Soon....

Wow...are you serious? I haven't written since a year ago...2010!! Oops...sorry guys! So much to update you on! Where to start? Well I spose I'll start from where I left off.
February of 2010 BJ got orders to be deployed....shocker?...yes! We really didn't see that coming, but it really wasn't an option to say no. So we tried to prepare our hearts and minds for what was to come. We had also a couple weeks later found out I was pregnant with our 2nd daughter. We were really excited but sad at the same time that BJ wouldn't get to really be around much for her first few months. But figured no time is a good time to have a baby...atleast not in our lives:) We took a trip back to home to visit family before he would have to deploy. We decided that it would be best for Daivney and I to move home while BJ would be gone. I have one real good friend back at base and we had a good church, but the support of family and a new baby on the way called us to go back home for help and love there.
We had to do one thing before we left though.....our dog. Yup...Roscoe. We had been wondering what to do about him...he had grown to be a bad barker and that was really his only downfall..but a big one. We figured it'd be best to find him a new home where he could get the attention he needed and the room to run. A very kind woman took him in to be a foster mom for him but later ended up adopting him, she also had 3 other shelties of her own...so Roscoe was in heaven. As far as we know he is loving it there.
Fast forward a bit...BJ had training in April and May and then deployed at the end of that month. Daivney and I got moved back home to a small condo in town and got to enjoy the summer with new friends and family and swimming in the lake and biking and walks....although Daddy was missed greatly!! October 2010 rolled around and I was getting ready to pop. BJ got home 4 days before Neely Mae was born. She came rolling in at 9lbs 10oz and a full head of raven black hair. Gorgeous little girl:) The next 2 weeks were spent mostly with just us 4 enjoying having BJ back and Daivney eating up all the attention from him she could. It was so good to see them connect like they did...that little girl won't ever forget her daddy. He is such a big portion in her heart. The time for BJ came for him to leave again which is always super hard...but we knew we made it that far by God's grace, we could make it to the end. So again he headed out to finish out the 2nd half of his deployment. A couple days after he left I was put back in the hospital with postpartum hemorraging (super scary), and was tehre for a day 1/2. Neely stayed with me while Daivney stayed with my parents. A week later the 3 of us girls moved in with my parents as I was realizing that it was going to be quite hard and after havint he hemorragin, I needed the help especially at night. Since then it's been good....we've really enjoyed being around my parents and letting Daivney and Neely soak up grandma and grandpa time...which they won't get for quite a while. We found out in January that BJ was going to get to come back EARLY! Are you serious?? Military sending somebody home early?? I never hear of that happening. So we prayed and prayed that things would continue to go as they said they would for him to be him mid March.....mid March is here and next week we go to go pick up BJ!!!! The time has finally come!! We are so excited to finally be a family again....it's been real good to be around my parents and sisters and BJ's side..but us three girls are ready for him to be back, and for us to be our little unit again and go do what we do.....Travel, and move, and travel and move ahhahah:) Nah..its not all about that...we get to enjoy being a family again. I am so excited, as are the girls, and BJ too. Words really can't even express how I am feeling. There's a song that has 2 verses in it that say...
Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain..
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live!!!

And when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can't contain your JOY inside...
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live!!!

Yup...that's how I feel....I felt like the year was quite lonely at times....but again by God's grace and his unfailing love and comfort he got BJ and I through that, and now that he gets to reunite with us once again...I can't contain my joy inside!
It's looking like 2011 has alot in store for us....not sure what it holds..but very excited to take it on. Thanking the Lord for another wonderful start to another wonderful year!
BJ: I love you so much and am so proud of you for all your hard work while you were gone....thank you for loving me so unconditionally and being my best friend and communicating with me as you have. I love you, adore you, and am so thankful to have you next to my side....can't wait to see you in a week....here we come!!! :) -Yours always....natalie jo