The countdown is on.

 The countdown has officially began to Rob coming home on his leave. The countdown is just an estimate as I probably will not know the exact day he will get here until that day, or maybe a day or two before if I am lucky. Anywho, he shall arrive back on US soil in approximately 40 days!! I get butterflies in my stomach just thinking about seeing him at the airport. He will be home for two weeks, and I am absolutely positive that those will be the two best weeks of my life!

I am very lucky as far as communication with Rob goes. We talk via Skype and e-mail on a daily basis. There have only been a couple days, minus his time in training in the US and the time it took to transfer(which seemed like forever) to his base, where we have not had any communication. I know this is out of the ordinary and not many military spouses are as fortunate as I, so for that I am very thankful! His job has something to do with security and intelligence, so he spends his days sitting in an office with internet access, another major plus.

I had my first visitors this weekend. Rob's mom, sister, and my absolutely adorable nephew came up to check out the new place and do a little shopping. They had quite the adventure driving up here Friday afternoon, driving through blizzard conditions and terrible roads. I am glad they made it, and hopefully future visits won't be quite so eventful! We spent the day Saturday doing some shopping. My favorite part of the weekend was video calling Rob on Skype. It was so cute/awesome to see Braxton and Rob talk to each other. Braxton was showing his uncle his Indian call and waving "hi" and "bye" after Rob would say his name or wave. Absolutely adorable.

Braxton had a great time emptying the cupboards and playing with the pots and pans!