Lucy, I'm home!

Home. After 8 months in Afghanistan and  a 2 day trip home by way of Romania, Germany and Cherry Hill, North Carolina. 

The trip wasn't too bad; I had my eye mask, ear plugs and zzquil for the flights. Unfortunately, I wasn't nearly as prepared for the lay overs. When I checked weather.com it said that Romania would be 55. Wrong. We landed in the middle of the night, there was snow on the ground, a nasty wind and lucky for me, we had to stand outside for an hour while we found our bags and moved them for the next flight. The army sure knows how to put a kink in anything you might consider fun. 

Once that was done, we spent the night in Romania and left the following evening for a brief stop in Germany. We didn't have to get off the plane for that stop, so I slept through it. Then our next stop was North Carolina at about 2am. The walk from the plane to the terminal was not pleasant! Neither was the 3 hour wait in a closed Marine terminal. Although it did give everyone time to clean up, charge their phones and buy a soda.

Before I knew it, I was back in Texas and I laid eyes on the most handsome man I've ever met.

We couldn't get off that parade field fast enough. All I wanted was to eat, shower and finally take off that multicam uniform! 

Thankfully, I have some pretty awesome friends that came along to photograph my arrival! Seriously, one BIG shoutout to Heather and Nick- you're great people and I love the photos! 

Now that I'm home I've kept busy by soaking up time with my babies

Aren't they the cutest?! 

I've also donated a rather large portion of time to cleaning up after this monster. Everyone, meet winny

She's 9 weeks old, super smart and incredibly adorable. She already comes, plays fetch and sits (most of the time). Now we just need to teach her the difference between her toys and the kids toys!

Between Matt, the kids and Winny there's never a shortage of love and snuggles, which is exactly what my life was missing. Well, that and my makeup and clothes. Definitely glad to have those back too. 

As my life transitions I can reflect on how truly blessed I am. I don't know what the best chapter will bring my family, but we're ready. 

Oh, and you're invited too!