HAPPY 2008!!!!

Wow… I don't think it's just me but man I can't believe it's 2008!! Where did last year go?? But yeah here it is a long time coming, a new blog…..

2007 was probably the biggest "roller coaster" year of my life!! I've had some years that just seemed to be down hill from the start and some that were all up hill…… but most are pretty much just straight with very few ups and downs and twists and turns and sharp turns and yeah well you get the picture…… So my year in a nutshell:
1-1-07 I had just met a guy….. about 13 days earlier….. I had just met his family the day before and we were spending new years at their house…. Great people and I love them a ton……
A few days after that I had to say goodbye for the first time and send him on an airplane back to fort Campbell, ky.
2-17-07 We got engaged….. haha…. Omg…. On 405 …. Wow what a night… then we had to go tell my parents!! He was so scared….. I was too for that fact…. Not scared that they'd be mad b/c they really like him but that it wasn't long enough….
Then the first weekend in April (Easter weekend) Emma and I flew to Nashville, TN and I made probably the hardest decision in my life….. and Probably the hardest decision in Josh's life…. We decided to get married before he deployed and me to move here to TN and for us to be a family for a few months rather than wait a few years! So there began my 7 weeks of CRAZYNESS!!! I gave my notice to SASE Company….. which made me ball my eyes out…. And the wedding plans began….. at times it was so scary b/c of what happened the last time…. But I can without a shadow of a doubt say that I knew that I knew that I knew this was right and of God!!
Sooooo 5-26-07 Josh's 23rd birthday….. I said "I DO" in front of about 75 of our friends and family members….. We had such a blast…. It was so much fun!! But then once again we said goodbye…..
A few weeks later…. After Emma finished up her first year of school at Valley Christian and after all our belongings were packed….. I did something I NEVER in a million years thought I'd do….. I moved across the country away from everyone and every thing I've ever known…. Away from my mom and dad…….
6-15-07 moving day….. 52 ½ hours: Kim, Josh, Tulli, Moving truck….. energy drinks….. 2388.74 miles…. 2 omg neither one of us can drive another foot breaks…. And lots of gas station and rest stop breaks later…… we made it……. Clarksville, Tennessee!!! Woohhooo…..
So the next few months were CRAZY trying to get emma into school…. Josh working… Me finding a job…. I (Thank God) found one right away
7-5-07 I started working
Basically the month of July… Josh left for JRTC in LA which was a little taste of what deployment would be like…. The army wives have this saying "Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong during deployment"….. I've learned this to be very true!
8-11-07 Emma started first grade at Hazelwood!
8-29-07 we signed the closing papers on our first house…. 1514 Autumn Drive…. What a wonderful blessing from God…. It was in the neighborhood we wanted to live in (for school purposes) it's a great neighborhood…. Close to both of our works and church and friends….. it's amazing!
And after a lot of unpacking….. a few parent visits….. a house warming party…. And a few minor adjustments …. We've made the house our home!! We love it… and it's a great house to decorate and call home!
During the next few months and weeks we did as much as a family and couple as we could in preparation for deployment…. As the days grew fewer and the date came closer that roller coaster that was at the top of the peak had to go down….. I cried a lot of nights….. I tried to figure out ways to get him not to go…. I begged and pleaded with him not to go but as life in the military goes…. He's gotta job to do and someones gotta do it!
10-12-07 the worst day this year….. saying goodbye to my best friend….. my new husband…. The other half of my heart got on an airplane and flew away…..
Over the next few weeks I cried myself to sleep at about 3am….. when I couldn't cry anymore….. I also made a few friends (mainly Janet and Brittany) that have made my life so much easier… so yeah…… here we are….. we've made it another year….
I thank God often for the new friends that I've made…. The old one's I've kept…. Or kept me for that matter…. And the new life I have! I've been blessed beyond words with my family, my husband, my house, my work, my church (and church family), and this place I'd never heard of before 2007 called Clarksville, TN! …. I am so thankful that God allowed Josh and I to file for his adoption of Emma this year (haven't heard anything but it's in the air), for God allowing us to be a family for the short time we were able to be together, for the internet….. I'm able to talk and see my husband almost every day even ½ way around the world!, for friends….. I couldn't do it without my friends! I love them all individually for who they are! Especially those who I can call at anytime just to cry (Janet and Brit! Lol) and for my baby girl…. To give me kisses and hugs and tell me it'll be okay!
So that's about all….. My hopes and prayers for 2008…..
- Josh to make it safely and be ready to come home in the start of 09' if not sooner
- Adoption to be finalized for Josh to LEGALLY be Emma's daddy
- To loose weight (comm'on that's a given!)
- For this year to go by fast!
- And one more.... that I can't post here... But if you're close then you know what this goal is!!
- And that I can be a blessing to my friends and family in whatever way God desires
I love ya'll …. Thanks for reading… . and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Kim