I have a received a request for more posts. Until today I didn't have any pictures to post so I have been putting it off. Today was Aaron's last day before he left for basic. He ships out tomorrow. It is a funny coincidence that I am in OKC right now and could take him out to dinner on his last night. We hadn't seen each other in almost a year until I came up here for training. When he got out of the car he said, "I'll see you in 3 to 6 months". I had to call him while I was driving back to my own hotel to tell him something I remembered about basic training. Hahahah That was my evil laugh. That poor guy. He doesn't know what he is in for. hahahaha I am still laughing. It's ok though. I'm allowed to laugh. I've already been there and survived. It will be good for him. It builds character. I'm glad he can already eat really fast. That used to make me sick. Sometimes you have to eat so fast that you sit down, eat, and run back outside and it seems like your food doesn't even get to your stomach until you are already back in formation. Ah, good times.

I was waiting up to talk to my husband but I guess it was all in vain because he never popped online on Skype. I hate it when that happens. If he isn't online when he usually is I worry. Now I am going to be worrying until I come back for lunch. He is off work by then most of the time.

These pictures are from last night. I was putting together Ama's new bed. His bed is really cool. I'm hoping that he sleeps in it.

This morning Alauna said, "Here ya go" and handed me my cell phone. My eyes got big and I said Thank You. That made her laugh. That girl is full of surprises. She is there for ALL of Ama's speech therapy sessions and all of his other appointments and I think they are helping her talk earlier. She is only 9 months old.

The theme of the day is going to be fussy babies....with a bonus happy baby picture thrown in.

We went to Jungle Jaks today and Ama had a great time. He behaved wonderfully. He played and then sat down and ate a grilled cheese sandwich and then got back up to play again. We were supposed to go to the dairy farm today but it was REALLY windy and winds are no joke in El Paso. Jungle Jaks was a good compromise. We met Henny and Brandice and their kids there so Ama and Alauna had lots of playmates.

Here is Alauna eating ham on Easter. Her Easter dress is courtesy of her Grandma and Grandpa Gabriel.


I can log in! Ama stepped on my laptop and now I can't see the bottom of my screen and that is where I need to click to login to Blogger. I changed my text size and now I can see the place to click. I posted lots of pictures from Easter on my facebook. If you are not my friend please email me and I will add you so you can see the babies hunting eggs. We hunted eggs three times! The first one was at Henny's house with our playgroup. That was fun. We ate, hunted eggs, and played in the sprinklers. Then we went to the egg hunt on post. That was not good in terms of getting eggs (one egg between the two of them) but we did get some cotton candy and Ama climbed a tree and jumped in the jump house so I count it as a success. On Easter Sunday we went to the Nichol's house and ate some yummy food and hunted for eggs. This hunt was the best in terms of Ama finding eggs. It was more controlled and he had practiced quite a bit. That silly boy took an egg out of someone's hand (luckily it was an adult!). He really thought he had found an egg!

Alauna started to crawl and suddenly she is all over the place! Look at her. Soon she will be pulling up to standing and then she will be cruising and then walking. It is all happening so fast!!

Today was a good, somewhat productive day. People came and fixed the little things that were wrong with the house this morning and then we ran some errands. I have drill this weekend so I may or may not post this weekend.

Alauna is following Ama around. I keep hearing him say no no to her.

Today was a good day. We went to a playdate at the mall playground among other things. The kids had fun and Alauna especially made a friend. I took a cute picture of them playing but I don't want to post it witho2 out her mom's permission. We talked to two baby girls that were within a month of Alauna's age. Hopefully we will get together again soon. I'm sure we will. One family is moving into our neighborhood and the other mom is in my moms group.