Prayer Prayer Prayer.

So news is with the process with purchasing our first home.

We've been contacted by the VA and the process to getting the first step done is out of the way. WE needed to fill out the Va certificate of eligibility. Done that. check.

Now were getting pre-approved on an amount.. and to make things more exciting I have found a house that I absolutely loved the moment I saw it. 4 beds, 3 baths. huge kitchen, 3-car garage. marble counter tops in the kitchen along with tile and carpeting in the rooms. witha GRASS backyard. yay! and its actually UNDER our budget.. So Derek has yet to see it but hopefully he will love it as much as I do.. actually I think he will, because his precious wife found it for cheaper than what we initially decided on. Cant wait to go and see it.. since its located in Zona, mom and dad are gonna head out to go see it. what I like most about the property is that it is literally a hop, skip and a jump away from my sissys house. which means we can have the baby on whenever we'd like.. ALSO its less than 5 mins from mom and dad.. metophorically speaking-we could all see each other daily.

We are standing and beleiving God for his promises and just believing in Him.

anyways more updates to follow.

Sick

I dont know why in the heck I am always getting sick. I think I have a bad immune system or somthing.. If its not the asthma then its a headache, if its not the head, its the tummmy. list goes on and on. Me and Derek were talking the other day about pregnancy and he brought up a good point. How am I going to survive a pregnancy with being sick all the time? hahaha I take like 5 different meds for my asthma, headaches and allergies.. Its crazy.. and on top of that I cant have a lil body growing in me with my asthma.. haha.. now I am too scared to get pregnant and have a baby..

Well today in the OC it is in fact raining.. all day actually. and this time last year Derek left overseas and about the first two and half months of deployment it rained and rained. so now its raining again somemore.. crazy. I just love rain. but I do have douchebag drivers who dont know how to flow with the trafffic and rain.
Oh well I guess.

Derek leaves for Bridgeport in T-minus 2 and a half days. sucky, I wrote on my work calender a countdown of when he comes back.. 22 days starting on Jan 16 and ending Feb 07...

Today I think I have come to realize that I need an intervention. I admire shoes. Shoes represent people. Shoes have originality. Shoes have style. Shoes show who you are as a person. Shoes make you. And I think I have come to realize that I need to part from some of the shoes that I own. I own quite a few shoes and yesterday there was an incident.

Yesterday I was running late.. and in a hurry I totally forgot to turn on my closet light as I was running out of the house, and I totally grabbed two left black heels to work yesterday morning. :~(. yes, two left black heels. quite embarassing I might add. I called someone and they told me they would let my manager know. I was 27 minutes late.. hahaha.. But I really think I need to part. I dont know if I can do that though.

Well good news is i wore flats to work

Brideport Training.

So, here we go again Marine Corps. Derek leaves on Saturday for Bridgeport training. for those of you civis out there, Brideport is located in the Sierra Nevada mountains.. Mountain Warfare Training to be exact. He will be gone a total of 22 days. yes I did 184 days, but still c'mon man. My husband is leaving me to go freeze his face off. The thing about this is they issued him special "snow" gear. and it is quite funny looking. He was issued these snow boots. they actually look about 20 inches long.. and they look like Mickey Mousse shoes.. they are WHITE boots at that! hahaha. We are slowly getting ready for this training, as he departs on Sat early monrning. Im gonna miss him. but I have to keep reminding myself its for a short time ~;). Thing about the Marines and Navy is they get the job done.. they arent like the Army, Army trains and trains forever and ever and they still dont get their training down. Airforce, Dereks dad is AF retired. wait, what does AF do? just kidding just kidding. :) dont take offense to that anyone, AF protects our skies.

Thats it for now.

The Start of a New Year.

After being married to the man that I admire with my whole heart is still learning a grip load of stuff about me.. since he was gone for the majority of last year... we werent here to "know know" each other or we just forgot. lol either way. Just wanted to say that 2010 is going to be the best year for us. in officially in 11 months we are out of the military life. For Good. and I cant wait to move back to Arizona and start my own family. :) Is it weird planning in your mind how you picture your future house to be? or how you want your walls painted and how you want to decorate each room? well, I do! there is nothing wrong in my opinion with speaking LIFE into your life. :) my momma taught me that.


Anyways. update on our baby girl. Mariah Adrielle is doing Fabulous. She is now officially at 13 pounds.. and yes, she is only 2 weeks old.. shes our little monster.. mom is always mooing. :) here is a picture of her.

Its been a long while!

I've been thinking about updating this blog for quite some time.. and boy things have definately changed since July. Since July, my awesome, most fantastic husband has returned home from overseas. He came back at the end of August. :) Another big milestone in 2009 was my older sister had the first baby of the family. We welcomed Mariah Adrielle Sanchez into our family on December 16th 2009. She is absolutely a gorgeous baby, I could stare at her all day long. Other than that. WE are doing well. School is good and Christmas was GREAT. God has beyond blessed us with a wonderful supportive family that is always pushing, supporting and encouraging us. Derek and I are standing on God's promises and speaking blessings for 2010. WE stand in agreement that we WILL own a house by the end of 2010.

I dont have much to update but as far as 2010 I am going to keep this updated for my family so they can stay in the loop with us.

Bernadette

I miss you so much it hurts

I know you come home very soon, but right now I feel so empty inside. I feel like a part of me is dying because your not here with me at this point of time. It sucks so bad to know that you come home next month, and me feeling like I'm loosing air when I don't speak to you. I miss you so much I hate this empty feeling

I love you more babe-o

Come home soon
Xoxox
The wife

oh, you wanna know when my husband comes home?

He comes home next month some time! Wooo! Yes its been a tough 6 months and finally its almost time to call this deployment over!! I can tell you of all the emotions that I've had, my crazy mood swings, my really bad pity fits, my times where I've just wanted to crawl in a hole and die! Well, I don't wanna bore ya. Right now I can't even sleep because I'm so anxious in knowing that my husband returns home. Its been so rough, but God is good, he's provided for the both of us and he made a way for me to make it this far. Through these past months I can look back and see how much I've grown so much and to be quite honest its been a massive amount. I came in with knowing nothing about the military and now I could try and give you ever definition my husband throws at me. I'm no longer a boot wife! :) well right now he's in a place that he necessarily doesn't wanna be in but he's so close to coming home he could really careless where he is. But ima try and get some shut eye. Until next time kids. Good night.
Berna

Love you husband!

Oh my husband

All the time. I mean all the time my husband makes me feel amazing. I swear, even on my worse days he knows exactly what to do to make me instantly feel better. I have been having some terrible cramps these past months and him, oh he just comes in and says the most stupidiest jokes. He cracks me up. And for that matter, he will do anything to make me smile. Either way, he is an amazing man that I love with alls my heart. He is so good to me.

Babe-o, this ones for you.

I love you more than you could possibly imagine. I am so blessed to have you in my life. Xoxoxoxox

The wife,
Berna

whoa whoa whoa

First off.. Ovulating sucks! And to those guys out there (including my husband) who thinks cramps are funny. Shame on you. Aunt flow is in full affect. :-) well things are looking up for the most part, I mean God is so good! He knows just how much I can handle, we can handle. That his hand is never too short, its always within His reach. I can't begin to thank God enough for ALL that he has done. I am so thankful that he knows our hearts, he knows out thoughts, and he know just what were going through. Thank you God, for you've been so faithful.

About 70% of this deployment=ACCOMPLISHED!!!!!!! Whoa. I cannot begin to explain my excitement and my joy right now. I can hardly contain it!!

Well I don't have much to say today. Except God is good and I love my husband beyond anything ever fathonable.

I love you babe-o
Xoxo

Your wife.