Happy Halloween!

Fall is finally here, even though it doesn't feel like it here. I can't believe we have been on the island for a year now. 2009 has definitely gone by very fast, I hope the next 2 years pass just as well. I miss being around my family & friends, miss the changing of season's, watching the leaves change colors and falling to the ground. I am sure when we move back to the mainland that I will write saying how I miss the warmth.....

Everything is going good for us, the boys are growing like weeds. Aidan really loves preschool & he has made a lot of friends in his class. He is now also playing pee wee soccer, which he really enjoys. I'll post some updated pictures later on today after we go trick or treating around our neighborhood. Caleb is walking full time, and has been for over a month, he is actually starting to run now, lol. Funny how fast little ones pick up things. We've also noticed that he has allergies and so he's on medicine to help with that, just some claritin, to help with his sneezing, runny nose and watery eyes. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to update, I hope that once my husband is back home that I can keep up on it more.

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Happy Hump-Day =)

Happy Wednesday!! Not much happening on this side of the water. Went to the gym this morning for about 45 minutes, I was still sore from yesterday's workout and so I didn't want to push myself too far and not be able to re cooperate the way I needed to being that I'm the only one here with these two munchkins. The confidence I needed to start going to the gym finally hit, and I am glad, if it weren't for a friend here that told me they have childcare for just $3./hr but it's only for 3 hrs a morning during the week but it's better then nothing & it's a great way for me to get the day started. I'm proud of myself, and I will continue going at least 4 days out of the week...Caleb has had a hard time adjusting to being dropped off into someone else's care. He is a mama's boy right now, I'm sure when Daddy gets home, he'll be just like Aid and be a daddy's boy, but for now he only wants me, or Aidan for that matter. Even with Aidan being there on some days (since he is in preschool T/Th) Caleb still cries...it breaks my heart to know he is crying but at the same time he needs to get used to it. He's my baby, both of them are, and its a tearjerker when I have to leave either of them somewhere that they don't want to me. Thankfully Aidan loves preschool & doesn't mind the childcare at the gym, he just thinks it's school all over again, lol....

Well that is all that is really going on here, not much, but just thought I'd update =) Hope everyone is having a fantastic week.

We Miss You Nana <3

I cannot believe that one year ago today, we got the call that there was nothing more that the Dr's could do for Dan's grandmother, his Nana, the first person I met from his family just 8 yrs prior. She was always so lively, always out and about, busy with working at Price Chopper & she was out almost every night during the week, at one function or another for the Elks, or any of the other clubs she belonged too. We miss her so much, I miss calling her, and talking to her. Aidan remembers her, and asks about her from time to time, and I feel so bad that we were not able to go to New York and say our Goodbye's to her. She never met Caleb, he was only a few weeks old and we were getting ready to move across the United States. I know that she looks down on my boys from up above and keeps them safe. But I wish that Dan could have gotten the closure he needed from seeing her one last time.

Nana, We love you & We miss you!!! We always will!

Been a while....

I am so behind on here it is not even funny. We are almost half way done with this deployment! It's been okay. I'm not complaining, obviously I miss him & our boys miss their daddy but we know he is safe & doing his job and that when the time is right he will be back home w/us.
Aidan started preschool on August 4th, and he loves it. The first day I thought he wouldn't want me to leave but as soon as he got in the classroom it was like I didn't even exist anymore. He only goes on Tues/Thurs. from 8:45a-11:30a. It's just enough I think to get him started with school, next year when Kindergarten starts it is all day here, from 7:45a-2p and I know he will come home exhausted and ready for bed, lol. He gets two pages of homework every Thursday but he comes straight home & does it then, except this week, he had a cold and so he didn't feel like doing much of anything when he got home. But he felt better yesterday and so he did it all then!
Caleb is almost 14 months old! Where has the time gone? I remember when Dan & I were bringing him home for the first time & I was so nervous as to how Aidan would react with him home and how I'd ever be able to keep up on the laundry, cleaning & everyday chores that a house requires but I got into a routine and man, before we knew it we were moving out here to Hawaii and saying goodbye to the life we had known for the past 3 years. Caleb is still only crawling, I'm in no hurry for him to start walking. I want Dan to be able to see him take his first steps, or at least for Caleb to still be wobbly at walking when he gets home. He has 9 teeth thus far, 3 coming in, those mean ol' 12 month molars! Poor kid, I know his mouth must hurt but he just keeps on going.....

That's about all the new stuff going on here.....boring huh?! lol

Caleb loves the pool

Yesterday Dan left for a few days so a friend and her son went with us to the pool....boy was I in for a surprise! Aidan has never been a big water person, he takes a while to get used to it and then he will be fine but I think he scares himself if he cannot touch the bottom of the pool. Well I got in the pool w/Caleb expecting him to scream and hate but it was the total opposite! He instantly started splashing around and tried to kick off of me...I really wish I could have gotten some pictures but there was no way I could since we were all in the pool...

Next time we go, I will be sure to snap a few.

He's on the move!!!

That's right Caleb is a crawler....

He's 10 months old and I knew it wasn't going to be long, but he's getting to be a big boy :( Soon he will be standing and taking his first steps!!! Where has the time gone???

Aidan, my little color artist

Aidan is into so many things now-a-days and one of his many favorites is coloring. I was able to capture a few pictures on Saturday of him coloring at the table. He was so into what he was doing that he didn't even realize I had taken a few pics of him.

New Laptop =)

On Thursday, I got a new laptop. Ours currently is okay, but it's slow and outdated. I love my new one, its a HP Entertainment Notebook. It has a lot of cool specs on it that I can't wait to try out. I included a picture of it:


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AND We finally got our living room T.V. we had been using our bedroom one until we found one we liked and we finally did, Dan ordered it, and it came on Thursday as well. Here is our 42' Philips LCD....Veryyyy nice :)

Meet Samone

We adopted this sweet girl on Saturday from our neighbor. She is 4 yrs old, wonderful with our boys & loves to be rubbed. She couldn't be better! She fits in with our family really well & we love her so much already. She is 65.5 lbs and has adapted really well to us....We finally found our family dog, now we're just missing Bruno who is back with my parents in Maryland!





She loves being outside, soaking up all the sun in the morning

My Boys!

I have truly been blessed with my two boys. Aidan is a wonderful 4 yr old who has a few flaws when it comes to listening and following directions but what 4 yr old doesn't? He is so loving to his brother and he enjoys helping around the house. Where has the last 4 yrs gone? I remember laying on the bed, playing "this little piggy" with his toes and now he does that to his little brother. Caleb is a whole 'nother story, he has the best personality for a 7 month old, he is so upbeat and cheery. It is a joy to see his face in the morning lying in his crib, just talking away. It makes me sad that the past 7 months have gone by so fast, I remember bringing him home from the hospital, thinking how small he was and how I wanted to cherish him for as long as I could being so small....and now he is 20lbs 15.9oz....not so small anymore. I will put some pictures up once I resize them.