Harmer Family Portraits 2008!

He Did It!!!!!!!

I don't have much time since I have to go back out on the great little backpack search of 2008 for Katie Beth, but I would like to introduce Staff Sergeant Select Harmer!!!! Yes!!!!! He made it his first go round!!! I'm so proud of him!! More to come!

Lots of just Stuff....

So it's been a while since I've posted! Man there's a lot going on here! Tonight we're going to the library. The USO has a program that they will record Chris reading different books and then mail them to the girls on whatever day we ask! I think he's going to do one for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Abbie's birthday, Christmas (something from the Bible and then the Night Before Christmas) and then one for Katie Beth to watch before bed. They gave us a whole hour to do it! So then next week we find out if he made Staff. That's nerve wracking! Thursday is Katie Beth's first day of school!!! Isn't that crazy?! Then I go to the doctor Friday in St. Louis. He leaves at the beginning of September, so now it's just trying to get everything together for him to leave...Yay. Oh! I almost forgot! Abbie stood up for the first time on Sunday! I'll have to take a picture of it to post!

Keeping Busy

So, I decided that while Chris is gone I'm going to try and get the Enrichment program rolling here! I figure between the girls and doing that I'll be plenty busy! At least I hope I will be. Chris comes home late Sunday night and I think we're ready for it! The girls have been on and off with the craziness this past week, but we are finally hitting our stride....right before he comes home to wreck it! LOL It'll be worth a few days of craziness to have him with us for next month! We still don't know for sure when he is leaving. I guess they like to keep that for last minute as always! A guy across the street left a week before the day they had told him he was leaving so I guess it's whenever they need you. We're hoping he'll at least be here for Katie Beth's first day of school on August 21st. I'll make sure and take pictures for everyone! She asks me everyday when school starts. I think she's a little excited! Well we don't have many plans for this week....Dinner with some friends Wednesday night, visiting teaching on Thursday, then cleaning and getting ready for him to come home over the weekend! Shelly said she wanted a picture of me! This was the closest I had! Hahaha sad...

Back to Reality!

Well we're home from our vacation :o( It was a lot of fun, but coming back means it's closer to when he has to leave....Chris left Sunday morning for 2 weeks of training at Ft. Dix in New Jersey. The poor girls miss him so much already! I don't know what they'll do with 4 or more months! Abby just looks for him around the house and calls out for him, and Katie Beth asks for him first thing when she wakes up in the morning. He's gotten to call and talk to them already a bunch so that's been good for all of us! I didn't realize how much I was going to miss him either! I thought it would be cake since he was gone so much with Honor Guard, but this time is different I guess...Ugh! Anyway everyone here is great besides missing the Daddy! I'm going to try and find a sitter for the girls so I can get some errands done and doctor's appointments taken care of. There's a dinner tomorrow with some of the girls from the ward that I really want to go to, but of course I can't find a sitter! Story of my life huh? Who knows maybe something will pop up! I just want to get to know some of these women finally! I feel like I know maybe 2 people from the ward! It's a different feeling from where I came from! Well time for dishes and dinner! I'll try and add a slideshow of the trip later tonight after they are in bed!

Life has been INSANE!!!!!

Just wanted to do a quick update!! We've been in Arizona and California the past two weeks! We didn't get to see everything we wanted to, but there's always next time right? We've just been enjoying the little time we have left to spend together as a family before Chris has to leave. We go back to St. Louis tomorrow and Chris leaves for 2 weeks of training in New Jersey early on Sunday. Just getting myself prepared for the long road ahead! It's amazing all of the junk we have to get done before he leaves! I never thought there would be that much! Oh well I better get back to packing for the long flight home! I'm not ready to go, just because it means we are that much closer to when Chris leaves. :o( I'll be updating a lot more in the next 2 weeks!

I always knew this day would come....

So why am I still nauseous the next day? It hasn't really sunk in for me yet, but yesterday we found out Chris will be going to Iraq for 4-6 months leaving in September....It's a surreal feeling that I can't describe....Oh well I know I'll be okay and all I just worry about him. Katie will be in Preschool (hopefully) so I'll most likely be staying here. It just stinks more for the timing of when he's going! He'll be missing our 5th wedding anniversary, Halloween(Abby's 1st),Abby's 1st birthday,Thanksgiving, Christmas, Our 8th dating anniversary (yes it's dorky), and New Years! Ugh Just cruddy timing! Oh well I'll update as much as I can! We're all doing great here though! The girls are doing great! Abby is getting her two bottom teeth so that has been fun! More to come!