welcome home, ally!

while my mom was over in turkey, she made a bestie. a sweet little pup named ally. she was abandoned and when my mom decided to keep her, she contacted SPCA International -Operation Baghdad Pups to help get her home. originally, ally was supposed to get home before my mom was, but she got back about a week and a half after my mom. which happened perfectly, if you ask me.

homecoming deja-vu

this is the 4th deployment homecoming that i've been through in the last 4ish years. my mom and brother came home from the middle east (iraq and afghanistan) in the same summer of 2011. then my mom left twice more and this last time coming home on thursday the 10th of november. and i'll always remember that date because trump happened that same week. best week everrr.

here and here are the homecoming posts i did back in 2013.

and here is the post that will explain the flamingo thing if you aren't already familiar.

so hopefully she'll stay put for awhile because we love her blah blah.. but also because i'm sick of driving out to the airport to pick her sorry ass up. and how many signs does she have now? like a million? geeezus.

gertrude the lucky flamingo.

oh my have these last couple of months been busy! i know i say that every time i come back to blog and it's so annoying because every blogger who comes back from a hiatus says that and how annoying it is... and they also address how annoying it is all bloggers do it and guys lemme tell ya.. it's annoying. 
so as most of you know (maybe.. i don't really know what ya'll know anymore, but if you follow me on insta theeen) my mom is deep into her 3rd deployment. yea third. she's a freakin' badass and that's all there is to it. 
but she has a secret. and that secret comes in the form of plastic. and she's a real beauty. at least she used to be.. she's lost an eye, her pink fluthers are fading, and she has lost both of her legs. i mean, she's been to w a r all 3 times with my mom. but she's the good luck charm that every soldier needs. 

she's earned her stripes. and who says drawn on stripes and ones presented to you "officially" have any different meaning? pffft! buncha hokey if you ask gertrude. 
now all she needs to do is get my mama and her pink bum home safely! which she will caaaause she's no slacker. her good luck magic isn't handed to her on a silver platter. and neither is our freedom. thank a soldier!
anyone have any loved ones deployed right now? or ever? did they have good luck charms? do you have good luck charms?

Back in 'Murica.

Kaylee girl's sign for grandma

THERE SHE IS!

 Grandkids lovin'

 Mom & son

Dreydan lovies.

Combat booties

My hubby loves

Her favorite sign. She can wear heels now!

We picked her up about 8pm & she's home.
For now.
And I'm so happy.

On her way home from war.

This badass soldier on the right is on her way back from war in T minus, 4 DAYS!

Hell. Yes.

She's been in Afghanistan the last 9 months and I'm DYING to hug her.

I'm just dying.