I'm Strong!!

I don't know where he got this but Landan keeps trying to convince us of how strong he is. It's rather hilarious actually. Today I decided to get my keyboard out and brush up on my piano playing but I couldn't find the cord to plug it in so I could turn it on. While I was looking for it Landan asked what i was doing. I told him what I was looking for and he made this face while proclaiming, "I'm strong to find it for you!" which he repeated several times.

Cruise... Day 2

Cozumel, Mexico

Day 2 of our cruise was spent in Cozumel, Mexico. It was our favorite shore excursion of all of them because we got to swim with dolphins. Unfortunately i don't have many pictures because we had to take pictures on water cameras and I don't have them developed yet. It was great. We got to pet the dolphin and hug it and kiss it and we swam out and it pulled us back in. It was so fun. Our dolphin was having a little trouble focusing though and it kept swimming off by itself and meeting up with a boy dolphin. In the end we had two dolphins that were different than the first one. There were also some really cute baby dolphins swimming with their mommies. It was so cute. Here's some pictures of Cozumel and some pictures we bought from the gift shop of us doing the bellly swim with the dolphin (whose name was Milencha by the way).

Cruise...Day 1

Boy am I behind. I have so much to write about. We obviously got back from the cruise and it was absolutely Fabulous!! We ate so much! And it was all wonderful food. We had some really hilarious table companions. We were of course the youngest of all of them but we had a great time. It was so fun talking about what everyone did every day. I will have to talk about the cruise in bits as i have time because there is just too much to tell all at once. And of course I have some GREAT pictures.

For the first evening and day of the cruise we were at sea. This first picture at the top is us on the boat as it's about to leave Galveston port. There were tons of activities you could do on the boat. We spent most of the day relaxing on deck and eating. We also went to all the shows which were phenomenal. The first was a comedian that was great. Here's some more pictures of the first days.


It was really windy up on the top deck.This guy was the seller of the drink of the day. He was pretty funny. He's dancing with these drinks on his head.

We got him in the pool.

If you have read my sister's blog about the pool party about a week ago, you would know that my son had a sudden deep fear of water. He refused to get anywhere near the water. Kind of rare for him. If you haven't read it yet, click here for the story. Well, today we got him in the pool. It took a lot of coaxing, but he finally got in. By the end of the time he was jumping in the water from the side of the pool. Maybe it was the fact that there were fewer people in the pool or something but he finally got in and was having tons of fun. He even got a small swimming lesson in. It was great! Here are some pictures of his slow progression into the water.

Where's the Beef?

Funny thing happened yesterday. We decided to have a cookout at Eppie and Papa's house last night. There were about 13 of us including all adults and chillins'. While we were at it we decided to go all out so we had sauteed onions, bacon, tomatoes, swiss cheese, mushrooms, the works to go on these burgers. So we're sitting there enjoying our burgers and chips and having nice conversation when suddenly, Papa jumps up and goes, "No wonder!" We're all sitting there wondering too. He goes in the house and comes back out with a hamburger pattie. He had gotten through 3/4 of his burger which is loaded to the hilt with everything on it, and had forgotten to put a hamburger pattie on it. His comment, "I thought it tasted funny and was feeling kind of soft." We got a real hoot out of that one. Here's a picture of the burger after he put the pattie on it. Please note the lack of bun around the pattie.

An Update

Okay, life has been nothing but moving since Kevin got home. We're leaving on our cruise tomorrow and we have a new memory card in our camera so I don't have any piuctures but I'll give you a quick update so everyone knows what's going on.

1. After Kevin got home He spent three whole days packing while I spent the same three nights working. Then we spent a day and a half packing the final touches. We then loaded up the truck last Fri. and on Sat. morning we left for Austin.

2. We ended up spending three days to get to Austin insted of two. Kevin wasn't so comfortable in that big ol' truck and I've never driven that far by myself so we kept getting tired. We finally got to Austin on Mon. and unloaded the truck. We then spent the next 3 days unpacking and rearanging our small apartment. we went from a 3 bedroom to a two bedroom with no storage space so we had to take some stuff from out apartment back down the stairs to the storage unit we are renting.

3. We then came to Eppie and Pappa's house on Thurs. where I have had a complete makeover for the cruise. I had my toes done and I had a manicure. I finally have fingernails! I can't have fake nails where i work because of the preemies but since I'm between jobs I couldn't help myself. They're very nice. My hair is also more red than it was before. Here are some pictures.

So that's where we are now. We are in Houston until the end of the month. We are SO excited to go on our cruise. Of course I'm going to miss my baby, but he's in good hands. It's so convenient having them so close to a port. We're glad we got the opportunity before we had too many kids. So there won't be any more updates for at least a week but I'll try to put at least some pictures on after the cruise.

Kevin's coming home!...Finally.

Kevin spent the week in Austin. He did a sort of orientation with his new job and now he's coming home to help move his family. It has been a long week, let me tell you. Landan is getting increasingly unmanagable. At first I thought it was his surgery because that's when it got really bad. But he's really been driving me nuts since Kevin left. Not only does he argue with everything I tell him to do, he doesn't eat anymore. It's his ultimate weapon, eating. I think I figured out why. Landan's not a big one for change. He really rebels when his routine is thrown off. So we had all this family here for Graduation and then his daddy leaves and his mommy is putting all the stuff in the house in boxes. Then he has this surgery which he doesnt' understand. And his daddy still isn't here. What else is a boy to do than to make his mom's life a living h_ _ _. I'm really hoping that things change as soon as daddy gets home tonight. But then daddy still has to finish putting the house in boxes. Then he has to move to a new house and then he gets dumped on his Eppie and Papa's doorstep while his parents go off on a vacation alone. Poor little kid. LIfe is so hard to understand sometimes. But if he keeps up like he has this week I may just leave him at Eppie and Papa's for the summer.