Guess who's home?!!!!!!!!!

WE ARE FINALLY A FAMILY AGAIN!!!!!!

WHAT A DADDY'S GIRL!!!!!

Me and Chevy waiting for the bus's

Lots of people waiting for their loved ones!

Its been a long 12 days of November.....but I finally got a call that daddy is coming home!!!! We decorated the stairs, put up posters, got all dressed up and went and waited at the post gym for the arrival of 200 soldiers. We waited about 2 hours and finally they all made their way into the gym!!!!! Once they released all the soldiers everyone scattered and I, still standing in the bleachers, could not find my husband ANYWHERE in the crowd. I stood there a good 3-5 minutes waiting for him....and there he was!!!!!! It was so exciting and a great sense of relief to have him home! Chevy immediately started smiling and went right to him! She didn't leave his arms until we had to get in the car and leave. She fell asleep by the time we got home, it was a long and emotional day! I think she was getting a little jealous once we got home and mom was talking to grandma and dad was talking too and all the attention was directed some place else. But today she is loving her daddy silly!!!!! She is not a girl that is a cuddle bug but she cant stop hugging on her daddy! I love seeing it! Now he has to go through reintegration and work should be kinda slow for a little while. We are excited to come home for Christmas....last year wasn't fun at all but this year I am super stoked! We will actually be home on Christmas day, daddy will be there with us, and hopefully the rest of the family will be there too! It still doesn't seem real to me that he is finally home!!!! I know you wont read this, but I love you Felix...more than you will ever know!

WOO HOO!!!!!

So, its that time of year....time for the leafes to change colors, the weather to get chilly, the halloween decorations up, its all just so exciting...but thats not what all the excitement in our house is for. For us its lots of smiling ladies, little kids saying dada, poster making parties, lots of meetings....ITS TIME FOR REDEPLOYMENT!!!!!! I can (in a few weeks) say that I survived a year long deployment!!!! I still remember the day Felix left...he had 4 hours from the time he got the call to have everything packed and be in to work...that was not a fun time. Chevelle was only 2 days shy of being 3 months old. You get to spend those last few hours with them, sitting around thinking about whats actually happening, then time for formation and you know, that is your time for final kisses and hugs. Watching my husband kiss his baby girl goodbye was the hardest thing for me. Those first few days...you just dont know what to do with yourself, then came Christmas....I did not get to be home in Utah for this because Chevy's passport didn't make it in time so it wasnt a very happy or fun day. Chevelle has changed so much in the past year, its amazing!!!! Right now she is getting in her other top tooth, she is walking, eating by herself, she is just so much fun!!!! I cant wait for her daddy to be around so he can watch her do new stuff! All the new babies on post....you wouldn't believe how many there are. I just cant wait to see all of the wifes and kids, the expressions on their faces when their husbands/daddy's step off of those buses!!!!! I have to admit, I probably wont be watching them, I will be looking for my own husband!!!! I am so blessed to have an amazing husband. We love you Felix and are so excited to finally have you home!!!! I was going to post a few pics but it wasn't being nice!!!!

AAFES Cutest Kiddo Contest!!!!!!!

AAFES official statement!!!! (read below for details!)Chevelle's contest photo!

So here a few weeks ago, probably the beginning of June I saw an ad in our local newpaper about a cute baby contest that AAFES (army and airforce exchange services) was holding. I decided to put Chevelle into it just for fun!!!! If was over Facebook so that was how you viewed all the babies/kids (newborn-5yrs) pictures and you also voted for them over facebook. Well at first me and another girl from my husbands company were having a friendly competition against eachother! Then after that it quieted down. Once I told my mom about it then she was on the ball and started getting lots of votes. 2 weeks before the contest was to end they announced the top 5 babies with the most votes....and there were about 1500 or more babies in this contest! Baby #1:Bailey, baby #2:Avah, baby #3: Caideync, baby #4: Eden, & baby #5: CHEVELLE!!!! I was so excited but I knew that I had to start getting lots more votes if I even wanted to catch up to the leaders. I started asking everyone that I had on my friends list to go and vote! My mom was doing the same back home and so were lots of friends and family!!!! Can I just say....this contest turned into something truly ugly!!!! People started saying that their baby was WAY cuter than another baby, profanity was slung, hate mail was being sent....it got way out of hand! 4th of July weekend it was mainly between Chevelle and Caidynce....I think we were only a few votes difference. Then another fight broke out....not with me but a friend had said something to the other mom and then it got really bad! Luckily it ended and somehow one of the other babies had caught up and passed both of us. I decided to go and look at her votes....alot of the accounts were being made up. the only thing on them was the site you go to vote on. There had been about 100 or more that they had made up. Lets just say that started another big argument!!! I told "TEAM CHEVELLE" to be the bigger team and just not say anything, we were going to win that thing fair and square! Once that happened everyone went crazy getting votes!!!! It was late here in Italy so I decided to go to bed and the next morning when I woke up it was about 11 minutes after the contest had ended and my neighbor had wrote me and said that we were in the lead but the AAFES site had not come on and verified the winner. It was a long day waiting to hear something....then I got a message....It was the lady from the website and she asked me to call her and verify my identity to be a potential winner of the contest. I called....and of course they didn't answer so I had to wait even long then finally the call back....WE HAD WON!!!!! It was so good to hear!!!! Needless to say, cheaters never prosper! Chevelle won a new Peg Perego stroller and carseat worth $600!!!!! Im sure she will grow out of them soon but it will be VERY handy for the next baby to come....that wont be for a little while!!!! But again, to all those that helped get votes and who voted.....THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

(i tried to put the other pics down here but they went up to the top)

I am excited for the next few months, I fly home in a few weeks. Then its the big reunion thing for MHS, Im super excited for that. There are alot of classmates I haven't seen since graduation! Then not much going on in August then in September.....I FINALLY GET TO SEE MY HUSBAND!!!!!! After 9 1/2 months I finally get to see him again, I cant even tell you all how excited I am!!!! Well, that is all for now. Hope to see you all very very soon!!!!

Just a lil something

My softball girls...the season is almost over.

I tried to rotate it but guess it didn't work!


She is always so photogenic!

So last post Felix was in a promotable status, he has now made his Sergeant!!! We are both very happy about that! He is doing good. This week marks the 1/2 way point for this deployment! I am so happy its half over...but then again we got another 6 months to go. Oh well, its starting to get very warm here so hopefully the time will fly by! Ms. Chevelle just hit 8 months! She is getting so big. Crawling all over the house. Pulling all the dvd's out. Pushing all the buttons on the dvd player! She always keeps me on my toes! And the high school girls softball season is just about finished. We have a set of games this weekend in Aviano then next week they are headed up to Germany for Europeans! Wish I could go but I dont have anyone to watch Chevelle. I wish them all GOOD LUCK!!!! Well, thats about it for now!

My big girl and Mr. Promotable!

Felix in Afghanistan

So just recently Felix went to the board and he passed which means that he is now in a promotable status to become Sergeant! We are hoping by next month he will for sure have it! I am so proud of him! Only wish I could be there to pin him! Imiss you felix and love you so much!

She is always such a happy baby! Everytime she sees the orange light on the camera she has to smile! She is now 6 months and 12 days old!!! Wow, how time flies! She is becoming a PRO at sitting up by herself. She still topples over now and then but for the most part she is great at it!

I decided it was time to buy a bouncer! She is one baby bouncing fool! Even when I take her out now she is jumping on my lap! As you can she she has way more gadgets than she can handle! She is also getting GREAT at typing on my computer...until she rips my keys off then she has timeout from the computer for a few minutes! She is such a great baby and she keeps me company! I am so happy to have her with me everyday! She can always make me laugh, even when she is having a hard day! The weather here in Italy is getting so so nice! Most days its in the high 60's! We just started softball too! The girls are great and we have our first game this coming week. I won't be able to make it but I am wishing them luck! More updates to come....not giving any dates cause I know I wont make it on time!

Its time to update!

She was such a good sport takin these pics!

Can you tell the snow was deep?!

My little pink cammo snow bunny!

She is always all smiles!

She reminds me of Boo off of the movie Monsters Inc.!

Well, I figured its about time that I post something!!! I just thought I would update you all on whats going on in our lives! So, I will start with my husband leaving. He left in the middle of December to Afghanistan. That was one of the worst nights I have ever experienced. He was supposed to leave 2 days later but that afternoon at 4 we got a call saying that he had to have everything packed and be in to work at 9. So everything was packed and I was bawling the WHOLE TIME! When we got to his work we took LOTS of pics of him and chevelle. They are all so dang cute. I would post them but they are on my other computer. (they are on facebook) The time finally came that we had to say our final goodbyes. I was completely nauseas when they told everyone to get into formation. There was me and about 5 other wifes there. Just watching our husbands walk away from us in formation not being able to look back or anything was one of the hardest things I have ever had to watch. Needless to say, the next few days got better and better. It has now been 2 months since he left and the time has sped by! I don't mind the least bit, I wish it would go by faster! We are able to talk to him most every day so that is good! I always look forward to his call! Chevelle is now 5 months old!!! How time flies, holy cow! She is attempting to crawl now and she gets so mad! Its funny to watch her! We missed christmas and new years with the family cause we were waiting for Chevelle's passport but we finally made it to Utah on January 12th. Chevy did awesome during the plane ride, she didn't cry once! Everyone was so helpful during the flights! We head back to Italy in March. I will be so sad to leave my family but I am so excited to get back to coach Softball again and im gonna start going to the gym with my friend Natalie. I am so thankful for the friends I have in Italy! They are all going through the same things as me. They understand if im not in a good mood or they help out when they know your havin trouble, I think its an Army Wife thing! I am so thankful that I met Felix and I am so proud of what he does. He has given Chevy and I the best life we could ask for. He is a great husband and dad and we love him more than he will ever know! I can't wait until he gets to come home on his R&R!!!!! Only 8 more months!!!! To most people they think it is insane but its just one of those things we deal with! Well, I posted a few pics of Ms. Chevelle!!! Hope you all enjoy. I will try to update more often!

P.S. If any of you have skype add me to it and we will be able to stay in touch! my screen name is rodriguez8587.