones!

Well, it is the start of another week, I am already looking towards the weekend!  It will be our first full week without daddy, I will let you know how that goes.  Today was a little iffy…so I will keep you posted!