Busy Bee Bostwicks.....

So it's been about two and half months since Steve left for training. Lucky for us he will (hopefully) be back next Wednesday which is 4 days sooner then we thought! This separation has been so crazy it's not even funny. My dad told me at the beginning of June when I called him all flustered about the way things were happening that I am in the worse case scenario. It is our first PCS as a married couple. My husband has been on back to back TDYs and hasn't been on Columbus (during a duty day) since May 30th. Everything that could possibly go wrong with his orders for those TDYs has gone wrong and his training schedule has prevented him from being able to handle it. Leaving me to learn (rather quickly) the ins and outs of certain military affairs and offices. Steve will not be back in time for our stuff to be picked up so I am now having to though/pack the house by myself. Oh yea, and to top it all off I am pregnant with our first child. Which has been another roller coaster all on it's own, but such a great ride. I know that NO other PCS will come close to what this one has been. That's what I keep telling myself that if we can make it though this all of our other moves will seem like a piece of cake. I think the hardest part though is what Steve has missed out on. He wasn't here when I found out Gracie was a Gracie, or when I first felt her move. I am however holding out on anyone else feeling her before he does. That is one thing I can keep for him and I plan on it. Even though NO she's not exactly kicking yet, but I know it's coming any day now. :-)

Pregnancy Breakdown.

I have come to find out that when people say that pregnant women have zero control of their emotions this is so true. As excited as I am about tomorrow today has been a really down day for me. I think it finally hit that Steve will being missing one of the biggest moments of our first child's pregnancy. I know it may not seem like a big deal to some people but to me it is. He's my best friend and although I have two amazing ladies who I have grown to love coming with me for support tomorrow. It's just not the same. I don't think I would be taking it so hard if he hadn't already been away for so long. Steve has pretty much been gone since May 30th and he won't be back until Aug 7. Now before any of you make a comment about how this won't be the last time or the longest time.... I KNOW ALREADY THANKS! I am ALSO well aware that some spouses are going though a much harder time then we are right now, but this post isn't a poor pity us blog. It's just away to help me feel better tonight. I am sure any of you who have ever had to be away from your husband even for a couple of days can understand what I am feeling. In three words....IT JUST SUCKS!

BUT...it could be worse.....I would rather him be away now then in December when our little one is being born. I know how lucky we are for that! So here's to having emotional breakdowns and sobbing for 2 hours about things you can not change. Then sucking it up the next day and move on, because tomorrow will be a good day. NO MATTER WHAT WE FIND OUT! LOL

My Dog Louie

Two blog post in one day!! I know but this story is just too funny not to share!

So I am at my parents house on vacation for the week and I have our dogs with me. My parents also have a Yorkie named Luke and a cat name Miss. Kitty. Louie hasn't been around many cats before so he is extremely interested in Miss. Kitty. Tonight she took refuge on top of dad's dresser in his room. Louie was trying to jump up and get her to play, but was actually scratching the front of the dresser in the process. So I called him to get out of the room twice before having to actually get up and go in the room. When I got to him I started fussing at him come out of the room after a couple times of him ignoring me I've had enough. I gently grab his extra skin on his neck and turn him around to face the door and tell him "Get in THE crate." Now normally when I tell him to go to the crate I use the phrase "Get in YOUR crate." Apparently this makes a BIG difference. Louie takes off running to my parents dog Luke's crate,because Luke is a Yorkie and Louie is a German Shepard Doberman Mix this did not quite work out. Louie sticks his whole head in the crate and stands there just like that. I wish I had time to snap a picture before I dropped to the ground laughing. Trust me as if My 60 lbs dog standing with his head in a toy dog crate was not a funny enough sight the 4 month pregnant woman laughing on the floor in tears just made it that much better. Needless to say after the family stopped laughing none of us could get it together enough to fuss at Louie anymore. He went right back to his post under the dresser whining up at Miss. Kitty.

I don't know weather that makes him a dummy or the smartest dog in the world. He knew he was in big trouble because they never get sent to their crate, so he decided that an attempt at making me laugh could help him out. Ok Louie....You win this round.

Reasonable Doubt

Do I believe a woman guilty of having some part (if not solely responsible) of killing her child got away with murder today? YES, hello your child goes missing for 31 days and you don't report it? Then when you get caught in the web of lies you told you try and claim she was kidnapped?? Are you kidding me woman? If she was Innocent she would not have lied to the police and hinder the search for her daughter in the first place. Common Sense!

Do I believe that she should have been charged with AT LEAST child neglect if not man slaughter? YES, Not reporting your child missing for 31 days is NEGLECT!!! SORRY just my opinion. As for the charge of man slaughter. You don't lie to the police unless you have a reason to lie.

Do I believe that the justice system failed today? NO. OK OK CALM DOWN AND LET ME EXPLAIN.

In this case it was the state's job to PROVE that Casey Anthony killed her daughter. I believe that they FAILED at their job. All their evidence was circumstantial and left too many unanswered questions. They made it far to easy for the defense (which by the way sucked!) to poke holes in their case and they fell short in trying to fill them again.

So do I blame the jurors for what happen today? NO I don't I blame the State. They left us without answers and too much doubt to really know what happened to that little girl. They are the ones who failed little Caylee today.