Welcome to the neighborhood!!!

FYI-Mr. Jetplane left the gate open... he has been punished and will be buying me a new crow from Michael's.

Lord help me when we have children...

Such is the life of a mil wife... on the move, making adjustments, and just plain sucking it up and dealing with whatever life (aka military) throws your way.

Lesson #1
Learn to Deal


Sure you can bitch and moan, get really pissed, yell at your husband, etc. etc. But at the end of the day, it doesn't matter, you nor he can change it.. 2 sayings that are very common in our household... "It is what it is" and "The needs of the military supersede your own needs"


No truer statements in my book. But it isn't all bad... I might bitch about it, but its doable and it is what you make of it...


Well with all that being said, WE'RE MOVING ON TUESDAY! We close on our house a week from today. And this girl could not move without sending out a moving announcement and the moving announcement has to have a picture of our children (aka our dogs).


The announcements are going in the mail tonight... So for those of you that will be getting one... this is a taste of what's come. Don't spill the beans to anyone else.


The names and addresses have been changed to protect the innocent...i.e. ME.

(Milo is gonna drive, Charlie is gonna hold the map...cross your fingers we get there!)

Thank you to Nina for all help and special thanks to Mrs. Newlywed for helping me be creative and witty, when it felt very hard to come by.

Nina is very easy to work with and does a fabulous job, so if you're in the market for a holiday card, moving announcement, etc... check her out.

Disclaimer: I was not compensated for the shout out!!

Photo by Oeil Photography

Helpful Mrs. Jetplane hint: If you ask for a referral to RueLaLa or anything else, give me some contact info. If you leave an ANON comment, I can't locate you to send you a referral.

So to all you that requested an invite:

http://www.ruelala.com/invite/jetplane

FYI- I am without laptop for who knows how long. Story to follow... It involves a bulldog, coffee table, vacuum cleaner, and a husband...

As promised Charlie Jetplane gets his own post. Charlie is an American Bulldog and is almost 2 years old. Mr. Jetplane asked me if we could get him less than a week after he proposed.

Here's the sneak peek we got from our photo shoot...
Say hello to Charlie...

As you all are well aware of, the entire Jetplane family has been reunited and this weekend is the 1st weekend that we have been together in our house ALONE for some serious QT (quality time). Unfortunately, we headed up north for my grandma's funeral, then ATL wedding, then sis-in-law visit, so now we are sticking our butts still for a few days before heading up to Chi-town.


But most importantly the whole family is having a photoshoot this weekend. We have talked about wanting professional pictures of our babies and I love to get them on the beach. And since we are moving at the end of August, who knows if and when we'll live near a beach again.


I intend to use these pictures for our Christmas cards and Moving Announcements. Also, I would love to give them away for our Mother's Day gifts.


The lovely, talented, fellow mil-wife Michelle with Oeil Photography will be meeting us this weekend. I had a talk with the boys last night during our after dinner walk. I let them know to start practicing their posts, this is going to be their big break to get into modeling. I think I caught Charlie this morning checking himself out in the full length mirror in the bedroom.


The lovely Michelle took our engagement pictures and my boudoir shoots.

I'm very excited... now I need to figure out what we're going to wear. Pray for good weather, I think its suppose to be raining on and off all weekend.

Happy Hump Day

XOXO

If you are an owner of a dog that belongs to a 'dangerous breed' category and you also have a small child please take this as a warning.

Don't leave your dog with the child unattended under any circumstances.

Only a little moment was enough for the following to happen.

MIL Jetplane sent this to me earlier today, since we are the proud owner of a big ol American Bulldog, Charlie. Yes, Mrs. Jetplane has 2 dogs, and the other one isn't a pug. Now, the Mr. is back home so is Charlie...

6 days and Mr. Jetplane will be home.... Yeah! I'm so excited but I'm also dreading it a little, to be completely honest.

Milo and I have been straight chilling for like 6 months now. We're in our groove and we've gotten used to it being just the 2 of us again. Well next week, my sweetie and our big dog Charlie are coming back into the crib. Its great but that means, all my bad habits have to stop and prepare for a huge change.

We had a conversation on the phone last night that went sort of like this...

Mr. " I can't wait to come home, I miss you like a crazy person"
Me: "I miss you too but now I have to stop being messy"
Mr.: "Yeah I bet, there's no telling what the place looks like."
Me: "Yes, there are shoes and socks everywhere...(laughing)"
Mr.:" I believe it. That place better be spotless when I get home."
Me: "Yeah right, we both know you didn't marry me for my domestic skills and its not going to start now."

You see, I'm quite the messy gal. I'll admit it. I leave shoes all over the place. I also take off my socks off while laying on the couch and you'll find them - in the couch, under the couch, in the blanket... it annoys him. I also have a ton of clothes and I generally try on 2 to 3 outfits every morning - with different undergarments, necklaces, shoes, etc. And I proceed to not put them away. I also leave clothes in the dryer FOREVER or have a pile of dirty clothes in the laundry room with no intention of doing it until is absolutely necessary.

So these bad habits have to be stopped before he gets home. Milo is going to be pissed, he'll be out of my bed and back on the floor.... I haven't told him yet.

We're partying it up at PURE DJ AM was spinning. We had so much fun and talked our way into hanging out with a bachelor party from Chicago. If I remember right, we "knew of" some of the same people. Small world. Don't worry the guys are friends who live out in Vegas. This was one of the best weekends ever. Thanks ladies and guys. We're in our private pool at Wet Republic. It was a CRAZY day, so crazy we didn't go out that night. Mr. Jetplane still makes fun of me for that.



From Mr. Jetplane's winging ceremony.




Honeymooned in the Dominican Republic.



Its been a wonderful and challenging year for the Jetplanes. Here's to a great 2009. The Jetplanes should have an exciting year - moving to NC, hopefully buying house, upcoming weddings of some of my besties, upcoming trips, and most important... getting to live together again.

As I said earlier last week was the first time our whole family was back together since October. No the Jetplanes don't have what you like to refer to as "kids" we have 2 dogs. And by family, I mean all 4 of us, dogs included, were back together.

I know I talk about Milo all the time, that's because he's my baby and I had him before the Mr. and I ever met. But we do have another dog, Charlie. Charlie is an American Bulldog. He's 1 1/2 years old. I never wanted a "big" dog, Mr. Jetplane always wanted a "big" dog, an American Bulldog to be particular. So what did he do, he found a puppy for sale the weekend after asking me to marry him.



What was a girl to do???




Here his Charlie and his favorite person in the world, Mr. Jetplane. He loves his daddy so much.

You see, even though he's a "big dog" he desperately wants to be a small dog. Here he is, trying to fit his big ol booty into Milo's lil bed.

Here's Charlie... so excited about his Christmas bone.

Here's the Jetplanes' make shift Christmas set up in Texas. I brought our stockings and my lil tree decorated with lime green ornaments.