Lots a stuff has happened.......

So I haven't written in my blog in like, FOREVER! I figured since the hubby is on staff duty and I am bored, that I might as well. Well to start off, I am no longer pregnant! Yes, that means my little man is here. He was born October 20th at 10:28am weighing in at 7.1 lbs 19.25 in absolutely handsome(just like his daddy)! Though Mark Jr. came 6 weeks early, he only stayed in the NICU for 2 days. He did have a bit of jaundice,  but it went away within a week and he is doing great. Well besides the spit up and gas problems but those will be resolved shortly if they switch his formula to a more sensitive one.My step mom came into town a week after her was born and helped out. It was truly needed since the hubby's paternity leave was up. I really enjoyed her being here! The hubby has the board again this month, hopefully he will get his E-6 promotion status this time. He wants it so bad, and I know he has it in him, there just has been so much going on the last couple months that he hasn't passed the last boards. My fingers are crossed this time for him, if he doesn't pass this time he can't go again until our next duty station in 2 years! Besides that everything is great! Savannah is an awesome BIG sister. She just adores Mark so much! Sometimes I think she loves him too much. The holidays are coming up and we are all excited to spend it together as a family. Sad we wont be home this year but, myself and the kids are heading home in March when the hubby deploys.Thats it for now,I have a 2 year old messing with my hair so I guess I gotta go haha!

I am A Military Wife

I Am An Army Wife

Author Unknown


I am an Army wife - a member of that sisterhood of women who have had the courage to watch their men go into battle, and the strength to survive until their return. Our sorority knows no rank, for we earn our membership with a marriage license, travelling over miles, or over nations to begin a new life with our soldier husbands. Within days, we turn a barren, echoing building into a home, and though our quarters are inevitably white-walled and unpapered, we decorate with the treasures of our travels, for we shop the markets of the globe.


Using hammer and nail, we tack our pictures to the wall, and our roots to the floor as firmly as if we had lived there for a lifetime. We hold a family together by the bootstraps, and raise the best of 'brats', instilling in them the motto: "Home is togetherness", whether motel, or guest house, apartment or duplex. As Army wives we soon realize that the only good in "Good-bye" is the "Hello again". For as salesmen for freedom, our husbands are often on the road, leaving us behind for a week, a month, an assignment.


During separations we guard the home front, existing until the homecoming. Unlike our civilian counterparts, we measure time, not by age, but by tours. We plant trees, and never see them grow tall, work on projects completed long after our departure, and enhance our community for the betterment of those who come after us.


We leave a part of ourselves at every stop. Through experience, we have learned to pack a suitcase, a car or hold baggage, and live indefinitely from the contents within: and though our fingers are sore from the patches we have sewn, and the silver we have shined, our hands are always ready to help those around us. Women of peace, we pray for a world in harmony, for the flag that leads our men into battle, will also blanket them in death.


Yet we are an optimistic group, thinking of the good, and forgetting the bad, cherishing yesterday, while anticipating tomorrow. Never rich by monetary standards, our hearts are overflowing with a wealth of experiences common only to those united by the special tradition of military life. We pass on this legacy to every Army bride, welcoming her with outstretched arms, with love and friendship, from one sister to another, sharing in the bounty of our unique, fulfilling Army way of life.

Missing my Hubby

Challenges make life interesting, however, overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.


- Mark Twain

 
 My hubby left for training and this is by far one of the hardest things I have had to do in a long, long time. I am so used to him coming home everyday at 5pm, now he isn't. Atleast it's only for  3 weeks. This sure is a challenge, a challenge only I can overcome. If I do not overcome this now, come deployment I will be an emotional wreck with two kiddos to take care of. I am dreading having to do this alone thing for a whole year. Well most of a year. It sure is going to suck! I'm glad I am making some awesome friends who will keep me company. I was having a rough time the first couple months without anyone here to hang out with or talk to. I am slowly but surely making some awesome people, who I know will eventually turn into life long friends. I am such a lucky person!  My husband has made my transition a lot easier, thank goodness. If it wasn't for him being patient I probably would have gone nuts by now. He is such an amazing perosn who I love with all my heart and I couldn't have asked for a better husband! Baby, I love and miss you! Can't wait til you are home and in my arms again :)

22 weeks down......

126 days to go! Gosh this next month is going to be super busy! Hubby leaves for PTA for 3 weeks :( Super sad, but it will just show how strong I can be here on my own. Though my mom will be coming on the 16th so I guess I really won't be on my own :) Savannah starts dance classw on the 3rd and boy am I excited!!!! She loves to dance. Everytime she hears music of any kind( even commercials) she starts shaking her bootay!! Takes after her mama :) As far as the pregnancy goes, well its going. I feel fatter everyday! I'm finding it harder and harder to get out the tub by myself or get up off the floor haha! SO basically no nice hot baths when the hubby is gone. Little Mark is getting BIG! The ultrasound tech said that he is 11weeks bigger than he should be. Which most likely means he will be a 8-9lb baby or more! Ha! Yeah he better not be! I pushed out a 5lb one and thought that was hard even on the epidural(ok i lie, it didn't hurt, but the aftermath did) Anyway life is great! Meeting some new friends. Loving the new house we moved in too! I couldn't ask for more......well maybe to stop gaining so much weight because it sure takes a toll on my sleeping :(

It's a............................

BOY! Mark Robert Sheafer Jr.

So far this pregnancy has been horrible, if you can imagine having every horrible symptom times a million then thats what I had. Now I'm getting the cramps in the lower abdomen and ligaments pulling really hard. Im almost 18 weeks. We cheated and went to do a non diagnostic to find out the sex. The real diagnostic ultrasound is on July 14th, shortly after we get back from our family vacation to KAUAI!!!!! We are vey excited! Much need vacay for all of us. A week of just laying on the beach, in the pool, and exploring the island. Yes, be jealous! It's ok. I will post pics haha! Well gota go now! :)

It's been a while.....

Sorry for being so late, but tons have been going on lately. We have now been a family for going on 7 months now, and living in Hawaii for almost 3. I can't believe I have been here this long. Hawaii definetly isn;t what I thought it would be. Everyday has been rainy.(well almost everyday) I was starting to meet tons of girls but then I became sick. Not knowing what could be wrong I headed to the doctor and they did a lot of test. One of which I didn't think I would be taking right now. Yes, a pregnancy test. And the result was POSITIVE! I am now ending my 11th week of pregnancy. It has been HORRIBLE! I didn't have all this nausea and dizzines and exhaustion with Savannah. Sometimes I just break down because I don't know what to do. My poor Savannah is stuck indoors all day because I can barely get off the couch. We sometimes try and make it to my new awesome friends Tiffanys house to play. She has a 4yr old daughter and 2 1/2 yr old son. Savannah LOVES LOVE LOVES to play with them. When we pull in the neighborhood she is screaming "shelby,venson, YAY" its soo adorable! They have tons of toys and she goes crazy with them. Which is good in away so mommy can relax and talk to an adult. Tiffany has helped me out a lot. She is the been there done that kinda person. Since she has two kids she knows a lot and informs me on the things to come. She is my saving grace, especially since Mark will be deploying again next May/June. I will have no one here so she is going to be my adopted family! Besides the new baby on the way, Mark has been busy and in reset mode. They just got done with that and are now going into training mode, which means longer days/nights and more of us not seeing each other. He has to leave me for almost a month in August, then again in January. Atleast he will be here for the birth and first couple months of the new babies first steps in life. We are all very excited and can't wait to see our new bundle of joy. I can't wait to get over this nauseas/dizzines/exhaustion/constant bathroom breaks....the lsit goes on! Well its getting to my bedtime. ta ta for now :)

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Living in Paradise

So, we finally moved to Hawaii almost a month ago. We have been trying to settle, though its not something thats in the near future. We have so many appointments to go to for the military and other things. Life has been great. We are trying to adjust to living with Mark. He sure can be a pain sometimes but we love him. It's def. not an easy thing conjoining two lives together. Especially when it is two different ones. But we are doing pretty well. Wanted to post some pics of our adventures so far...... Enjoy!

I'm Leaving On a Jet Plane.....

So....there's only 23 days left now until we move to Hawaii! We are very very excited! A little bit stressed out with the whole move, considering that our command sponsorship hasn't been accepted yet, which meas that we won't be here when movers come, so therefore my parents will be in charge, which is fine. I just hate putting more stress on them than they already have. The next couple weeks we will be packing up stuff and putting it into one specific spot in the attic, to make it easier for my parents to tell the movers which stuff is ours. Mark is heading out next week to a school thing and won't be back until the day before we get there, so I am sure the next 2 1/2 weeks will go by quick for him. We are soo soo excited, we have missed daddy so much and can't wait to see our new house! We will miss my parents very much, but know we will soon see them again. I'm sure that there will be many tears at the airport from us all......we will miss you nan and grandad! xoxo love yall