Welcome February!

Well we are past the stigma of January. For so long we would say, "Chris leaves for Afghanistan in January." This is a sentence that has been thrown around our lives for a year now. Weeellll January has come and gone! I think that was going to be the hardest month for all of us. Here life is starting to settle down and the adjustments are becoming easier. I cannot say the same for Chris I do not think it ever gets easier for him but here life is beginning to take shape without Chris as hard as it may be. Do not misconstrued that into thinking that I do not miss him any less because that part never gets easier. But life here with Audrey and I is starting to get a little more manageable. Audrey keeps me so busy and I am truly blessed have her with me! Being pregnant while Chris was in Iraq in '08 was so much harder because I had much more time on my hands to think way to much. Now I do not even have time to think let alone think to much. So although it makes it more difficult explaining this to Audrey it is also so much easier because we are so busy here! The days are beginning to go by so fast now and we are excited to welcome February and soon it will be spring and life will be even busier :)

 Our first month of our "I love you because..." calendar is officially finished!

 Ready to get February filled up and finished pretty quickly!

I took all the snips of paper and made this little envelope to send to Chris!