New Friends!

Hey all! This morning I am actually up before Zaylee so I decided to write a little while enjoying my morning solitude. Getting up earlier is something I'm going to try and do on a regular basis so that I'm a little more awake and focused before Zaylee is ready to go in the morning. Sometimes I feel bad because her cries are the first thing to wake me in the morning and I'm still like a zombie when I walk into her room to get her up. Not exactly a cheerful morning greeting. So with the help of Folger's in my cup and a wet rag on my face, I am changing up my routine for the first time since Zaylee was born.
I've had a difficult adjustment since Zaylee and I came home for Spring Mill Bible Camp last Tuesday. We had such a wonderful time with friends and family that my first day back at home felt extremely boring, lonely, and unfulfilling. But with a little help from my friends, things are definitely starting to look up. Robbie has trained with another pilot named Jordan since we arrived here in OK and he just got married 2 weeks ago. He and his new wife came over just the other day for the first time and we cooked s'mores out on our firepit and had a great evening together. I'm so excited that Stephanie is here - she's the first Air Force wife I've really gotten to know here in OK, and other AF wives are great to have around since we always share a lot of the same struggles.
Last Saturday, we had an event at church called the "Back To School Roundup" and I was able to meet several more people who were also there volunteering. One lady named Michelle invited me to her Scrapbooking parties on Friday nights, so I'm going to try that out for the first time this week. I'm excited to finally start putting some of Zaylee's pictures and memories in order. I've tried to do it at home, but I've found that I'm usually too distracted to focus on it. This will be a good chance for me to get away and really concentrate on it.
Another thing we're planning to do is transferring our membership to another Y in town. The one we are going to is less popular with our friends and so once I transfer to the new one, I'll have tons of other moms to do Zumba with, swim, work out, etc. So that's something to look forward to.
And lastly (Zaylee's waking up!), we just got a new youth minister at church and he and his wife and two kids came and ate dinner with us last night and we had SO much fun! They are right about our age. Their kids are 2 1/2 and 14 months. Zaylee and Aubrey (the 14-month-old) really hit it off and I think they're going to be great friends. We are so excited to get to know them and possibly start plugging into the youth group and doing some events with them.
Basically, God has just surrounding me with so many great people this week and I'm really thankful for that. It's hard to feel at home when all your family is so far away, but I'm definitely getting excited about all the possibilities we have here. Relationships are such an important part of who we are!