Goodbye Again

Luke left again this morning for more training.  He'll be gone for three weeks this time, but we don't get to have much contact with him this time.  :(  The last two weeks went by very very quickly.  I have a couple of pictures of him in Mississippi.  He didn't take a camera and these were taken by other random people so there aren't many to show you.  Sorry.  He's doing okay with his new job.  He came in at a really crazy time as everyone was getting ready for this exercise they are doing.  From what I've heard from the other wives, this is a lot harder and more exhausting than what he did in Mississippi.  And taking care of a new baby alone is a lot harder and more exhausting than being pregnant alone.  Ooohhh, don't you feel sorry for poor us?

The first picture is Luke's hot makeover.  Too bad he didn't still have it on when he got home.  Very foxy.  The second picture is the group of which he was the commander.  He is in the front kneeling down 4th from the right.  He had to be careful to remember not to call the newer enlisted guys "kids".  18 is a lot younger than it used to be.  It's weird to see him toting a machine gun around.  The closest thing we've ever had to a firearm in our home is a wiffle-ball bat.  Just kidding.  We've had two squirt guns.  He wears the green camoflauge (how do you spell that?) outfit to work now which is way more GI Joe than the khaki uniform he has always worn before.  I guess were are really getting the military experience now.  Deployments, living on the base, pictures of Luke with guns, body armor in the closet.  It is all very strange.