James' Birthday!

For James' birthday I tried to capture a piece of his childhood that had been lost... It took me awhile to find the right ones, but I did it! I got him two Alf stuff animals- one in a chef outfit and the other stands 18 inches tall! The look on his face was priceless.

When it came cake time, I decided to make one all from scratch! I made a dark chocolate cake with coconut pecan frosting... it was so yummy! (And pretty, too)
James had chose for all of us to go to Underwater World Aquarium and then attempt eating out at Hard Rock Cafe. It was great! Will did awesome and loved the sharks swimming all around him in the tunnel.

This fish was over 450lbs!!

The blow fish kept following me around the tunnel

Who needs toys????

When you live here and you make everything your toy!? I just love Will's blooming imagination and when he's being "Big helper Will".

Every time I take out the trash Will gets the new bag and tries his best to put it in the garbage can.

Beautiful sunset at Two Lover's Point

He finds it funny to play with his nose.

Tarague Beach on Andersen AFB.

Will's belated birthday present

Yes, I know its been 2 months since Will turned two... but, we were kinda in transit during that time. So, this past weekend we FINALLY got his big present- a slide! He absolutely loves it! Thank you to my Crazy Gramma, Nanny Shari, Auntie Jess & Kyle, and Nanny Jo & Grandpa Jim. (His birthday money added up to about 1/3 of the cost of it... we covered the rest as our present to him as well.)

As you can see it will provide years of entertainment for him. :)

Comparison time!

My how time flies! I was looking thru pictures and thought I'd share these...

A few weeks old

Two years old

A few weeks old

Two years old

Tropical paradise isn't all sunshine and flowers!

I'm sure that most of you are aware of the tropical storms headed our way today thru next week. Now, please don't worry! We'll be safe and have typhoon bars on all the windows, plus the typhoon shutters and our house is made out of cement. I think we're as safe as we can be. If you'd like to stay updated on our storms then I highly suggest wunderground.com.

Other than the weather we're pretty settled in to our house. We love it! The locals are loud people, but I honestly don't mind one bit. This past weekend I planted a Plumeria tree. Of course, it poured rain and of all days I decide to wear a dress, I plant a tree. I think the neighbors think I'm slightly nuts!

Anyways, Will is loving it here and loves the yard. Here are some pictures for your visual pleasure :)

What a "goose-ball" (silly goose & goof ball).

Drazil... our monitor lizard friend.

The Battle of the "Wills"

Yes, there was pun intended on the title... Anyways, since the whole move started we had the hardest time having Will sit still to eat anywhere. It got really bad here that we avoid sit-down diners and did strictly take-out while in the hotel. I just got so sick of him screaming and throwing a fit because he go put in a high chair!

So, when we moved in we agreed to buy a high chair for him. While waiting for the movers, Will and I went the BX (Base Exchange) to get one! It was the best investment yet! The first day he tried being a booger butt, but I wasn't buying it. If he wanted to eat he had to sit in it- no more walking around and throwing it at me! It worked! Now, he'll come take me by the hand (when he's hungry) and lead me to his chair. He loves it!

And to top it all off, he's eating whatever I make for dinner- not just fries and nuggets (he even ate all of his rice!). Its so nice to see him be happy while eating and not have to fight with him to eat.

Showing me his food.

Home and everything that comes with it!

A week into our house and it is really looking like a home! I absolutely love it here and all the creatures that visit me. Its nice to the gecko family run around the car port ceiling and "Drazil" (our lizard friend... monitor lizard to be exact) poke out of the outdoor closet or top of the gate. If you get a chance at dinner time to peek out the front door you'll see all the boonie dogs come out of the jungle behind our house. Since we don't have any one of my dogs here (especially Snoball), I've taken a liking to seeing the boonies come around and tossed them some leftover pizza one night. As much as I like seeing dogs around our house, it just isn't the same without having one as part of our family.

Anyways, here are some pictures of our house (before the movers came) and my "friends" that visit/bless our home. I wish you all could see how tiny the baby geckos are- just the tiniest creatures!

Sunset from our front yard.

This praying mantis just loved my chair and was as intrigued by me as I was by it.
So, graceful and fascinating!

The flower tree-thing in the front yard.

Gecko on the car port ceiling

Another one! (There are usually at least 5 every night- not counting the tiny babies!)

Will loved climbing in the cupboards and close the door. So, funny!

Finally!!!

We're finally moved into our house! We have a house phone, internet and cable TV... I'm feelings "normal" again or at least James is now. Feel free to email me for the info.

I will write more later... gotta unpack!

Will speaks...

Tuesday morning, I had to take James to work and of course Will came along. On the drive to the new house to drop off some of our stuff Will spoke.
"Mama?!"
"Will Will!"
"No." (-Will)
"What?"
"Mama!!"
"Yes??"
"I wuv you!"
*I was in complete shock and even teared up.*
"I love you, too Will!"
"Mama"
"Will"
"Wuv you Ma"

That made my day and all the confusing/frustrating/embarrassing things seem like nothing.

Tropical Storm Choi-wan

Hello everyone,

It looks like we'll get lucky this time around and miss out on a direct hit from a storm!
We're hoping to be moved in this week to our house!!! So, I will write more then.

If you'd like to see the storm headed our way check out this link- Weather Underground's map of Tropical Storm Choi-wan