Welcome Home Blade!

On Monday Oct 11, we got word that Blade was getting to fly off a day early due to bad weather that was predicted for the next day! So we got ready within the hour, and headed to the squadron to welcome our Blade home! Since then, we have soo enjoyed having him back. We are still unpacking, but loving our home and being together. Baby boy #2 is just 3 weeks away and we can't wait to welcome him too!

The second day Blade was home we went to the Pier to welcome home the rest of his DET. The ship pulled in that morning and it was fun to take part of that experience too.

Day 2:

Taking a short break while waiting for the ship to pull in..

Mason and Jack with the USS Vandegrift mascott. Jack's daddy was Blade's OIC and roommate on the ship. He rode the boat in that morning.
They had characters for the kids too. Mason went nuts over Cookie Monster! Except he kept calling him ELMO! But to his defense, he calls all of the Seasame Street characters ELMO! We need to work on that :)

Day 1

Blades family and us! His brother Travis, and mom and dad came down to help us with the move. His folks were AMAZING. They drove our car down for us so that Mason and I could fly into San Diego and then did all of the moving from the storage unit to the house. It was so much help having them there and I know Blade loved seeing them on the flight line too as he flew in :)

Mason was so excited to see daddy. He honestly just keep smiling at him. And still, almost 2 weeks later, just can't get enough of him. Blade sure does know how to make that little boy laugh!


Us next to the aircraft they flew home on..(and had on deployment)

First Hugs and kisses

We are just so happy to have him home. Our family is complete again...well until our next litte one decides to come! So Welcome home Blade and thanks to everyone who helped us while he was gone too. We couldn't have done it without all the love and support of our families. We miss you all but know that we will see you again soon ;)

Sooo much!

Since we got back from seeing Blade, sooo much has happened! Time has really flown by and we are now packing and getting ready to go back to San Diego and Welcome our Blade home with loving arms! But until we do that, here's whats been happening..

My grandparents came to visit from California.. and everyone loved having them here!!

Ryal and Felicia had a beautiful baby girl, Elsie Faye. We've seen her a few times and she's just the sweetest thing!

We've been hanging out with the Casey kids...alot, and loving it more than they will ever know! Mason and Joey have gotten closer..

Mason has been loving on Kylie, lots! His favorite thing is to play with her toes or give her kisses! I promise he wasn't crushing her, I was watching!

Mason and Jack have been playing super heros...along with everything else! Mason just loves his buddy Jack and everything he does :) He loves his toys, his cool outfits, and the fact that he shares and is so loving and patient with him. They are cousins and buddies, and I so appreciate how good he is with him.

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Joey girl turned 3!! She had an Ariel birthday party and it was so much fun!

Hanging out watching, who else, but probably SPONGEBOB!
My dad came and we had lots of fun with him too. It was so nice to see him! The kids loved playing with him too!
A fun day at the Caroseul with him and then ICE CREAM! Thanks dad!

So we've had a really fun last few weeks around here. Tomorrow is our last day here and then we fly off to San Diego to get everything ready for our new home and for Blade. It's very bittersweet leaving though. Mason has become so attatched to my mom, sister and cousins, as have I. We will miss them more than they know. They saved us this deployment...we wouldn't have made it in one piece being alone these last 6 months, I just know we wouldn't have. Can't wait until Blade and I get to move home one day in the future and be near everyone again! So we're on our way back to the man we love and we'll keep you updated once we get settled!!