Sunday, February 17, 2008
Valentines Day!!
Mike & I had a nice Valentines Day! We went to a nail place called In Style Nails to get a Spa Pedicure & Manicure... We watched Oprah while getting our nails prettied up. Mike got to do everything we lady's do & got to talk about the same things we do when we go get our nails done. The Pedicure & Manicure was what I wanted to do for Valentines Day. Then we went to eat at a little Thai resturant called Dan Siam Thai Cuisine. Dinner was amazing, the service was awesome also! We had a wonderful Valentines! Mike got me a huge bouquiet of daisies (my favorite flower), Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut Chocolate & a Thomas Kinkade 1000 piece puzzle. We got each other Ipod Nano's as well. We had a very nice time together!
Road Trip... Family... Baby Cheek Squeezen!!
We drove up to Riverside (2/9-10/2008), to visit with Jeff (Mike's brother), Ann (Jeff's wife) & Alex (their baby). We also got to visit with Ann's Grandparents, since we were staying at their home.
Riverside is 1 hour & 30 minutes north from San Diego. The trip up was amazing! We got to see SNOW on the mountain tops, which was totally shocking to us. We sang horribly off key to songs that came on the radio, that are way over played! We saw the March Air Force Base... I of course was all amazed. There were big planes on the landing strip and jets under a little tin house. While passing the base there was also a musemun, it had older aircrafts around the building.
We arrived at the Grandparents house around 9 or 10 Saturday morning. We walked in the house saying "hello, anyone here?" then there came Ann with Alex in her arms. The first thing Mike did was to grab Alex, didn't even say hi to Ann first, lol... This was the first time that we met Alex since he was born. So you can understand Mike's excitement when he grabbed Alex from Ann. Ann & I hugged & spoke for a little bit before Mike handed Alex to me, since I was so excited to see him & hold him as well... Mike finally said hi to Ann & gave her a hug. We then saw Jeff, said our hello's, hugged & just kept talking. A few hours later we met Gram'ma. Well, I met Gramma, Mike already met the Grandparents from his last visit to Riverside. We didn't meet Gram'pa until dinner time. Before meeting Gram'pa, Jeff, Ann, Alex, Mike & I went out just to catch up some more... we went to a swap meet. Jeff insisted to hold Alex in the carrier. So when we got inside the boys went straight to the car section, so Ann & I went our own way... SHOPPING! So imagine this... two girls wondering around is not a big deal, but two guys wondering around & one of them has a baby strapped to them... well they just get strange looks, lol. After the swap meet, we went up the street to a sport store to buy guns (well to look at them & see how much they were), then we wondered to Toy's R Us to get a teether for Alex. After all that wondering around & excitement, we were super hungry. But since we knew that Gram'ma was making a feast to feed an army, we just went to a little chinese place an got something to sustian us for a little while. Then we drove back to the house, relaxed, watched tv & talked. We had dinner.. and I finally got to meet Gram'pa. Who doesn't talk all that much! Well, Jeff & Mike are 11 months apart. Like they are both 21 together for an entire month, but not anymore. Anyway, they decided since they are both legal to drink, it was time to bond. So while the boys drank beer and took shots of peppermint schnopps... Ann & I enjoyed a big bowl of ice cream, each! Jeff got really talkative really quick, which was so funny! Mike on the other hand was like he wasn't drinking at all. Gram'ma & I wondered out to the garage where Gram'pa was at... his garage was full of old cars which excited me! I love old cars! Mike followed us and he was amazed as well! Jeff came in a little after us, he loves cars, so he & Gram'pa struck up a conversation about every car that was in the garage. Well, Gram'pa loves fixing up old cars, taking them to car shows, he plays the bagpipes & the organ! After spending about an hour in the garage talking and listening to stories Gram'ma, Mike & I went back to the house. Gram'ma served us some more ice cream and started to tell us stories. Gram'ma was telling us about her job as a CO. She was a CO for 30 years. She was totally cool, but kind of scared Mike & I when she was telling us her stories of putting people in there places... She doesn't take crap from anyone! Well, after stories with Gram'ma it was around 11... so we all said good night and went to bed. The next morning, we had breakfast, sat around & talked for a little while more. We then decided to drive back down to San Diego... Mike had to get his stuff ready for Monday, because he had duty (duty is when you are on the ship all day & are not allowed home till the next day, after work).
So that was our trip to Riverside, it was nice & a lot of fun. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please enjoy the slide show as well.
Riverside is 1 hour & 30 minutes north from San Diego. The trip up was amazing! We got to see SNOW on the mountain tops, which was totally shocking to us. We sang horribly off key to songs that came on the radio, that are way over played! We saw the March Air Force Base... I of course was all amazed. There were big planes on the landing strip and jets under a little tin house. While passing the base there was also a musemun, it had older aircrafts around the building.
We arrived at the Grandparents house around 9 or 10 Saturday morning. We walked in the house saying "hello, anyone here?" then there came Ann with Alex in her arms. The first thing Mike did was to grab Alex, didn't even say hi to Ann first, lol... This was the first time that we met Alex since he was born. So you can understand Mike's excitement when he grabbed Alex from Ann. Ann & I hugged & spoke for a little bit before Mike handed Alex to me, since I was so excited to see him & hold him as well... Mike finally said hi to Ann & gave her a hug. We then saw Jeff, said our hello's, hugged & just kept talking. A few hours later we met Gram'ma. Well, I met Gramma, Mike already met the Grandparents from his last visit to Riverside. We didn't meet Gram'pa until dinner time. Before meeting Gram'pa, Jeff, Ann, Alex, Mike & I went out just to catch up some more... we went to a swap meet. Jeff insisted to hold Alex in the carrier. So when we got inside the boys went straight to the car section, so Ann & I went our own way... SHOPPING! So imagine this... two girls wondering around is not a big deal, but two guys wondering around & one of them has a baby strapped to them... well they just get strange looks, lol. After the swap meet, we went up the street to a sport store to buy guns (well to look at them & see how much they were), then we wondered to Toy's R Us to get a teether for Alex. After all that wondering around & excitement, we were super hungry. But since we knew that Gram'ma was making a feast to feed an army, we just went to a little chinese place an got something to sustian us for a little while. Then we drove back to the house, relaxed, watched tv & talked. We had dinner.. and I finally got to meet Gram'pa. Who doesn't talk all that much! Well, Jeff & Mike are 11 months apart. Like they are both 21 together for an entire month, but not anymore. Anyway, they decided since they are both legal to drink, it was time to bond. So while the boys drank beer and took shots of peppermint schnopps... Ann & I enjoyed a big bowl of ice cream, each! Jeff got really talkative really quick, which was so funny! Mike on the other hand was like he wasn't drinking at all. Gram'ma & I wondered out to the garage where Gram'pa was at... his garage was full of old cars which excited me! I love old cars! Mike followed us and he was amazed as well! Jeff came in a little after us, he loves cars, so he & Gram'pa struck up a conversation about every car that was in the garage. Well, Gram'pa loves fixing up old cars, taking them to car shows, he plays the bagpipes & the organ! After spending about an hour in the garage talking and listening to stories Gram'ma, Mike & I went back to the house. Gram'ma served us some more ice cream and started to tell us stories. Gram'ma was telling us about her job as a CO. She was a CO for 30 years. She was totally cool, but kind of scared Mike & I when she was telling us her stories of putting people in there places... She doesn't take crap from anyone! Well, after stories with Gram'ma it was around 11... so we all said good night and went to bed. The next morning, we had breakfast, sat around & talked for a little while more. We then decided to drive back down to San Diego... Mike had to get his stuff ready for Monday, because he had duty (duty is when you are on the ship all day & are not allowed home till the next day, after work).
So that was our trip to Riverside, it was nice & a lot of fun. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please enjoy the slide show as well.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
A Lovely Visit
Just recently my Daddy came over for a visit. It was wonderful to see him again! Mike & I took Dad around San Diego... we took him on the naval base to see the ship Mike is on. We also went to Harbor Drive, where you can walk around and see interesting things. We took a little 5 ship tour. We also went to Sea World. It was a great time. My Dad was so intertand, he was like a little kid... he was full of energy & so excited! My Dad also spent time with my sister. Yesterday, he road the Greyhound Bus Line to Selinas, to visit my other sister, bro-in-law & first grand-daughter. I hope you enjoy looking at the photo's of our lovely visit!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Little Life Update
Nothing is really new since my last post... still pregnant! The only thing that's new is I'm sleepy all the time, which Mike loves because if I'm taking a nap its nap time for him too... he loves nap time! And I'm so hungry... which isn't unusual... but since I can't eat what I want, because mike is making sure my pregnancy diet is all healthy foods, so our baby is healthy... isn't he the cutest! I've had a headache for the past week and its driving me insane, all I want to do is take some medicine & take a nap... but I can't!
So last night Mike & I started crying, let me tell you the story. I was laying in the bed while Mike was kissing, rubbing & talking to my tummy... when all of a sudden he snuggled his head against my tummy and started to cry. I cupped his chin and in the mist of me asking him why he was crying I started to cry, because I realized why he was crying. We wanted a baby since the first time we fell in love with each other. We were crying for two reasons... because we are going to have a beautiful baby & because Mike will not be here for most of the pregnancy, but whats worst, for the birth. He wants to be in the delivery room, he wants to cut the umbilical cord and he wants to be the first one to hold the baby. So we are so excited about the baby, but sad because he will not be here.
But besides all of that... everything is alright!
So last night Mike & I started crying, let me tell you the story. I was laying in the bed while Mike was kissing, rubbing & talking to my tummy... when all of a sudden he snuggled his head against my tummy and started to cry. I cupped his chin and in the mist of me asking him why he was crying I started to cry, because I realized why he was crying. We wanted a baby since the first time we fell in love with each other. We were crying for two reasons... because we are going to have a beautiful baby & because Mike will not be here for most of the pregnancy, but whats worst, for the birth. He wants to be in the delivery room, he wants to cut the umbilical cord and he wants to be the first one to hold the baby. So we are so excited about the baby, but sad because he will not be here.
But besides all of that... everything is alright!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
First Baby Notice
A few weeks ago, I started to feel nauseous. I just thought I was getting the flu or something until i was 10 days later for that time of the month. I got curious, so I decided it was time to check (January 19, 2008). The home test said it was POSITIVE as you can tell from the photo below. But I wanted to make
sure. So, Sarah & I decided to go to Balboa Hospital. We waited about 1 hour or so until I was called... after I was called in, I waited about 1 hour 30 minute to get my results. And just as the little home test showed, the hospital results said the exact same thing POSITIVE. I was not sure how I felt when the doctor told me. I was shocked, happy & overwhelmed with joy. I almost started to cry when the doctor told me I was pregnant, but I didn't cry. I was so anxious to tell Mike, my family & all my friends. As I walked to the waiting room, Sarah looked up from her book... I didn't say anything to her. As I got closer I smiled at her and she knew, so we both squealed & stomped our feet in joy, then hugged. Everyone was looking at us like we were the weirdest people on earth. We were and still are excited. Mike... he is now kissing and talking to my tummy. His all like I'm going to be a Daddy... so pretty excited. I'm really excited!! We figured the due month is either August or September. Which is cool... Mike (August) & me (September).. its awesome! That's the latest news in our little happy lives!
sure. So, Sarah & I decided to go to Balboa Hospital. We waited about 1 hour or so until I was called... after I was called in, I waited about 1 hour 30 minute to get my results. And just as the little home test showed, the hospital results said the exact same thing POSITIVE. I was not sure how I felt when the doctor told me. I was shocked, happy & overwhelmed with joy. I almost started to cry when the doctor told me I was pregnant, but I didn't cry. I was so anxious to tell Mike, my family & all my friends. As I walked to the waiting room, Sarah looked up from her book... I didn't say anything to her. As I got closer I smiled at her and she knew, so we both squealed & stomped our feet in joy, then hugged. Everyone was looking at us like we were the weirdest people on earth. We were and still are excited. Mike... he is now kissing and talking to my tummy. His all like I'm going to be a Daddy... so pretty excited. I'm really excited!! We figured the due month is either August or September. Which is cool... Mike (August) & me (September).. its awesome! That's the latest news in our little happy lives!Monday, January 14, 2008
A-school in Pensacola, FL.
Sunday - January 13, 2008...
Mike went to Pensacola for a week. He went with his crew from the Pelelui. A few months before deployment they have to leave for a week for training. Every time its the same training, but its to make sure they know their stuff.
On the first day, everyone from crash & salvage (the crew) sits in a classroom to go over everything flight deck fireman are suppose to know. Then the next couple of days they do training... like they suit up in their firefighter suit and run into burning helicopters. Mike says its fun, but horrible at the same time.
Well, originally when Mike left he told me he would be back on Saturday, but last night after he got in to Pensacola he called the airlines and changed his flight from Saturday to Friday. I'm really excited about that!! I can't wait till Mike gets back home. I know his only been gone for a day... but I REALLY MISS MY NENE!!!!
So Mike will be home on Friday - January 18, 2008... I'm excited!!!
Mike went to Pensacola for a week. He went with his crew from the Pelelui. A few months before deployment they have to leave for a week for training. Every time its the same training, but its to make sure they know their stuff.
On the first day, everyone from crash & salvage (the crew) sits in a classroom to go over everything flight deck fireman are suppose to know. Then the next couple of days they do training... like they suit up in their firefighter suit and run into burning helicopters. Mike says its fun, but horrible at the same time.
Well, originally when Mike left he told me he would be back on Saturday, but last night after he got in to Pensacola he called the airlines and changed his flight from Saturday to Friday. I'm really excited about that!! I can't wait till Mike gets back home. I know his only been gone for a day... but I REALLY MISS MY NENE!!!!
So Mike will be home on Friday - January 18, 2008... I'm excited!!!
The Midway & The First Kiss...
Saturday - January 12, 2008... Sarah & Kevin... our friends & neighbors. Kevin & Mike work together on the Pelelui. Sarah & I just go shopping together and plan dinners together. But This time we went on a date, which was a lot of fun! Mike & I road our car and Sarah & Kevin road their motorcycle.
Our First stop on our date was the USS Midway. I looked up some history about the Midway.
“Midway Magic” is a historical fact. It was a term known throughout the Navy as the USS Midway steamed through a 47-year career of service to country. Imagine a carrier that was commissioned in 1945 and served as a flagship in Desert Storm in 1991. No other carrier served as long as the USS Midway.
Time and again Midway remained on station when other carriers broke down and headed for port. It was almost magical how the crew and carrier responded to every call—both military and humanitarian.
The USS Midway set new standards of naval aviation in the latter half of the 20th century. A captured German V-2 rocket was launched off the USS Midway in 1947—the dawn of naval missile warfare. The USS Midway blazed new trails of sub-Arctic air operations off the coast of Greenland. It was the first carrier homeported in a foreign country, calling Yokosuka, Japan home for 18 years. When others came home, the USS Midway remained at the “tip of the sword” on an odyssey shared by 225,000 Americans that spanned the surrender of Japan in WWII, the Cold War, Vietnam, the era of détente and Desert Storm.
No other carrier carries such a proud—many say “magical”—tradition of diligence, vigilance and mission completion. Midway Magic was real. And it continues today on her final mission as an interactive museum, tribute and education center.
Our next stop was at the First Kiss... 
After we took photo's and walked around. We went back home. Mike & Kevin played racket ball and Sarah & I went to buy fish. We cooked, had dinner together. It was a great, fun day!
Our First stop on our date was the USS Midway. I looked up some history about the Midway. “Midway Magic” is a historical fact. It was a term known throughout the Navy as the USS Midway steamed through a 47-year career of service to country. Imagine a carrier that was commissioned in 1945 and served as a flagship in Desert Storm in 1991. No other carrier served as long as the USS Midway.Time and again Midway remained on station when other carriers broke down and headed for port. It was almost magical how the crew and carrier responded to every call—both military and humanitarian.
The USS Midway set new standards of naval aviation in the latter half of the 20th century. A captured German V-2 rocket was launched off the USS Midway in 1947—the dawn of naval missile warfare. The USS Midway blazed new trails of sub-Arctic air operations off the coast of Greenland. It was the first carrier homeported in a foreign country, calling Yokosuka, Japan home for 18 years. When others came home, the USS Midway remained at the “tip of the sword” on an odyssey shared by 225,000 Americans that spanned the surrender of Japan in WWII, the Cold War, Vietnam, the era of détente and Desert Storm.
No other carrier carries such a proud—many say “magical”—tradition of diligence, vigilance and mission completion. Midway Magic was real. And it continues today on her final mission as an interactive museum, tribute and education center.
Our next stop was at the First Kiss... We walked to the First Kiss. Our dates, our husbands, bought us the shirts we are wearing. The shirt says "We Can Do it!"... Rosie the Riveter is on the shirt.
V-J Day, Aug. 14, 1945 -- World War II is finally over and New York's Times Square has erupted in spontaneous celebration.
Suddenly a handsome sailor pulls a young nurse into an embrace. The iconic image of that kiss, immortalized by the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt in Life magazine, became the symbol of a joyful nation's victory.
Suddenly a handsome sailor pulls a young nurse into an embrace. The iconic image of that kiss, immortalized by the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt in Life magazine, became the symbol of a joyful nation's victory.
After we took photo's and walked around. We went back home. Mike & Kevin played racket ball and Sarah & I went to buy fish. We cooked, had dinner together. It was a great, fun day!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
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