Lili and 2 weeks-ish.

2-2.5 weeks left. That's it. Then Adam will be home. And I have a ton of stuff I need to do. Like wash ALL his clothes (civilians AND ACU's he didn't take with him). I have a lot of cleaning to do too. I'm really bad with my mail, I leave it lying EVERYwhere. So needless to say, the place is cluttered. I really wanted to paint in here before he came home, but that didn't and wont happen. I was going paint one wall in every room, then I decided just the bathrooms and now, for the time being, its none. I'm just going to dig out pictures and hang them now, I was waiting til the painting was done. I've also decided to just make a shirt Lilian will wear for him. I really wanted to buy her a super cute, really poofy dress, but the really cute ones were spendy. So when I was at Michael's buying supplies to make welcome home posters, I ended up down the aisle with fabric paints and decorations and I just bought some of that stuff. I'll probably work on it tonight if I get my cleaning done. When it's finished I'll post a picture. I, on the other hand, have NO idea what I'm going to wear. Part of me wants to wear a cute dress and be really sexy for him. BUT my plan is to run and jump and I can't exactly do that in a dress or skirt without risking a flash to the rest of the people, not that many would be paying attention to me. So then its down to either shorts if it's during the day or pants if it's during the night...but what shirt?? I have one that says "I Love My Soldier" with his name on it...but I want something cuter. We'll see I suppose.

So today, Lilian is 9 months old. Time sure has flown, while most complain about that, I'm very thankful. The deployment came and went because of it. Lilian's next check up is on the 10th. We went to a WIC appointment a few weeks ago and they said she was just about 30 inches long already! What's sad is that's seriously half of my height. I'm 60-61 inches, depending how much I stretch and who's measuring me. ;) She's gonna be a tall one.

So I'm a little tore up about my cats. They are DESTROYING my carpet by clawing the shit out of it. I have this spray stuff that's supposed to keep them from scratching but it only works for about a day, and I never actually catch them doing it. I'm already going to have to replace my bedroom window blinds because of them, but I really don't want/can't afford to replace my carpet. So my options are to get rid of them (which really isn't an option) or declaw them (which I've always found cruel and should never be done). Anyone have any suggestions on how to get them to quit?