Cody was activated in May 2008 and sent to California for their pre-deployment training (remember the dolphin shirt story?) He left for Iraq the first of August and finally came home again on March 17th. His deployment was such a great experience for both him and for us (although I'll be perfectly happy to not do it again). The Marine Corps always warns you that things will be different in some way after each deployment and it definitely holds true for us. It was a challenging time for both of us but only strengthened our relationship in a way that makes me confident that we can handle any stresses life presents us. It now makes me laugh at how so many people are shocked that we're married and don't live together. They actually ask "well how does that work?" Although not the way we prefer to do things, living 160 miles apart is NOTHING to us...
Another picture from Iraq...and people complain about Lubbock?!?
They caught some sleep whenever (and wherever) they actually had the chance.
This was Cody and his roommate's "can" aka room for 8 months. 
Here he is on the webcam. Skype was the best thing ever! (Too bad we didn't discover it until about halfway through the deployment). These were our "phone dates" for a while! I didn't get talk to him everyday (at one point I went almost 6 weeks without hearing from him) and on top of that the 11 hour time difference made it even harder to catch each other.
For those of you that really know me, know how excited I get over little things and this was no little thing to me. We didn't know what time he would be getting flying in from California so I was READY early. Turns out they couldn't get them on flights for a while and they didn't get in to Lubbock until 11:00 that night! This means I literally bounced and skipped though the house all day in excitement waiting.
FINALLY, I could breathe again!
Group picture of all of us welcoming him home! Mimi, Nenaw, Pepaw, PaPa, me, Cody, Zach, Cindy (his mom), Uncle Butch, and Randy (his dad).
Isn't he cute though? (ugh...I mean rugged and tough looking?)
Here they are with some Iraqi soldiers.
Another picture from Iraq...and people complain about Lubbock?!?They caught some sleep whenever (and wherever) they actually had the chance.This was Cody and his roommate's "can" aka room for 8 months. Here he is on the webcam. Skype was the best thing ever! (Too bad we didn't discover it until about halfway through the deployment). These were our "phone dates" for a while! I didn't get talk to him everyday (at one point I went almost 6 weeks without hearing from him) and on top of that the 11 hour time difference made it even harder to catch each other.For those of you that really know me, know how excited I get over little things and this was no little thing to me. We didn't know what time he would be getting flying in from California so I was READY early. Turns out they couldn't get them on flights for a while and they didn't get in to Lubbock until 11:00 that night! This means I literally bounced and skipped though the house all day in excitement waiting.FINALLY, I could breathe again!Group picture of all of us welcoming him home! Mimi, Nenaw, Pepaw, PaPa, me, Cody, Zach, Cindy (his mom), Uncle Butch, and Randy (his dad). Can't believe it's already been a year...
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