From Pom-Poms to A Sailor's Wife

We found out we are having another boy... Gavin William Martinez!  But when we had the ultrasound I was 20 weeks and 3 days and the baby was measuring at 21 weeks and 5 days... so my due date may be changed when i go back to the doctor in January. 
We left on the 17th to head back to Iowa for Christmas. We left here about 3:30 friday evening and got home about 10:30 saturday morning... But I have learned that when Anthony is with me it takes a little longer... Not sure why. We stopped more and everything but oh well we had a great trip.  It was just WAYY to short!  I can not wait to go back for post deployment leave. We will be getting updated family pictures taken with my family... which has grown since the last ones in 2009... We now have 13 and the 14th will be delivered by then as well. 
Christmas was WONDERFUL this year. Daddy was home for Alex, and we got to go back to Iowa. I don't think there was much more to ask for. Except maybe that Gavin was born but that one will wait for next year.  We just have to pray that Daddy will be able to be home for his first Christmas.  
Christmas is all about the joy and excitement in Alexander's eyes when he is opening his presents.  It has nothing to do with what we receive its all about what we give. <3 


Now its back to the normal schedule with Anthony gone all the time =((  We got back Sunday and Anthony returned to work Monday, and is back on duty again.... I really hate duty days =(  my bed is lonely and cold while he is gone... but I might as well get use to it once again because they start their pre-deployment underways  and work-ups shortly =((