Halfway Mark

Okay, so...if we are going by the actual day of the month from when Zak left for deployment...TODAY WOULD BE THE HALFWAY MARK!

Finally.

We are finally on the down slope of this deployment and the end cant come quick enough.

I dont have too too much to say about the half way mark because yes, it is exciting that we are halfway through but still it sucks to have 6 more months to go without seeing my husband and I know it is getting hard on him knowing Graysons birthday is coming up and he will have to miss it and by the time he gets home for good Grayson will be much different from even when he saw him at 9 months old. SO yes it is great that we are halfway over with this thing but there is still so much time left that it puts a damper on on that excitement.

I will probably worry more in the next 6 months than I did in the 1st because I just want it go by by fast and him get home safe to us that I am going to be worrying that something could still go wrong ...something could always go wrong and with the weather getting warmer I fear of more combat as read in the news and whatnot.

So I am kind of up and down with the next 6 months, I want them to fly by and things go smoothly. I am going to try to keep busy with many appointments that Grayson has, a trip to NC to house hunt and hopefully find the house we want, close of the house, Graysons Birthday and finally moving back and getting everything unpacked and settled in before the big day comes where they are FINALLY HOME FOR GOOD and I can really truly be happy without the worry and without the dampers on my parade.

So here's to making it through the 1st 6 months ...and here is to the next 6 months... may time fly and may God keep my husband and the rest of the guys safe from harm while trying to make it home :)


I miss you so much baby, please be safe these next months to come and get home to me and Grayson :)

until the end of all time

The Teeth Are Coming!

So overnight...or so it seems...Grayson has a mouth full of teeth coming in!

He already has one little tooth to the side on the bottom in but out of no where he has 3 or 4 others on the bottom trying to work there way through and at least 2, feels like maybe more on the top! I keep making jokes that one of these days I am going to go in his room in the morning when he wakes up and he is going to look at me and smile like he always does but he is going to have a whole front mouth of teeth haha.

Surprisingly enough, I have been lucky with the teething. He has been great. He just chews on his teethers, and well, just about anything, and he is never really fussy with it. I have probably just jynxed myself by saying that, but I was so worried with all the horror stories you hear about teething and babies being up all night and such a handful all day with it that I kept dreading it to happen, but as of right now, I cannot say, "they told me so" because I have not had that experience with him.

He's a tough big boy :) Just like his Daddy. He can take a lot of pain before it really hurts. I am not surprised though. This little boy has been through so much in his 10 months of being alive and he has always been so tough and such a "big boy" as I always say with all of it. I am always so proud of him :)

I cant wait for all these teeth to come in so I can take pictures! Dont worry I will post as soon as they do!

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Audiology Appointment :)

Just a little update on Graysons hearing:

Grayson had his first Audiology appointment today since he got his hearing aids.

They did a hearing screen with the hearing aids in and compared that screen to the results from the previous screen without hearing aids. And the results: MUCH better than without hearing aids :) Which means they are working very well and the Audiologist said that as he continues to wear them the results should get better each time especially as he starts to recognize certain noises.

He has been such a good baby when it comes to the hearing aids :) He doesnt try to pull them out, he lets me put them right in where as the 1st few days of having them he would fight me the whole way through and now he just lets me do it without any problems. 

The hearing aids are also not very noticeable at all. If you are looking at him by standing or sitting in front of him, you cannot see that he is wearing them at all, and unless you are really looking at him you cant really tell he is wearing them from any other angle either which is a plus as well.


We will be going back in March for another screen and on that day will do both with and without the hearing aids to do another comparison. I will keep you updated!

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Sippie Cups & Pancakes (Day 159)

This morning Grayson had his first pancake and to accompany the pancakes, why of course...some scrambled eggs :)

He really liked it. He is getting more and more into eating "big boy foods" than his baby food, but from time to time prefers the baby food over regular but I was excited to give him pancakes and eggs --now me and him can have real breakfast together in the mornings.

Along with him starting to eat real table food he has almost gotten very good at mastering the sippie cup. I am beginning to take him off the bottle so I try to substitute 2 of the 4 bottles he has a day with sippie cups to start getting him use to it as well as giving him a sippie of water with some meals. In the morning and night bottles he absolutely wants it to be a bottle, but during the afternoon he doesnt mind it being the sippie cup :)

I cant believe that he will be 10 months old in just under 2 weeks, and then shortly after that will be his 1 year old birthday! Time is flying by. People always say, "they grow up so quickly" but you never realize how true that is until you have your own baby.


I cant wait for more changes to come, I love seeing him start new things and get excited with himself when he learns something new or masters something he has been working on, I just get so sad when Zak cant be here to see a lot of this in person. He gets to see pictures and videos and gets to see him on Skype sometimes, but I know its not the same and I know it makes him sad...but I keep trying to tell myself that when Zak gets home Grayson will be walking and up playing around so him and Zak will be able to do so much fun stuff together and really get to bond and have that "father/son" experience.

Thanks for reading!


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"Remember Me"

Ghandi once said, 

"Whatever you do in life will be insignificant, but it's important that you do it, because no one else will".

 

The quote above is well, obviously Ghandi, but is also from a movie titled, Remember Me. Has anyone else seen it? Well I am not going to tell you anything about it because I do not want to spoil it, but I do have to say it is such a powerful movie. It is quite sad at times but it is real and I love movies that make you feel like you can relate to it. This movie grabs you from the beginning, and intrigues you along the way, getting you attached to the characters with the ways you can relate to them, and then the unexpected happens and makes an ending to a movie that leaves your jaw on the floor and your eyes filled with tears because even though it is simply just a movie, the ending.....well.....if I try to describe the ending you just might guess what it is I am speaking of. Let's just say, in the final scenes, when the camera begins to zoom out (you will know what I am speaking of) your heart will sink ---or at least mine did.

 

I dont know if it is just me and things that have occured in my life directly, or indirectly-directly meaning that happened to friends or family, but I really got attached to this movie and fell in love with all of the characters and the whole story line in general.

 

I am, as we speak, watching it again because it touched me so much. This movie was promoted pretty well, but I do not think the preview promotions did it enough justice because I do not remember thinking the movie would be anything like it was when I originally saw the preview months back. From the promotion picture it may look like it is going to be a chick flick -which is what I thought at first- but I assure you it is not. So for the guys reading this, I even promise you, I am not tricking you into watching a chick flick.

I love movies, and I usually have a lot of good things to say about movies I watch, but it has been awhile since I have really wanted to get everyone I know in a room and force them to watch this movie no matter what the turn out of their thoughts on it might be.

But I have to say I am so glad that I decided to rent it. And I suggest you do as well. I did warn you, that it is a bit sad but you will not regret it.

 

The trailer or description below do not do this movie justice -but I will say, I am so glad they left everything that they did out of the trailer and the description and make you go into the movie thinking it is going to be something that it isnt, because it just makes it that much better.

 

"In the romantic drama Remember Me, Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. Tyler didn't think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day he met Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate. Love was the last thing on his mind, but as her spirit unexpectedly heals and inspires him, he begins to fall for her. Through their love, he begins to find happiness and meaning in his life. Soon, hidden secrets are revealed, tragedy lingers in the air, as the circumstances that brought them together threaten to tear them apart. Set in the summer of 2001, Remember Me is a story about the power of love, the strength of family, and the importance of living passionately and treasuring every day of one's life."