Whats new!?

Seeing everybody updating their blogs reminds me that it has been ages since I've updated mine!

Braiden has changed and grown up soooo much over the last couple months! It's insane that someone can change so much in such a short amount of time. He is so BIG now! In November, all in a matter of days he started getting himself into a sitting position all my himself, started pulling himself to standing, cruising around the living room and even climbing up stairs and on top of boxes!

He also LOVES to play patty cake, he does all the motions, clapping hands, rolling his arms and throwing his hands in the air! I love watching him do it, he is so smart!

This little guy amazes me everyday and I love him so much!! I never would have imagined how great it would feel to be a mom, I wouldn't trade it for the world.

So this month we've been packing like crazy and putting stuff into storage 'cause Chad is deploying---his first deployment ever!---to Al Dharfa AFB out by Iraq, and I'm going home to live in UT for the 4-6 months he'll be gone. I'm so not looking forward to it! I'm going to miss him so much!!! Not to mention he'll miss Braiden's first birthday, but at least he is here for Christmas, and we'll be home for Christmas too!

Of course there are good things about it, like we'll get out of debt completely and be able to start buying our own furniture for the first time EVER!

But it still sucks!