Thank you so much for praying with me and thinking of Lilah!
Lilah did very well in her recovery from surgery. The docs said she recovered fast because she went in big and strong. She even gained a little weight in the hospital. She’s of course a little cranky at times but she is also smiling and giggling and chatting and generally being happy at longer and longer intervals during the day.
I’ll post some pics and more information as soon as I have a chance and try to get back to …

Super quick post to let you know that Lilah is out of surgery–she is in the PICU and still on all her tubes but things are looking good. Please continue to keep Lilah in your prayers…she should be in the PICU for approximately the next 48 hours.
She will need a second surgery at some point but hopefully she will be much older and it will hopefully not be open heart at that point.
Thank you all for your prayers and kind words!!!

Okay, I think the hormones are starting to make me a little loopy.
DH called this afternoon. So sweet! One of the nice things about his new mission is he can call a little more often. Before we had a lot of computer contact but it was harder for him to get to the phones.
One downside is he can’t tell me as much about what he is doing…but that’s okay. He’ll tell me when he is home for good.
DH’s call came at a perfect time. I am …

Well…not exactly.
Today I couldn’t get my wedding band and engagement ring on for the first time. So, with no husband by my side and no rings, I feel like I LOOK like a single mom…
In reality, DH and I have been staying very emotionally close throughout this pregnancy.
I’ve been taking belly pics and sending updates every week so DH can stay involved and he has been great about reading up on pregnancy and birth and chatting with me about what he reads. He has been as considerate of my feelings …

DH called this morning and I am in a vastly improved mood.
It has been a good week overall. My friend from NY really helped finish up the nursery. We also took a trip to Austin and strolled around the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Gardens and saw the bats emerge from the Congress Avenue Bridge. We also ate some yummy spicey Indian food.
DH continues to be bored with his new assignment that I can’t talk about and don’t know anything about anyway. I keep telling him …

Lately I’ve had a lot of friends canceling on things because they are not feeling well. No one’s fault…just bad timing.
One of my friends went into labor three weeks early. Nevertheless, it seems as if her baby boy is going to be about 8lbs…imagine if he went to 40 weeks? So that was good timing.
Tonight I am supposed to go to a free performance at a local theater. My friend has one of the leads. I was going to go with another friend but her …

I really can’t say much about DH’s mission anymore…so you’ll be stuck with my boring old life.
I have a friend visiting from New York–we went to high school together. I feel so bad that I can’t really show her around too much, but she is sweet to claim that she just came here to help!
I did do one “fun” thing with her so far–I took her to a barrel tasting at two nearby wineries.
Mostly she’s been helping me with some little projects around the house. Today we hung artwork in …

I do not have much to post because the more interesting things I cannot post (maybe once the deployment is all over) and otherwise I have just been very…very…very tired. I feel like it is the first trimester again.
However, I did want to thank all the Soldiers’ Angels out there for what they do.
DH just sent back two boxes of books from the sandbox. We have no more room for these books anywhere in the house, so I guess I will store them for now.
One of the boxes …

To give you an idea of some of the absurd rules and regulations we deal with as FRG volunteers:
Our FRG is hoping to provide each incoming single soldier with some of the essentials they will need upon their return–sheets, towels, toiletries, etc. We are gathering free samples and also will use some funds for these things as well. However, we would love to also ask for donations. Many companies would be more than happy to donate items if we provide them with an official written request.
The DA …

PLEASE be careful when sharing information–especially names, unit numbers, troop movements, and dates.
We had a near miss of a huge OPSEC violation that was luckily caught in time. I am not going to “name names” but suffice it to say it is the same individual who has witheld perfectly non-OPSEC information unecessarily and now almost put out some sensitive information. I will just clarify it was not a civilian or soldier at the company level and leave it at that.
I don’t know for sure that this is true–but I …