MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I hope everyone has had a very Merry Christmas & I hope Santa was good to you all! ;) I spent Christmas alone with with the dogs for the most part but then went to The Stephen's for Christmas dinner! (which was yummy) We had turkey & ham, green-bean casserole, cream corn, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls and several desserts!

Anyways, Christmas this year has been kinda up and down for me, I've gotten good news, bad news, and on top of it all we just haven't had Christmas weather! I was planning to go home for Christmas since Justin is deployed but about a week before I was leaving, he called with horrible news that he had a seizure while in Afghanistan so I was of course freakin out and very scared! (he has never had a seizure before) They send him to Germany to have an MRI & EEG tests done and was there for about a week. During this time, I am just so worried and everyone is prayin for him and hoping that he is okay! This past Tuesday he gets the results and he has Epilepsy and a arachnoid cyst on his brain. So there's the bad news and I just feel bad because I wish I could take it all away from him and him be better! The good news is that they are sending him home early from this deployment. He is really upset that he has to leave because he feels like he needs to finish what he has started and I agree but there's is nothing we can do. I am glad he is coming home just so I can be right here if anything else happens and just so I can take care of him but at the same time I hate that it is under these circumstances. I just never thought this could happen to us. *NEVER take anything for granted because your whole life can change in a blink of an eye*  I'm so ready to see him and just hold him in my arms again. I know it's only been two months but that's still a really long time to go without seeing someone you care for so much and love with your whole heart. However, other than him having to leave his duties, he is excited that he gets to be home for my pregnancy and be there for all the appointments. I look at this as a blessing in disguise, although I don't like the reasons he is being sent home, but for some reason it is just strange to me that he's never had issues with this before and now it's triggered and God has taken him out of that dangerous place. Some may not see it like that but I think he was just meant to be back home with me and his child. I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason. Please pray for him that all of this goes away and he is better! I couldn't imagine not having my lovebug by my side!
So now that Justin is coming home, I decided to decorate on Christmas Eve and put the tree up and I also bought him a few presents so that when he gets home, he come home to Christmas! What kind of wife would I be if I didn't do this for him!? So his huge gift is a Hoyt compound bow that he is going to LOVE!! He already knows he's got it but hasn't seen it yet! So I know he'll still be excited! :) He's been wanting a new bow for a while now so this seemed like the perfect time to get him one! Then I got him a iHome for his ipod and a few other small gifts! I can't wait to seeeee him!!

So the other good news is that my best friend G, who recently joined the Army, is home on her Christmas exodus and I get to see her! I really miss the heck out of her and wishes she could be here all the time to make Sonic runs with me and ask for a slice of cheese (haha) okay, no really, just to be here like old times! BUT I am really glad that she is kickin some butt and takin names in basic and I'm so proud of her! I love you G! :)