We've been dining out with family and friends, doing lots of last minute shopping to get him ready to go, finishing up some little house projects, and cooking all of his favorite meals. It's been a nice week and we're thankful to have had this time together, but we're both ready for him to get going now. I know that sounds strange, but a 7 month deployment is sort of like the 5 ton elephant in the living room. It's hanging over our heads and giving both of us a sick feeling in the pit of our stomach. It's time to get on with it so we can start our countdown until his return.
We'll enjoy a few more family dinners, a last Sunday together at church, Mother's Day brunch with friends and they we'll say goodbye and start working on getting on with our lives apart for a while.
We found out Friday night that the ship is going to be leaving a day later than expected on Wednesday because one of the ships deploying with the Bataan is still being worked on. This extra 24 hours would have been nice to have, but Matthew has duty on Tuesday so now it means he'll be stuck on the ship for his last night at home. Disappointing, but we'll manage somehow. Ally and I will take him one last home cooked meal for dinner and hang out for a while before parting ways.
In other news, Ally has an appointment with a new specialist on Monday morning for another feeding assessment since her therapist feels like we've hit a bit of a wall and aren't making much progress. I'm trying my hardest to be optimistic and hang onto the hope that we'll make a breakthrough soon. For now though, we are still stuck with bottles and pureed baby foods. No food with texture will pass her lips and she isn't interested in a sippy cup except to throw it around.
No blog post would be complete without a few Ally pictures- so here they are!
That smirk means she's up to something!
Ally loves to help with the laundry!
This is not her most flattering picture, but I included it anyway because she finally grew out of a pair of pants! If you look closely you can see that the button on her jeans has popped open and her little pot-belly is sticking out!
Ally moved into her 'big-girl' car seat last week and is delighted to be forward facing- finally! She loves to look out the window and to be able to see us when we turn around to stare at her which we do way too frequently when driving!
Ally used crayons for the first time at Macaroni Grill on Thursday night- she was pretty proud of herself!
Of course she was much more interested in putting them in her mouth than actually coloring!
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