Farewell San Diego :: 02

Jourdan's "big boy" table

Farewell San Diego :: 01

We are going to be leaving San Diego on April 19th. I have been trying to do things that I haven't yet done here in San Diego before we leave. I also have been taking a lot of pictures. I want Jourdan to have lots of pictures of his daddy before he leaves but I also want to remember San Diego and the time we have spent here. I have decided to do a little project for the next month or so. I have been inspired by many of the blogs I have been reading and browsing through lately.

I am going to post a picture everyday until we leave San Diego. Now we all know how bad I might be at this but I am going to try and post a picture everyday. Near the end I might not be so good at posting because I will probably be overwhelmed with packing. I usually procrastinate until the last minute, than go crazy and try to pack in a week. The good thing is I am just going to be posting pictures with maybe a caption so I will not have to worry about writing about the pictures. I hope this will make it easier. I really want to document our last days here in San Diego. Eaan isn't leaving until the beginning of June so he will be out here longer than I will be. I am going back home in April because he will be busy all of May getting ready to deploy.

Here is the first picture. Parks have become a regular activity for us. It's been warm and Jourdan enjoys being outside so much. He is also fascinated by airplanes. He is watching one fly by. He always points and stares in awe.

Spring is here!

Baby Shower Madness

One of my good friends, Melissa, is having twin boys! This Sunday we attended her baby shower. There were games, little kids, cake, double of everything and of course pregnant people.

(Chris :: 6 months, Amanda :: 4 months, Melissa :: 5 months: there are twins in there!!)


The host made sure to include the boys in the games too. Wes won.


Jourdan just watched and laughed, so did the rest of us.


There are more pictures from the baby shower here. I can't wait to meet the two little boys. Wes and Melissa are going to have their hands full but I am sure they will have lots of fun.

It's a...

...BABY GIRL!!



Eaan is in trouble with this one.

The Family Visits Part 2 :: Sea World

Of course when family comes to town we go to Sea World! I love Sea World! The whales, dolphins, sharks, stingrays, polar bears, penguins, fishes and more!


Raya and Jourdan liked holding the starfish. Well, Raya liked holding the starfish...


...Jourdan liked eating them! Ewww!
(Of course we stopped him after he put the starfish in his mouth!)


Eaan liked drinking the free beer at Sea World. I think that is the only reason he came with us. Everyone had fun and we were able to see all the animals. I love the shows. Jourdan and Raya had lots of fun and was watching over Jourdan, making sure he didn't run away.

The Family Visits Part 1 :: Gator Beach

My favorite beach here in San Diego is Gator Beach. It is a military beach so during the summer tourist season not a lot of people are on it.


Gator Beach is on Coronado Island and Coronado Island is were my favorite pizza and ice cream place are. So of course when Sandra, Amanda and Raya came into town we went to Coronado on the first day.


We all had a great time playing in the sand but of course Jourdan wanted to play in the water. Even though it was probably 50 degrees.


Of course he was hit by a wave and knocked down. Completely soaked.


Eaan came with us too. He went for a run to get away from all the estrogen. Jourdan wanted to go with him.


Yes, we had to take off all of Jourdan's clothes because they were wet. No, we did not have a change of clothes. Why would I have brought extra clothes? Babies aren't messy...are they?


Than he wanted to roll in the sand. Sure it's only 60 degrees outside, you are soaked and naked...go ahead.


My two boys


We are going to miss the beach in San Diego.

Fiesta Island

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.

Random Baby Boy Pictures

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.


More posts coming soon...with lots more pictures.

Happy 4th Anniversary

Can you believe it's been 4 years?!?

15 Weeks

So in case you didn't know...I am preggers. Here is the first prego picture courtesy of AC (AKA Amanda Christiansen).

15 weeks and already popping out!

Notice my little boy playing in the background...it looks like he is coming out of my tummy.

Phoenix for the Weekend

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. :)

Tub Time

Fun in the tub!

@ The Park

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.

...and now we are 4

Exciting News!

Eaan and I are expecting again!

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.

Random Updates

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!

2008 is starting out right!