MIA and Jersey Shore

So I know that I have been MIA for like a few weeks now…OMG what a couple weeks it was.  Zackary was sick the second week of March for about 8 days!  Eight days of fevers!!!!  On day 5 he ends up with an ear infection.  Finally day nine he gets to go back to school!  Halleluiah! 

March 16, 2011 an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 shakes up Japan.  The third and seventh fleets begin Operation Tomodachi in an effort to supply aide to the people of Japan.  Jason is out there doing his part for the humanitarian efforts.  I am so proud of him and everyone out there.  The crews on the boats out there have even donated their own personal belongings to the displaced citizens of Japan in need of warm clothes and toiletries.  This is amazing to me because already the sailors are living on minimal items (whatever fits in their footlockers and racks) so to donate their things speaks volumes to their personal character.  I could not be a more proud Navy wife.  I am watching Facebook as all my friends from Japan post about their voluntary evacuations.  If we were still there, I would want to leave too. 

So Zackary has been doing really well at Tee Ball.  My little man is enjoying it so much!  He just took his Tee Ball little league pictures this past weekend and I CANNOT WAIT to see them!  He is just so stinking handsome.  Lucky for me he had a full set of teeth the day of the pictures.  The next night he lost his very first tooth!  OMG, what a sad day for Mommy!  That little tooth releasing itself from his body signaled to me that I do not have a baby anymore.  I know, as if kindergarten wasn’t enough of a signal.  But seriously, a baby tooth fell out!  That means that an adult tooth is on its way in!  ADULT???  No!  He’s FIVE!  Not fair.  I want my baby back!  I need another one!

He spends a lot of his weekends with my parents, who enjoy spending the time with him.  So much time was lost with them in the days that we were stationed in Lemoore and Japan, so now they play catch up and Zackary couldn’t be happier.  He loves spending time with them and definitely enjoys being the only grandchild and only boy in the family! 

This past Saturday Zackary’s friend Conner came for a sleep over.  He apparently taught Zackary all about Jersey Shore so Zackary came up to me later that night with just his jammie shorts on, flexed his little muscles, and shook his bottom while saying “Jersey Shore!”  OMG.  Is that my baby?  I asked where he learned that from and he points at Conner, who smiled in acknowledgement.  OMG.  I almost died.  Now, I watch the Jersey Shore, but never with Zackary awake or around to see or hear it.  So imagine my shock when that came out of his mouth????!!!!!!!!!!!!  Craziness.

So I am missing Jason terribly.  I know he’s out doing good things, but really I could really stand to have him home with me right now.  I love that man.  Time please fly, fly by fast!  I want him home!