Hey ladies - a bit of a selfish post coming up. I'm not quite sure where else to turn. DH told me last night that he's got to cancel our first family holiday (down to see HIS family in Melb) because he's got to do a course in Brisbane to qualify him to then go to Afghanistan. We were supposed to fly down together on Sunday night, but now he's flying out to Brisbane on Monday and I just don't know what to do. He says he'll likely be in Brisbane for 1 to 2 weeks, then soon after deploy to Afghan until March. MARCH! I know I'm an army wife, but we had discussed this after his last deployment, and we had decided he wouldn't go on any more deployments - which is why we decided to try for a baby. And now she's here, and he's going. WTF?!?!? Please don't post anything about this on FB - it's still a bit hush hush.
Aw Sarah, that must be tough Is there more to it, maybe he wasnt given much of a choice in the matter?
Have you seen the Defence partners thread on BB, I think there are a few people in there are a few in Townsville.
Thank Rayray - I'll look in to the thread. And he most certainly was given a choice. He's desperate to go. He knows that he's going to miss out on a lot in Emma's life, but for him this is what he trains for, and all his mates are already over there. And I can sort of understand that. And I would never force him not to go because then it would always be "my fault" he didn't go. I know that sounds silly. I'm trying to decide whether to still go to Melb - the whole point of the trip is so Emma can meet his Nannas (they're getting quite old and I don't want them to pass on before we get a chance to go) but his Mum is working the whole week, and his Dad works all weird hours from home, so I don't know what I'd do all day by myself with Emma. Plus, I'm TERRIFIED of driving in Melbourne, but even more terrified of being stuck at my in-laws house with no car. lol.
Hey Sarah, lots of us down here in Melb if you wanted to come anyway! There are tons of family friendly places down here, and I'd be more than happy to show you around some fun ones.
On the larger issue though - I don't know how military families manage, it must be so hard. I can see your dh's POV but it is dreadful to say goodbye when your littlie is just so little, and a few months is a huge deal at this age, isn't it?
Well I have done it!!! I have organised Lily's Christening.....
She will be Christened on 29 Nov 09.
Pastor and Church organised, invitations sent and I ordered her dress yesterday, it is so beautiful and I booked the local pub to have lunch afterwards.
Tom was baptised weekend before last - it was really lovely. We had a friend priest we've known for years come and do it so dh could just be "dad" for the day, and lots of the parish turned up as well. Tom wore the gown that my mum bought years ago for dd3 (my first two girls weren't baptised til they were quite grown) so that was really special, and I wore her wedding rings too. Tom is the only one of my children she never got to meet.
My MIL made the most beautiful Christening cake.
Here's a photo of my lovely family around the font: can't see much of Tom though!!
Things are going really well here. Tom is on solid food, sort of. Some days he likes it other days he doesn't want it. He only has one meal a day, but it's great to have him eating up at the table with all of us! His sleep is just so much better. I am finally getting a good four or five straight hours sleep at night, and he's having good long day sleeps too. We basically concentrated really hard on making sure he settled in his own bed, and he's doing really well.
He's grabbing for everything now, people's faces especially! And he can sit up on his own for a few seconds now. He's charming the cotton socks off everyone and he is the most settled, happy baby I've ever had!
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Is there more to it, maybe he wasnt given much of a choice in the matter?
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