Met in the wilds of Alaska, married 4 months later, my dh and I have been married for 11 years and we’re still nuts about each other. We’re completely opposite, which means we compliment one another perfectly. Well, most of the time 
After 9 years of active duty service, Jared left the Army 2 1/2 years ago to pursue his Geography degree. He also joined the Army National Guard. We’ve already been through one 6 month TDY and he’s coming home tomorrow(!) from a 13 month Iraq deployment. With a 7 year old, a 4 year old, and a 2 year old in the house there’s a lot of stuff we’ll be doing during the year. We wouldn’t want to leave daddy out, so we flattened him! Now we take him all the cool(and boring) places we go and snap pictures to keep him, and you, up to date on all the happenings.
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March 23, 2009 at 9:58 am
Not sure how I stumbled onto your blog but I’m so glad I did. My fiance is leaving in October for a year long deployement, with his National Guard unit, and we have a 18 month old son together. You have given me so many ideas thank you so much. I didn’t realize how emotional all of this was making me feel until I started reading your blogs and seeing all the ideas I can use with my son. 5 months till deployment day and everyday is flying by. Tonight I’m going to sit down and look thru your archives. Thanks again for this blog.. You and your family will be in my thoughts…
March 25, 2009 at 10:18 am
Lorie,
Thanks for stopping by!
This last little bit will go so fast. Don’t let the stress get to you because you’ll just spend all of it bickering if you do. Take every chance to spend time together and take LOTS of pictures. It’s hard, some days you’re fine and others you wonder why you’re doing this in the first place. But as cliche as it sounds, if you just take deep breaths you’ll get through it one day at a time. Then you’ll get to stress about how to adjust when he comes home, it’s tons of fun! Feel free to stop by again, and you can always email if you need to vent or have questions. We wish you and your family the very best!
July 14, 2009 at 8:23 pm
I love your Blog! I have followed it for the last few months and love all that you do with FJ and the kids. My husband just started a 12 month deployment and I wanted to stop in and say Thanks for reminding me to have some fun with the kids (and our own Flat Daddy) during the next year.