Moved

Well we made it to Hawaii! The apartment is a little small, but it's perfect for just the two of us. We do have an amazing view from our living room and front deck. Adam told me what the name for it is in Hawaii, but I forget. I most likely wouldn't know how to spell it anyway.

Our plane ride here wasn't too bad. It was about an hour and a half from Midway to Atlanta and then it was a 9 hour flight from Atlanta to Honolulu. At least on the plane there were mini screens on the back of each seat so we had control of our own entertainment. so I slept, read, and watched 3 movies on the flight.

The weather has been perfect, low 80's everyday and mostly sunny. This morning I realized that I really wasn't in IL anymore because I was in the shower and all of a sudden I spotted a gecko in there. It definitely startled me. Adam said that I had to be nice to it because it saves us 15% on our car insurance... I just wanted it out of my shower!

Adam's Home!!

Adam finally made it home yesterday. His flight got in about 3:30 pm and they made it back to town a little after 6 pm. They made excellent time! I wasn't expecting him back until at least 7 because I was imagining rush hour traffic to be much worse than what it was. It was a nice visit last night though. My parents came down and then friends came over to visit. Adam was really tired by the end of the night though cause he had been up for over 24 hours with all the time change and traveling he did. Now we just have to get the wedding plans in order cause we get married in 11 days.

Orders!!

Friday, Adam looked at the orders list and he got selected to go to Washington State in January. I'm excited that we now have somewhere to look forward to after our time in Hawaii us up. I was hoping for someplace a little warmer to move to in January, but I guess I'll take whatever. It'll be nice cause people will now be able to afford to come and visit us, and hopefully we'll have the room to have people come and stay with us!!

Adam comes home on the 17th!! I can't wait to see him! It's been 13 months since I've seen him last, and I can't wait to start the rest of our lives together!

Makenzie Rae DeLong

Makenzie Rae DeLong

Born July 6, 2009

8:35 a.m.

7 lbs 1 oz  20 in

Jesse had one hell of a time during her labor! After countless hours in labor and an emergency c-section.... Makenzie arrived! Mommy and daughter are doing well. (The IV was just a precautionary thing.) They are both recovering, and I can't wait to see them!

ALOHA!

Well.... last night was pretty exciting. I was on the deck w/ my maid of honor, enjoying a cold drink, trying not to sweat to death and be eaten alive by all the bugs, when Adam called. I answered and he says "I have one thing to say to you... start packing for Hawaii!" Well I'm sure you can imagine how excited I was! That phrase means that Adam's housing allowance got approved and he's getting an apartment, and we're MOVING TO HAWAII!!!! Well by "we" I do mean "me" because Adam is already there! So on our honeymoon, we'll leave on schedule, only I won't be coming back to IL!! It's still settling in a little bit cause now I only have 2 months left in IL. I was expecting not to be moving until Jan 2010. SURPRISE! It's hard to describe how excited I am though. Not many people can say "Yea! I lived in Hawaii!" I'll only be there for a few months though becuase he'll be transfering stations at the end of the year. Hopefully we find out next week where that will be. He's thinking California, but I don't care. Well I'm hoping for anywhere in the continental U.S. so it's cheap for people to come and visit us!

95...94...93...

Yep, there are 93 days and counting until the wedding! Time is really flying by. We still have a couple big things to figure out, but I think it won't take long to get it under control. We need to get someone for flowers, limo, invitations... but we already have people in mind, it's just a matter of calling them and seeing if they are available. 

I graduated college a couple weeks ago. It's such a nice feeling finally being done with school. I now have my nights to focus on things like getting my room cleaned! I've kinda been neglecting it for the past couple years because of school. It's a little more overwhelming than I thought it was going to be. I've been more of a pack rat than I thought that I was. 

Adam tells me that orders come up again in a couple of weeks, and then he'll get to put in for some. I'm not sure how many requests he's able to put in. But we won't find out until July where we are going (if he gets orders!). Hopefully we find out sooner rather than later. It's not really fun sitting here in limbo wanting to make plans for our future, when we don't know what city we'll be living in. I guess that's part of the whole military life style that I'll have to get used to. 

And the wait continues...

Well, Adam looked at the list yesterday and found out that he didn't get picked for orders this month. It was a little disappointing, but then he told me that since he didn't get picked for the 5 orders that he put in for, he can put in for new orders! So the doors are wide open again about where we can go. I suppose I should get used to this, cause it's the military!

I took my first test on Friday. I think I did alright on it. Now I have two more tests and three assignments to go. It's really getting down to the wire, and I'm getting really excited! Saturday is the big day! I still have a lot of work left in order to get there, but it's close! Very exciting!

Jesse made it back to North Carolina on Saturday. It's hard to believe that she was home for a whole month. She had her Explorer packed full. It was so cute; Allie had a little spot in the back seat. It's so weird, she rides in the back seat whenever they drive anywhere. She's an odd dog, but fun and full of personality. I hope she gets along with little Mackenzie Rae (I think that's how they are going to spell it).