this is for you JOJ! I'll update a LOT more later!!!
Bella is now 10 weeks and weighs already 18.5 pounds!!!!!
here is her AMAZING good behaviors =)

Bella!

Shane got me the greatest Valentines Day present ever... and "she" came early!!!!!!!!! hehe here she is!
We are the proud parents of.......BELLA
She is 7 1/2 weeks old as of today and is already 11lbs 8oz!!!! She's gonna be a big girl!!! Went to the vet for the first time today... she fell asleep on the table (while getting her shots!) shes is an amazing puppy. In the pic directly below she is the dark one hiding in the back left corner!

Bellas Brothers and sisters

She chose me! sat right on my lap

searching for a foot to pounce

Family Portrait

my babies

The Holidays he missed!

Shane, has not quiet gotten used to the normal sleep patterns just yet. it is about 8pm and hes been asleep since 7. haha Plus he wakes me up around 6 =)
Anyhoo, So I thought I share with you all (chelsie asked) our holidays!! I decided it i would let shane and I celebrate out "first" christmas and ":first" everything else, just in a bit different way than most =)
I decorated each room.(or a patch of the room) as a different Holiday =) He really enjoyed it!

and him back to normal =) No 'stache =)

Operation Homecoming.....

Hooray for Shane being home!!!
After many hours of waiting impatiently he is finally here! He flight landed around 2:56am (exactaly). We had to wait what seemed like FOREVER while they taxied around and went through customs (b/c the came straight from germany). After probably about a good half hour they before their buses started to head over to us. Me and two other wives (their first homecoming too) Didn't know to expect, so we were very nervous and excited. (not to mention exhausted)
So all the buses lined up and all the guys lined up to shake all the "Head Honchos" hands. Both of my girlfriends found their hubbys right away.
However, for me, the task was not so simple. Shane had warned me that he grew a mustache and really long hair. But it was nothing like I had pictured. For a while I got nervous because the line was getting shorter and shorter and still I saw no Sign of him! Apparently he had found me the minuet he stepped off the bus and just watched me search for him, waiting to see how long it took me to recognize him.
He got about 15 feet in front of me before I saw him. And when I saw him I jumped and hid behind my friend that came with me to take pics. i yelled "Oh my gosh! It doesn't even LOOK LIKE HIM!"
Of course from then on, I just ran up to him and literaly jumped into his arms =)
the weirdest thing was kissing him with his "stache" (I dunno how you do it Chelsie! its so weird!!!)
So that is our story haha. I was very embarresed that I couldn't even pick my hubby out of a crowd!! in my defense.....he grew his hair out longer than it has been since we started dating, he grew a mustache and lost about 20 pounds!!!! he looked extremely different!! =)
Here are some pictures and I hope you enjoy them!!!

Looks way different! like in his 30s!

So incredibly happy!!!

haha Mexican Shane....

He is right behind the guy in the dark jacket.. thats when I noticed him

That bright spek. was their plane.. haha

COMING TO CALI

I am so excited to see everyone tomorrow!!! =D I doubt I'll be able to sleep tonight.... scratch that, I will be able to, I'm already so tired! Today has been so stressfull! hehe
Well, I just wanted to anounce that I for sure got the JOB at the developmental center!!!! yay I start the day I get back *literaly!*
I know this is short, just wanted to say YAY for coming to California! =)
See you all soon!

Christmas songs!!!

So I've been playing my guitar, that I got last Christmas(THANKS POPS!!), a lot theses day. Playing makes time go by fast!!! And I've learned a few Chrsitmas songs! I've been sending some to Shane, so I figured I'll post them!!! The first one is "Santa Baby" and then my favorite since I was little, "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" =D

From Iraq

Hello everyone i finally found out how use this, just want to give you an update. I have over 25 combat missions and over 100 flying hours. Have'nt seen much of anything so i guess thats a good thing. Ill be home soon so keep me in your prayers. Love you all.

So I was looking through pictures and found these =) I thought they were adorable..

Also! I have yet another job interview at the developmental Center! this time for a specific house. At this place there are four house each with 16 residents.. You usually get assigned to one house. But I thought I was just going to be an on call person, meaning I would work all the houses whenever needed. But maybe this means something else! =D We'll have to wait and see!!

So.... my Job interview went great!! I have another one with the same company this Monday!! :) This time they are taking me on a tour of the place which is very exciting :) I'll keep everyone posted!
here are some pics Shane wanted me to share with everyone! and he really wants everyone to see the video.. hoesntly you can hardly tell what they guy says.. i think it was the guy taking the video.. cuz It wasn't shane. :)
so enjoy, once again :)

THE VIDEO

So I posted the video... but realized there was a bit of language at the end.... you can hardly tell what they say.. but I didn't wanna offend people!!
Sorry!