Murphy's Law strikes.

Murphy's law strikes again! 

I have no idea how this happened, but I was locked out the car by my lovely 2 yr old.

Yes, my TWO year old. 

 After doing a little retail therapy to cheer up my already  dampened day, I went to pick up the boys. Like most mothers, I had a long day and couldn't wait to see my babies. I leave my car running so the car would be nice and toasty for the boys when they got in. Just in case I got locked out I took my remote off the keys and took them inside with me. I gather the boys and walk outside. Anxious to get home, I hurriedly throw Kaleb in the car and run around to the other side to throw Darryl in his seat. "Yes, a nap!" my thoughts as I strap Monkey into his seat. Subconsciously, I placed the remote in his seat and shut the door. As I go to open the front door Monkey presses the lock button and locked the car doors. In a state of panic I run to the sitters door to ask if she knew how to open the door. She was no help (Love her dearly though) on that part. I start to try to coach Monkey to press the lock button.

[FYI: he knows how to take his self out of his seat, roll the windows down AND open the door]

He presses EVERY button except the unlock.

Sitter gets this great idea to call a locksmith.

I wait still trying to coach Monkey into pressing unlock. 

Then, I hear sirens get closer and closer.

A fire truck pulls up and out jumps three fire fighters as if the car was on fire.

They approach the scene with serious faces. 

After they accessed the situation, up comes two police cars. 

They on the other hand were already tickled pink with what was going on. 

The police officer walks up to the window to see if he can coach monkey into unlocking the car and Monkey just looks and laughs at the man.

10-15 min later pop a lock [the lifesaver] comes and gets the car open. 

Luckily, they don't charge for emergency situations! 

I'm sure I was the laughing stock of the Newport News fire and police departments.

I was a little upset and annoyed today but of course my babies always make me forget what I was angry for 

They are just so freaking adorable! 

Operation Homecoming.

I've been on some sort of blogging hiatus due to writer's block! 

But, I'm back now!

Yesterday marked month 7 of deployment and it's finally coming to an end which means it's time to think about OPERATION HOMECOMING. 

This is my first deployment so I'm trying to take in everything I can to make it the best I can for me and Butler. Today, I heard from two of my friends who have already gone through 2 or 3 of them already. What I learned is:

-Parking is scarce and you need to be there early to get a spot.

-There will be benches on the pier and if you want to sit on them, gotta be there early.

-It may take the boat about 6 hours to actually show up.

-It takes forever for them to dock and to let the sailors off 

-And traffic will be ridiculous.

   

Now, this has ruined EVERYTHING I thought this would be! For some reason I have the fairytale that Butler gets off the boat, drops his sea bag and runs to me and the boys (well not that perfectly, but something of that nature.) 

Now my worries are what should I wear if rains, what time should I make my way to NOB, what am I gonna do with the boys while I wait, where should I park, wear is Butler's sea bag going (I drive a tiny neon with 2 car seats and a double stroller in the trunk), whose gonna take pics son on so forth.... This should have been something I should have started a month ago! We'll see how this goes!

In other news, my Monkey peed on the potty today!! I was SUPER excited!!! Hope this is a good start to potty training!! 

Man, how time flies!

My babies are getting so old so fast :-(

It feels like just yesterday Monkey was turning one and Chubby was just born.

They are exactly 18 months apart!

Monkey will be TWO 2 months from today and Chubby is 5 months already.

I can't believe how fast time flies! I miss the old times

Well let's see some pictures and dwell on the past.

Here is Monkey on his first day home from the hospital.

He was so sweet & precious.

Here he is at his 1st birthday party

Monkey today getting in the way of me unpacking.

Here's Chubby at 2 weeks
All he did was sleep, he was so peaceful.

Here he is today.

Next thing I know, I'm gonna be watching them graduate high school,
go to college and graduate and then get married,
and have kids of their own.
I'm trying so hard not to think about those things... I wish they could be babies FOREVER!