My Soldier ♥

It finally happened.

I finally got to see my handsome husband & soldier. Finally after 10 weeks of waiting & hardly any communication I got to be in his arms. It was the best feeling in the world when my husband walked out the doors with a huge smile on his face & I ran into his arms.

The next day we got to watch Matt graduate... It was such an amazing experience.

I am so proud to be an Army wife.

Matt is in training until March but luckily he will be home until Christmas! Less than 4 months & he will be home with his family. 

Tonight I couldn't wait any longer so I went ahead & got all the Christmas decorations out. Won't be getting a tree until Mr. Mathia gets home for Christmas of course but figured I could go ahead & put everything else up. :) I love Christmas time. 

Our bedroom Tree & wreath

Okay, I'm going to finish up my peppermint hot chocolate & go to bed. 

Tip- Put a candy cane (one of the small puffy round ones) in the bottom before you pour the water in the mug. Sooooooooo GOOD!

Rachel.

Three Days.

Almost there......
Currently, I am trying to find my favorite outfits, folding them up, & packing them in a suit case... YEP! You guessed it! I am packing to go to see my husband!! After 10 long weeks I will finally be in those buff arms that I've missed so so so so much! I do have a helper...

He really isn't much help at all as you can see. This is his new bed that, as of this weekend, he has just figured out was his bed. Now every time he lays down he's out. Ha ha.
Anyways, back to the trip. So I will be leaving early Tuesday, 12 hour drive. I should arrive early afternoon. Then Wednesday morning, I will finally see him!!! Then on friday I will be a VERY proud wife as I watch my amazing husband graduate from BCT and move on to his job training. That will be about 18 weeks, which I hope goes by extremely fast just like Basic did. Before he starts that training though I will hopefully get a long & peaceful weekend with my husband. 

Okay, well I'm going to go change the laundry & fill up my coffee cup! 

I'll make sure & keep you updated!

Rachel.

So close I can feel it..

Hey You.

Only 2 weeks left! Only two weeks until I am back in Matt's arms:) We are so close. It actually has went by extremely fast. 

When we started this process 8 weeks ago I meant some special ladies who have really got me through this. They also have husbands/sons with Matt. We were all there for each other so I'm also very excited to finally meet them!! Unfortunately, my friend, Malori's husband is still going to be in training then so I won't get to see her... Dang it! But it will be nice to finally meet all the ladies in person!

So here we are now on a 16 day count down!!! :) 

Happy Halloween!

Here's Oakley in his costume. 

A banana split.

Ha ha.

Rachel.

Update.

So two months into training.... I only have about a couple updates...

He is doing great. He is almost done... Oakley & I really miss him at home....
We love you PV2 Mathia!!!!!
Rachel.

Here we go....

Hello!

So we have only a couple days left together until my husband is taken from me and we are thrown into the Army world. I am hoping I can do this.... I will have about 10 weeks starting Monday that I will not get to see him. I am just happy that I have our puppy, Oakley and my niece Miss. Addy. Hopefully, he will keep me busy so I will not be just bawling my eyes out all the time. 

Hurry up November!!!!

Miss. Addy & I.

My handsome husband & Oak.

XoXo Rachel.

Update.

Long time no post.


So.... an update. Well my husband leaves for Basic training for the Army in less an a month from now. He will be in Columbus,GA for 10 weeks then almost 20 weeks he will be in Augusta, GA for training. The first 10 weeks I will not get to see nor talk to him other than letters. After that I can talk to him & see him on weekends. However, we have the distance of about 15 hours between us so weekends will be limited. This will definitely be an adventure... 

XoXo Rachel.

Easter.

As Easter gets closer, I am starting to think about how I want to make this holiday festive. My favorite thing during holidays is to make them special for my husband. One day, when we decide to have a little one then I will make it special for them. This year, I am thinking chocolate covered peeps, Easter egg coloring, & maybe a little Easter egg hunting in our living room. 

When I was growing up my favorite things about Easter were coloring eggs and  egg hunting so why not now? Why not keep up the traditions that I used to love with my husband. :) Then maybe all those things will be his favorites too.

Hope you have a Happy Easter.