What's a Navy wife to do!

Welcome back! It's been a few seconds since I've updated the blog. And wow, the excitement that has happened in those few seconds is amazing! Where to start?! Well let's start with the beginning of a new chapter. On August 17, 2013 we were blessed with a beautiful healthy baby girl! What a blessing she has been for the last year and half! She was born after 26 grueling hours of labor, that'll teach me to "force" our babies to come before they're ready! She was a wonderful 6lbs 8oz and 20 inches long, she had hair (Praise God) and the most adorable little face. We have never been so proud of anything we've done before, the love that overwhelms you the first time you hold your child is unlike anything, no words have been written that describe it. She is as spunky as they come! The second day of her life in this big world she perfected the technique of scowling! Haha and she's been doing it every since.

This last year and half she has learned how to hold her head up, roll around, crawl around, walk around and most recently run around! She is most in love with her daddy and puppy, and currently loves books and dancing. She tells me "no" when she is in the middle of doing something naughty (beats me to the punch line every time) and refuses to go anywhere without her blankie, teddy and meeeilk. She's currently 24 lbs and she stands just under 3 ft. Here's some photos of our love:

 

What an amazing year it has been! But that's only half of it, turn the page again and we're off on our next adventure! The hubby joined the Navy in June 2014 and life will never be the same!

So far he has finished boot camp and is a couple weeks away from finishing his schooling! To say that we are proud of him would be a huge understatement. This man is resilient to the things life throws at him! What a great example he is to all who look at his life. So far life as a Navy wife has been pretty uneventful. We decided that with all the changes that would be happening it would be best to live minimally and for me to stay at home with Rhiley to help her whenever new things popped up. During boot camp life was pretty tough. I've never had to miss my husband before and honestly it was only for 8 1/2 weeks. I met a Marine wife the other day and she told me she went 13 weeks (I think) with out having communication with her husband except a few letters. No thanks. Call it what you want but I call it a blessing that I was able to hear from the Hubby so many times during that extemely trying time. And then when he finished boot camp and went to school we were going to stay in Colorado and just join up with him when he got his station duties. That lasted a whole month and a half! After an awful visit we decided it was time to re-unit the family.

The great thing about being obedient to God is that even when you look at something and say to yourself "There is no way we'll survive this" He is there pouring out His blessings and you come out with more than you went in with. On paper the numbers never matched up, how could we afford to move to a place and pay rent when I wouldn't be working, if we were barely making it now with me working and NOT paying rent?? Rest assured, you serve the maker of the world. He spoke loud and clear in this timeless passage:

 "Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to Him then they are?" - Matthew 6:26

To live out that promise every day is a comfort... and a challenge. Living where we live it's hard to build relationships. For anyone who knows me knows I am a relational person. I thrive when I am surrounded by people! I love to talk about anything and listen to everyone's stories.