Returned Home

It is great, I returned home from Iraq on October 3rd, 2006 after 8 months of being deployed with the 47th CSH. I am sooooo proud of my family and how well they did while I was gone. Lori did such an exceptional jobe of raising the kids. I did not like being gone, but I am glad to have served with such exceptional soldiers of the US military. I am soooo happy to be home. It is hard to express in words the joy that is found with seeing my wife and children, walking outside to see the green grass, how blue to skies are, and how wonderful the air is to breath.

Video dedicated to my family

Video dedicated to my family while deployed

Deployed with 47th Combat Support Hospital

Deployed to Mosul, Iraq with the 47th CSH. We will continue the blog when I get home.

Father and Daughter

Anna and Dad Hunting for wild hogs!!!!!

Father and Son

Christmas Morning

Anna's new Dora Bike
Cole's New Tunnel
Cole's New Popper Opening Presents
Cole....loving Anna's Little Pony Toy
Anna's new tent and sleeping bag!!!



Well we all got up, Cole especially early at 5 am which has become his thing the last two or three days, however, he went back down then at about 7:30 am Anna came into Mom and Dad's room and I asked her if Santa came and with BIG WIDE eyes she said yesssssssss!!!!! So we went in and had a wonderful morning...before we opened presents we noticed Santa had eaten all of the cookies and drank the milk, we all got dressed, waited for Baby Cole to wake up and then ate French Toast for breakfast.......

Santa was nice to the kids.....all the Grandparents were more than generous as now the kids have way tooooooooo muuch stuff for Mom and Dad to put away everyday...but that is what this is all about making the kids smile on this great day we celebrate the birth of Christ!

Christmas Eve

Leaving cookies out for Santa before bedtime!!!!!

Helping Mom Make Cookies
Getting it just right to make those sugar cookies for Santa!!!!
Going for a ride on the tricycle!
Going for a walk

I can't believe how nice it is outside, this is not the typical white Christmas, but I will take this beautiful weather that we have here in Georgia anyday....we were outside all day today and the kids were loving it....it is great that we are able to enjoy this ....the streets were filled with children riding bikes and climbing trees.....what a great time!

Lori and Anna made sugar cookies for Santa.....when I asked Anna who she was making cookies for she told me Santa, I asked her if Dad could have one and she told me "Of course Daddy, Of Course!"

Old Picture I found of Me and Sam!

Christmas Tree Hunt

Anna and Cole Partridge

Sharing our Family Pictures

We got our family pics Novemeber, 2005...here they are....the kids are soooo cute

Thanksgiving Day

What a day....it has been great! I woke up at 4:30 am and and went Hunting by myself, as everyone is out of town....took my great little civic....Little Lee, as we call him and went out to the woods...set up my tree stand and waited all the cold out and then at 8:10 am there they were, a bunch of wild hogs.....just running around...I waited for a side shot and when it was all said and done, I fired off four shells from my Marlin 30-30 and hit two hogs each (two times).....what a great morning...I came home and the kids loved the pigs...Anna kept calling them deer, b/c the other day "Army Chuck" got a deer and we cleaned it and quartered it in my garage.

We decided to not do the traditional big Thanksgiving Dinner, instead Lori made some incredible Halibut, she is a superb chef...I say chef, not cook for a reason....incredible! Football was on, which is a tradition that I abide by! Anyway, we had a great day and plan on heading south for the rest of the weekend...

Cleaning up the yard

We all cleaned up the leaves on this lended out riding lawn mower, it was very nice to do leaves on this vs. raking! Kids had fun with Dad too!

Novemeber in Georgia

Well, we have had a great four day weekend, and to top it off, the weather is just absolutely great! I have to say these things are wonderful. Work was great today, and coming home to see Lori and the kids even better....here are two cute pictures of what the scene was upon arriving home and walking out to the back yard. Anna painting her master piece and Cole climbing on the swingset which Anna calls "The Park."

Indian Summer

Well, what can we say, this weather is awesome....we still have the air conditioner set, as this weather is still very warm. I can only imagine what June/July/August will be like. We are doing good, the kids are having fun and enjoying time here.


Anyway, I have to admit that I do enjoy the time that I get to spend with my wife and two children. Never before have I been able to spend so much time with them. It is great!

Growing up

Well, it is amazing, but I think Cole is ready to start to walk. I don't think he will actually be walking yet, but boy does he want to. Tonight, Lori and I noticed he is trying to get up on his hind legs without walking along anything.....unsuccessful as he may be, at least he is trying.....he is so cute. They both got haircuts yesterday and they are very cute.

Anna has learned to write A's and now mimics everything.....yesterday she told me she wanted a popsickle, well when I told her she could not have one until after dinner she looked at me and said, "What did I tell you, I said I wanted a popsickle!" I could not help but laugh, b/c that is what I always tell her.

Great family is what we have here.

I love my Wife

I just wanted to blog the fact that my wife is sooooo beautiful and I love he with all my heart. I am sooooo greatful to have such a wonderful lady who will stand next to me, by my side through thick and thin....I appreciate you sooo much Lori!

Happy Halloween

Anna and Cole had a great time trick of treating for Halloween. Anna was a cowgirl and Cole was a pumpkin. We went to some houses in our neighborhood. It was a beautiful night and lots of fun because there were so many other kids out trick or treating.

Sunday Night

Well, we both spoke in church today and it went well. Lori did a great job and everyone told me how well she did just to validate it. Tonight the kids were outside playing and they are just so cute that I wanted to post these pictures online.

Anna has decided she wants to be a triangle when she grows up. We started potty training last week and she is doing great. She has only had a couple of accidents. We have had a couple of critters in our house. I found a frog on the wall one day and a gecko ran in our front door one evening. Just some new experiences in a new place.

Work going better

Well, it has been about a week since I got my credentials to actually start work...eventhough we are slow, I am finally doing some surgeries....which is nice seeing how that is what I do, operate. It was rough there for awhile, just doing paperwork to try and inprocess.....incredible all the crap that one has to do to inprocess in the army....they paid me alot of money for the month of September for doing absolutely nothing. We have some good stuff coming up so I am exicted to get to the OR.

Settling Into our new Home!

We love our kids, they are the light of our lives. They are precious and as you can see below, they are wonderful. These pictures were taken today during playtime outside.
























































































What more can I say, I needed a bath, is that alright with you?

Moving forward

Anna and Cole in Hinesville riding "Anna's" tricycle.


Things are good and getting better. I have to admit, that we are slowly adjusting to Hinesville, GA. We have great neighbors and just up the road lives Craig and Jennifer Rhyne, Craig is my collegue at the hospital where we have a good relationship. I think that as time moves on we will grow to more and more like this place.

Lori is such a great girl. She has got the house looking very nice. This is a nice house. We have great landlords in the Ruckarts out of Florida. They are very nice and soooo helpful. We got our furniture that we bought from Havertys yesterday and it looks nice. We started to hang pictures on the wall so that is nice. I enjoy having more time to spend with the family. I don't think I have ever had this much time to spend with Lori since we have been married.



Cole Corbin Partridge at 9 months

Anna Grace Partridge 2 1/2 years of age.

Hinesville, GA

Hinesville, GA 31313

















Well it has been about a week that we all have been here and I have to say, this is a small place and like anyplace will take some time to get used to. This is a great neighborhood that we live in and we feel very safe to be in the Barrington estates, however, other than base, they are the only two places that one really wants to visit..... at this point but that will all change!

Time will tell!

Today is the day we are all in Georgia

Well, it has been along time since I actually wrote in this thing.....all summer I have been away from the family, Lori and the kids....how I have missed them. Everytime I call home I can here Anna saying she wants to talk to Daddy and also Cole trying to talk. It was a long summer and time away is never good but draws one closer to the things that matter and that is Lori, Anna, and Cole. I can't believe that we are finally going to be here. I have been here now for 5 days trying to get this house ready here at Fort Stewart, Georgia. I will pick the family up and welcome them home with love. I know it has been soooooo hard on Lori to struggle with two very young kids. I know that she has missed not having a place of her own. It must have been hard to feel like she was imposing on someone all summer, but how thankful we are to our family, especially my mother who took them in all summer and helped out sooooo much. I know next time I have to be stationed away will be easier as the kids will be that much older and hopefully sleeping more through the night. Lori is so strong and how I can't wait to take care of her and my kids by showing them their husband and father is here to help at every second. I love them tremendously.

Good to have them back!