And he's off!

The Ambrose Early Easter Hunt

His flight left this morning...I will post safe arrival info once I get it.

Thankfully, my sisters, Terry and Kathy are here staying with me (to watch Nora while I dropped Phil off, and console me when I get weepy). My parents come this weekend. After that I have the mirad of friends and support we have managed to gather around us the past 8 months we have been here. I feel so lucky to have so many people caring about us and checking up on us!

1/2 a day down...less than 370 to go!

Videos GALORE!!

They are uploaded and ready to watch. In an extreme attempt to get them all up before Phil left, I have pretty much all our current family videos uploaded, but not organized or labled. Sorry for the mess! But if you really want to see Nora in action, I suppose you will muddle through, right? ENJOY!

new site...

In an effort to simplify, this will replace our homepage. All the links are here, and all the news will be here too. Currently, we are just preparing for the worst day of the year, waiting to start so we can get it all over. Sad time. But I am hopeful that the year will go fast, communcation with Phil will be better than expected, and Nora and I will be able to take this time as an opportunity to visit family and friends more.

Any effort to help me stay positive is much appreciated!

He will be gone by Easter...

Nora throwing rocks

Well, we are in the final countdown days! Block leave has came and gone (with a week long trip through Canada and the Olympic Peninsula). Yesterday, Phil became the company commander for the old company he did his PL time in. Now, half days are approaching, and then goodbye.

If you can't tell, I am pretty bummed by the reality of Phil leaving. We have been preparing for this for quite some time; but I think no matter how much planning we do, we will never really be ready to live without him for a year.

Nora and I plan to be busy little bees over the next year! Hopefully that will make it go faster- to all my military moms out there, any tips for deployment with a 2 year old?

Breakfast with Dad

Phil takes command

Kisses on the beach