In The Begining

Dramatic

2009-11-03T11:04:00.003-05:00

Ok, i just got done writing like a 600 word post, but managed to delete, i tend to get a little carried away. But lets simplify it. Why do some people have to be so damn dramatic??? Is it necassary to post the same thing everyday, that you arent feeling well (i am sounding like a donkey) that you havent felt well in forever because you have been working doubles earning all that extra money. That you are just the worlds hardest worker and the most broken. That you just dont have normal conversation without informing the other person that you might have this wrong with you, that it is because you have been stressed from working so hard. If you dont need the extra money, stop complaining, it is your choice, why waste what little time you actually spend with friends complaing about your horrible life. Live in today, plan for tomorrow, enjoy your life now, life is a whinding road that you could easily stray from and get lost. ok now that i have that off my chest.

The Navy Wife

2009-10-25T12:08:00.000-04:00

THE NAVY WIFE
The Lord was creating a model for military wives and was into His sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared. The angel said, "Lord, you seem to be having a lot of trouble with this one, what's wrong with the standard model? The Lord replied, "Have you seen the specs on this order? This isn't a regular military wife I have been tasked to make. This order is for a Navy wife. She is going to have to be some kind of phenomenal creation."
"She has to be completely independent... possess the qualities of both father and mother... be a perfect hostess to four or forty four at a moments notice. Run on black coffee... handle every emergency imaginable without a manual. Be able to carry on cheerfully whether pregnant or down with the flu... and be willing to move to a new location ten times in a twenty year career... and, she must have six pair of hands."
The angel shook her head and exclaimed, "Six pair of hands? Impossible."
The Lord continued, by saying, "Don't worry! I will give her an unusually large heart... that can swell with pride brought through her husband's achievements, capable of saying "I understand" when it really doesn't, and "I love you" in the bleakest of circumstances. It has to be an unusually strong heart also, to sustain the pain of separations and to beat soundly when it is overworked and tired."
"Lord," said the angel, touching His arm gently, "Go to bed and get some rest, you can finish this project another day."
"I can't stop now," said the Lord. "I am so close to the finished product. Already this model heals herself when she is sick, can play gracious hostess to as many as six unexpected weekend guests, and wave good-bye to her husband from the pier, airport or depot, without totally understanding why it is that he must go."
The angel circled the model of the Navy Wife, looked at her closely and sighed, "It looks fine, but it's too soft."
"She might look soft," replied the Lord, "but she has the strength of a lion. You would not believe what she can endure." Finally the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Lord's creation and announced, "There's a leak. Something is wrong with this model. It is not surprising that it has cracked. You are trying to put too much into this."
The Lord appeared offended at the angel's lack of confidence. "What you see is not a leak... it's called a tear."
"A tear? What is it there for?" asked the angel.
The Lord replied, "It's for joy, sadness, pain, disappointment, loneliness, pride and dedication to all the values that she and her husband hold dear."
"You are a genius!" exclaimed the angel.
The Lord looked puzzled and replied, "I didn't put that tear there."

Liberty Port Dubai

2009-10-20T14:18:00.003-04:00

Well we just got back from a 2 week underway, we had a liberty port in Dubai for a few days, pretty cool, alot of interesting things, hung out at there mall, took a tour that took us way out there. We had a good time. This underway was going good up til the last few days, where we were riddled with casualties, ended up pulling back into bahrain with only one shaft/prop working. But once again, Crew Leader pulled through and we managed to finsh our tasking, our ops went successfull.

I know, i couldnt sit any gayer could i?^^^^^^^

Its a long way down!!^^^^^^^^^^^^

Uhh, eeek, i dont think so, i think i will stick with shorts, dresses just arent for me.^^^^^

During the tour i we stopped at a little store where they practically threw there traditional clothes on us. I looked rediculous. But the tour was pretty cool. Got to go swimming in a little oasis. Jump off the cliff into the water. I enjoyed myself, Looking forward to going back to dubai again. I have several hundred pics that i took from this underway. I unfortunately cant show them all of course. We are still working hard, we managed to get alot of painting done, our ship is looking awesome.

During my last night on watch managaed to see an oil rig that was spitting out fire, it was so big and bright that we could see the flame on the horizon. Lookout has its perks sometimes. All in all, this underway was ggod, other than the fact i have missed littlemans 3rd birthday, the 2nd one in a row i have missed.

Happy 3rd Birthday Christian!!!

2009-10-06T12:01:00.004-04:00

Well what a day that was. He got a red bike from Dad and Maryann. His face was so excited when he saw it. Chris got him a huge 3-D roller coaster track table for his cars and trains. Way Cool!!! Movies, Guns, Fire and Resuse set, Coloring sets, Golfing set, Diego set, and more.

He even covered his ears when we sung Happy Birthday. I just can't believe he is 3 now. Where did the time go???

Lincoln

2009-09-26T13:15:00.007-04:00

We got Christian at kitty for an early birthday present. Early, because they were going to put some of them down because they had way to many. As soon as I heard, we went up there to look. Chris gave me the OK, and that was that.

They brought out a bunch of them. But from the moment that Lincoln came in the room, he was all Christian wanted. We brought him home, and you would think that he has lived here forever. Most animals are scared at first until they adjust. NOT Lincoln. He just came struting in, and has been man of the house. He follows me and Christian everywhere. Like our little Guard Kitty. LOL. But at least we have a cat friendly home.......a.k.a. hamster and fish.

Ramadan, not just for locals.

2009-09-15T12:15:00.005-04:00

Well Ramadan is slowly coming to an end, now realizing i may not have explained what Ramadan is, i shall now. Ramadan is the ninth month of the islamic calendar, it is the islamic month of fasting. So the participating muslims must refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, sexual activities, and anything of ill nature from sun up to sun down. We as guest here have to abide by the same customs per say, while out in town that is. Not to smoke, eat, drink, and to wear pants. Who ever thought of having to wear pants in 120 degree weather is a little on the crazy side. When me and my buddy had went to the mall a while back, those pics i had posted with the silly-ness stuffed animals, we had our back packs and inside was a few bottles of water, we would walk into the head(bathroom) walk in a stall and quitely drink them. So for the most part, during this time, the majority of us never really travel outside of base til it is over. Most places are closed during the day anyway, hence the reason i am constantly here at the dome everynight, it sits just outside of base and plus the coffee twister is freaking awesome!! Now when Ramadan is over, i will once again be able to travel outside wearing shorts, yay. I will also be going over to the souq to buy some purses, amazing how most things here are so cheap. Oh yeah the purses are not for me if you were wondering. I dont roll like that.

Were Back Manama, Bahrain!!!

2009-09-11T13:39:00.003-04:00

Well we have returned to port, after a tiring underway that consisted of alot of minesweeping. We participated in an excecise that included a few british minehunter ships and even one of our LHDs the USS BATAAN, a multi purpose amphibious assault ship, and of course our dinky little minesweepers. This excercise gave us some valuable training, both personal onboard training, as well as training jointly with one of our bigger decks and the british minehunters.

We also managed to gather the ships that were still participating at the end of the week to form up for this photo. Tooken by a helicopter off the LHD. I managed to take some pics with my personal camera on deck of the ships as we were forming up, but have yet to remember to transfer them to my pc.
We arrived in port early morning, cleaned up and prepared to go on liberty, only to find out that we were having to prepare for another underway the following morning, we had been tasked again. The fact that we managed to refuel, resupply and get back underway with no problem the following morning on short notice is an accomplishment that shows the abilitys of our crew at maintaing our ship and always being ready. This capabilty is shared throughout the U.S. military, standing by, always ready.

Sleepy

2009-08-30T13:26:00.003-04:00

I am currently working on 3 hours of sleep, had duty yesterday, stood 12 hours of watch. So today has been a long day. My big day is September 17, @ o700, that is when I take my test for petty officer 3rd class, So I can hurry up and become MN3 on the fast track to success. I am currently working on getting my esws completed sometime at the end of the year.

The other day i was on here, looking through some of my aunts old blogs, and came across one she did of my dad, now retired, he was PSC (SW), he had a very distinguished career, all of his co-workers i met praised his work, i had met his commanding officers/executive officers several times and had only the same to say, he has always been a stand up sailor with a can do attitude, and even now, being retired, he still holds the same mindset of his junior sailors, ensuring the best for them. I have always been very proud of his many accomplishments and dedication. He has always said that he was proud of me, and that i would exceed at anything i do. The day i graduated bootcamp, he looked in my eyes and told me how proud he was and i was going to exceed/excell better than he did, well chief thats only cause i have learned from the best. I only hope that i can be half the sailor he was/is.

Horsing Around

2009-08-25T12:22:00.010-04:00

Just the other day me and my buddy went out to one of the malls here in Bahrain, we had nothing better to do really, but we walked into this pretty big toy store, they had all sorts of huge stuffed animals, the picture says it all. We went a little childish.

Aside from goofing off, we have been working pretty hard the past few days, trying to get our deck spaces clean and ready for a zone inspection, i have been spending alot of time in my space getting it beyond standards, finnaly got it done today, just in time for our inspection tomorrow. I am also spending some time studying for my upcoming petty officer 3rd class test in September. Not really alot of studying needed but cant hurt

Littlemans 3rd birthday is coming up, and this will be his second one that i have missed in a row. It really sucks, but i do what i have to do, he still knows who daddy is, i talk to him on the phone a bit, he tells me all sorts of things, like he wants a spongebob cake and he wants one present, Liar, lol. Hard to believe he has gotten so big this past year, and to imagine i wont see him again til February, they do grow up fast it seems in this case. Well i got to get going, its getting late, and i have an early day tomorrow. So til next time....

Desert Sailor

2009-08-21T13:34:00.003-04:00

I am going to try this again, lets see how long i can keep this updated again.

Well anyway, i am here in manama bahrain, where it is hotter than hell, aboard USS Ardent, MCM 12. i have seen the temp. get to 125 in the shade, it has reportedly been above 130 a few times since we have been here, it isnt so bad when we pull out of the pier and go underway, it cools down little bit. But i guess i am kinda used to it, being from florida and all, it doesnt seem to affect me as much as others sometimes. We are going on an extended underway soon, we have been real busy this past month, with multiple underways to gear us up for this upcoming one. I am enjoying it here as much as i can, its been real hard here lately, been in the navy going on a year and a half and havent been able to have some real quality family time. But i make the best out of it, not like its going to get better if i just mope around, i have my 3rd class test coming up in sept. wish me luck, and i am working on getting all my qualifications done so i can get my (esws) surface warfare pin. I have alot to do, alot to concentrate on so i can stand out and be at the top, i have praises from some of my shipmates, specially my LPO (leading petty officer). I have been taking pics here and there but nothing real special, havent ventured off to far and generally forget the cam. But me and a buddy plan on hitting it up tomorrow. I have been trying to post some pics, but for some reason it hates me, let me post one of my ship but i will try posting other pics at a later time.I got to get going now, it is getting late here, til next time...http://www.ardent.navy.mil/default.aspx for info on my current ship!

Bahrain

2009-02-23T13:26:00.005-05:00

Here are some pictures of Bahrain....

At least the gold is cheap there...lol

Chris got his orders.

And he is going to Bahrain until next Year. But the good thing is......is that after he gets home, he won't have to go back. So we will be going to San Diego when he gets home from there. So we are moving into an apartment here, putting Christian into daycare, and I am going back to school and getting a job. Got to stay as busy as possible to make the time go by faster.

Copy-Cat

2008-12-10T16:12:00.002-05:00

Wow. Didn't realize Chris wasn't posting stuff. Well.....to clue everyone in....I had a surgery on the 25th of November. It was on my ovaries, cervix, and uterus. I have Endometrious, so they had to go in and clean it all out. So I am pain free once again....YAY!
But in other news, Chris is coming home next week....on the 17th, and he will be here until the 29th. So we are so excited.
I can hardly wait.
But Christian is doing good. Talking non-stop. He in the copy-everything-you-say stage right now. But he is to funny. His new favorite word is "WOW". Everything is "wow" to him. And he has to help. He even has his own chores. But he is getting so big. I swear, I'm going to try not to blink for the rest of my life.
But, we will try to keep ya'll updated more. We love everybody.

Write again soon.

Helllooooo Texas,

2008-10-30T19:12:00.002-04:00

I have made it to corpus, finnally. I got hear like 0100 wed. And still had to get up at o'dark thirty to head over to school. Its not to bad here, well it kinda is, we sit in the middle of nowhere about 10 miles from the closest off base building. A walmart and a few restaraunts, but even further to anything remotely interesting/different. Nothing to do here on base but school really, which is what the navy wants im sure. I mean you gotta travel like 15 miles to grab a drink practically, the beer better be worth the trip. lol. I just wanted to post something real quik as i am busy with some "homework". So til' later. peace

Dwindling Down....

2008-10-26T03:19:00.004-04:00

My time here in chicago is ending. I will be leaving for my A-school to get the training on my actual job, my training here has been all the electrical basics needed to perform. I sure am going to miss this city, going to miss the new friends i have made, my shipmates, but its what happens. It is sure to be a neverending cycle of duty station after duty station, constantly making new friends. But the one the that will never change is the love and support from my beautiful wife Ashley. I miss you and love you very much honey.

So as i sit back, and think about this, it being really cold past few days, almost like it wants to snow, and how big this city is, and then i think about texas, wow, big change. But i am excited and cant wait, i know two of my fellow shipmates just left for the school not even a few weeks ago, things are looking good.

Trick or Bark

2008-10-24T10:58:00.002-04:00

On Thursday, the 23rd, Beaufort, SC, held an annual early Halloween trick or treating for kids. It was in the downtown area, so all of the stores participated.
Christian was so cute. He was a little puppy. We even put the dots on his face.
So as we walked up to the people passing out candy, Christian started barking. It was the cutest thing. He would say "trick or treat", well... more like "ick o eat". But barking was even more fun.
So after a while of carrying his Elmo Halloween bucket around, he would walk up to someone with a table, set his bucket down, and let out a big sigh of relief. It was priceless.
We took some pictures, but we have to get them off of the camera first. But I will definately post some as soon as I can.

P.S. I love you Christopher.......Always and Forever

Well....

2008-10-11T11:52:00.000-04:00

Been a while since my last post, been real busy my life in the navy. Not to mention how pissed off i have been with my roomates.
First the plus side of my navy life here in great lakes, il. Wait, plus side? where, what plus side?! lol. I go to advanced technical training school during the day, not to bad, almost done with that here then off to corpus cristi, tx. Which is my real school for my rate. Hopefully in about 2 weeks i should be outta here. But after school we come back to the ship/barracks, we have duty sections that muster daily after school, so every 4 days is my duty day, which consist of cleaning up the ship, standing watches/guard duty on the ship. But the days we dont have duty we get liberty, which is normally around 1800/6:00pm and our liberty expires at 2100/9:00 pm. So at that time we all have to be back in the ship, weekends that you dont have duty you get liberty all day. Well there are 2 phases, phase 1 is where every night, friday,saturday, and sunday you have to be back on the ship by 2100, your liberty expires. Phase 2 you can leave the base friday at liberty call and not come back till 2100 on sunday. Also phase 1 means you have to be in uniform to go on liberty and you are restricted from drinking alcoholic beverages. Phase 2 can wear civillian clothing and drink if of age to. Well happily i got my phase 2 just about 2-3 weeks after getting to this base. Unhappily, and why i am so pissed off at my roomate is i got dropped down to phase 1 just this past friday. He was sick in quarters, restricted to the room because he was sick, he could go to and from chow but thats it. Bed rest is a sure way of getting the navys investment back on his feet. So friday morning me and my other 2 roomates woke up and cleaned the room just before heading out to school, as always. We get daily room inspections, so anytime you leave the room it should be inspection ready. Well we cleaned and headed out for school. Our sick roomate being sick in quarters(SIQ) stayed behind. Well when he went for chow at lunch, he didnt clean up after himself. Came back after and carried on. We get back from school only to find out that we failed our room inspect. BOOOM, Dropped to phase 1. I bet you have never heard a sailor curse like i was. Me and my other roomates tried talking to our petty officer but wasnt interested in hearing it. So because of 1 shitmate, shipmate i can no longer drink, wear civilian clothes, or stay overnight in chicago this 4-day weekend we got coming up. I have to wait 2-weeks till i can try and get my phase 2 back, which means i may get it just before i leave. WOW. I could really use a bottle of capt. morgan and coke.
But other than that, it is all swell here. I miss my family, i miss being able to hold my wife, being able to play with my son, whos birthday was this past saturday, just turned 2 and i wasnt there to see it, much like the future where i am bound to miss more. But its ok i can deal with it. I know i am here for a good reason, i will continue to do my best, do my part in defending our freedom. I know my son and my wife are safe and in good hands. I want to thank her for being so supportive and trustworthy, sending me care packages, talking to me everynight letting me know how proud she is of me. And i am so proud of her, for being such a great mother to our son, and just being an awesome wife. I couldnt ask for anything more.

lib call ends! nooooo!!

2008-09-22T19:21:00.002-04:00

Sunday Sept. 21

Sitting here in my room, fixing to go to bed, looking back on my weekend, wow. i had a pretty descent weekend, drank more alcohol in 3 days than i normally drink in a month. not to mention a bottle of the captain and about 40-60 cans of beer between the four of us, well really between me and my buddy. When i stepped in the doorway to my room, my roommate said he new i had a good time, because i ranked of alcohol. He was afraid to go to the smoke deck with me outta fear of me combusting into flames.lol. But we went to the navy pier and walked around there, rented a quad bike, how embarissing,lol, but then got individual bikes after that and rode around the beach and into the city. We did alot, mostly drink but hey, we didnt want the stores beer supply to sit there too long and expire. I am still feeling the effects of this weekend. Yet am looking frwd to doing it again.
so yeah, me and my buddy are talking about doing this again, going back to chicago with some more of our buddies and hitting up the city like next weekend or so. As i may not be here much longer, atleast weekend wise. I should hopefully be done with my school here in about 3 weeks, and hopefully leaving for ingleside tx that next week. well i have a long day ahead of me tommorow, so i better hit the sack. peace

liberty nearing its end

2008-09-21T02:51:00.002-04:00

Today was our lat reall day of liberty, as sundays are usaully used to get uniforms ready for the week, and whatever else, maybe catch up on sleep, which is what i need, had a good time here in chicago, rode bicycles around the city, just had a blast, still haveing a blast, me and my buddy have been sitting here drinking, just scoping things out here in the hotel lounge/bar. fill you in on all the action later, as i am to tipsy to type write,

Liberty Call, Liberty Call!!!!!!!

2008-09-20T09:08:00.002-04:00

It is 0812, I tell you this beacause I didnt fall asleep till like 330-400 this morning, late night. Spending my weekend Liberty in a hotel called the aloft, a very nice retro like hotel. Spent last night drinking and just hanging out with my now third family. I say my third family because my first family is of course my real family, the wonderfull wampler family. Whom i miss so much< wish i could travel and see them but it is outside of our allowed radius from the base. My second family would be my ex-girlfriends/ friends family, whom lived across the street from us down in jacksonville. They always treated me and my brothers as if we were there own kids, but favored me more as i was the one with there daughter. lol. No but they really have been there for us and i am truly glad to have met them. Now this third family i speak of is my best buddies mom. I only really just met her last night, along with my buddies younger sister, but have talked to her on the phone before. we were up till 0100 just sitting back outside infront of the fireplace, just talking and drinking the night away.

Now, just recently, last 2 weeks, my buddy and I, along with the entire base, woke up at 0500 to start getting ready for the day,school, and at around 0600-0615 i guess, my buddy got called down to the petty officers office in our barracks. Naturally you think you are in trouble. Now my buddy is not one to get in trouble, i have really only known him for 2 months, but 2 months in a place where you see each other everyday, talk to, hang out with on liberty, and share a room with, well shared, you get to know each other very well. I feel like i have known him for years. But anyaway, he assumed he was in trouble, so he proceeded to the office, where instead of spit in his face, he recieved a red cross letter. That letter is bad news, always is. His step-father whom he looked to as his actual father had just passed away the day before, he died in his private plane that had went down in colorado. Now i had no idea any of this had happened, so proceeded to the smoke deck like we always do before we march out for school. He met me out there with a face that you could was fighting to hold back tears. he told me and that hit me like a brick wall, been so close to him that it really hit me, i could feel what he was feeling. So he caught the first flight out to texas. I dont really want to go into all the details about how the week went for them, but it sure as hell didnt help that a hurricane came and hit them that same week. I stayed in contact with him everyday, checked up on him and his family. They are fine right now, just getting away from it all and enjoying there weekend here in chicago. Going to take a bike tour in the city today. Get smashed tonight as there will be a dj here in the hotel tonight. Hooyah rum-n-coke.

So last night we were just talking about everything, there mom was telling me all about there life practically, and my life, my wonderfull wife ashley, and adorable son christian. Last night was a good night, she thinks of me as family and i feel like family. I am truly glad to have met them all, and hope that wherever the navy takes him, he has a successfull career and i hope the best for them all.

DUH DUH DUH DUUUNNNNN

2008-07-20T11:34:00.002-04:00

I am officially a UNITED STATES SAILOR!!!! SEAMAN WAMPLER REPORTING AS ORDERED! i am still here in bootcamp but am on liberty, just want to thank my family for making the trip to my graduation. i love you all and check back later when i have more time to post. I LOVE YOU HONEY!!!!!

Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends

2008-05-14T01:18:00.001-04:00

well.... the time is drawing near

2008-04-19T09:07:00.002-04:00

I realize it has been a month since i last posted anything, but it is just hard for me to do so, i have been so busy with preparing for bootcamp. It will be 30 days to go this coming monday, the 21st. I have to go to a board meeting monday, i have to do my PRT Physical Readiness Test this week, and if everything goes great with my dad, we will be moving in with him and my step-mom next saturday. I have been sick the past three days now, along with my wife and son. I seem to have the worst of it. I havent really been able to sleep all night, i am in and out of sleep, waking up earlier than normal. I am finding myself worrying about bootcamp, am i ready? Will i be the best i can be, my family is counting on me, i cant fail! My dad has to have surgery, it may not be much to worry about, as it is a simple procedure, but i do worry. Well anyway, other than being sick, everything is fine. Little man has been his usual self, just a ball of fire, ready to get in trouble and being a stunt devil.

note to self

2008-03-18T20:19:00.002-04:00

open mouth, insert foot, and stop opening the door!!!!!lol

Hannah Montana

2008-03-17T17:35:00.003-04:00

A few weeks ago when her concert came to town, the news showed parents buying the concert tickets, interviews stating they are happy that there is still a good role model for there kids. Role models are in short supply when you look at the drug problems or what not. Well I'm not one to be interested in kid shows, or new music by kids. Well i have to admit, i caught myself watching her Disney channel show, and listening to her music when its on the radio. And duh me i finally figured out she is Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus` daughter. Well anyway her show is pretty good, when there is nothing good on, you may occasionally catch it on my TV. So now i am one to say all those things the parents were saying.

Miley Cyrus - See You Again

2008-03-17T17:34:00.001-04:00

Pulling in the Slack!

2008-03-17T14:22:00.002-04:00

I must admit that i have been a little slacker lately.Like posting on a regular basis, but really i mean exercising. I haven't been running, i haven't been doing push-ups nor sit-ups. Well this morning i have changed all that. I got up at 0745 and went for my 1.5 mile run, i didn't time my self, i just wanted to get out and do it. I used to be able to run the 1.5 in about 11 minutes which was great, i was one of the better distance runners in JROTC, not the best, but up there with them. I figure that my run this morning was probably about 13 minutes, NOT GOOD. But i can improve, i know i was great, i know i can still be great, just got to do it every morning. And no, its not the smoking that slowed me down, its the fact i haven't really ran like i used to back in high school. I ran about every night.

Now the push-ups/sit-ups have gotten hard. But i can still do passing in 2 minutes. Which passing is about 42, not sure exact, but close.

Today was the first day i have felt this good in a long time. Pride.

Disgusting

2008-03-11T19:13:00.002-04:00

My Webster`s Thesaurus defines the title as follows, (Disgusting- Repugnant, Revolting, Sickening; see offensive 2), now offensive 2 has a lot of words for it definition so allow me to sum up, (Offensive 2- displeasing, horrible, nauseating, dreadful, terrible, ghastly, unpleasing......so on.)

OK so why did I show you that? Well my 12 ounce T-Bone steak at our local Shoneys restaurant was pretty much that. It was bathed in garlic and butter, you could literally squeeze butter out into a bowl and then use it for a foot long piece of bread. The only thing that could help this 12 ounces of butter and garlic was to drench it in A-1, about half the bottle perhaps. We will never again go there!!

Deadliest Catch,

2008-03-10T11:02:00.002-04:00

As far as I know this is the line up sorta.

April 8th-best of season 3, 2 hour special
April 13th-all day marathon, season 2
April 14th-all day marathon, season 3
April 15th-season 4 premiere.------------YAY!!!!

Untitled

2008-03-08T19:54:00.002-05:00

I am going crazy, the weather here is spuratic, it warms up, cools down, warms up again, then we get tornadoes, followed by severe wind and cold today! All three of us just got over colds.

But anyway all is well, been staying busy with stuff inside, trying to keep little man entertained inside, which is a major challenge. Kid loves being outside, I have another inspection at my recruiters office this coming up wed. As a personal feat, i have been learning morse code, something i thought was interesting in many ways, and could just come in handy one day. I have been cracking the code that sounds during the title of JERICHO on cbs, giving you a little hint. I have to record to my laptop and slow it down as i am not that gifted yet, real morse code is fast, hoping this coming Tues i can decipher it alot quicker.

New Amsterdam-a new series on fox i think is really cool. We watched the pilot and immediately were hooked, I guess i could stand to watch this while my all time fav Nip/Tuck is off the air and potentially ruined for good. But back to Amsterdam, if you havent hear it is about a NYC detective who can-not die, he has lived since before the city itself and continues to stay his young self, the only way for him to die is to find and marry his true love. Blah blah blah, watch it on cbs monday nights.

2008-03-03T23:00:00.002-05:00

This was taken yesterday after he got done playin b-ball.

Today, chillin with momma,

Those cats were egging him on, "let us out please kid, we will give you our hidden bag of cat nip!!!"

And after a hard day of playing, and trying to help the cats, you get hungry, well he had the munchys bad, but just couldn't find something good, except for the block of cheese he ran off with.

No help from us, he is a smart kid.

Everything is going good, not to much for us to blog about.

Little Looker

2008-02-29T22:29:00.002-05:00

I know its been a while since my last post. I have been a little busy with studying my book for the navy and getting things signed off, not to mention the oil change from H E double hockey sticks, again! But that's a whole other story for later.

To the title now, we went out to dinner tonight to Cross Creek, a nice barbecue-type restaurant. Well little man Christian just didn't want to sit still, nothing could keep him planted. Well that is except for our waitress, every time she came to check on us, or just walk by, he would stop and stare. He was in a daze just looking at her as she cleaned another table beside ours. It was hilarious, especially when I get a hand across the face for just a glance, jeez, kinda not fare when you think about it. Just kidding, I would never look at another woman as long as I have my Ash. And yes she is standing next to me. lol.

Little Man

2008-02-23T12:02:00.002-05:00

Now this is what you call a 12 step program, well actually 5, but you get it.

Looks like someone got into mommas lip stick, and tried putting it on!

Everyday is a new adventure with him, he has begun testing me. If I say no he looks and does it again to verify what it is I am saying no to. He has also learned that if I start counting 1..2..3, that he needs to do what I said. Like when he climbs up on something, like my subwoofer, i say get down, he looks but then I count and he hurrys to get down. It also applies to bath, he loves taking baths but just dont like water being dumped on his head. So I count and he expects the water on 3. I swear this kid just wont stop climbing things.

Deadliest Catch/James Bond

2008-02-21T13:03:00.003-05:00

Well its almost that time again, as far as i know. According to an unofficial fan site it will be returning again this April.http://www.deadliest-catch.com/ We love that show, I forgot to mention it in my previous post, but it is definetly something else. I remember when it first came on, I was whatever another stupid show, but then later that year I caught an episode and was hooked. I guess with it being so long since I have seen it on and being caught up in my Nip/Tuck i just forgot about it.http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/deadliestcatch.html Well as I said that first link is an unofficial fan site but this one is the main page for discovery. Hopefully it will be coming back on in April, yet again I wont really be able to watch tv in boot camp now will I.

Now I know I said I didnt really care for the new James Bond, Daniel Craig playing the part, but let me clarify. I think he is a good actor, I just dint feel the 007 in the movie Casino Royale. I enjoyed the movie, just didnt feel like Bond. Now with that said hopefully this next Bond movie will be better. Quantum of Solace is the title and it is supposedly coming out in November 2008. As I should be out of boot camp and A-school and have a chance of seeing it in theaters.

http://commanderbond.net/article/1430. Well that is about all I have for now. Good Evening.

Little Man

2008-02-20T19:58:00.003-05:00

Tune back in 2morow for more on...

BZZZzzzz Ouch! BZZZzzzz Oouucchh!

2008-02-20T19:22:00.004-05:00

Today my lovely wife went under, under a needle, a tattoo needle. This would be her first tattoo, it was our friends idea and gift. Jessyca our friend has a few tattos and wanted to get one with Ashley, before we leave for the NAVY. She has been such a good friend to the both of us, and to little man, or as she calls him little chicken. So long story short, they got matching tattoos, Ash got them on her ankle while Jess got hers behind her ear.

Before.....

After.....

Jessyca....

OH NO! Prime Time Stress

2008-02-20T00:35:00.003-05:00

Both me and my wife are huge on watching Nip/Tuck. Just recently we started watching Jericho and came into a crisis. Nip/tuck comes on FX @ 10:00pm, Jericho comes on CBS @ 10:00pm. No biggie, Nip/Tuck always comes back on @ 11:00pm, so the line up works. But just today i find out that Nip/Tuck episode tnoight is the season finale, Oh no, I could put up with it, but they left it off in just such the way that I just cant get over it. I find my self begging for more as if I was addicted to a drug, that I would do anything for more.

We dont watch alot of tv, those 2 programs are pretty much it. I watch re-runs of Survivorman, or Man vs Wild, even Futureweapons/Weaponology. Mostly the discovery channel learning stuff. My wife watches her American Idol, Project Runway, and Americas Next Top Model. Thats it, but Nip/Tuck and Jericho we always watch together. If you havent heard or seen of Jericho you should check it out. It is about what might happen if nuclear weapons where used against the U.S. Jericho being a small town out of the way, away from the blast, and the people in that town surviving, it is really an eye open. Well I know i hadnt posted in while and I mean just having done watched the finale of Nip/Tuck, I kinda worked myself up, I know it must be like blah blah blah.

But I feel better, and I should have a really good post for tomorow so I will see you then.

Little Big Man is gettin Bigger!!!

2008-02-16T21:02:00.003-05:00

He sure loves peanut butter sandwiches, or just on a spoon!

Afternoon nap with one of three of our cats, thats wesson, and his brother smith was probably on our bed.
He was up real late one night, me and him, til about 5 am. He just didnt want to sleep, so we played some xbox 360, and......

....got his hand stuck in the cookie jar!
He is doing really well, he gets in those moods sometimes where he just wants some attention, like now, tuggin on my shirt! He has started to climb everything, he wants nothing to do with baby food, he wants what mommy and daddy eat, loves carrots and potatoes. But for now that is all i have. So have a good night/day.

Good News, late is better than never!

2008-02-14T22:52:00.002-05:00

First off,, I Know. It has been along time since i have updated. Part of the reason i quit blogging was the last blog of mine, it stirred up alot of shall i say bad things. I removed it for the trouble it was apparently causing. For people to be putting down a young mother who just lost her little baby girl due to a violent father, and to be so crude to say you have no pitty for that poor little baby, who suffered until she finally passed. To this minute it still spins me up. I could understand some comments but some were way to harsh, if you want to be a cold hearted SOB, then fine, but not here.

Now for the news everyone has been waiting for......

I have finally signed for the US Navy. I will be going to bootcamp in may, although I didnt get the job i wanted, i will be able to switch to that job in about 2 years. But I do have a pretty cool job. I will be a sailor on a MineSweeper, using some pretty cool equipment to detect mines. You can definetly anticipate more blogging from us, specially after we get stationed somewhere.
I had to go this past Saturday to the local base for our division meeting, mainly just a cookout and games. This past Wednesday night i had to go to the recruiting station for our monthly real meeting, where we have to show them we have been studying our booklets and know our knowledge. High School ROTC really paid off, I know most everything there is to know in the book. Since I have previous drill/marching experience I am looked at as a role model of sort, a leader. Now there are a few others with rotc but not many. Not to mention the fact that I myself have been raised in the navy, and the support and help i get from my Dad, has really impacted my life, i know what to expect. I know for a fact i will make a damn good sailor, hopefully I can be just as good as my dad. I have always looked up to him, I am proud of him for all his acomplishments and can only hope my son will be just as proud of me one day.

Little Big Man

2007-11-29T23:01:00.000-05:00

Well this was taken today. We were outside playing. He just got a haircut yesterday, so this is the new doo. He seems like he is so big all of a sudden. Can't quite believe that it has been more than a year already. Well he is doing really good. He acts like he knows everything, romping around the yard, and talking in his own language. Well I am getting tired, just thought that you would like a updated picture of Christian.
Well, talk to ya'll tomorrow.

The Recruiter is ALIVE

2007-11-29T22:46:00.000-05:00

Well, this morning we got an unexpected surprise along with a doorbell ring. Chris' recruiter came over to tell us some very promising news. He will be going back to MEPS within the week, and should be signed. He went in today and re-signed some paperwork. So everything is ready. She said that he was at the top of the list, "Number One" as she put it, and that everthing would be taken care of before his birthday...........which is December 15.

We got quite a kick out of this considering the fact that Dad just called them a day or two ago. They really got their act together.
But that is the latest. So we will keep ya'll informed as thing progress.
Love ya'll

Nothing Really

2007-11-28T22:10:00.000-05:00

Well we just got back from our friends about an hour ago. I had to put the new fuel pump in her car. She is so glad she has her car again, poor girl hasn't been able to drive her car in a month or more. Let me say this was the first time i have replaced a fuel pump but did it as if i have done it before.
Now little man has been doing really well, he enjoyed thanksgiving and he is enjoying Christmas already. He has been playing around with the tree and the ornaments. I have a really cute video of me and him playing by the tree, and several pics but i still ha vent downloaded them to my comp. I hope i will remember to do that tomorrow. But for now i leave you at that, i am beat. So good night.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2007-11-22T10:08:00.000-05:00

Well i know it seems like i have dropped off the face of the earth, but i have had a wicked computer virus. I got it working again, after weeks of cleaning every file and saving thousands of pictures of little man onto discs. But i want to wish everyone out there a happy thanksgiving, and be safe.

Chili and Chili

2007-11-05T22:43:00.000-05:00

Well the past couple nights have been freezing, gets down to 40s then by noon it gets back up to the 70s, gosh. But since it gets Chili by dinner time, i made my special Chili. Nothing to special but everyone who has tasted it loves it more than anyone elses.:) Tonight it is suppose to be in the 40s and tomorrow it will be in the low 80s, HUH, how in the world! Well other than the weather report, everything is tip-top. Little mans infection is clearin up, in fact it looked like it cleared up sat, but there are still a few little spots. The medicine like gets him wired, he becomes so giddy, and with having to give it to him every 4 hours he is constantly happy. He started spinning in circles today as well. He stands and spins 1-2 times, laughs and does it some more. Well i do have some new pics of the little man and a new video of the infamous Music Man(recall septembers blog post Little Music Man), i will post those 2morow!! Other than that we went to CJs freshmen field meet saturday for rotc, got to see Ash`s lil sis again, pretty much the only time we can see her, as her aunt, whom her lil sis stays with, and ash used to stay with, is shall i say psycho. That is a BIG LONG story, so as it is late, i wont start. But anyway i should hopefully have that video and the latest pics of little man up on here 2morow. So til then,,,,

What a Day!!!!

2007-11-02T23:50:00.000-04:00

We spent the rest of the night yesterday buying little man new bottles, sippy cups, pacifiers, more cleaners, disinfectants, getting his prescription, more medicines, all for his thrush. Today we spent all day practically cleaning house, disinfecting his toys, boiling his new stuff. But after all day of cleaning, what really drives me up the wall, is my aunt commenting, wanting this blog updated every hour of our boring lifes. Wanting to know when christian has a nose bleed, which the other day he did hit his nose and was bleeding a little, but he didn't cry, he is a tuff little man.

But i may be exaggerating a little with my aunt. We love her, and all my family up there, whom we really miss. Well anyway the Halloween pics are below.

Here They Are!!!

2007-11-02T23:20:00.000-04:00

GRRRRR BABY GRRRRR

These were taking at our friends the night of the FL. Ga. game and the night we went to the party. Umm his 2 sons below. Cole and Austin

But unfortunately we didnt get a pic of him with his paws on or hood, he just kept flopping the hood back. The one pic that we took with his hood on came out bad.

And here he is after an hour of trick or treatin. Poor kid tuckered out early.

ok well these are for Grandma and Grandpa. Or Great Grandma and Grandpa. They got him this cool little bike with trailor which Christian loves riding outside!!!

GRRRR...Happy Halloween

2007-11-01T11:36:00.000-04:00

Well last night we took little man out for his first time trick or treatin. It went very well. He got me all my favorite candies, lol. Everyone that he was so cute. At one house he cocked his head to the side and looked in the window next to the door looking for the person with the candy. He was smiling at everyone and even growled. I am trying to upload the pictures but it is as if i pick the wrong time to upload the pics, it keeps sending me an error. so will try later.

But now today we will be heading over to our doctors. I beleive little Chris has Thrush, an infection, most common in babys as there immune system is not as strong. But he has little white bumps/patches on his tongue and lips. Nothing serious, but will update you latr.

It Was Nice While It Lasted

2007-10-30T12:00:00.000-04:00

The weather has done a 180. We have been enjoying the nice cold air, the overcast sky, the windchill factor of 59. But today the sun is out. I really dislike the warm weather.

Well other than me complaining about the weather, nothing to much is going on. This past Saturday we went to our friends house and from there headed over to a Halloween party. We were there for a grand total of 30 minutes. With the FL-GA game we didn't leave til like 7, the party was practically over, since it was for kids. We missed the entry for the costume contest, the games, missed all the food. Well it wasn't that disappointing for me and ash as we were able to throw little mans costume on and off easily. Our friend however had to get his kids dressed, put there makeup on, but the worst, disappointed that the gators lost to those dogs. Although they were do for a win against fl.

I have to download the pictures but i will either post pics of little man in his costume later today or 2morrow. We are fixing to head over to the park, he loves the slide. So for now, i leave you. Have a nice day.

Another Average Day.

2007-10-26T13:42:00.000-04:00

Well it is just another average day, just sitting here in the library. Yes i go to librarys. The weather has gotten more to my liking. It has been down to the high 50s at night and low 70s for the day. It rained a little today but it just makes my day better. The cooler temp seems to relax me. It also allows little man to play outside more without sweating. I like taking him out and go walking with him. He does so well that i swear if you turn your head for more than a second, he will be down the driveway stepping onto the street. We are excited about halloween, being little man will be dressed up and hopefully get his pops some candy. :) Well nothing really spectacular to say. I am going to go look for a book now. So latr.

2007-10-23T14:56:00.000-04:00

well here is the pics i said i was going to put

our tents and site-

Carlee and Christian-
again-Carol and Lee-
Me and Ashley

Camping, Tried to Atleast!!

2007-10-23T12:48:00.001-04:00

We had planned on camping for atleast 3 weeks. Tried going one weekend but turned out we couldnt. So we decided on the next weekend and WE MADE IT HAPPEN. Thurs morning we had all our stuff ready, we were just waiting on our friends to come pick us up. Carol an old friend of my wife, her husband Lee, and there baby girl Carlee. Well we get a call and they say there suv wont start, well thats nice! So we pack our stuff up into the van and head over there, things are running through my head, wondering what it is, i was thinking it would either be the battery, starter or alternator. Keep in mind i am not a mechanic. But we get to there house and i try starting it. Well the door buzzer works, lights work, i figured, ok not the batt. It trys to turn over but it dont, made wierd noise, so i figured it was the starter. Try jumping it to make sure but after 5-10 minutes it still wasnt. To shorten this, we had the cables on wrong, they didnt make a good connection. It was the battery. So after an hour and a new battery we were on our way to camp in Camp Blanding. 35 minutes of driving and we are there. Well turns out they changed there policy, couldnt tell me on the phone when i called a day prior! They dont allow dependents (me) to bring civilians on base anymore, not even for the campground. Well pardon my language, but why the hell cant i get 3 people on when there are about 100 or more boyscouts on the grounds. I was pissed, so we drove to a local gas station and planned our next move. We decided on folkston, a place Lee has been. Of course it is now like a 1hr45min drive or more north into georgia. So we are going to camp, no stopping us. We head north and we turn around and turn around again. Pretty much doing circles because carol is on the phone with her mom finding diff. tent sites to go that are closer, but they werent tent sites, they were pop ups and campers only. We stick to going to folkston but we turn once again, we instead head west to Ocean Ponds, a camping place on a huge lake that many hunters use, for it is a National Forest. We finally get there. We set up all our tents, get stuff situated, then BAM. Here comes the rain. I am able to start cooking when the rain left at like 0 dark thirty. We eat at like 0 dark forty five. Tried getting a fire but thats a negative, everything is soaked, no dry wood.

Next day was better, the 2 kids got to play in the water, us adults got some fishing in, Carol, Ashley and the kids went to walmart to meet Carols mom with some DRY wood, and pick some things up. Mean time me and lee got some more fishing in, but got interupted by a massive wall of rain. Other than all that everything else was pretty peachy, Well except the major amout of water that leaked into both our tents! I have pictures but i am having a problem uploading them, i will try and post them latr today or 2morow.

If this trip sounds fun, lets see if we can do a canoe/camp trip next year, that should be fun!!!

Camping

2007-10-22T18:52:00.000-04:00

Well before my aunt goes postal because i havent posted for a while, it is because we went camping! I promise i will update it 2morow, i am still beat and have little man beating on the comp. He wants to say hi i guess. Dqsa NBMB NBZN sjsiwdmamz MU,,SU HHHHHHHHHHHHJNNNN SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSUZIXJZIJJNB GAHSH. Well there you have it, he said a long hello i guess. Check back 2morow, i have pics. Latr all.

Is Bond Dead or Will He Live On?

2007-10-14T22:11:00.000-04:00

To start off i would like to wish Roger Moore a happy 80th birthday today. http://commanderbond.net/article/2555 He is one of my favorite bond actors, Sean Connery of course is first, followed by Mr. Moore and thirdly Pierce Brosnan. But to my tittle now, is he dead or will he live on. I didn't really appreciate Casino Royale as a Bond film. As a regular movie it was good. But as a Bond film, no, it didn't have that bond feeling in it. And there are many out there who agree with me. Who feel maybe bond is about to be history. I am a big fan and i really would like to see more bond films coming out, i am all for new actors, but blonde is not Bond!!
Visit this link http://commanderbond.net/ to find out more about the past present and future of Bond, James Bond. The fact that they are scrapping what they have already written for bond 22 and now i am curious, will they ever make another bond film as good as they used to be???

Costume+Cute Little Man=Candy for Daddy:)

2007-10-14T10:35:00.000-04:00

Well me and little man just got back from our little father son walk this morning, i am starting to take him for a walk down our street and back, helps build his leg muscles and gets him more used to walking on his own. A friend of ours actually came through and bought him his first Halloween costume. She wanted to do it and frankly we didnt think she would. She just bought a house with her boyfriend and both me and Ash feel like that was a BIG mistake. He says he doesnt want to get married yet because she is in school, and he wants to go to school, but that it would be to stressfull. There isnt anything stressfull about being engaged for a year or more now is there? I dont know, i was engaged for just a month or so.

But aside from that and back to my original reason for writing. She got him a cute little costume, i dont want to say what it is, you have to wait til halloween to see the pics. hahaha. Its only like 17 days away.

Well..........

2007-10-12T22:39:00.000-04:00

So once again i was in the hotel room, and could not sleep. Didn't feel my boy role over and soccer kick me to make sure i am still breathing every hour. lol. But i got maybe 3 hours of sleep. On top of that he has just gotten over a cold which i have now gotten.
But to the point, i got all my paper work straight, which would mean only one thing, talk to my classifier for jobs, then sign. Well it is on hold once again, because i am married with a child, i have to have waivers for my traffic tickets and school. If i was single with no kids they wouldn't be as big an issue. So i have to go the headquarters nearby and talk to the CO (commanding officer), and get my waivers signed.
So hopefully i can have some good news about all this crap by the end of the month.

MEPS Take 2

2007-10-11T21:22:00.000-04:00

Well tonight i am in the hotel again, will be going to meps tomorrow. Another long day ahead of me. Hopefully tomorrow i get some good news about the rate i want to go in and what kind of a bonus i can expect. My only concern is doing the physical again, it drags out the whole day. Having to do it a second time would suck. Well be sure to check back to find out what is going on next.

4 Shots + Crying = Lolli pop

2007-10-11T10:50:00.000-04:00

Well, Tuesday morning was very interesting. We had to take Christian to the doctor to get his 12 month shots. We were the only people there, so we didn't have to wait very long.

They did a basic check-up....weight, height, eyes, ears, etc.....and then we waited for the nurse to prepare the shots.

When she was ready, we held him down and she stuck him.

Well needless to say, his deafening screams could be heard from the parking lot. He was twisting and turning, and trying to pull his legs free. The nurse put bandaids on his legs and handed him a lolli pop.

He grabed it, the tears stopped and out came a smile from ear to ear. The drewl pourded out of his mouth and all down my leg.

On the way home that lolli pop never left his mouth.

Lean Mean Diaper Throwing Away Machine

2007-10-05T11:21:00.000-04:00

Its official, yesterday oct. 4 was little mans 1st birthday. He is now 1 year and 1 day old. Today he has learned how to throw away his dirty diapers. We change him and hand him the diaper, tell him to throw it in the garbage, and he sits up and walks into the kitchen and throws it away. He even tries saying it, he has the bage part down, of course it sounds alot like that bad word, b!?ch. But he seems to be learning very well. It may be a little early but we are going to try anyway, teaching him flashcard style. I mean it couldnt hurt.

But in other news i will be going back to meps sometime next week, probably like tues. That should be alot a fun again!

1st Birthday Party

2007-10-01T09:32:00.000-04:00

September 29, 2007, That was our little mans first birthday party. It was alot of fun and turned out better than we had thought it would. This little guy knew it was coming too, he woke up in the morning nice and early, and was happy as can be. You know he knew what today was. We get to our friends house which is where we were having it, and he starts to smile and laugh because he sees the other kids, our friends kids, riding around on the 4-wheelers. This kid loves those things. I took him for a ride and he was laughing, he got mad at me when i turned it off.

So sometime after running those things for ever it seemed, we headed inside to open presents. He sat down with all these boxes around him and momma helped him open them. Well she opened some clothes but then made the mistake of letting him have a toy next. Its like the toys need to be opened all at once and last. He didnt want anything else, he wanted his little piano thing.

And of course you cant forget the cake! The pictures say it all!

Ok. Now to finish, this is really cute. We gave him a bath, dressed him, the kids played with him, and then we all went out to do some more four wheelin. He had just gotten on my lap, I took off and i mean i had only gotten 20 feet around the corner and he went back. He fell asleep

MEPS

2007-09-24T18:54:00.000-04:00

As alot of you should know, i am planning on joining the navy, well i am one step closer. My recruiter had stopped by my house Wed. the 19 to have my wife sign some forms and she needed me to finish with the rest of the paper work. To my surprise, and this is 1130 am, she asks if i have my bags packed or if we will come back for them??????? Excuse me????????? You see, you have to stay in a hotel for the night so the next morning they can take you as a big group over to MEPS, Military Entrance Process Station, or something like that. Well anyway i was caught off guard didnt know i would be going so soon. So i throw some clothes in my bag and grab my laptop thinking i can write about what is going on in my blog. So i say good bye to my wife and son. Its only 1 day. No biggie. We finish the paper work, and she gets me and another enlistee to the hotel at like 630-700. Well i get to the hotel and i find out all the rules, you have to be in your room by 10 pm. You are not allowed outside your room after 10. No females on second floor, which is the guys floor, and your wake up call is at 5, breakfast at 530, bus at 6. ok, i try and go to sleep at 10, nope. I was up practically all night, i wasnt use to sleeping by my self, no kid kicking you. No wife wanting to cuddle. So i maybe got like 1 hour a sleep the whole night. I dont want to go into extreme detail about meps, but it was alot of waiting. It is really just a prescreening to verify your health. Had a FULL physical. Oh but i failed my depth perception, i am like what. i have 20/20 vision. I almost failed my pulse. He took my BP and my pulse was well over 100, 4 trys and 8 minutes latr my pulse went down to an acceptable 100 something, like 102 i think. But i left there like 430 thurs. and got back to my wife at 5. I will be going back again, fun fun, to talk to a classifier but i will still have to get a partial physical, everytime you go there you are getting checked. turn and cough. Well my brain is fried. Have a nice week all.

Little Music Man

2007-09-16T12:36:00.000-04:00

I am very picky when it comes to music, which everyone is. I listen mainly to rock and hip-hop. Well last year while my wife was pregnant i had went to the local music store to pick up the new yellowcard CD that came out. I found my self holding a classical type Cd some how. I mean of course it had four beautiful women on the cover, naturally i stuck it under the scanner to give it a listen. Not bad i thought, it wasn't straight up classical though. It had a bit of rock to it. That CD was Explosive, a group named Bond. It is a Cd on one side, DVD on the other with 3 vids. As naturally, with any new CD, i put it in my CD player in the car and it stayed there for a solid week, and then on and off that following month. I have a bad habit of listening to one CD for a long time. So when me and my wife would go to the doctor or where ever, that CD was playing. Well right now our son is about to turn one on Oct. 4. Every morning is a routine. He wakes up around 7, I set him on the floor, i turn on the TV/DVD player and play all three videos of them playing. He will sit there and watch it, and i mean watch. Once it is done playing he pulls himself on our bed and will start to play with me till i get out of bed. Even then i take him into the living room, turn on the TV to vh1, MTV, and he will stand there and dance/watch the videos, and of course he is picky as well, he has his favorites that he will watch and others he walks away on. But Bond is apparently his favorite. You can visit there page at http://bondmusic.net/. They have there videos and pictures on there.

diploma

2007-09-08T17:15:00.000-04:00

Yes i am finally done. I have been done for about a month. Just been waiting for it in the mail, i finally got it friday and was shocked at how nice it is and the quality of it and the jacket for it. Well that was money well spent. Lesson?!: Dont drop out of school in your junior year, it cost way to much to do it again! But for anyone else who needs to get there credited diploma and not a ged. go to firstcoastacademy.com. You can do it all at home on the computer or through mail and it is very surprising how much they can help you.

baby boy walking

2007-09-08T16:25:00.000-04:00

Well our little boy is starting to walk. He started about a month ago, he started standing on his own but then quickly started to take steps. He had first walked for me, it was early morning for me, say around 1pm, no just joking, 7 am and as usual we would go in the living room and watch music videos, he loves to dance. But i was barely awake, out of the corner of my eye i saw him stand up beside the couch and take 2 steps away, he then paused and looked at me, i was in shock. I had laughed and he sat down. Of course my wife didnt believe me when she woke up, but later that day she saw for herself.

We have been working with him and found it easier when there are fewer people around. He will really only walk if no one or 2 people max (mainly mom and dad) are around. This is a short little video we have of him most recently. He was walking all the way down the hall but i accidently scared him. It is difficult to get him walking on film, he loves the camera and most always sits down and smiles.