am i at the beach???...

The weather has just been so beautiful here lately! Yesterday Eric and I went to Sabino Canyon to walk the road- well at least a little bit of it!:)- with our friends Katie and Jackson. We walked 2 miles, let the kids out to play for awhile, and then walked back. Wow, am I in such bad shape!!! I really have to start exercising more! ANYWAY, when we let the kids play a little, there was a little hill that led down to the water running off of the mountain, and a little beachy area with sand. We went down there and let the kids play. Eric was more interested in the water than the sand, but he did play in the sand too! ...yes I let him play in the sand, and he had it EVERYWHERE!!! Having a child, especially a boy, I just have to get over it!!! I'll let you know how that works out for me!!!:) We took their shoes off- since they were soaking wet anyway- and they put their feet in the water and got all wet and just had fun! The water was frigid mind you, but Eric wanted to walk across the water- on the rocks- in his bare feet! He had such a good time! I can't wait to take him to the beach in April!

Playing in the sand

Mom, this is so much fun!!!

love at first sight...

Well Erika and I have been spending a lot of time together because both of our husbands are gone right now. Her husband is at weapon school and mine is at SOS. John will be home of Friday though- yeah!!! and Matt won't be home until June:( Although she will go visit him about once a month- so that is really nice. Anyway, obviously since we have been together, the kids are together too. Eric and Reese really have been getting along, they really have a good time together! It is really nice to have someone to spend time with when your hubby is gone! Thanks for all the good times Erika and Reese!!!

Little Mr. and Mrs.!
Love at First Sight!

Well John will be home on Friday! We are so excited! He finished up his last brief on Monday and the physical test today, so he is done pretty much with everything except some classes and briefs for the next few days. He won't be in until 10ish on Friday night, so I am having a neighbor come over and sit here so I can run to the airport without waking up Eric. I told John that he can come home and look at Eric, but he could NOT wake him up! We'll see how that works out for us!!! We are just too thrilled though to have him home!!!:)

first kiss...

Erika and Reese came over for dinner tonight. They were supposed to come over on Monday, but that is when Eric got sick so we had to cancel. Anyway they were able to come over tonight and we had a great time. They played simultaneously- not really together- until the end of the night. Erika and Reese were getting ready to leave, and we were able to get them to give each other a kiss good-bye. I took a picture of it, but of course had such a hard time snapping at the right moment! Well thank goodness for digital cameras, because they thought it was so much fun to look at the pictures, they kept kissing- so they could look again!!! Well we took a few, they are so funny! Afterwards, they were actually playing together!!! Of course when they were ready to leave! But they were chasing each other, flirting, and laughing and laughing! It was so funny and so cute! Well I can definitely mark this on the calendar that this was Eric's first kiss, with Reese!!!

Come over here and give me a kiss...

Not quite right, let's try again...

Oops, we're getting better, let's try again...

I guess this is as good as it gets tonight!!! We'll try again another day, bye-bye!:)

sick again...

My goodness, I think we have had enough!!! All three of us were sick before Christmas, my whole family was sick over Christmas, including Eric- John and I skipped that turn- I have been sick once since we got back, and then HELLO- Eric got sick today!!! I swear I am going to tell everyone to stay away from us- we just can't get better! I was cleaning the floors today while Eric was napping, and I heard him starting to move around, but he was quiet and playing so I just kept working so I could finish before I got him. Well I heard what sounded kinda like puking- but I thought surely if he was getting sick he would cry or something- so I continued to work! (I was almost finished!) I finished up and started walking back and heard it again! I thought- wow is he making some crazy noises! Well I walk in and he is just sitting in a pool of yucky! Poor little guy- it was EVERYWHERE!!! Well I just stripped him down and put him in the tub! Afterwards I stripped the bed and threw everything in the wash- including the wild thing, Fred and George!!! He got sick a few more time, which I was lucky enough to hear it happen first, and I could run in and get him to the toilet!:) No messes! You could tell he was sick, he just sat on my lap for a long time on the couch. After a few hours he was back to his normal self! Playing and bee-boping around! He ate toast, kix, and water for dinner, and he seemed to be fine with it! I will have to listen well tonight!!! Anyway, keep your fingers crossed that I don't get it now! Let's stay healthy- PLEASE!!!

Sick bed!

Airing the joint out!

My sick dinner- toast, kix, and water!

babies and pizza...

Well we had a fun filled day! After squishing bugs, we went on the web cam with grandma, took a nap, got up and ate lunch, went on the web cam with dad, met our friends Erika and Reese at Target to buy a goodie bag, visited our friend Jen in the hospital- who just had our new friend Claire-, gave her the goodie bag, then went to Peter Piper Pizza! Wow were we ready for bed!!! We came home, Eric took a bath and then literally jumped into his crib! He was so happy to go to sleep! He was almost sleeping before his little head hit the sheets!!! Anyway, Claire was so sweet- we are so ready to have a baby 'sister' (we are putting in our order now!:))! We had a great time at Peter Piper Pizza, thanks Erika and Reese! Enough fun for one day- time for mommy to rest too!

Jen and Claire- Congratulations!!!

Hi Erika and Reese!

I'm not sure how to play this game, but it is fun!

Hooray- I win!!!

boys and bugs...

It is absolutely beautiful outside today. Eric and I went out to play and ended up being out there for about 2 hours! I even had to take our jackets off, we were sweating!!! He just had a blast! We checked out the pool, played with cars, loaded up rocks in the dump truck, ran around, and chased bugs! Oh and squished bugs!!! Gross, but he enjoyed it- so- oh well!:) I just didn't know what kind of bugs they were, so I didn't know if they bit or stung or what, but they didn't do anything, except run and then squish! I ran in to get the camera, and this is the only picture I got before he squished his second bug!

Come here little guy, let me squish you- it'll be over before you know it!:)

Anyway, we had a good time, and I'm sure there will be much much more of this in the future! His dad will be so proud!!!

Speaking of dad, John will be home in 2 weeks! YEAH, we are so excited, we can't wait! We love and miss you daddy!!!:)

Home again home again- jiggity jig...

Ok, I know it has been forever since I've posted, but we just got back this weekend. We decided to stay in Pittsburgh for another week, and we just had a great time. John is at SOS, so it was nice to be at home and visit with a bunch of my girlfriends! You will have to go to Eric's website and see all of the pictures that I've put on there from the trip. My mom came back with us, because Eric is a handful on the airplane, and the trip was just crazy with delays and changing our airlines to get us home, and a 5 1/2 hour flight with him- if my mom hadn't been there, I would have definitely pulled my hair out!!!

Speaking of pulling his hair out, John is at SOS and ready to do just that! He is hanging in there though, and he will finish up on Feb. 9th, so just 3 more weeks!:) His parents are coming to visit him, I think this weekend, so he is really looking forward to that! They will all have a great time! It just stinks that we couldn't be there too!:(

Anyway, while my mom was here this past weekend, it rained everyday- and snowed the last day! She was very upset considering it doesn't rain in Tucson, let alone snow!!! Well it was very beautiful, and it is all gone now! She is gone and the temperature is going up to the high 60's and will stay that way for the next 10 day forcast! Sorry mom, come back!!!:)

Well I am going to relax for a little before I go to bed here, but I will really try to stay on top of this now!