It's been awhile

I haven't posted anything in awhile. I was reminded of this the other day when a friend asked for the link to my blog. So I figured I should update my blog for my curious viewers. We are almost 2 weeks into this deployment and for the most part we are doing great. Gabriel recently turned 3 his birthday party was a success! We had so much fun. I realized that I enjoy having my house to myself, and any ideas I was entertaining about staying with family while John is gone have gone out the window. I'm just not capable of dealing with other peoples emotions in regards to John's deployment. I can handle Gabriel being upset about his Daddy being gone but I just can deal with anyone elses emotions. I've decided to stay home for Thanksgiving my Big Little brother is coming and bringing some friends! I am also staying home for Christmas my parents are supposed to be coming this will be the first Christmas I have spent with them in four years!! Some people don't realize that it has been four years since I last spent Christmas with my family but I haven't forgotten. I've also come to realize that I am not catering to other people anymore. This is John and I's life and we are Gabriel's parents we do not have to make other people happy nor do we have to answer to anyone else. I'm glad John has also decided to no longer cater to others. Gabriel and I spent the weekend crafting and somewhat being lazy. We made a countdown ribbon chain to John's homecoming and Gabriel worked on some Halloween crafts with my best friend Allison while I made them dinner. I enjoy being able to cook without Gabriel asking 50 questions =D. We cleaned the house a bit Gabriel now has four chores he is responsible for now he has to set the dinner table each night, pick up his toys, make his bed, and put his clothes in the laundry. So far he has taken to it well I told him at the end of the week he gets 1 dollar as long as he does his chores. That is all I have for now I'll post later with some pictures of the ribbon chain and Gabriel's birthday. TTFN