We are FINALLY in California!
I dont think I have ever had so much on my mind and not enough time to get a blog up!
Ill start with California! We are now living in San Diego. It is BEAUTIFUL here! And so not what I expected to see! There are green hills and your ears pop when ever you drive anywhere! It is so different from Virginia. The weather has been awesome esp since its January! We go to the park almost everyday and I go for a walk everyday and the community is awesome and so pretty! The parks are clean and well kept! The humidity is next to nothing! Hayden loves it here! I love our house though Im fairly certain Ill lose all the weight I want because of all my stairs! We have CARPET! Though not as easy to clean so much easier on the feet and I can set Teagan down ANYWHERE! The rooms are huge and we have more bathrooms then we will ever use ( we have one locked shut) The wal-mart and Target still arent up to par with Utah but I dont think Ill ever find stores like what you find there! The ward seams nice though we have 9am church AGAIN we are going on 3 years of 9 am church! I hate waking up early on my weekends! Josh says the people at the DET are really nice and that he will fit in well with them His Chief is highly motivated and so I think it will give Josh the experience he needs to really stand out through out his career. We have less than half the commute to family some are even as close as 2 and a half hours away! And we have a 2 car garage! I love my garage!
Potty training!
We are potty training Hayden.... again..... Heaven help me! I have decided that this time I cant give up. No matter how hard he tries to make me! and trust me hes trying! ( to make me give up that is) He does really well when hes naked. the only accidents he has is about 50% of the time he poops where he stands. But he doesnt have normal poop its always runny so I cant expect him to make it to the toilet when I know adults who sometimes dont make it when they have the squirts! But if you put a pull up on him about 40% of the time hell stay dry the rest he thinks hes free to go in it! I dont know why?? I dont know why he does it for the life of me I dont know?! And then theres the playing in the toilet! Oh the toilet!!! :( I love my son but I might kill him! If im not right there to empty his potty as soon as hes done going hell take the pee and dump it in the toilet. great! good for him! but then he fills up the potty with the toilet water and DUMPS IT ON HIS HEAD!!!! almost every frickin time!!!!! I dont know why??? The worst part is that I KNOW he knows how to go potty when he needs to I KNOW he knows when to go. HE KNOWS HE JUST WONT DO IT! But Im not giving up! I really want to enroll him in preschool this year ( when he turns 3) and he has to be potty trained to do so! ........ My will is stronger than my 2 year olds, My will is stronger than my 2 year olds, My willl......
Teagan!
Teagan is so cute! She is a great eater, she loves to cuddle, and has the biggest smiles! She is getting so big so fast and I love watching her grow and I love watching Hayden with her. He loves her so much and she loves to watch him be goofy! My only complaint is that she loves to cuddle! to the extent that I dont ever get anything done because she wants to be held all day everyday and she wont sleep though the night unless shes in my bed! I kid you not. If I put her in her bed at night less than 30 min later she wakes up and wants to be fed and cuddled so I comply. I get her to sleep and back up my 14 stairs to my room lay down and 2 min later shes screaming at the top of her lungs! so for now, she sleeps on my chest Im working with her during the day to put her down more when shes happy so shes not being held when she doesnt absolutely have to be! But she is now almost 4 months weighs 13 pounds and is 24 inches long and her facial expressions could melt anyones heart!
Baby weight
Im doing much better than I did with Hayden, I have about 6 pounds left and they just want to stay around, but I think they might be my milk because all my pre pregnancy clothes fit including my size 8 skinny jeans! I almost cried the day I found out they fit! Im trying to stay healthy and cook more and I make sure I at least walk a mile a day I usually try to go on 2 walks or a walk and a run or some thing everyday. well see how it goes. With our tax return we are going to get a tread mill so I can run while Josh is gone! My new years goal is to run a 10k by the end of this year! If I can do more great but my goal is 10k next year a half marathon and the next year a full marathon and to do the Boston marathon before Im 30!
Josh
Ahhh, where to begin with him?! Right now hes underway with a ship I dont know the name of! we found out he was going a few days ago, hes gone till Friday!
Josh was informed on Wednesday that he was being enrolled in FEP which is basically fat camp for sailors. I know I almost died laughing when he told me at first too! So back in VA he was told they were doing a practice PFA (personal fitness assessment) so no one really tried all that hard and Josh was one of those, he did fine on his push ups and sit ups but he didnt pass the run, but they put it down as he had 15 seconds to spare. A few months later we found out that rather than doing a real PFA they were just going to take the score from their practice ones and count those.... Josh wasnt happy! So it wasnt so bad because he passed and it was all good. We get here and his Chief informs him that their command holds their sailors to a higher standard and that he needed to do the run 30 seconds faster minimum! Which meant he really needed a min off his real time! haha! so since he didnt fail but he didnt pass to their standards he was as of now to report to FEP every day at 530 am until April when they take their next PFA where if he doesnt pass it will go on his record! But on Wednesdays he has to go in at 0600 to PT with the ship. so most of the ship works out once a week Josh does it 5 days! There are like 9 people in the class and only some of them show up every time , But since Josh is the honest person he is hes exhausted everyday! Hes gets up at 0430 so he can be there on time and he passes out at 10pm! (breath) So then we find out that Josh is to leave for Mississippi on Haydens Birthday :( the only way he can stay for it is if he gets into a class his Chief wants him to get into then he would leave around the 17th Which would be awesome but Im not holding my breath! Also because people are stupid and mess up on his orders.... again.... we are getting BAH ( basic housing allowence) ( yes I know it should be bha but its not) for VA rather than CA which is HUGE DIFFERENCE! by like 1000! And we arent getting COLA ( cost of living) which is an allwence to make up for the cost of living depending on your zip code, but we arent getting it because they goofed and I have to go to the housing office an pay them every pay check and they are lowering the BAH for VA so I have to go in and get them to lower our rent! oh well Ill get it done! I just wish people could get their heads out of their rears! AND the moving company broke one of my high value items so I have to file a claim but im having issues with the web site and I keep calling the stupid company for help and I do what they say but things arent working and I think its on purpose. but so help me heaven they will pay for what they broke. They broke a part of my nativity set that is hand crafted out of bone china and is engraved with 24k gold. It is a one of a kind set and is awesome not to mention the fact that I got it from my dad when he died!!! GRRRRR! They will pay!!!!
Im really getting nervous for Josh to leave, Im going to miss him a lot. Hes only supposed to be gone for 5 months but He says to expect closer to 7-9 which will really suck! and with my luck he will be gone 11 like last time! I hope not because I hate that he doesnt get to see his children grow up, he missed so much with Hayden and now hes going to miss even more with Teagan. Hes going to miss the crawling, walking , the first words, first almost everything! He is so family oriented and hes not going to be home almost at all for the next 2 years! which are the biggest years of his kids lives! I really try hard to be strong and not show how much it hurts to watch him leave and to know hes leaving us again because I know it hurts him to see my hurt. But sometimes my "attempt to be strong" comes across as being cold and unfeeling. I know that this is what we were supposed to do because so much has happened for us that couldnt any other way. But it is so much harder than I thought it would be. Its hard to fall in love with your best friend and to start a family with him and then have him gone for almost half your marriage! ( which it will be) There are days I just want to give up and cry and beg him not to go, to stay this time and be with us but I know I cant and I know it would only make things worse on him. I Worry about him and his safety, especially in this crazy world.
Well its past my bed time and I have to get up early. sorry such a sudden stop but my eyes are getting blurry! Until next time!
