'half way' party

I'm happy to say that it is well over the half way point of Micah's deployment! I recently attended the ships Family Readiness Group (FRG) half way party. This party was of a tropical theme much like a luau, there were leis, grass skirts, pineapple's and we even played limbo. A half way party is basically a party for all the spouses(mainly just women, out of about 150 people 2 were men) to dress up, get together, have fun (that's what you do at parties) and celebrate the fact that you have made it half way through the deployment. I decided last minute to attend, and I am glad I did. I was well over do some much needed adult interaction without having to worry about what Hailey is putting into her mouth this time. Although it was a struggle for me to be away from Hailey for six, I repeat SIX hours! I had an awesome time with some of my friends. And yes, there were many phone calls and text messages sent to make sure she was ok.

christmas party weekend

On Friday we went to Micah's command Christmas Party, it was a good deal of fun. It was the first time I was away from Hailey, without her being at home with Micah. With no family around I am so thankful that we have someone we can trust to watch our baby girl. I kept texting our babysitter to make sure she was OK and every reply I got back from her saying she was fine made me feel like my heart was breaking...someone else can actually take care of my daughter for me? That's my job! I actually started to cry at the party because I missed her so much.

It was also the first time I had any sort of alcohol this year, I had 2 small glasses of wine. White Zinfandel is my new favorite type of wine. I won Micah 24 hours of special liberty in a raffle. I am still kind of bummed about what we won because he never takes special lib. and I could have won a TV, iPod, or a portable DVD player. *Maybe he will use his special liberty when we move next month! When my husband finally decided to appease my separation anxiety I was so relieved, I have never walked so fast in heels before! Here is our 2008 Christmas Picture:

On Saturday, one of our good friends Vanessa (her and her mom were our babysitters on Friday night) graduated from college so, we went to a luncheon in her honor. While we were there we were invited to a Christmas party later that evening. We decided to go and we had an OK time. We didn't know anyone but the people we came with, since we had just met the host and hostess earlier that day. At the party we participated in an elephant gift exchange, we ended up with Iron Man on DVD and a Victorian style glass lamp. Going to the party did give us something to do other than staying home so all in all it was a good night.