Change

Ive changed this deployment, we adapt to our surroundings...part of the Marine corps is Improvise, adapt and overcome. I have adapted to combat and its mental state required. Unfortunately I like almost every Marine have transferred this to our family life and personal life as well...Ive become someone who thinks that everyone has a knife in their hand and their ready to stab. I need to release that mentality! I dont want it. I just want to go home to my lovely family and have a normal yet exciting life with Brandie and our lil puppy, horse, and soon a child hopefully! I dont want this deployment mentality to interfere with me and my family. Brandie, you are my life, if I had one thing in this world I could keep and had to throw everything else away, I hope you know you are the only thing I would hold onto...nothing else matters when it comes to you. Youre my sweet tea, my princess, my baby, all I want is you. Im going to be ok when I come home, this deployment has been very stressful, and I know you will hold my hand when I get back and walk me through getting rid of this stress and I will help you too. I know you have had a very stressful experience as well. We are married, a team, we will help each other to be comforted and happy. Our lives together are going to be such happy ones! I love you darling and I cant wait to hold you again!

MUAH!!!

Hey baby, I really miss you out here. I cant wait to come home and snuggle with you like we did before I had to leave. Its hard to believe that seven months is almost over. Also hard to believe how close we are getting to our 1 year anniversary :) Can you believe it?! We have had a quite a lot happen in the last 9 months and Im sure weve got many and many many many adventures to come! I cant wait to spend every day with you and go through every exciting day with you by my side. I never dreamed my life would be spent with someone like you. Sure I imagined it fun and happy, but you brought a new and better meaning to both those words. You opened a part of my life that noone else could. Im your one and only forever and always. Noone can take that away from you. I love you so much darling. Cant wait to be home with you! MUAH!!!

BodyRock

Hi everyone, last night I found an AMAZING at home full body exercise routine to get into shape. I am also going to start working out to P90X when my husband comes home so I will be challenging myself everyday to get the perfect body. The challenge I am currently working on is for 30 days and I am determined to do it and to see the body that I can accomplish in only 30 days!! Every day I will be posting that days routine under the tab "BodyRock" so if you'd like to try it, you can do it with me! Would anyone else like to join? Just go to www.BodyRock.tv and they have all of the challenges and even videos to show you how to do the routines there for you! Good luck and I hope you enjoy it!!

TWO WEEKS!!!

Did I say that loud enough or should I say it again...?

TWWWOO WEEEKKS LEFT!!!!!!!

I must say that this has been one crazy, mixed up, and insanely stressful deployment... But guess what?? The love of my life will be home in less than TWO WEEKS!!!!! I am getting so excited to finally have him back home! I am cleaning the house top to bottom, making sure it is stocked a mile high with his favorite goodies and treats, and I am decorating like a crazy little elf form the North Pole!! I am can't wait for his butt to be home. It has been 7 months TOOOO long!! I can't wait, I am so excited I could scream and cry at the same time! 

Well I guess I have expressed my excitement enough, I just can't believe it is FINALLY OVER!!!! ;)

I can't wait to see those dreadful busses pull up that stole him away from me 7 months ago... I'll see you soon babe, I love you!! MUAH

Welcome!!

WELCOME EVERYONE!!

My name is Brandie, I am a photographer and I am married to an MP in the United States Marine Corps. Nathan and I have been married almost a year now and I must admit, it has been a roller coaster from the start... We married April 16, 2011 and then Nathan deployed only a few short months later in July. We do not have any children but we plan on trying to conceive as soon as he comes home from deployment this coming up February. We currently live in the beautiful sweet southern state of North Carolina. It has been once crazy and wild ride but we have enjoyed every minute of it together.

Being a military wife is a HARD job but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. 

This is our journey in life, follow along on our ride.

Thoughts on the Deployment

Hello everyone,

This deployment has been the worst yet a great 7 months of my life. Brandie and I have had our ups and downs but we are tied together by that unbreakable bond of love. We are happier than ever and loving each other more than the day we married and more and more each day!

During this deployment I have not only learned more about marriage and how to act, more about Brandie, but more about myself especially. I realize that you cant expect everything you want in a marriage...the secret is giving it EVERYTHING that YOU have! This is what I am going to do in my marriage is give it EVERYTHING I have. It aint much, but Im giving everything.

Brandie dear, I love you more than anything and I cant wait to be home holding you in my arms as tight as possible and not having to let go! You bring meaning to my life and every time I see your picture over here or talk to you on the phone I cant help but smile thinking of how amazing and wonderful you are darling. Im coming, just a little while longer baby. I love you more than ever!! MUAH!!

P.S. I cant wait to try your home cooking :)

Deployment!!

This deployment is finally starting to come to an end:)

There is only about a month to go before the love of my life is finally home from that wretched sand box! I have been crazy busy lately trying to get everything ready for his big arrival back home, I can't wait to have him back! I have been cleaning, picking up little decorations here and there and trying to straighten everything out in our house so it feels all nice and homie for when he gets here. I received his Homecoming sign in the mail a few weeks ago and I have been dying to hang it up:) My wonderful husband is finally coming home after what seems like the longest time away from each other. I am just so ready for it to be over with so we can finally start to get our lives back on track and back to normal! We are hoping to buy a house, maybe find a new car and I praying that hopefully we can try to start a family when he comes home! But most of all, I just want him home!! I will keep everyone updated on any progress as it comes, so keep a look out:) Love you all!!!