31 May 2010

remembering...













promotion, may 2005





training, june 2005 (david proposed at the end of that week!!!)

















promotion june 2007













2005

it's fun to remember where we have come from and where we are going. what a great looking man i married! i am so thankful for him and his service. also, to all the men and women in uniform. david has a shirt on today that says "all in, all the time". thank you for fighting for our freedoms!

a few weeks ago, in sunday school, our teacher was talking about remembering where we came from. the sin we have been saved from. tonight, nora was praying and said "dear Heavenly Father, thank you that you sent your Son on His birthday and that He came to die for me and for you and for all the people." such innocence, and such a good reminder of the important things in life. remembering what Christ has done for me. and passing that on to my children.

30 May 2010

ballet...

forgot to mention. nora loved watching her ballet recital as i uploaded it. she kept telling the kids "stand here", "jump now", "boys, listen", "go to your spots". it was hilarious! not that she did that when she was supposed to be!!

tonight we had a bonfire at a friend's house. will post those pics later! so fun!

29 May 2010

two kids... two videos!


nora's ballet recital and jamey standing up. as promised.

28 May 2010

birthday fun!!













the helo...












unloading












check out my studly man! (he's in the jungle camis with the sleeves rolled up!)











shooting the big gun!!












check out that casing flying out of the gun!

so, my man had a great birthday. here's the pics of his navy adventure day. nice of the navy to spring for a helo ride and some big guns for the birthday boy. (actually, none of them knew it was his birthday until they got back to the office!)

tonight, we went to star wars in concert. it was really cool. and, we had second row seats! (i am of the belief that you go hard or go home when it comes to tickets, and since i was buying!!) cool concert, even cooler date!

27 May 2010

another thing i love about that man...


















sweet "jedi baby", as daddy calls him!












think she was tired?

















oh, how we will miss sadie! (did i mention she is not coming to hawaii with us? she's staying with david's parents. VERY sad face here!!) ps... sadie has been staying in the house when we leave occasionally... and doing well!


















i know, right? it's a smile on david's face!!! in a picture!

















loving his daddy!

















no more photos please!


















quite possibly a new favorite!

















sweet boy... with left over fruit leather on his face!

my man... he does the dirty work. cleans up the dog poop, takes out the trash, disciplines when i can't. he's in there with nora right now and i want to just go take her in my arms and comfort her. but, three minutes ago, when david wasn't here, i was the one in there disciplining her. (for some reason, we've taken a major step backwards with the staying in our room at bedtime thing...) it's so good, because she needs to learn it, especially with all the travel coming up, but sometimes, i just can't. i love him for that! what a great father to my kids!

26 May 2010

on this day...



















standing on his own... this is as far as he's gotten, but he can push to standing by himself (video to come soon!)


















still teeters a bit... not quite sure what to do about this!

















check out that face!!! (and the dog...)

















(might be my favorite!!)


















fast motion pics!


















whoa....












yesterday, nora told me we had to clean the house so daddy would be so happy. so, this is how she cleaned! (the laundry is mine... it just hadn't been folded yet... but, the baby pack-n-play, blanket and baby... all her and how she "cleaned"!)













note the stuff lining the space under my tv. not where it usually gets put away to, but who was i to discourage this??



















and the bookshelf, stuffed!!! so sweet and cute! i told her to start without me and i would be right there. she got it all done so fast!!! i love her!

















we went to visit daddy at work the other day...

















this is right across from where we got married... who knew that five years later, we would be there with our two kids!!!

















who is this grown up boy? he's so stinking cute!!

















surprisingly, NOT eating whatever was in his hands!! i think we managed to NOT eat any sand yesterday!

















however, several pounds went into his hair!!












i wanted to get a picture of all of us, so i told nora to stand right there, by her plant (at her feet). she stood so still!!!












me and my kiddos!!! i told nora tonight i was madly in love with them. again, she asked, "are you mad mommy?" "nope, just love you guys!!"

on this day, an awesome man was born. ruggedly handsome, conservative, applied to the us naval academy. oh, and my husband! (the former was john wayne. betcha didn't know that!! he was declined admission to usna. my sweet husband, however, wasn't! might be the 1570 on his sat, or the fact that he could tell a school like dartmouth it was his second choice, but whatever!)

anyway, today is david's birthday. happy birthday sweet husband. i love you so much! i am the luckiest girl in the world! i love being married to you. i am so thankful for you. i am glad that you are my baby daddy. you are a wonderful man. and husband. and father. the navy is lucky to have you. and so are we! we are proud of what you do, who you are and how you love us. thanks for loving God first. thanks for teaching that to our kids. thanks for loving both your nudgy wife and loving wife. you have such incredible patience with me.

if you have been patient enough, i have more to say!!! WE SOLD OUR CONDO!!! (i think that was david's birthday present!!!) such a HUGE, HUGE answer to prayer. we close on friday. AMAZING! i have cried and leapt with joy this week. i am overwhelmed and ecstatic, and a little sad to see it go... not sad in the i want to keep it way, just sad. it has good memories! but, WE SOLD IT!! thank you Lord. we found out monday morning, and signed all the paperwork yesterday. from start to finish, three months. not bad!

also, there's this video out there and one of the lines is "not today, it's mother's day". so, we say that sometimes. this morning, i said it and nora told me "mommy, you had your day. today is nora's day". uh-oh!!

she is so sweet. today, the kids had a snack. gorilla munch. i told nora to stop stomping it with her feet... making a mess. i told her if she did it again, i would punish her. well, five seconds later, she accidentally stepped on one. i happened to be looking, and saw that she didn't do it on purpose. she turned and said "don't punish me mom." it was so sweet! she didn't get punished. but, she did think it was fun, like bubble wrap. good thing we're moving soon and will have more bubble wrap!

jamey... if you ask him any question, he will raise his hand. like, "who's my favorite little boy?". he raises his hand! so cute!! such a little snuggler. when i get him up from bed, if i sit in the rocker, he'll lay his head on my shoulder and just snuggle. sometimes, he'll look up and lay his head back down and pat my shoulder!! so sweet. and, he gives the BEST kisses! wet and open mouth... those awesome baby kisses... (we're working on the closed mouth!)

we met daddy for a birthday dinner tonight in coronado. what a blessed life we live! it was a gorgeous night. breezy, family, pizza, sunset drive home. oh, and david got to fly in a helo and shoot some awesome guns today. thanks to the navy for planning a better birthday than i could!!! (btw... we are going to star wars in concert on friday for his birthday. my girl friends are going to see the sex and the city premiere... not sure who wins!!! okay, i do... a wonderful night with my man!!!)

if you stuck with this whole thing... awesome, and thanks! (amos and lucille...) i promise to post more often, so there's not so much to catch up on!!!

25 May 2010

i'm sorry...



















his new FAVORITE toy... bought for nora for $6 at ikea. my BEST investment EVER!! it's in his crib, so we routinely hear banging for a few minutes, then silence. then, several hours later, more banging! (sometimes, we are down to one nap now. sad!! but, also a good thing!!)


















our morning shake. it's SO GOOD! and my kids love it, too!!! i've had to make more, so i get my full shake! it's my only breakfast, while they have bananas, oatmeal, the kitchen sink and shakes! crazy kids!


















mmm... food! i think he actually does his own version of signs now. it's cute!! frantically waving is more or please... depending on what is going on!!

















cute girl on the trampoline...


















sweet boy in the sand boat. actually, he was trying to get out!!

so, it's been a busy few days. i think about blogging late at night, and it gets pushed to the next day. this one is going to be short and sweet, but i thought i would put a few pics in!! much more to update you on our lives tomorrow... there's a lot!!!


21 May 2010

growing up...


















the tv was on. we got in the car today, and james pointed to the dvd player and said "show". first time he's said that word! awesome!!!











nora is pretty much in the middle. she's in black with her hair in a high pony. our ballet recital is next week!!! my little girl, growing up so fast. she was asked this week if she did ballet, and she said "not really". kinda true. she mostly follows around the older kids. but it's fun and cute! and she loves it! and i love her. and her brother. mostly their daddy!! (who is home now, by the way... )

20 May 2010

family resemblance...



































anyone see it? (by the way... this is andrew haile.)

my little helper...

so, i was folding laundry (because i have done like six loads and not folded a thing), and nora was playing in her room. she came running out and into the bathroom. i went to check in a minute, because she loves to play with the soap and take a bath in the sink. but, she's pretty independent in the bathroom, so i don't think too much of her going in it!

so, i go in and she has her underwear in the toilet and she tells me she's just washing them for me. and then, i smell it. she'd had an accident (our first one in FOREVER!), and was trying to fix it. so, we had to have a talk about coming to mommy... after she'd stepped in it and gotten it all over the floor and the dog was barking at something crazy outside, so i had to go investigate and leave my daughter hopping on one foot, covered in poop, because james just went down for a nap and while the clomping of plastic glass slippers on the tile for two hours won't wake him up, the dog barking will and i have too much to do before he wakes up.

my sweet little helper!!

19 May 2010

a lot of pictures...

















on the big kid swings!! with courtney.


















running away from me. or towards something!


















big boy... on the slide. doesn't he look so big!!

















playing. she dressed herself. it was too cute!!!












both my babies. he wasn't a huge fan at first.

















unfortunately i took this picture as she hit her chin on the bar.












all of us on the slide. such a fun visit to the park!


















with baby kay-ya!

















nora kissing mikayla...












nora getting "makeup" put on by courtney!


















make up...

















my big girl!

















cheesy face!!!

















scared face.

















surprised face.

















sad face.


















i stinking LOVE this boy!!!


















just playing.


















sweet baby boy...

















cute face!!!