An artist in the making!

Here are some pictures Olivia drew last night of her daddy. She has had a hard time these past few weeks and misses her dad a ton. Last night as I was putting her to bed she said "mom, daddy really needs to come home. It's too hard for me! I want my daddy." It broke my heart in one way but the other part of me was so proud of her for expressing her feelings. It seems like it took so long for her to really talk to us at all and now she is talking a lot and expressing her thoughts and ideas. I love it.

Yesterday, we were headed to the pet store to pick up some supplies for Charlie our fish and drove past a carnival. She said "mom, I want to go to the carnival but daddy took all of my money on the submarine!" It was pretty funny that she would blame her dad who has been gone for 3 months. It's amazing what some kids come up with.

Olivia and Owen are turning out to be great friends. I love watching them play together, dance and sing. They sure know how to make my heart happy!!!!

I'm Back.....

I've been inspired! I obviously haven't blogged in forever but now I'm back and feeling a bit creative. I was checking out my friend Alicia's blog www.islandalli.blogspot.com and noticed how nice her blog looked and I thought about it and decided I needed a blog makeover. It's not the greatest but I think I did an ok job and it was free which is nice.

So much has happened in the past few months that I have no idea where to begin. So, I'm just going to do a run down of our lives:

* January 15th we celebrated the anniversary of the first time we saw Owen's picture and instantly knew he was meant to be a part of our family. He has brought so much love and laughter into our family, I can't imagine life without him. He is wild, crazy, sweet, caring and he adores his big sister. Whenever Olivia wants something all she has to do is ask and Owen without missing a beat is running to get her what she wants. I'm sure this will not last forever but it's so sweet. We just love this little guy and are so blessed to be his parents!!

*February 12th...Happy 2nd Birthday Owen!

*February 28th...Happy 34th Birthday Eric!!

*March..We say good-bye to Eric once again as he boards the USS Kentucy for another deployment. We miss him so much and can't wait for him to come home!!!

*April 14th: Olivia turns 3 1/2. She has been talking so much. She has a great imagination and is so much fun to be around. She loves to be a big sister. I think she believes she is his mom at times. I actually have to remind her that she is not his mom!!

May: It's a crazy time of year. Eric has now been gone for what seems like forever and we just found out he will be out to sea a bit longer then we had anticipated which doesn't help. Olivia misses her dad so much and has been sad lately. Owen loves to point out things like "daddy's car, daddy's shirt, daddy's watch, Daddy's keys" Its his little way of showing all of us that he misses Eric and thinks of him all the time.

*May 12th: One year ago today we met our son. Thank you so much Owen for bringing so much love and laughter into our family!! We love you so much big guy!!

Upcoming events: June 18th....LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!! We are planning a trip to Florida in June to spend time with family. It will be a great time. I can't wait to get away for awhile.

Eric's brother Joe and his wife Laura are planning a trip to Washington. We can't wait to see them.

Grandma Schmick is also planning a visit. We can't wait to see her!!

It's going to be a good summer:)