Paxton's blog

Paxton wanted to write something but since he doesn't know how to spell a lot of words (he can spell about ten) I decided that he could type his ABC's for you. 

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Daddy is coming home!

Paxton wanted to let everybody know that his Daddy is coming home in the morning.  He is so excited that Daddy will finally be home.  I think that he has had enough of Mommy.  Today, he went a few houses down to our friends house to see if they wanted to go on a walk with us.  Crystal (the mom) was gone so he stayed there with Mike and the boys until she came home.  It ended up being about 45 minutes.  I think that he just needed some guy time :)  We are all very happy that Alex only had to be gone for 3 weeks because for a few days we thought that he was going to have to stay in Cordova even longer.  We all love Daddy and can hardly wait one more day to see him!

Milestones for Ava

Ava has reached a few milestones the past two days that have made my life a little more exciting.  Tuesday, she finally learned how to crawl up the stairs.  This is a good thing and a bad thing. She is able to get upstairs to go play in Paxton's room and her room but she doesn't know how to get back down the stairs yet.  It has definitely made going to the park more fun because she can get up to the slides by herself.  

Yesterday, I left Ava with the neighbor girl and she walked about six feet; from the xouch to the computer chair.  What a little stinker!  She won't walk for Mommy but she will for Gabby.   I did get her to walk like two steps today so I am hoping she will be walking in the next week  or two.   Everybody tells me I shouldn't wish it but I am determined not to have to carry two babies! It is so much fun to watch your kids grow and learn.  I love how excited they get when they realize that they can do something!

 

This will be my first time using my blog to vent. On Monday, my husband had to make a surprise deployment to Cordova which was only supposed to last a couple of days. The deployment will now last for three weeks. Any way, about 8 hours after he left, my fuel pump on my jeep went out. For those of you who don't know, my husband can fix any mechanical problem; so the fact that these things always happen when he is gone can be really frustrating. Luckily, there are some very wonderful people who are letting me borrow their extra car until mine can get fixed. I've decided that the lord really wants me to learn how to become less dependent on my husband. So needless to say, the past few days have been a little LONG! Now for the good news! The Coast Guard is allowing my husband to come home on Thursday so that he can fix my car for me and then he will have to go back to Cordova on Friday and stay until August 29th. This is a very nice blessing since the Coast Guard doesn't usually do things like this. I am still a little frustrated that he has to be gone for another 2 weeks but I can't really complain about the Coast Guard because they are really trying to help with the car situation. Hopefully the being home for a day and then gone again won't be too hard for the kids.