Only in dreams....literally.

I wish I could refer to the weezer song "only in dreams", but that wouldn't make too much sense by the time I'm done.

I tend to have the most far out, fairly unusualy, and flat out just messed up dreams, one can have. Yet, I'm by far, the most normal person. I will admit, my dream bothered me.

So, here goes nothing. In short, my dream took place at a place where all of Jeffs district of the Navy people were taking group photos, and having a full dinner with the RD (recruiting district). So, you'd assume I was sitting next to Jeff, having dinner. Nope. After somehow going to this dinner, via belgium, (i'm not kidding) I have a guy I dated off and on for a while sitting in front of me, his son to the left, the girl that I didn't ever like (because she heckled me in a way, constantly, in real life) to my left, and my ex husband to my right...WHAT THE?! And Leenas dad was there because we were doing a Leena swap, yet, no Leena. And there was a hispanic lady with a newborn little girl, that I have never seen before in my life, I have no idea who she is. And she ended up picking up Leena for me, and I watched her daughter. So weird. The ending was tragic in a sense. What had happened at the end was totally, just, off. All these people in a house, had died. But they died because they'd been exposed to a very low soundwave, but over time, it took a toll on their body. And it killed them. Some were my extended family members. WEIRD! One person died because the sound wave severed a main artery in his ear, and caused kidney failure. ODD!

We could sit back an analuze every last bit of this, but we'd be here all day. Just had to share because the kidney failure part, woke me up at 6am. The one time Landon sleeps past 5:59am, I'm awake. Just my luck.

Healthy babies

I was watching Oprah today, I usually forget she's even on the air. But today, I'm pretty sure it was a re-run, but I'm VERY glad I watched it. They had kids on there that I was amazed by, I'm glad Oprah does shows like this, it shows that not everyone's perfect,a nd some things, really do need other peoples attention. With that being said, the last segment of the show, was about a little baby boy, named Eliot. He was supposed to be born dead, due to a severe birth defect. Or multiple, rather.

Here is the video



I was crying my eyes out at the end, and so was Oprah and Celine Dion. I think it helped that the parents were so positive about all of it, and felt very strongly, they'd see their son again. I sat here on the couch, my squirmy Landon on my lap, he saw my tears, and just cuddled up with me for 5 minutes. He's so precious like that. I will never take his health for granted, I'm so blessed to have healthy kids.

Hawaiian Vacation '09

(outside the rental, it was across the street from the beach, about a 6 second walk)

About a month ago, 2 of my friends were going to the Hawaiian islands. Different islands, bt they had both told me, go out there when we're there go, go, go! So, Jeff and I looked up airfare, and it was ridiculously cheap. We couldn't go at the same time as my friends, but we decided, the end of May is probably a good idea. So, we booked our airfare, car rental, vacation rental and packed up and went to Hawaii! We went to the North Shore of Oahu, that's our favorite place. Get away from all the touristy stuff of Honolulu and Waikiki. Which, are good one day things, but only one day. It's almost mayhem.

Jeff had still a partially injured ankle from his car accident last month, but so long as he came home each night, and iced it and wrapped it up, he was free to play as he liked, the next day.

We did the one afternoon in Waikiki thing. Jeffs old ship he was on, the Stennis, happened to be in port while we were there. And, there was a leak on the ship, so they were delayed and we saw people we usually wouldn't see during and probably after deployment.

As I;m trying to write this out, I'm oddly drawing a blank after only being home from the vacation, 2-3 days. Either way, we baked in the heat and the sun, got sunburned, but loved it!


We saw this, and it was a homeless persons tropical, oceanfront shelter. You can see their stuff off to the right. I didn't want to climb in it..


I LOVE this one! You can see the blue dancing across the top of the water. This is Shark's cove, across the street.





my new favorite picture of Jeff. He's half floating, half sinking.


We got an underwater camera, and we totally love it!


a fishy


This is at the tip top part of Oahu, it was all unpaved dirt roads, you don't get any higher up than this place! It was pretty cool up there.


Jeff and his friend Crystal. She's on the currently deployed Stennis. She worked with him the nuclear reactor dept.


In the warm water. Cold sand though!


Our old roomie, DanDan....or, just Dan. He's from Maui actually.


The Stennis, not a very good photo, but I'll be back to edit this more when I don't have so much to do!

All in all, the beaches were fabulous, we had a good time, we like the new color of our skin, but most of all, we were soooo happy to come home to excited little kiddies! I got really anxious towards the end of it, I just missed my baby, and girl. I think we'll take the kids next time :)

Meet "Silver Lightning"!

I don't know how many people know but let it be know, to everyone, that JEFF, totalled our last car. Not me! I'm going to sound like a bad wife for saying this, but, better him than me! I'd have my butt handed to me since I'm on "probation" (I can't get any moving violations) for the next 2 years. Per a mean judge's orders. ANd actually, Jeff agreed with me, he was happy it had happened to him, and not to me.

Long story short, Jeff and his Colleague, Sepencer (his last name, it's the Navy, we don't know first names, just last)were heading to an auto place. Jeff was following him. Spencer turned left at a yield. Jeff was off in la la land, watching a nice lady pick up trash on the street. Jeff out of the corner of his eye, saw his colleague turn, and he didn't check for traffic when he did. SLAMMED into a Dadoge Ram hauling down a main drag in Tacoma, and hit Jeff. OR, Jeff hit him. Whichever you prefer. The airbags went off,windshield busted, and the front end of it was destroyed. I'd show pictures, but I didn't like that car to begin with, so really, just trust me. and the only real damage Jeff's had, was his right ankle. It's all kinds of purple and nasty looking. The first day, he was in bad pain, he couldn't walk on it. We went to the army hospital, and come to find out, he'd only sprained it. Better than a break! Anyway, he's been going to a chiropractor a few days a week to help it out. (Jeff is big on chiropractors) Anyway, that put us down to one car when that wreck happened. Glory hallelujah though for this part. That day, of the accident, Jeff was going to take the Scion XB we are babysitting for a friend that's on deployment until end of summer. He ran out of time, and forgot to take that car. I'm glad he didn't take it, because that's not our car! (we're supposed to drive it on occaion so that battery doesn't die etc) That would've been horribly bad if he had totalled a car that's only a year old!

We decided, ok, let's get a new car. Should we get me my own car, or just let me drive Jeff's car? Jeff is so picky about the miles on the mazda. It's honestly a guys car because the suspension is rough, and meant for speed (hence the name mazdaspeed3) not for a around the town car really. And, it has 31K on it already, Jeff doesn't like that fact. Either way, we started loooking at new cars, with all the insane specials dealers are having trying to get people to buy, because the economy and the car industry are hurting. We'd eyed a 2009-2010 Ford Fusion. But, when push came to shove, we didn't want to pay 20 or 30K for a new ford vehicle. We just needed something that I could drive, that wasn't Jeffs car, but had all the specs I wanted.

We finally came across a 2002 (I think) VW Passat. In North Seattle. (that's a drive from here) It had low miles, and pretty much every bell and whistle I wanted, minus a navigation system because I lack ANY sense of direction. Nor do I stop to ask. (thank the craigslist killer for that, just kidding) Anyway, after about 2 hours at teh dealership, we were driving off with a second car for me, and new car for the kids. It's really roomy! While we were in the Seattle vicinity, we decided to go swing by my moms across teh water and see how she and Leena are doing. We showed Leena the car and holy smokes! You'd think she'd be able to play in it for hours. She probably could! Either way, we both really like it, and got a navigation system put in it yesterday. That was a chunk of change. But, Jeff was a doll and let me have what I wanted in it. Next thing we'll do in a while is, put the dvd system we have for the kids, in the back of the headrests. WOOHOO! Fun-mobile!

So, now my car is jokingly called "silver lightning" and Jeffs is "silver thunder". They're both silver.

We like it!


Interior

The voice activated phone, bluetooth, all that stuff. Just missing DVD, but I'm ok with that.

The backseat which comfortably sits 3. Considering hte value of it, we got a steal on it, no complaints here!
ANd, as I was typing this out, Jeff came down here with Landon, and Landonw as having a total blast on Jeffs shoulders. I grabbed the XD card out of the laptop, put it in the camera, just in time :)


My new favorite pictue!


My little explorer all rady for a day outside!


Lastly, 5 days til HAWAII!!! I need a break!

HE DID IT!!!

JEFF MADE FIRST CLASS!!!

In other words, he made rank, he's now an E-6!! Good job honey! I know you tried hard, 4 times, and did your best!! CONGRATULATIONS!! I love you! (He had to take a test 4 times, and it's incredibly long)

How we found out is the funny part. Jeff usually gets ready for work, downstairs so I can sleep etc. He'd come up here for something...And he got a text message on his phone from his friend Mike, that said "congrats on first class". And we looked at each other and I grab his phone and reply with "??????!!?" and hit "send". Jeff takes off like a bolt of lightning, I hear pattering on the stairs....then silence, then pattering up the stairs as he races in with his latop, whirls it openand goes to the Navy site to check if you passed the test or not...and tada! "Daniels Jeffery M" was there!!! YAY! It means he goes up in rank, and gets a pay raise, in short, it's a promotion, and a very good one! I'm so proud of him!!

So, I called my mom and told her, and now she wants a dinner for him at her house on Sunday, we'll be there mommy, no worries!

Almost here!

I can't believe that summer is so close! It's been incredibly warm here, especially for May! I know it was warm last year, but I don't recall it being this warm! Perhaps it's because I was working full time?

Either way, we had Leena here this past weekend. And when I saw how sunny it was on my way to go get her, I called up my mom, and told her to throw in her bating suit. I'd been at Target the day prior, and say a tiny kiddie pool, and figured, eh, why not? We don't want a huge one, Leena just wants something she can just sit and cool off in, this is perfect.

Landon had a fever, he's had alot of them considering his age. I really wish I knew why, I guess it's an unsolved mystery for now. I figured, cool water, let's put him in with Leena!

NOT! I stuck his little feet in there, and oh my heavens! He just let out the world loudest scream! He was so TICKED! He did not want to be in that water! So, we wwent and put some hot water in there to warm it up, he didn't lkike it, but he wasn't screaming that time around. A step up I guess? Either way, I spared him the traumatic experience, and had him come inside and hang out with me, while Leena spalsh around with Jeff. She really did have a good time, I think that was probably her highlight of her weekend. It's funny, she doesn't like swimming or baths, but she'll get in a pool (usually) no problem, as long as she can stand. Kids and their phobias!

My little boy is 7 months!

I can't believe Landon will be 7 months on the 22nd! I guess I can honestly ask, where the heck did the time go?! He's such a sweetheart, he loves to snuggle (he didn't before) and he's trying his hardest to roll over from back to tummy. He can do it if he works really, really hard. It's really amusing.

He still is toothless, but sure can bite! He's getting one lower bottom fang in, that's it! Our little vampire baby! He really is a doll and such a joy to have in our lives, I don't know anyone who doesn't love him, that's been around him. He is Jeffy's little buddy, and my sweet little boy. Almost sad that he will be a year just in 5 short months! Here are some of his pictures.