Just Rambling

I don't even know where to begin so I'm just going to start rambling off the latest things that have occurred in the Odom household...

1). Kross is almost crawling! Well, I guess he is crawling... he just has a weird way of doing it. He gets up on all fours and then does a little hop and pulls his knees closer to his arms. I'm sure he'll figure out the "faster" way eventually and I will be chasing after him!

2). Kross can clap his hands now, too. He has this toy alligator that sings if you squeeze him. Kross will bite him (he hasn't quite figured out that he can use his hands to make him sing) and when the music starts he will clap his hands. We all clap our hands with him and he just loves that.

3). Wes and I went to OKC last week so he could take his MMPI test. Don't ask me what those letters mean. All I know is that it is some sort of 550-question psychological test. Anyways, we go back on Nov 9th and Wes will meet with a psychiatrist to discuss his results. He will also have a complete physical, orthopedic exam, and vision screening. Whew! That wears me out just thinking about it.

4). When we went to OKC on Thursday, the OHP discussed the Academy with the applicants. Wes will be gone for 17 weeks... leaves Feb 29th and returns June 27th. He will not have any contact with us for the first 4-5 weeks. That means no phone calls or email. Nothing. However, all of the spouses will receive updates on what their significant other is going through. They told us that during the Academy, the cadets will not know anything that is going on in the outside world. I may get an email one day telling me that I can come see him for two hours on a Sunday and Wes will know nothing about it. It will be a surprise each time we visit him, especially in the beginning. We watched a video from a previous Academy and let me tell you... no one could pay me to go through that. Too much yelling. Not enough sleep. Physically too demanding. Just not my cup of tea. I think the video made Wes want it more, especially when it showed the graduation and I know that he will make it there.

5). That's about it :-)