Blech!

I have a marathon of things, going through my head right now!

Jeff ran a 15K marathon this past saturday in pensacola, florida. He made it in 1:13:16, pretty good honey! I'm really proud of him, it was so last minute and he's in alot of pain now, but, he says it's a good pain? whatever the case, He had a good day!

Leenas expanders are on, and in the works. Poor girl, she cries when we tighten them. Makes me feel horrible! So, I'm ok with my mom tightening them, so I'm not the one causing my daughter the physical pain of her teeth moving. I really hope that it's really over in 4 months like the orthodontist has said.

Landon is my little snuggle bug. I love him soo much! He's my sweet little boy! I give him some solid ffod off and on, cuase he's eating sooo much, it's hard to constantly feed him. So, if we give him some baby food, he's not onl fairly clean eater, he likes it! Of ourse. He's so cute about it too.

Me - my mind is still racing even after getting all the basics out. I've come to this conclusion, and I really hope it doesn't offend people. I haven't gone to church on a regular, active basis in several, several years. I'm ok, I think it's kind of shape my views in a sense, and learn a little bit more of what I feel, religion put aside form all of it. Anyway I've got no problems wih people expressing their loe of god and christ etc. But, when it is constant, like to the point, that you can't go to the store to get popsicles without talkng bout god and linkig it to the popsiles, drives me insane. I know it may sound like it's not possible, but I know someone who does it all the time. Like I said, I have NO problems with church goers, people who are chritians, catholics, all that. But, if I can't talk about my radiator and water pump problems without you somehow quoting the bible and talking about the almighty, we have a small conflict. Of course I'm too nice to say anything, but this is my way, of saying, I don't like it.

Last thing. I have a friend who in 2007, probably had the hardest time in life. And regardless of who it is, I'm glad that in my friends case, I was the one person who didn't pass judgement, and coud call up, tell me everything that had happened, and essentially been the one they went to for support. I feel bad that I was out of state, but sometimes that's a good thing. It's sad to watch people hit rock bottom, not know what to do, or where to turn. But, it's even better when they can climb out of that hole they were in, take a look aroun and say "I'm out of there, let's do this again!" And, they don't revert to the old ways, they learned the lesson the hard way, and decided to go about life without the problems they had before.

Make new friends, and keep the old, one is silver, the other is gold. Be sure to be the friend that defines that word though. If we all just have acquainances, that's nice, but it's even more soothing, to have someone you can call up, and unload to, and no judgements are passed, dedication.

And, we're back!

It's been a while since I've posted something, so I changed and fed Landon, put him in his swing while I get a little caught up on things.

We left Bremerton a couple of weeks ago, and sent Jeff off to FL for training to be a Navy recruiter. I'm so glad that he's OFF THE SHIP! The Stennis is going hither and yon, and not going to be back until August. All those new dads who don't get to see their kids until then, I feel bad for them! Part of the job though, especially if you're stationed on an aircraft carrier.

Jeff left the 24th of Jan to Pensacola, FL. We moved all day the day prior. I will be honest, I wasn't much of a help. Moving is not my forte. I get so overwhelmed, that I don't know where to start. So, I do the basics like clean the bathrooms, pack them up, and pack up Landon's things. We chose not to keep paying the outrageous rent at the house we where in, when we had just bought a house. Didn't make sense. So, I'm with my parents until Jeff gets back, which is a day or 2 past the original date, but that was miscommunication part on the Navy's side. Jeff handles moving alot better than I do, he's done it so many times, he has a certain way of doing it. And, he's efficient.

Either way, all that's left with the house, is all the signing. We had to get a power of attorney to make sure that I could sign them all without Jeff having to be there, or fedex'd something overnight. I've asked many times, and been told it shouldn't be a problem. Just waiting for the escrow company to all and set up an appointment, and we're good to go!

Leena got about 3k of dental work done, poor girl. A "normal" mouth, is supposed to be 38mm, hers is 30mm. Which is abnormally small, which will cause horrific problems in the future. So, she now has expanders and 4 small braces. 2 on the top front permanent teeth, 2 on the bottom permanent teeth. You have to crank these big ol' metal things in her mouth, we went to crank it, and poor thing she was in tears, it was rather painful for her. Needless to say, I'll be making grandma tighten them, and not me...I don't want to cause my daughter pain, even if it's just for her teeth. Maybe in a few weeks. She's only supposed to have them on for 4 months. She's getting slowly better at eating and speaking. She's been rather diligent with her fluoride, flossing etc. Just hope that it all works, and we don't have to have her in braces in 4 years, like I did!

Landon is growing, but he's still "small", and that, I'm OK with with! We went to the Dr 1 week ago, and at the time, he was 11lbs, 12oz, 23 3/4" long, and in the 10-25% range. Not too surprising, his dad is 5'3 and 115lbs on a good day. I'm 5'2 and 108, so this shouldn't shock people that he's still able to pull off some of his 0-3 clothes. Doctor told me not to let him eat solid food yet. What did I do? I gave him some anyway, just because he's eating NON-STOP! It holds him off a bit longer, and it's not like I'm giving him cereal, 5 times a day. Maybe once every other day. I mix it up with some pears and he's in heaven. He's not as messy as Leena, but the kid can sure eat alot more than her when she was his age! Landon is getting really good at tracking things. He LOVES baby Mozart! He's taking a love of his sister. He cried when I took him from her today. I handed him back to her, he stopped. Took away again, and he really wasn't happy, til I gave him his Binky. He "talks" up a storm, and is so much fun. He still hates tummy time, but he's just gonna have to deal with that for now!



Landon loves to stand up!






My matching little kiddos!



Landon loves pears!


My little talker!