Tony returned home from a successful 7 month deployment on December 8th. His dad & I met him at base and after 3 hours of waiting in the coldest weather Virginia Beach had seen thus far this year and 20 mile an hour winds, he finally showed up, flowers in hand, and even more gorgeous than I remembered him :) OK so this is not the best picture but it was too cold to be picky!!! haha...
Since then, we have been getting the house back in order... we finally got our new tv, which is ridiculously HUGE and we bought a new entertainment center for the living room, too. It looks fantastic... and I'll have to post some pictures sometime soon. Tony is awaiting the arrival of his new 2010 Mustang GT, and the poor thing is driving my old Elantra until it's built and delivered. He also did an overhaul on the yard which was starting to look like a jungle, but now it looks great :)
We had Madison for a whole week and boy oh boy is she a big girl now! She is speaking so well and can sing her ABCs, Jingle Bells, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, as well as a bunch of different Barney and Snow White songs. She has grown up so much in 7 months! We took her to see the lights at the Botanical Gardens and she loved it... it was so much fun spending time with my little family!
Today, Tony and I decided to celebrate our "Christmas" since for the actual Christmas we'll be in Reston, Va with his family. No point in lugging up all those gifts just to bring them right back home!!! Tony did a fabulous job: he bought me a beautiful 1/4 carat Everlon diamond pendant which I have been drooling over for months, an HP Photosmart Premium printer/scanner/copy/fax machine!!! YAYYY!!!, the aforementioned Rudolph slippers that I asked him for, 12 bottles of my FAVORITE wine in the whole wide world: Washington Hill Riesling, a Steelers gnome, a $50 Borders gift certificate, a Clemson Mr Potato Head, and wine savers! Am I a lucky girl or what?????
He loved his gifts from me, too, which included the kegorator (of course), a digital photo frame that plays pictures, videos, and music, a new beardtrimmer, a digital golf scorekeeper, Abercrombie cologne, and spicy pistachios.
It has been amazing having him home and I can't wait to spend more wonderful holidays together!
