Little ones changes lives!!!

Well I think it's safe to say that our lives here in the Villalobos homes are about to change drastically! After going to labor and delivery twice with crazy contractions I have a feeling that within the next couple days well be welcoming baby Camden into our family. My next appointment is on the 7th were I'll be 39 weeks and boy has it felt like it has moving by so slow! Life has been crazy lately but I'm sure once little man gets here everything will settle down! A big thanks toy two dear friends for sleeping with their phones next to them and coming to help both times I needed to go to the hospital. Sommer and Jen are the best! Let's just hope the next time we go In it will be to stay for a few days! Keep us in your prayers for we all are nervous but excited at the same time!!!!


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PTSD- BE AWARE OF THE SIGNS

For those that are not sure what that stands for it means Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  You never hear much about this disorder but if your in the military or have any relations with the military its seems to be becoming and commonly used acronym.  Life of an army wife is hard as it is.  Dealing with the every day stress of being a army wife whether it be your husband is deploying or is deployed or whether or not your going to have enough money between paychecks is hard enough on a marriage or us as individuals.  If you add PTSD to the mix it seems to be a never ending battle every day. It's so hard waking up everyday not knowing how your significant other is going to act. You never know if they are in a good mood or a bad mood. You don't know if what you say or how you look at them is going to trigger their PTSD.  Sometimes it is so hard to not just snap back at them when they flip out on you or have an episode but you have to learn their triggers. You have to learn how to deal with the situation.  Its hard because you think to your self you did not sign up for this but really when you marry into the army one needs to educate themselves to know what might happen and what the outcomes could be.  I never imagined I would have to deal with these situations. I never asked for my husband to come back from war with these different disorders but when I said I do I knew I would have to stand by his side no matter what the outcome or what happens to him.  I have to say one important thing to do as a army wife is to become educated on the topic. Your significant other might be snapping or flipping out rather about the smallest things and it could be signs of PTSD. Become an educated wife and ask questions as well as do the research. Help yourself because at some point you may be the only one helping you. Reach out and get help look at it in a way that you can make the situation better!

A Night At the Osars

Wow what an eventful day weve had.  Woke up early to get ready for a soccer game that my husband coaches and to get ready for Victoria's soccer game and we get out the door and realize its freezing out side. Anthony did really great coaching his first game and the kids did amazing! They had so much fun. then we went to walk over to Victoria's game and it starts pouring the rain. so the game got cancelled! :( After that I had to rush home and get ready for the MEDDAC Ball for Blanchfield Army Community Hospital.  So ran to see one of my good friends so she could do my hair then rushed home and said goodbye to Victoria as she had her first sleep over at a friends house (boy was that hard for me)  so we got down the the OpryLand Hotel and all of our cards were declined while trying to pay for our room. We were like what the heck. Well I guess someone decided they wanted to hack our cards and our bank cought it and suspended our cards so after about a hour we got them to open our cards up long enough to pay and then it was off to get ready for the ball. Our room was nice so we got dressed and I had to do some last minute altering to both his and my dress.

So we got ready and headed out to start the ball. It was so nice we all stood in line listening to guest speakers and presenting of awards.  Lets just say it sucks being the sober one while everyone else is tipsy and "cant feel their teeth" lol.  The funny part was when my husband took the award from the table and stood up and acted as if he was at the Oscars lol. He said I'd like to thank God and Joe Best.  Quite Hilarious.

The other funny part was when my husband went to the room to make more drinks and realize he left his card in the room so he walked all the way to the front desk to get another key when he could of just picked up the phone on the wall haha. Me Katie and her husband Marc were sitting by our door in our nice dresses and suits and a old lady looked down the hall and said, "what is this lovers lane". lol it was so funny I guess she thought Marc was getting lucky with two girls at the same time.

 Later on I knew I was so tired from all the running around that day so towards the end and after a nice dinner minus the chicken, but the green potatoes were quite tasty lol.  I went to the room and took a small nap and that was nice.  We went to bed later that night and was ready by morning to get our little terd back. Lord did we miss her. In then end it was a good time.

Well Deserved Education

So after going to school on and off since 2005 and having several obstacles in the way I will be graduating in two weeks. I have to say I am so proud of myself. Going to school is easy but when life throws obstacles in your pathway it is so easy to just give up. there are times that I just stopped and said maybe I'm just meant to be a stay at home mom and take care of the kids, but I knew deep down that I needed way more than that in my life.  After graduating in 2005 I started on my pre-requisites for the Nursing program.  Then came along a little bundle of joy Reygan. I never stopped though I continued to work full time be a mommy full time and go to school full time. I was very busy. Then Came marriage and the army. I had to pick up and move to good ol Fort Hood Texas. While there life was crazy trying to adjust not only to married life but living the life of a military wife was a big change for me. So I tried to focus on our marriage and Reygan. Then came another blessing Victoria. After my husband deploying I moved back to North Carolina and started back taking classes towards the nursing program and got the majority of them finished. Then he came back and we moved to Fort Campbell Kentucky. Anthony deployed again and I was fixing to start nursing school at the local college and we got orders to fort hood. So I knew that the credits wouldn't transfer so I said screw it ill try to take a online program.  So I enrolled myself into the University of Phoenix with a desire in Criminal Justice.  Needless to say I have almost finished a two year degree in a little over a year. I am so proud of myself because in the same time I also had to be the wife of a wounded warrior and juggling that and school and the kids is and was not easy.  would life been easier if i didn't take so much on well of course it would have been but that is what makes me who I am today.

TORNADOS IN MY LIFE

Wow has my life been crazy over the past few months! I seriously feel as though a tornado has decided to make everything not easy at all. Well first off I would like to say My husband had his back surgery January 23rd.  We were told that was one thing that you never wanted to have operated on because you will never be the same. Well a hour after his surgery they had him walking (thank the lord because there was a risk of him being paralyzed).  He was release the next day and it has been a really big healing process since.  Of course being a soldier it was impossible for him to sit still but I guess it was for the better because he healed faster than others :).  Then there was the pain meds they had him on which were enough to kill a horse. That is always a concern with a wounded warrior. I asked myself what if he becomes addicted or dependant on these drugs. You know what if???? I can proudly say my husband never even got refills he stopped all the meds cold turkey! YAY Right!!!

We have to say we were so thankful for our inlaws taking little victoria for a little over three weeks so that we could have some healing time. Unfortunetly the who time i was SUPPOSE to take care of him he had to take care of me....this baby has had me so sick...good new is its slowly going away.  We also had a setback in the surgery. Anthony fell so that meant spending a whole day in nashville seeing doctors. We went from the xray doctor back to see his surgeon. This mean't a lot of waiting. On the funny side my husband kept passing gas in the waitin groom and people were moving away from him lol.  We walked out with a clear bill of health and the doctor said everything was looking great!

On a happy note school has been throwing me curve balls.  Its been really hard i think i have senior itis lol. I graduate on April 8th and it couldnt get here fast enough!  It sucks staying up late every night doing homework and then having to get up and go to work early in the morning. Makes for me not being a very likable person in the mornings :). I just keep telling myself not much longer. I recently found out that I will be graduating with honors so that I am pretty stoked about. All this hard work dealing with the husband being deployed getting injured me breaking my ankle taking care of kids an still walking out with honors I feel pretty proud about! Cutos to me :)

soooo........back to the hospital for Anthony's finaly consult with the doctor.  The surgeon seen him and said that he was doing well above where he should have been.  We also found out that he will not be getting the rods out of his back unless something goes wrong with them. So that mean less surgeries and faster healing time.  He does great he gets around though he is still sore and stiff sometimes it hasnt slowed him down any! Hes a champ! Things are slowly getting better. Hopefully they will slow down here soon as well!

Just a small recommendation if you have have to have any neuro or back surgeries I highly refer Dr. Spooner. He has past military history and is such a great surgeon and person :)