January and February

January found us attending a halfway celebration for Eric's deployment.  Yippee!! 

The spouses from the unit got together to celebrate and take a few pictures.  

Marcus and I are in the top left half of the H.

At the end of the month, I attended Casino Night, which was put on by the Blue Star Card Program.  That night marked my 7th month of the deployment.  I had fun and won some spa socks at the end of the evening.

The next day, Marcus and I got to create a Valentine's Day card for Daddy.

In February, Gary Sinise brought The Lt. Dan Band to Hawaii.  I was able to put Marcus in daycare for the day and Chantal and I went to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. for lunch (Why not make it a Forrest Gump day?).  

We got to sit right up front and our friend Chantal even got to go on stage.  

During the Half Way Celebration in January, we took a special picture for the soldiers for Valentine's Day.

We're in the left inner corner of the heart.

At the end of the month I got some maternity pictures taken on the beach in Mokuleia.  (Good thing, because the baby came the next week.)

This is just a preview image from Facebook, but I love how sweet Marcus was being.

That night, thanks again to the Blue Star Card Program, I dropped Marcus off at childcare and went to see a play with my friends.  That night marked 8 months done with deployment.  What a great way to celebrate.

Chantal, Bonnie-Jean, her brother John, and me on the bus to the play.