Update~2011

Hi
My goodness its been a very long time since I've written on here. I have had quite a busy schedule since i last posted. Lets see since my last post this is all that has gone on...
I had my baby boy on February 27, 2010. He was born at Evans hospital on Fort Carson post, I had a great delivery, and since then i cannot get the thought off my mind that i am officially done having children. I loved being pregnant and I loved giving birth, I had an amazing recovery with Kobe. I honestly didn't even feel like i had a baby, which was completely different with Bailey. I was in a lot of pain after her birth. But with Kobe i literally felt like i could do anything, workout, run pretty much anything. So since then its been in the back of my head. But in all reality its just wiser and better off for us to just have two children. We feel very lucky and blessed to have had two amazing children, and to top it off a girl and a boy. So we are done, its just the urge is still there. I think it will be there for some time.
Well as most of you know, Josh was deployed from March 2010 to March 2011. It was a very hard time on all of us, and to say I'm glad its over is a complete understatement. There are talks that he might have to deploy again within a couple years. Thank goodness he gets to be home for two years before he could possibly leave again. I was very proud of the way Bailey handled it all. She just took it with complete understanding, and said every day "Daddy's at work, and he'll be home soon" and then she would add in a the cutest way " he has to make the money" its adorable, but she is completely right. I look forward to explaining in more detail about the whole deployment with her, i know both her and Kobe will be very proud of him, as I am now. He is an amazing husband and father and will go above and beyond for us all. We are truly lucky!
We are back in Colorado now (because we spent the year in California-being it was my first deployment and i just had Kobe) we love it here. It is so gorgeous. People ask how it is and all i can always say is its gorgeous. We drove through Aspen on our way home from our California (on our three week vacation) and that by far was the most beautiful part of Colorado i have ever seen. Just green and BEAUTIFUL! I cant wait to go there for vacation and enjoy it. We plan on going this winter to see how it looks with the gorgeous snow. We are also planning on getting the kids into skiing as soon as possible. We were told by friends that the age of 4 is a great age to start skiing, so we are definitely getting Bailey into that soon.
Bailey is doing great, she is right where she needs to be. Her heart is doing well, it has its leak (which we knew) we just have to monitor it every six months with a Eco cardiogram. So the latest we heard is she will have her next open heart surgery at the age of 9 or 10. Which in all honesty I'm dreading. Because of the fact that she is older, knows more and will be able to express her pain in a different matter. I'm worried about how I'm going to explain it all to her without scaring her. But i know Josh and I will handle it well and she will go in there confident and come out GREAT! Then her next one and the last one, will be at the age of 18. But Josh and I have come to realize that this is a life long issue, and there are no promises of no issues coming up after her last surgery. We just want to be open and honest with her so there is always communication about that, even if she is 45! LOL! But on that note, we also decided when she was born that we will never be the ones to tell her she cant do something. We want her to experience a healthy and happy normal lifestyle, so if she wants to try a certain sport or something, we will discuss it and let her try (unless its something we already know she cant do because of to much strain i.e. competitive swimming)but we don't want to be like "No Bailey you cant go and play and run at recess because of your heart" We want her to live like anyone else.
Kobe is doing great too. He is a very healthy little boy. He is extremely active (just like his "Sissy"). He also enjoys being outside (just like all of us). He started walking at 11 months and has been on the go since. He has 5 teeth, which are adorable. I love it when they get teeth, they're whole look changes. He is growing well, however his weight is a little under. Well i guess very under. He is in the 5th percentile (Bailey is still in -10th percentile) he is only 20 lbs and has been at 20 lbs for about 5 months. Bailey is still at 26 lbs. My kiddos just like to stay slim i suppose. They both are tall though. Kobe is is in the 50th percentile for height, and 75th for his head. Kobe is in the 75th for height. But he is my little man, he loves to walk Mommy all around (i call it courting lol) He is a huge love bug. I used to say it was great because Bailey is a huge Daddy's girl, and Kobe was a Mama's boy (but not in the bad way, just gave his heart to me) and well since Josh got back home he has changed more towards a Daddy's boy. So i like to tease Josh and tell him its not fair that i deserve one at least lol. But just last night Kobe wanted nothing with Daddy he was all about Mommy, so maybe just maybe its still there just a little hidden because Daddy is back (which is 100% understandable).
Josh and I are coming up on our 11 year anniversary (well our years together anniversary) and our 6 year wedding anniversary. I cant believe how fast time has flown by. I love him more and more with every single day. He truly has my heart. He just makes me so happy. I'm very excited to celebrate our anniversaries, its always a special day. Not to much to report about us, not much has changed, except for our year apart. My goodness writing it down sound so bad, i hope we don't have to put many more if no more under our belt. But if we end up having to go down that road again, i know we will make it with strength and love. Just like this last year.
I believe this is all i have to report at this time. I'm going to try and blog more often and post pictures. I want to send this to people who don't have FB (lol, not many are on that list) so they can follow how we are doing.
I hope all of you are doing well!