Graduation!

Ahh... I feel so refreshed and ready to conquer the next 14 weeks. :) I just got home from Oklahoma and boy, was it awesome! I will start from the beginning.

Family Day.

So, Noah and I left SLC at 12:30 p.m. on tuesday the 17th and Autumn drove us down. She rocks-THANKS AUTS! Anyways, Noah was an angel on the flights (besides throwing a few toys at the guy next to us, good thing he was a good sport about it!) We met up with Teesh in Dallas and from there flew to Lawton. Lawton is a hick town... way worse than Malad. Except there are a few more things to do there. Our hotel was way nice, and it was only about 5 minutes from Fort Sill. I could hardly sleep I was so nervous and excited. The next morning we headed out early to be there at 9:00 a.m. On family day they showed us some of the things they had been training the last 10 weeks and then finally the platoons came marching out in formation! It was amazing to see Trevor for the first time! We got to see where Trev has slept... tight quarters! And we got to meet some of his buddies. They were all excited to finally meet Noah! :) After we left base we went out to eat at Olive Garden and then hung out at the hotel for a while. Trevor had to be back at the barracks at 2030 (8:30 p.m.?) SO I drove him there and said goodnight. Noah cried the whole way back to the hotel and kept saying "Bye Bye, Dada." Pretty sad.

After Graduation.

The next morning we got up and left at about the same time to make to to graduation. Graduation was a pretty cool ceremony, I was so proud of Trevor. And I was extremely thankful my sister was there to take Noah out when we was cranky. After Graduation, we all drove over to the bay and picked up Trevor. We went out to eat at Cracker Barrel (Me, Trev, Noah, Teesh, Shamae, Jade, Seth, and Taylor). Then we hung out at the mall for a bit. Went shopping at the PX on post and just hung out. We had dinner at golden corral and then took Trevor back to the base. :( Said a long goodbye, shed lots of tears and then left for the hotel. I was pretty devastated. It started downpouring in Lawton and didn't let up until like 9:00 a.m. I took T to the airport and then went back to hang out at the hotel for a bit. When I got back to the airport for my noon flight they told me all flights were canceled. I was sad. I was ready to get he heck outta there. So i decided to drive to Dallas and make it for a 7:00 p.m. flight to SLC. I was panicking about driving alone and met a nice man who offered to drive me in my rental car. It is not as bad as it sounds. He and I talked to a couple minutes and he was very nice and polite. Anyways, I was pretty distraught, after saying goodbye to my husband for 14 more weeks and then learning my flight has been canceled and then decided to drive 3 hours to Dallas... I was freaking out! I felt really good about having a friend to talk to on the drive. Well, come to find out he was in Lawton on military business. He is with the Army and has been for many years. His name is Ryan and is married with 3 kids. They are currently based in Colorado. We got along well and he was super nice. He helped me out so much. Saved my life pretty much. I really regret not getting his last name because then I could look him up on facebook. :( Darn it. Well, anyways, I finally made it into the the airport and found out that Trevor was delayed there too. We got to spend all day together again! It was amazing! :) My flight ended up being pushed back until 10:00 p.m. and I couldn't even be sad about it because I got to be with Trev and Trev got to play with Noah. It was a blessing! I was exhausted by the end of the night though. Noah had had enough traveling was was ready to kill someone. Our gate got switched for the 6th time and when we finally got to the gate and were waiting to board I finally got Noah to sleep and a really nice man offered to buy me a bottled water. He was the nicest man and I am so thankful for people like him and his wife. After that trip I promise to always help mom's with babies in airports! I want to be the kind person who reaches out! Noah slept the whole plane ride and I slept for most of it. My mom was waiting to pick us up and I have never been so excited to get to Malad in all my life.
It was amazing to see Trevor and well worth the cost and long travel time to spend those precious hours together. I love him with everything I have. I am so lucky to have him. He has worked to so hard and done so well. I cannot imagine my life without him and I am so grateful I met him and I am lucky enough to spend forever with him.