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Saying Goodbye

The Whole Family Together...Can't Wait for
this to Happen again!!! :o)

Kiley Saying Goodbye to Daddy!

Brendan Saying goodbye to

Daddy!

Daddy Saying goodbye to

Bailey!

Korry with all his Babies!

Korry saying goodbye to Bailey...was not Easy!

Kiley & Brendan ran to give one

last hug!!!

Saying goodbyebehind the glass

while waiting to Board

Korry saying goodbye one more
time!

So it has Finally begun! We took Korry to the airport this morning. We left about 4:45, so the kids were all in their Jammies, but it was good for them to get to say their goodbyes to him. It was a little worse than I thought it would be, but I am glad the dreading and anticipating for the most part is over. I know it will be hard, but I know God is watching over him and he will be safe, we are just missing him terribly...Already! I would really appreciate you keeping him, me, Kiley, Brendan and Bailey, in your prayers! I know that would help tremendously! Well there is not much else going on, here are some pictures of this morning! I hope you are all having a Great day! :o)

P.S. Korry we Love and Miss you already! Please be safe! :o)

One More Week...

Korry, Bailey & Me and the Family Retreat

Brendan & Devin playing at VBS

Bailey almost 7 weeks old

BIG YAWN!!! :o)

Our Adorable Little Man!!

So in just one week Korry will be on his way to New Jersey for his training. I am all over the place with emotions! I am scared I am not going to be able to do this on my own and mess up our kids forever. I am nervous something will happen and I will not know what to do. I am relieved this is finally starting so it can get over with. I am sad for the kids and for Korry that he will miss 7 months of their lives. I am already feeling lonely that I will not have my best friend to experience the next 7 months of our lives and our family life. I am afraid to ask for help, this is definitely a huge struggle for me. So as you can see I am ALL OVER THE PLACE! It's a roller coaster, so I am trying to keep myself busy and keep that as the plan until he comes home in Jan/Feb.

There is one thing I would like to ask you all to pray for! Bailey has yet to Smile at us and it's getting closer and closer to when korry is going to leave. I know this sounds kinda dumb, but this is a milestone and there are not many at this age and I know Korry wants to see at least one in person and not have to see it second hand in a picture or over the web cam! So PLEASE just pray Bailey will give a HUGE goofy grin before Korry leaves. I would really appreciate it!

Anyway, I have to get some things done! So I will write more later! I hope you all are having a Great week! :o) I also have put some pictures that were taken of us this last weekend at our church family retreat and VBS. :o)

WOW...

Kiley & Brendan enjoying the
summer weather

Brendan, our little muscle man!

Brendan on his Slip & Slide he got for his
Birthday!

Kiley on the slip and slide

LOL, these are backwards, but here is Kiley...

mid-air going on the slip & slide! :o)

Oh Brendan...LOL!

Korry teaching Kiley how to ride her bike!

YAY KILEY!!!

Korry running beside her incase she falls...

Posing for the papporazi, LOL!

GO KILEY GO!!!

Brendan opening his presents!!!

Blowing out his candles!!!

Kiley fishing

Kiley & Brendan fishing...Gotta Love Kiley's

Hat!!! ;o)

Our Little Bailey

Bailey & his Daddy!

Our Baby Boy

Bailey Cooing at me! :o)

Bailey snuggling with his big sister!!! :o)

It has been over a month since I have posted a blog and SO much has happened in the last month! So anyway, Bailey will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. It's a bitter sweet! He is adorable and gets cuter everyday, but as the days pass it gets harder since we know Korry will be leaving soon. Korry leaves on Tuesday morning for the week and then will be back for a week and then he will leave the 15th until Jan/Feb. So we're getting prepared for this, as prepared as you can get I guess.
This last weekend was Crazy! I think everyone either had a Birthday, promoted or graduated this weekend, LOL! We had a last minute "early" birthday party for Brendan this last weekend so Korry could be there for at least one of their Birthdays, and Brendan's is the end of June, so it wasn't "too" early. We had a lot of fun! Brendan was excited and it was planned in 3 days, so thank you to all everyone who could come "major" last minute! The mosqitoes ate us alive, but it was a success! And then we had 2 Birthday parties to go to on Saturday! SO it was Craziness, but in a good, exhausting kinda way!!! ;o) It was also a milestone for Ms. Kiley! Kiley got out there on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon and learned how to ride her bide without training wheels!!! It was SO Exciting to see her riding out there! So proud of herself and I am so glad Korry go to be there for it before he left! It was the most priceless thing ever!!! We are both SO proud of our little girl! She is just growing up too fast!
But now we're trying to get ready for the next couple of months. The kids and I are going on a whirlwind road trip after Korry leaves. We will go to New Mexico and then to Texas and then back to Great Falls in about a month so we can be back before Kiley starts school and also so Brendan & Kiley can still take swimming lessons here! :o) It will be fun. We are going to take advantage of the things we miss out on here. We're going to be able to go to Sea World and to the zoos and for me "SHOPPING", lol. There are quite a few good outlets malls in Texas that I am going to take advantage of while we're there. So it will be a fun and Exhausting trip for all involved, lol! But we're excited to see everyone!
So Bailey is 6 weeks old! I can not believe how fast the last month and a half has gone by. It feels like it was just winter, lol...thats because it snowed about a week ago, lol! But he is growing up and starting to stay awake a little more often and talk in his own way, so it's very cute! I am really hoping he starts smiling before Korry leaves so he can see that in person and not over webcam and pictures for the first time!
Also a few weeks ago Korry's parents came up to see us before Korry left. It was a nice Memorial day weekend and the weather was awesome! We got to go to the park by the river and we also got to take the kids to the pond on base and we taught them to fish! It was so cute to watch them and they were so excited everytime they saw something that resembled a fish...granted all they caught were sticks, but they still had a blast and want to go and do it again! :o)

I hope everyone has a Great week and enjoys all the warm...Hot Beautiful summer weather! I will try very hard to do better about my blogging and update more often! ;o) Please keep Korry and his safety in your prayers!!! I would really appreciate it! :o)

Our New Addition...

Kiley and Brendan Enjoying
our Beautiful Weather!!!

Kiley in the Pool!

Brendan Going Down the Slide!

Having a Blast on a Beautiful Day!!!

Love at First Sight! :o)

All of us at the hospital, Bailey was
about 16 hours old...

They LOVE their New Little Brother!!!

Bailey Michael Leverett

7 Lbs. 9 Ozs. April 20th 9:55 pm

Our Beautiful Baby Boy!!!

Well as most of you already know we welcomed our Beautiful baby boy, Bailey Michael, into the world on Monday night, the 20th at 9:55. It was a Super Fast and Crazy night! I was having contractions pretty much all day, but nothing too bad. It was a Beautiful day! We had gone to the park and then came home and played outside for a little while. Then while Kiley and Brendan were taking their naps I set up the pool, YES the Pool, in the backyard to see if they would like to swim when they woke up from their naps. It was about 75 degrees and there was no wind, which is unheard of in Great Falls. So anyway, when they woke up they were SUPER excited to see the pool and they wanted their swimsuits on and they went for it! It was a BLAST! Never thought growing up in the South that a 75 degree day would mean going swimming, lol! But they swam for a little over an hour and then came inside for a warm bath. Korry came home while they were in the bath and we got them out and ate dinner. We had spaghetti for dinner, so another bath was in store after we ate. While they were taking their baths my contractions started getting a little more intense, but again, nothing horrible, just a little longerand stronger. So we got them dressed and ready for bed and I laid down on the couch in our computer room. It was about 8:30 and I Jump up and tell Korry I think my water had broken and sure enough...it had. So I call my next door neighbor and ask her if she would come over and stay here with Kiley and Brendan. So I started panicing a little bit and took a shower and by then the contractions were right on top of each other and CRAZY painful, lol! So I did the thing any crazy woman in labor would do, I started cleaning my bathrooms, lol! Yeah I am not quite sure WHAT I was thinking!? So Korry came and got me to stop cleaning and get me into the car and we headed to the hospital. We got there about 9:30 and had to wait for an escort up to labor and delivery because the main doors were closed. So about 9:45 they came down and got us and took me to my room. My Dr. got in there and I put on a gown and "politely" asked for my epidural, lol. She said she needed to check me and put my IV in and then they would do that. So she checks me and then the great news came, lol...I was ready to push...he was RIGHT there and coming fast! So I kinda panicked, my worst fear would EVER be doing this without any pain medication, and I didn't even have an IV yet...so I pushed about 4-5 times and he was here! He was born at 9:55. He was apparently in shock at how fast he came as well and had to be put on oxygen for a few minutes. SO then Korry got to hold him and then I got him for about an hour before Korry went with him to the nursery to get all checked out. So all in all it was an exciting adventure and he is here! Safe and Sound with some bruising, lol! But here are some pictures! I hope everyone is having a Great week! :o)

Our Easter Weekend...

Kiley Hunting Eggs in the
Backyard

Brendan Checking out all the Eggs he Found

Kiley Looking for More
Eggs...

Opening all the eggs they Found...Very Exciting!

Brendan Finding Eggs.

Kiley Showing me what she got from the
Easter Bunny

Kiley & Brendan Dying Easter
Eggs for the Easter Bunny!

Very Excited for the Easter Bunny to Come!

Hunting for Easter Eggs at a Friends House
on Friday before Easter.

Making masterpieces with chalk, lol!

We had a Beautiful Easter weekend! The weather was perfect, a little windy on Easter day, but other than that it was Picture PERFECT! Kiley and Brendan got to do a lot of egg hunting this year. Some friends of ours from church had an easter egg hunt on Friday afternoon and they really loved that! They have a HUGE backyard and they hid TONS of eggs for all the kids from church, so that was lots of fun.
Then on base they have a childrens Easter carnival for all the little kids on Saturday. They have little booths, door prizes, lots of food and a jumper for kids to get worn out for naptime, lol! But it was exciting, both Kiley and Brendan won a door prize this year, they were so excited! Kiley won a leapster TV and Brendan won Lincoln Logs. They also got to meet the Easter Bunny and get lots of candy, so they had a blast! Then that night they had SO much fun dying Easter eggs, it was a pretty big mess by the end, but they had a blast. They each got to choose one package of dye to paint their eggs. Kiley chose Disney Princess and Brendan chose Star Wars. So they had a lot of fun putting all the stickers and things on the eggs and then dying them. They came out pretty dark. Brendan dyed most of his eggs every color, he didn't want to stop putting them in the different colors, lol!
Then on Sunday morning they woke up to find what the Easter Bunny brought them. Kiley got a Belle Doll and some littlest pet shops and a my little pony. Brendan got some spider man things, a "boy" littlest pet shop, a lightening mcqueen car and some candy and then they both got light swords, lol! They were very excited. Then we went to church and then came home and they hunted for Easter eggs with our friends from next door 2 kids. So all in all it was Beautiful Weather and just a great weekend spent as a family! I hope everyone also had a Great Easter weekend and a Great week this week! :o)

A little Overwhelmed...

So, we found out last week that Korry will be deploying this summer for 6 months and we're not sure how much training he will have, but it will probably add up to about 7 months. This information alone would have been enough for me, but in the last 2 weeks there have been many new "discoveries" I guess you can call it. We found out our little guy will be coming earlier than we thought. He is bigger than they thought he would be and we're having an ultrasound on the 14th to decide how soon we should induce and how big he will be. So anyway, it may not sound like a lot, but when you think you have so much time, when someone takes away some of that time, it gets kinda crazy! So anyway, we also found out that before Korry leaves he has to turn in his choices on where we want to move next year when he gets back from his deployment. Quite a few of our top choices are not available to us right now and the ones available are not my first choices for various resons...so anyway, I am getting frustrated with all these things we have to do and now we have minimal time to do them in since we are apparently having this baby early and then soon there after Korry will be leaving for his deployment. So this is a lot of information to digest and then figure out what to do with it all.
So this has not been the best week for me. If I only think about these things separetely, it isn't so bad and I don't really have a hard time, but when I think about the big picture of all the changes coming...Having a newborn, Korry leaving, Kiley starting school and making plans to move somewhere new and have choices to make in this area...this is SO SO SO Overwhelming to me!!! So I am trying very hard to take these one at a time, but as most of you know...this is not the easiest task to take on.
So anyway, I am sorry this all got dumped on here, but I am a little taken back and I guess this is kinda an outlet! So please just keep us and my sanity in your prayers, I could really use them! I hope everyone is having a good weekend and I will talk to you all soon! :o)