We're headed to the Windy City of Chicago!

Hooray! We're flying from Salt Lake City tomorrow afternoon, to O'Hare Airport in Chicago! The day has finally come! Just a few more days and we get to see Jake! What a long and lonesome 9 weeks this has been! I can't wait to get to the airport and fly. Beckham has only been on an airplane once, when he was 5 months old, but the circumstances were much lower spirits then (a friend passed away in a car accident). So now, it is with so much anxiety, excitement, joy that we're finally going to see Jake! My handsome sailor of a hubby! I cannot flippin wait! I will be tweetin' as the trip goes, so make sure you stay updated with me that way! :)

Wish me luck, as much as you can spare, I think 2 kids, 1 stroller, 2 car seats, 3 suitcases, a camera bag, and my purse is about hitting my max for amount of limbs that are able to be used to hold onto the stuff and prevent my stroller-jumping-sassafrass-of-a-three-year-old from running away.

We call him Speed Racer....

... just to be funny. :) I think the jokes and laughing keep it from annoying/embarrasing me. Anyways, here is our "Helmet Holden". He sure didn't like it at first, now onto day three, he's getting used to it.

For anyone interested the helmet is called a StarBand and it's manufactured by OrthoAmerica.
Here is a little snippet from their site:

30 days?!

Oh boy. The countdown is on. ONE month until my sweet, handsome husband heads to Basic.
(Try saying that one 3 times fast!)

We've made a few trips to the Recruiters office in the past few weeks, to get things all squared away. I think with each new thing that happens and each new thing that's said makes it all sink in that the day isn't just coming, it's coming FAST.

• Medical release form - CHECK
• Holden's Birth Certificate - CHECK
• Beckham's Social Security Card - CHECK
• Physical fitness testing - CHECK
• Updated paperwork for Jake to sign - Going first thing tomorrow morning

It's coming. The day is really coming. I am not sure I can even begin to describe
the feelings that are running through my head, and I'm scared to even THINK of the
thoughts that are running through JAKE'S head. After all, HE is the one that's flying
to a city over 1400 miles away to go through Basic Training @ Great Lakes. I am so darn proud of him for making this choice for our family, and for being such a responsible person! I can't wait for the changes it will bring. Trust me, it will bring them... and it's going to bring them alot faster than I realized!