Busy Busy Busy

I started this blog thinking it would be easier to keep up with than trying to keep everyone informed by email or phone. Um.. I thought wrong. While the phone & email are still pretty much out of the question (can't seem to make a phone call these days without Chase deciding he wants in on the conversation & screaming bloody murder, or trying to type out an email without him banging the keyboard), finding the time to post updates has been almost impossible. I'll try though.

So the latest..

Chase - Chopper now has two teeth. Yep, not one, but two! They came in the same day. He's now working on a third, & an incisor at that. Fun times. He's eating food. He chows down on the stage 2 or 3 Gerber baby foods, but he'll eat his share of table food too. He had his first taste of blue crab on New Year's Eve. He loves lima beans, but he'll eat pretty much anything I make for dinner. Wish Shelbye was that easy to please. lol He's going on 16lbs now. My little chunky butt.. He can sit up on his own, when he wants to. He's sleeping through the night, with the exception of when he's teething & doesn't sleep at all. He's not into the crawling yet (thank God!) but his daddy's definitely trying to coach him. He busts out the occasional "mamamama" when he's fussy, "hey" when his daddy comes home, & various screams to annoy his Sissy. I know he probably has no idea what he's saying, but I maintain that my children are geniuses.

Shelbye - A/B Honor Roll again. Yay!! She's wanting to play soccer in the spring, so I guess I need to get on that soon. She's finally made tons of friends in the neighborhood. I think she's giving me a preview of what her teenage years are going to be like. She's entered the "it's not cool to be seen with Mom & Dad" phase. Lordy. She's way more interested in hanging out with her friends than hanging out with us, but I'll cling to her childhood even if she won't. As long as she's wearing Hannah Montana jammies, she's still my little girl & no one can tell me any different.

Dave & I - Well, it's pretty well known that we're gearing up for round 4. This one's going to be the longest yet, & I'm dreading it. It seems like he just got home. Refit is.. well.. refit. He works long hours, most of the time until 6ish at the earliest (sometimes until 10ish), after heading to work before 6am. We see him mostly in passing, as he comes home to eat, shower & head to bed so he can do it all again the next day. He's on a 1 in 3 duty rotation, meaning he's standing 24 hour duty in the boat every third day. So yeah, refit is pretty much horrible, but what can you do? Such is life as a Navy wife, or so I've heard. As for me, I'm pretty much just hanging out, doing the day to day stuff to get us through. I've applied for school & gotten financial aid, but I won't be able to start until the fall semester. That's fine by me, though. Gives me more time to stay home & enjoy my little ones while they're still little.

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