He's on his way!!!

So, I just can't contain myself! Brian is finally on his way home and actually back in the United States! I will get to see him in about 8 hours and I'm absolutely chomping at the bit. Since Brian graduated from FAOBC in January of 2009 we have spent VERY LITTLE time together. He departed for South Korea only a few days after graduating and 4 months passed before I was able to make it out to Korea for a week. The week flew by and I started school and did not see Brian again until Thanksgiving when he visited me in Florida for a week. Shortly after Thanksgiving I learned that Brian would be leaving for Afghanistan almost immediately upon reporting to Ft. Lewis, WA. I tried not to think about it though, because we had such fun times awaiting us in January after his tour in South Korea was over. He returned from Korea January 25, 2010 and we had our wonderful wedding on January 30, 2010. We then were able to spend 20 days together before he left Florida for Washington and a few weeks later he was on his way to Afghanistan. The return date got pushed back about 3 times and I was so pleasantly surprised about 3 days ago when Brian called and said that he would be getting on a plane a few hours later to start his journey home! It was the best surprise of my life! So now, here we are, he is somewhere between Dallas and Chicago and I am sitting by the clock willing time to pass faster. I absolutely can not wait to have him in my arms again! After 16.5 months of separation we will finally be together again! We will actually be living in the same state for the first time! I am so excited to finally begin this journey with him!! Now...what to wear?!

-Marianna-