I need your help!

I am planning our dinners for the next 7 days and I'm stumped on what to make. So, I figured why not see what all of my blogging ladies and gents like to eat for dinner and make that?

So here is your challenge, leave me a comment with your favorite dinner meal. Recipe included if it's specific or a link to a recipe online.

I will love you all so very very much if you can plan my dinners for me! haha.

Happy Veterans Day

Today really should be everyday of the year. We should always thank those who have served and are serving. We should always remember those who gave their lives for our freedom that we clench so tightly to. We should always be thankful that those men and women who were wounded at war get to be home with their families. We should look at those little old men with their service hats and jackets on and think about what they went through, how much harder it was for their families back then and how much they have sacrificed. They are proud for a reason and we should be proud of them. 

Lets all take today to thank as many service members and their families as we can to make up for the rest of the year when we didn't. 

I'll start, Thank you Papa Bear<3 You are such a hero in my eyes. I am so proud of everything you do and everything you have accomplished. Sacrifices are made but never regretted. You're an amazing person, an amazing husband, and will be an amazing father. I Love You<3

Another special thanks to my Uncle Gary, my cousin Laura, my aunt Jeannie and my Grandpa Pulis. Especially thank you to all of the girls I know personally who give up parts of their lives for their men who serve. Nicole, Anna, Angela, Rachel, LeAnna, and so many others. 

Baby things!

I am super excited right now.

We just bought Abigail's first car seat for a whopping $40! And it's the one I wanted! I'm so excited.

Tomorrow I am buying 3 hugs bags of infant girls clothes for $100. There are like 400 pieces all together! How great of a deal is that?

I LOVEEEE lejeune yardsales!

Reality hit me today

My husband sold his truck today. He has had this truck for as long as I've known him. I hated it at first but it grew on me. It's one of a kind with big tires and camo trim, all of that country boy stuff. I used to think I'd be happy the day I saw it go but honestly, I just cried for 30 minutes.

Yea, I blame it partially on the pregnancy hormones. The truth is him selling that truck means he is really going to be deploying. It just kind of all hit me at once.

I have been an emotional wreck lately anyways but usually just over stupid little things like my husband eating the last of the tuna noodle casserole or something.

I just pray that I don't see his truck on the road with some other guy behind the wheel. The tears are still finding their way down my face. This is ridiculous. I knew he was going to be deploying and I knew he was going to have to get rid of the truck before that and the baby comes.

My hormones are just trying to humiliate me.

I really hate North Carolina.

Let me make this clear. I am from NY. We are supposedly the "worst drivers ever." SCREW THAT!!

People in North Carolina have NO FRIGGIN IDEA how to drive. I shouldn't have to be terrified to get in my car to go somewhere. At this point I would rather walk but even the people walking on the side of the roads are morons.

Here is a little GET A CLUE list for the wonderful people on NC.

If it's raining outside, PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON!

If it's snowing outside, PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON!

If it's foggy out, PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON!
    ESPECIALLY if the fog is so thick you can't see 10 feet ahead of you AND you are a school shuttle!! Yea, almost got into an accident with a SPEC school van this morning because they aren't smart or safe enough to put their lights on.

If it's sprinkling outside you don't need to go 20 mph below the speed limit, especially if you are one of the morons who don't use your lights. This is just as likely to cause an accident as going the speed limit on a slick road. Same goes for a light snow dusting.

I wouldn't be complaining if it was one person who didn't have their lights on. I'm seriously terrified to drive because it seems as if every 3rd car doesn't use their lights in necessary situations. NO WONDER there are so many damn accidents down here. I've seen more accidents in my 11 months here than I have in my ENTIRE life in NY. I'm not kidding.

OH! And I forgot to mention the children in the morning waiting for the school bus. HELLO PARENTS OF NC, if it's 6:15 am and pitch black out still PLUS thick fog give your kids some reflective clothing or something and tell them to stay on the damn grass.
I have to dodge kids in the morning because they find it necessary to walk in the middle of the road when it's dark out and I can't see through fog. I blame their parents but the kids are just as incompetent for not using common sense. Seriously people, get a damn clue.

I am SO thankful that I will be living in NY after Abigail is born. I don't want to drive down here now let alone with my daughter in the car with me.

So thank you NC for making me terrified of driving. You are super awesome, seriously.

He felt the baby!

My husband finally got to feel Abigail kick! I am sooo excited. Probably more excited than he is lol. I have been waiting weeks now for her to kick hard enough for him to feel and now that she is doing it quite a lot he finally got a good couple kicks!

It's so exciting! I am so happy that he can enjoy this with me now. I love being able to feel her kick and move around. It's so amazing.

Happy November!

I am so excited that it is November :-) I thought October was going to be slower than molasses but it actually wasn't too painful. BUT November has lots in store!

Next weekend we have a wonderful 96 and one of my girlfriends is having her baby shower! I am not only excited for that because I'm excited for her but I know that being at her shower is going to get me super excited for mine which is 2 weeks after!!

To keep my busy in between her shower and mine we have November 19th. For those of you who don't know what that means, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 is released! Now my husband and I are huge fans but we are in no way going to midnight premiere dressed in costume or anything. We just both really enjoy the story and a good date night.

Then, after that weekend my husband and I will be leaving around 8 am wednesday morning (the 24th) to go home for Thanksgiving!! Seriously my favorite holiday ever. Not only is Thanksgiving that thursday but that Friday I am having a whole day of shopping with my mom! I love mommy daughter outings so I'm super duper excited. Then of course that Saturday is my baby shower! I get to see all of my family and friends and open lots of pink and purple things :-)

This month is going to FLY by and before I know it, it will be December!! That means hitting the 3rd trimester! Woohoo!

So today is awesome even if it is a Monday. Enjoy it ladies!


I Love You Mr. Sykes<3
You too Abigail<3

Semper Fi<3