Almost Birthday Boy

Our baby's first birthday is in 4 days!!! WHAT?! Where the heck did the time go?

Yesterday we had a little party at our house with the other three people we know here in Oklahoma. We are having another big party in alabama with our family in July. Here are some pics from yesterday.

right now

A couple of weeks after my recruiter sending my application to get approved, I got a call from him saying my medical wasn't approved and now had to be sent to the Surgeon General for a waiver. He said it takes up to 30 days. It has been 4 days since then as I am typing this. So that's where I am at in the process. Waiting for a phone call and a MEPS date! I'll update as soon as I know something!

2nd visit to recruiter's office

Once I finally got my college transcripts in the mail (from out of state), my medical records from my surgery faxed to Sgt. Garcia, and my penicillin allergy test done (came back negative), then I had another appointment at the recruiting office. 

This time he weighed me again and I was about the same, so still good.

We did my official application, including pictures of my tattoos while wearing a dress shirt so that they could be approved and yeah, that was pretty much it besides talking some more and getting some questions answered. 

taking the ASVAB

I drove myself to take the ASVAB. 

I don't know why, but I didn't expect it to be at MEPS. 

but, duh, why wouldn't it be? lol 

I walked in and went through security and had arrived super early, so I took as seat in the lobby.

It was pretty cool though, because I got to watch people rushing around processing through to swear in. 

Once it was time to take the test, we were told to line up with one person at the desk and the rest in a line a few feet behind the first person. I was the first person so I stood at the desk. 

The guy working the at the desk was a Marine.

He wasn't rude exactly, but it was definitely clear that it was a military atmosphere. 

He took my phone and keys and put them in a drawer behind the desk.

He took my paper that my recruiter had given me and gave me a sticker with a barcode and my last name on it and a colored folder. 

(the other girls there and I tried to figure out if the colors had any meaning, but we couldn't determine any reasons why we had the colors we did)

Once everyone had their folder, we walked in a line to a computer lab and were told which computer to sit at. There was an open seat between each of us. 

I took my test and got my results in an envelope as soon as I was done and was free to go.

I didn't open it until I got to my car, but as soon as I did, I called my recruiter and told him my score (86) and got "hell yeah!" as a response. lol

At this time I was still waiting on the few things I needed to get to him before we could continue with the joining process. 

Meetin with my recruiter for the first time

My husband has always been supportive of my dream to be in the Air Force. 

He has been in the military, but chose not to continue that path for his career, so now I am taking my turn at it.

Like I said before, I had just started the process of getting approved to join about two years ago when I discovered I was pregnant with our first son. 

I had only filled out some paperwork, had pictures of my tattoos taken, and signed up to take a practice ASVAB. 

I remember being super happy we were going to have a baby, but also a little disappointed I wasn't going to get to join. 

Now that our son is almost 1, I started looking at the option of joining again.

I brought it up to Hubs and he actually thought it was a good idea. 

He has an awesome job, but it's in the oil field, so his hours are always fluctuating and we want something more stable for our family.

This would also make it possible for him to go back to college, so really we both get what we want! 

So after thinking it through and talking about it to death, we were out to dinner and I got really anxious and wanted to go to a recruiters office. 

My husband called to see if the recruiter was still there and he was, but was about to leave for the day.

He asked my husband a bunch of questions that would automatically disqualify me before even coming to see him and luckily non of them applied to me so he made me an appointment for the next morning.

He told me to bring a number of documents.

We walked in and was greeted by Sgt. Garcia, whom is now my recruiter. 

We sat down and talked for a few minutes.

He asked me expected questions like why I wanted to join and things like that.

He weighed me ( I was 10 lbs under the limit, so I am good, but plan on losing more before MEPS)

and then I took a practice ASVAB there in his office. 

It was on a computer and all I was given was a scratch piece of paper and pencil.

It really wasn't that hard for me, except the mechanical and electrical stuff. ha

I made a 76. (you need a 50 to be qualified for the Air Force)

Since I passed, he made copies of the documents he had asked me to bring, made me answer some questions, and signed me up to take the real ASVAB.
There were some other things, like
medical records from a nose surgery I have had, college transcripts, and penicillin testing I had to get back to him.

That was about as far as we went until I took to the ASVAB to make sure I passed it.

(and I did. lol I made an 86)

ASVAB post here:
http://landhcarter.blogspot.com/2013/06/taking-asvab.html

let's try this again

WoW. It's been a very long while since I've posted anything. 

James is growing like a weed (his first birthday is the 22nd!) 

I started a new part time job at a medical office. 

 We took a trip home to see my best friend get married and to visit with family.

AND

One of the biggest changes is I'm in the process of joining the Air Force. 

again lol 

If you've been following me for a while you know that I tried to join almost 2 years ago, but then found out I was pregnant. 

Well it's still a dream of mine, so I'm going for it. 

Luckily, I have so much support from my husband and family. 

I have been doing tons of research on a lot of different topics regarding joining the military and I've come across some blogs of other women's experiences of joining and have really enjoyed reading them, so I think I am going to blog about my experience as well so that maybe it will help someone in the future. 

So yeah.. gonna get some air force posts together and update my blog. :)