3 months

Can you say mini-Chris? :)

bein silly with Daddy



priceless face to me



She is such a G

aaaand we have found our feet

O.O Daddy got me!

In a hat borrowed from a new friend :) too dang cute <3

I cant believe its already been 3 months. 4 months in just about a week and a half. She's been nothing but a blessing to me. I love her more and more every day <3

Life Til Now

(((  Even though this blog was created primarily to update friends and family about life in the Air Force, Las Vegas and also about Life as a new Mommy, I will probably end up ranting and raving about things and asking for input from other people on issues I feel strongly about. So now that I have that little disclaimer in there I'll continue on with life updates. )))
I guess I could probably give a rundown of life since right before I joined the Air Force.
In the summer of 2009, Chris and I had started plans to get married but the jobs that we had weren't getting us anywhere. Because he had pins in his hip and lower back he wasn't able to join the military like he really wanted; I told him I would give it a try. In the fall of 2009, I started talking to a recruiter in the Richmond area about joining the Air Force. When looking at the military branches I had ruled out all but the coast guard and the Air Force. Having more interest in planes than water, I chose the latter. My recruiter was SSgt Bennett. She gave me all the necessary information to set me up for success, such as PT requirements, some important regs, the rank structure,  as well as the Creed and Song. I went to MEPS a few times and almost didn't make my ship date because I was JUST within the limits for my weight. I acutally had to gain weight to get in! Imagine that... Anyways. So I got my ship date and it was the 27th of April. Chris and I decided to still get married before I left.

March 19th, 2010 was the date. It was small, on the beach in North Carolina. Everything about our wedding was perfect. The weather, the beach, the ceremony. We both cried but it was good times :) Everyone that was there was family, maybe not by blood but they were still family. Some people weren't able to make it because it wasn't local but the people who did, helped to make our day that much more special. After the wedding we had a pseudo-honeymoon... it was only in a hotel down the street but it was a small getaway We enjoyed it and I think that's what was important.

After the wedding we had a little over a month to spend together before I had to leave. I still remember the night I left. I cried. A lot. I didn't want to spend 2 months away from my new husband. I wasn't sure I would make it through Basic without him and many times during Basic I just wanted to quit and go home. But that last month before I left was a little hard and the day for me to leave came much to soon. We stayed at a hotel near Fort Lee. I had to stay in a seperate room from Chris. I think that was to make sure we didn't do anything crazy before I had to leave in the morning but I'm not really sure. I woke up extra early to make sure I could go kiss him good bye one last time. I wanted our last minutes to be happy because that was the last time I would see him for 8 1/2 weeks.

{ ewww poison ivy :/ }

The beginning of basic is a little hazy. I do remember it was dark when we got to Lackland and I remember getting off the bus at my squadron (324 hu-ah). The first few days are hell on you and thats the way it's supposed to be. Basic isn't comfortable, it isn't a walk in the park or a vacation. Its made to break you down so you can be shaped into the Airman our Air Force needs you to be. The first week is probably the worst by far. You are allowed to make one VERY short VERY painful call home. I think our limit was a minute or two. We had to read a script from a card that we would eventually send out to our family. When I called Chris to read mine, I was crying so hard he couldn't even understand me. I basically blew through the script, told him about 3 times that I loved him and had to hang up the phone. I remember how confused and upset he sounded. He even tried to call me back but I couldn't answer. As time went on I had to train myself to keep focused on anything but home. Thinking that way only made me weaker and I knew now that I was there I couldn't give up. So I kept on. I went back to church for the first time in .... well I don't even really know how long. I went every Sunday except one when I stayed behind to wax the dorm floors. My biggest challenge other than keeping my head in the game throughout all of basic was PT. I've never been a good runner or had much upper body strength to do pushups. But my MTI's pushed and pushed and pushed until I made it. Graduation finally came and we got to spend the days with family before we headed off each to our respective tech schools. I was really hoping to get out of Texas by this point. BUT of course I ended up staying in Texas, just at a different base.

My next base would be at Sheppard for about 5 months for my tech school. About halfway through Chris was able to come see my. I was so excited to see him :) He spent the weekend at the hotel near base and I would go see him when I didn't have to be signed in to the Squadron. While I was gone we had a lot of issues again. Seperation was really hard on our relationship. I think we both learned a lot about ourselves on that one.

I went to Tyndall for follow on for my jet so I could get a little bit of hands on experience. This was probably the best part of tech school for me.


I spent 10 days on leave visiting in Virginia and saying my final goodbyes...at least for a while. I was assigned to Nellis as my first PCS. All the way on the opposite side of the country from all of my family, friends, "enemies," everything I had really ever known. Away from the trees and normal looking deer, colorful flowers and home-cooked meals. It was really hard on me mentally.

Well in December, Chris and I packed everything we could fit into his RSX, with all our other larger belongings already headed across the country in a freight truck. So we set out to the great unknown and arrived in Las Vegas in mid-December. I didn't come in for my first actual day of work until January 3 2011. I did all my inprocessing stuff and started working the line. Well, to say the least the line didn't last long on February 12, we went to CVS to get pregnancy test. I was on BC but hadn't had my cycle, so I wanted to check just in case, even though Chris also wasn't supposed to be able to have kids as well. And as everyone knows now :) the tests were positive! And so was the hospital test I took on February 14th! I spent the rest of my work days in the snack bar until I finally delivered on October 8th.

Now that I'm breastfeeding I am working in the office with the flight chiefs, thankfully. I would rather office work over the snack bar anyday and I have TSgt Dittmer to thank for that. I help him with training stuff and keeping on top of the flight schedule. Getting people training they need. Makes me feel good that I am actually accomplishing things instead of just sitting around. One good thing about being in the snack bar is I was able to concentrate solely on my CDC's I finished them in 5-6 months and we have a year to do them. I didnt' score as well on my EOC as I would have liked but at least I passed.

So I think that pretty much covers life up until now. Anything I missed leave a comment and I will try to elaborate!

Thanks for reading :)

Sunday Morning

so today alexus went to church with Grandma. She said she loved the music which was mostly acapella. but i wanted to share the picture of her heading out. I cant stop taking pictures of her :) she got back a little bit ago and kept dozing off but now we're awake! off to take more pictures.....

Videos of alexus

This is her first successful trip into her bouncey chair. Enjoi :)

and part deux

And it begins....

So now I'm here. My sister convinced me to create a blog so that I could more easily share what is going on in the lives of our little family here in Las Vegas...for now. YAY :)