Heck Yes!

I have something great to write about since the last time I wrote...two days ago.

It all started with a little phone call from Jason today! Guess who is now part of the troop draw down! YES, YES, YES! I don't want to give exact dates, and obviously, things will change...but the one thing that won't change...the FOB that Jason is on will be shut down and deactivated soon, very soon. By July, he will be back at a big base, just hanging out...waiting to come home! Waiting! That's it! They don't expect to start heading home until the middle of August and his battalion is going to be coming home in cycles. They all won't be coming home at once. So at this point, we are hoping for September, because they all will be gone by October. (That's over a month earlier than originally plan they were supposed to be home at the end of November, early December...so either way...he's coming home early!). Of course, this is the military and things will change but Jason has talked to his Lt. Col and his CO and everyone is telling him the same things. Talk about a shocker! After everything we have been through the past two years...it is such a GREAT FEELING to get good news! So in terms of his deployment, instead of 7+ months (since he was the advanced party), we are looking at 5...6 months top! I'll take whatever I can get! Soooo....for everyone that is sending packages...he only needs food and wipes for the next month, nothing else after the first two weeks of June, since he will be going back to the large base. He will have everything he needs there...showers, food, a PX and chow hall and INTERNET!  He said that his guys are all disappointed and upset that they are shutting down their FOB and going back to the big base...all the youngins are loving their first deployment, Jason on the other hand...his 5th deployment and today he was on cloud 9! So, for the next 3 months...we all just need to hope and pray that they stay on the new schedule and he will be home SOON!

Ava typing a MotoMail to Daddy.

Layla pressing a bunch of letter trying to write to Daddy! So cute! 

Her first time EVER using the computer!

And finally, Mabel had her 12 week check-up yesterday and she is a monster...37 pounds! She is now almost half the size of Stella...Stella is 82 pounds! Mabel is going to pass her by the time Jason is home!

Wanted y'all to see Mabel's size against Stella!

Today was a great day...no one mess that up for me with comments about how things change with the military...let me have my moment of hope, that for once...something will go our way! ha ha! (That wasn't supposed to sound mean!)