Family Visit

Ok, Granddad and Grandmom, sorry for taking so long, here are a few pics from this week. I'll add more later. Everyone is having a good time. We've been to the beach and the marsh boardwalk and tonight we are getting 5 lbs. of local shrimp!! One of the advantages of living here, great local seafood. The storm seems to have slowed down, so we shouldn't have to worry about it too much. Just rain and some wind. A normal storm around here. Lots more pics to come.....

One month old

Ryleigh is one month old today!! I can not believe she has been here a month already. She is already growing up too fast.

Mom, Dad, Josh and Lindsey will be here on Saturday!! I can't wait. We haven't told Aiden that they are coming. We are going to tell them right before they get here that a surprise is coming and take him outside. When he sees them you will be able to hear his excited screams throughout the whole neighborhood.

Jason held his late duty last night until November!!! After 29 months of schools that took him away for months, then pushing platoons that required 120 hour work weeks, then a quota (the break you are supposed to get on the Drill Field for 6-12 months) that was the hardest on the island, we get almost a 3 month break. He was assigned a new job for the remaining of his quota. Thankfully this one does not include recruits. We are excited to lead a little bit of a normal life for a few months.

More from the kids

Everyone has been telling us how much they enjoyed reading the post about some funny things that Aiden has said, so here are some more. Enjoy!

- Just before jumping off a counter I hear him say "Don't break me Lord."

- "Mom do you know what Marines do? They protect the WORLD!"

- Jason told Aiden to do something the other day, Aiden didn't respond. Jason said "Aiden, that would be a 'Yes sir' ". Aiden responded with "Yes sir Daddy". Aiden immediately turned to Kyle and said "Kyle we are supposed to clean this up". Kyle didn't say anything. Aiden looked at him and said "That would be a 'Yes boy' Kyle." :)

- A conversation between Aiden and Kyle, of course Aiden is doing all the talking, Kyle is just agreeing. "Kyle, do you want to protect Ryleigh?" Kyle says "Uh huh" Aiden says "If bad guys get her, guess what happens?" Then Aiden makes gun noises. I guess Jason has them trained already to ward off the boys when Ryleigh gets older!

- What Aiden calls gas - "burping in your pants"

- This one is from a while ago, but I was reading it in the folder where I write down all the funny stuff they say and it made me laugh. We were talking about his uncles and I said "Yeah, you have a lot of uncles." Aiden said "That makes me nervous........very nervous."

The picture is from a few months ago when Joe was here and they were ganging up on him.

Dad

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

We wish we were there to celebrate the day with you. We love and miss you.

Thunderstorms

Jason took the whole day off yesterday!! It was the first time he has done that (without him already having the day off) since we moved here. Of course his Drill Instructors and everyone else at work called him every 5 minutes, but at least he was home. He couldn't have taken the day off at a better time, the lack of sleep was starting to catch up with me and a morning to sleep in was just what I needed. It is so nice to wake up in the morning and the boys are dressed and fed, the beds are made and the everything is in order for the day. Don't know how I got so lucky, but I am glad I did! :)

We had a huge thunderstorm yesterday afternoon. The thunder was louder than any thunder I have ever heard. It started just as we were leaving to go pick up a movie. We were driving down the road right outside our neighborhood, which is just a tunnel of old trees with moss hanging off them and it started to get scary. We turned around to go home since limbs were falling everywhere. We made it safely back to our neighborhood and decided to take a different way out to the main road, with not as many trees around. Aiden kept saying "Lets go home." and Kyle kept answering him by saying "No!". The storm wasn't as bad further out on the island and by the time we got to the store it was just raining a little. The main road to our house was closed on the way home due to a large tree falling over the road. I guess it is a good thing we turned off that road....

In other news, our bloody nose count has been high this past week or so. I think Aiden has had 2 and Kyle at least one. Plus Kyle fell on the driveway last night as both Aiden and Kyle were going for a ball. Kyle got to it first and landed on it, but then Aiden landed on him and made Kyle eat the driveway. So he has a nice brush burn on his face. But Kyle really wouldn't look normal to us if he didn't have some sort of mark on his face. :)

Boys Pictures

Here are the pictures that we had taken of the boys a few weeks ago. I know they are already out of date since Ryleigh was born, but I wanted some of just the boys. Plus, these are for their 4 year and 2 year pictures. I guess we will have some taken of all three when Ryleigh gets a bit older, like in 6 months or so. Chelly, tell me which pose you want in a 5x7.

Family pics

Some more pics from a few days ago. Ryleigh is getting bigger by the day. Check out her checks!! :) Most people say she looks like Kyle, but I think she looks just like Aiden did when he was a baby. Kyle has started calling Ryleigh "honey". I guess he picked that up from me calling her honey. The other day I was feeding her and Kyle said "Honeee, ou hav num-num? (his word for food)" Aiden loves to hold her. This morning he held her for over an half hour and she fell asleep. He was so proud of himself. He also sings to her, he says to put her to sleep. He sings "Robin Hood and Little Johnny running through the forrest, laughing back and forth at what the other has to say....."

Flying Solo

Well I have survived my first two days alone! :) With only minor mishaps. It is definitely more of a challenge to keep an eye on all three (and one doesn't even move yet!). Jason had duty last night, so my first day alone was really all day, all night and most of today. This morning was a lot smoother than yesterday. I didn't get dressed until almost noon, but at least I got dressed. Jason met me at the commissary so I could grocery shop with out the boys. I don't think I am ready for all three and a grocery store. I don't think the grocery store would be ready for us either. I had Ryleigh in a baby sling and she slept the whole time.

The weather here is PURE TORTURE. It is awful. It is too hot for the boys to even go out and play. We are looking forward to cooler weather, which should arrive say sometime in December......

Aunt Sarah & Aunt Megan

I can not thank Megan and Sarah enough for all they did for us while they were here. They allowed me to take naps, played with the boys, cooked meals, cleaned, kept me company and countless other things. They were a huge blessing and we already miss them. I hope they enjoyed themselves and know how grateful we are to them for all they did for us. We love you girls and miss you!!! Can't wait to see you all in October.