I love my Charlie girl

Well, I'm pretty sure just about everyone knows that we have a WONDERFUL white lab named Charlie. And I really do treat her like she is my baby. Before the hubby left she was attached to him at the hip and really would listen to him, and would listen to me only if I made my voice deep like his. But since the deployment started she really has become more "my" dog. I know that everyone is bias with their animal and claims that they have the "best" dog or cat or whatever. But I can honestly say that I have the best trained dog I have ever seen, in real life or on TV. She never barks and I mean never, unless you get her very excited and ask her to speak. She does not jump on people. She will only crawl onto your lap, only with her front paws, if you ask her to. And even then she usually looks at me and once I say that it is ok she will love on you. She sleeps next to the crib most nights now that it is up and ready. She doesn't whine at all either. When we eat all I have to do is tell her not to beg and she goes and lays down. There can be other dogs barking at her and all she does is raise her eye brows and perks up her ears.
I'm guessing that she will be so excited when the hubby walks in the door and she will just about knock him over. I am excited for him to get to spend a little bit of time with her and show her that he hasn't forgotten about her too.
Right now she is laying next to my chair just relaxing like she does most days.
Its nice to have her down here with me because even though its too hot to let her run in the empty lot during the day she LOVES to go swimming and has officially started to stick her entire head under the water to get whatever toy we have thrown in for her. (Maybe she will be a hunting dog after all).
I just wanted to brag a little about my puppy because she really is an amazing dog and every single day I am so grateful that she is in my life. I love my Charlie girl.

Almost 36 weeks

Had another appointment this week. Doc says things are looking great, head is down and I'm not dilated at all, which gives me a great sign of relief. Means we just might get to have daddy at home for the birth. Got to talk to the hubby yesterday morning and he said that one of the guys he met had gotten a red cross message then had to wait 3+ days before he even got to leave. So, I am not counting on the red cross to help us get him home anytime soon (hopefully we don't need it at all).
Dropped mom and Chris off at the airport this morning so they can go to Ohio to visit Kate and go to her graduation! So I've got 4 days all alone. It'll be kinda nice because this will be the last time I EVER have alone time. At least for the next 7 months. I was so use to being alone all of the time while the hubby was 3 hours away from me while we dated. So it'll be interesting to see how the next 4 days go.
I got a package from Miss Katie yesterday. It had some of the cutest clothes for Trace, some wonderful heartfelt things for me, some books for Trace, cards, and coupons! Let me tell you, coupons would not have been something that I ever thought to send someone...but THEY ARE THE BEST THING TO GET! Let me tell you a little about Katie. We "met" over facebook and started calling and texting because we were having similar problems. She has twin 18month old girls, that are BEAUTIFUL! She is part of the FRG, has to worry about her family, and of course, with deployment comes the "everything must go wrong". But poor Katie has had more go wrong than I would ever imagine. She has got to be one of the strongest people I have ever met. And I am thankful every day that I can call her my friend. Love you girl!
Well, on to my day of probably doing NOTHING. Tomorrow my sister and I will be going to a wedding. Sunday I will probably do nothing again. Monday is my birthday, and I have a nurse coming to the house to do a medical eval for life insurance. Then Tuesday I pick up mom and Chris. Should be a fun weekend.
Pretty soon my post will be HE IS HOME! I can't wait. Love you Boo!