Fiesta Island Park is probably my new favorite place. Jourdan loves playing there and the park is huge. We have been trying to spend as much time with Eaan before we leave so we brought Eaan along with us this time.
I think his shirt says it all.
This is the last picture that you will see of Jourdan with his ball. He had a melt down and we had to take the ball away.
So to get him to stop crying and to forget about his ball Eaan started throwing him in the air. Instead of crying, he was laughing hysterically.
People always get scared when Eaan does this. He likes to do it in stores or other public places.
The park is right near Mission Bay. Jourdan loves the water so of course he went in...fully clothed. He got his shoes, socks and pants wet before we pulled him out of the water.
Than, of course, we finished off the day with the slide...
...and more sliding.
Of course his pants were soaked to his knees from the bay but that didn't stop Jourdan. It was dark, he was cold but he still wanted to stay and slide. He cried when we left but passed out in the car. Ahh, the life of an 18 month old.
Jourdan is just too cute sometimes. I just wanted to post some pictures of him that I have taken recently. He is doing really good and he can't wait for the new baby. Well, he actually doesn't really know what's going on but he is excited.
He loves PB&J so I thought I would take some pictures of him eating it.
I just love his blue shirt with his blue eyes. Those eyes make me melt.
Jourdan likes to help me out at work. He does this by dumping out all the paper clips and than putting them back in their little container. He could probably do this for 20 minutes. Hey, what ever makes him happy...and keeps him occupied.
We thought it would be cool to put Eaan's flight helmet on Jourdan. He didn't agree, but he let me take this picture.
This past weekend we went to Phoenix for a spur of the moment trip. It was great to see everyone. I was even able to squeeze in two movies. I can't remember the last time I was able to go to a movie, without Jourdan. I thought Eaan would have turned around and scrapped the whole trip when we hit a bunch of traffic on the 8 while we were still in San Diego. After an hour and only moving 10 miles we passed the accident and were on our way. Than of course I needed to have Applebee's for dinner. With one failed attempt with the Garmin, Eaan was willing to try one more time. Well, he was willing to try one more time for his starving, hormonal, pregnant wife and cranky hungry baby. We found Applebee's, had the worst service ever (I had the best meal ever), and put Jourdan to sleep in his car seat. We weren't even half way to Phoenix yet. The rest of the trip was uneventful, we just got in at 1 am.Jourdan & Jack became fast friends. They even shared their food with one another, from the floor.
Jourdan loves music and dancing, so why wouldn't he love playing the piano? He was amazed by this. He just stood on the chair and banged away for at least a half an hour.
I'm glad we made it out to Phoenix. We are not going to have much time left on the west coast. I am planning on moving back to Maryland in April with Jourdan while Eaan is out on deployment. I will fill everyone in when the plan is definite. You know the military, everything is always changing. The more time we can spend visiting people and doing things out here the better. I am not sure when we (Jourdan & I) will be back to the west coast after April. Don't worry I will keep everyone updated. :)
I have been taking Jourdan to the park a lot lately since I have more free time. He was scared at first but now he is getting the hang of it. I think his favorite thing is the slide.
My due date is August 26th, the day after Jourdan's 2nd birthday. I am 12 weeks pregnant and my stomach is already starting to pop out. Here we go again. I can't wait to see what this pregnancy will bring.
Just in case anyone was wondering the song on my blog is called Claire's Song and it is by my awesome little brother Tommy. I am eagerly waiting new songs.
Great News! Chris will be coming home in a couple of months. The Army is not going to deploy him to Iraq! He got his orders to come home so it is official. He was going to have to deploy in March to Iraq for 15 months when he was supposed to get out of the military this month. The deployment got pushed back to July or August and now he has orders to come home! Yeah! It will take a couple months for him to get back, he is currently over in Germany. But we will be glad to see him!
We are saying good bye to another family. We will miss Troy, Jennifer and the three little girls. The hard thing about being a military family is saying good bye over and over again to people who become your home away from home. We are nearing the end of our 4 years here in San Diego and one by one our friends are moving away. It is essential to build a support system, to have people around you that will always help you. We are far from any family so friends are our family. Our good friends, Wes, Melissa and their little one Emily, will be moving in March. It is too sad to think about.We attended a going away party for Troy and Jennifer this past weekend. It was a good way to say good bye. Sadly though this is the only picture I can post of the party. I will let you imagine what the pictures started to look like as more beverages were consumed. We will miss you guys!
Last weekend Eaan, Jourdan and I went up to Julian and stayed in a Bed & Breakfast for the night. It was nice to get away for the weekend and a nice change or weather. It snowed in Julian the night we left. I wish we could have stayed for the snow, but we didn't have our 4 wheel drive vehicle with us so Eaan thought it was best that we leave. Darn! Jourdan has never seen snow. He will soon, we are planning on taking him up into the mountains when it snows to go sledding. Should be fun! Back to the weekend. Julian is a little town about an hour from San Diego. There are small stores, a small town feel and Julian is known for their Apple Pies...yummy! The picture above is the view from the Bed & Breakfast we stayed at. Julain reminds me a lot of Maryland.
We had lots of good eats while we were there. Jourdan even learned how to use a cup, plate and fork. Well kind of. He was doing good until they all ended up on the floor with his eggs. Sorry the pictures are crappy, I took them with my cell phone.
We also went to hike at Lake Cuyamaca. We didn't end up hiking, it was too cold and Jourdan was too cranky. The ducks were out in full force though. Jourdan liked them.
Than the fog rolled in, remember the first picture? That was our view the first day. This was our view the day we left.
I loved it! I love crappy weather, as long as the sun comes out every once in awhile. We hardly ever have crappy weather in San Diego so when it comes rolling in I am loving it. It was nice to get away but it was also nice to come back home.
Caution: Overload on toddler information. Only read if you WANT to hear about all the stuff Jourdan is doing.
Jourdan is getting bigger and bigger everyday. We went to the doctor for his 16 month checkup earlier this month. He is already almost 17 months. He is a healthy growing toddler, not my little baby anymore. He has gotten taller too. He did not enjoy the shots he recieved. Of course he got sick shortly after and he is now finally back to the normal happy baby we all love. There were many sleepless nights and I still have to hold him for 15 or 20 minutes after he wakes up in the morning. (I don't think he realizes he isn't sick anymore and that mommy doesn't have to hold him all the time.)
He is doing everything a growing little boy should. Climbing on everything, see Nana he is puttin your toy to good use! Running away from me in the store or into the street (my favorite) is probably his all time favorite thing and than having a temper tantrum when I will not let him run away from me. He is talking up a storm...his favorite word: owe, ochie, which means hot or hurt...he thinks everything is hot. And he loves to read books, the same ones over and over and over again. He has so much hair that we buzzed it off...again. He is doing good in his toddler bed, he doesn't get out, he just cries and waits for me to come get him in the morning. Man, did that idea backfire, the point of the bed was so he could get up and play in his room in the morning so I could sleep a little longer. Not happening.
We took him to the playground the other day. He didn't look like he had fun...When we put him in the swing he just sat in it and stared. But he didn't want to get out of the swing. So who knows, he wasn't feeling all the way better yet so he probably wasn't having fun. What can I say, we tried. Oh yeah and we had to put him in backwards because he didn't want to hold himself up so he was leaning on the front of the swing. I thought he was going to tip it over. Probably not but better safe than sorry...
2007 was an interesting year to say the least. We brought in the New Year with two sick boys. Both Jourdan and Eaan went into the hospital over Christmas vacation. Thankfully Jourdan just had a bad cold and recovered quickly. Eaan took a little longer. After high fevers, dehydration, emergency room visits, a spinal tap (ouch!), cat scans and a massive doses of antibiotics the doctors finally figured out he had a bad sinus infection. He was ok after a couple weeks but still a little drained. And of course he is completely better now. I couldn't have taken care of these boys without the help of Nana and of course Uncle Will!
Eaan started workups in February for his second deployment. *Remember he just got back in August of 06', 17 days before Jourdan was born.* I graduated in March with my Bachelors Degree from the University of Phoenix. I decided to stay in California while Eaan went on deployment. Eaan left May 3rd for his 2nd deployment. Eaan's family is so supportive. I don't think I could have made it through this deployment without them. While Eaan was gone Nana probably came out every 4 to 6 weeks and Sture and Amanda came out a couple times too.
I basically tried to keep myself busy while Eaan was gone from May until September. Jourdan and I went to the Aquarium, Sea World, the Zoo, Dana Point for whale watching, the beach (of course), Balboa Park, and many other places with friends and family. We went home to Maryland but not to Phoenix (can you say 110 degrees?) Leah and I started hiking every weekend with Jourdan in a backpack and running twice a week. Than of course Jourdan and I went to the British Virgin Islands in June and July for two weeks!
Than in August Jourdan had his first birthday! That lucky little baby had two birthday parties! One in California and one in Maryland. Eaan came home on September 11th. Than it was our turn to go to Phoenix in October and November. Actually now that I think of it, we are due for a visit again. For Christmas we went home to Maryland. It was great to see everyone. Eaan hadn't been back in 3 years.
Now that 2008 is here we are already making some good changes. Jourdan moved to a toddler bed.
Eaan got a Ford Expedition (Notice Jourdan "driving" it)
Eaan is gearing up for his 3rd deployment...yes you heard me right, 3rd. He got back in September and they are deploying him in June. The Navy seems to like deploying him 9 months after he gets back. I will probably be moving back to Maryland in June for this one. 2008 should have some surprises too. I guess you will all have to wait to find out what those are!
Happy New Year everyone! Sorry for the late postings. I finally have downloaded all my pictures from my camera onto my computer. This year we went home to Maryland for Christmas. I love being home. We have had such a great time celebrating Christmas with the family. We started out last week doing last minute shopping. I think we ended up running out everyday before Christmas doing some sort of shopping.
Weekend Before Christmas
The weekend before Christmas was full of family. Friday night we went and saw Aunt Dotty and Uncle Brad, they just love little Jourdan! Ricky, Tom and Kit came to see us on Saturday. I haven't seen them since my baby shower. They had never met Jourdan so it was great for him to see them. Good food, good times and of course plenty of pool. The next day, more relatives. Mark, Meghan, Piper and Duncan and of course the Grandparents, or Great Grandparents now! We all exchanged presents, had more good eats, (I love the holidays, I probably gained 5 pounds at home!) and of course played more pool. Christmas Eve Eve
We decorated the Christmas Tree and Anna put the star on the top, well tried. Don't worry she didn't fall. And of course we read the "The night before, the night before Christmas".
Christmas Eve
The night before Christmas was great. We all hung our stockings and left our milk and brownies (apparently SANTA wanted brownies) to get ready for Santa. Anna is right at the age where she has doubts about Santa. So of course being the crazy people we are we had to let her know there was a Santa. We got her all snuggled in bed and Jeff started to read her "The Night Before Christmas". Tommy and Eaan sneaked into Jourdan's room and climbed out on the roof with some jingle bells. They started stomping around on the roof and my mom and I had visions of emergency rooms. As soon as Anna heard them she jumped up, ran past 5 adults and was down the stairs and out the front door in 2 seconds flat! We weren't prepared for that! She wanted to see Santa, so I started yelling for her to get inside so the boys could get on the other side of the roof. Thankfully she didn't see them and came inside. Than it was like a light bulb went off in her head, she wanted to know where Eaan and Tommy were. Well of course Eaan was in with Jourdan because he was crying and Tommy was wrapping presents! So back upstairs and we hear more commotion on the roof. Anna slaps her hand over Jeff's mouth, so we all started laughing. She tried to go downstairs again to see if there were presents, we wouldn't let her at first and than Jeff told her to go look. And what did she find? Eaan eating the reindeer's carrots! So after replaceing the carrots Anna finally went to bed, for the night. Than the rest of us were up until 2 am wrapping presents. Christmas Morning
Christmas morning was great. I am glad we all got to spend it together. Hopefully Chris will be with us next year. I love spending the holidays with family, that's what it's all about. I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
