Not a people person...

So, last Friday I went to another Scentsy party. Presley has met most of these people before but hasn't seen any of them in quite some time. I thought she would be okay & she was for the most part. Until I put her on the floor to walk around. Another woman there has a 18 month old little girl (only 8 months older than P) and she is the sweetest little girl in the world! She walked up to P & tried to give her a big hug. I thought it was super sweet but P didn't like it. She started to cry & pushed the poor girl away. I felt so bad. After the little girl walked away P started to feel better. She continued to walk around with her little carrot stick & was happy as a clam. Well, my phone started to ring so I got up to get to my diaper bag. Another woman, scooped Presley up (because she was trying to pull on the table cloth... Scentsy crap would have fallen everywhere.) & apparently scared the living crap out of my baby! She started crying so hard that her face was beet red. Poor thing.

Needless to say, I'm a little upset. I never wanted Presley to be so shy. I'm constantly feeling like a "bad" mom because I don't ever hang around other people. I mean, it wasn't her fault that those people scared her. When we first had her, Jamie was in a bowling league. She was always around people & always the center of attention. Norma (our "Filipino" grandma) was always holding her & carrying her around. She was never shy & never cried. Then, Jamie quit the league & we stopped being around people all the time. Every once in awhile a couple people would come over or we would go hang out with them... but it stopped. Apparently, I come off as being rude because I don't call & chit chat every single day. (I am perfectly content without being around other people 24/7) But for Presley, I need to be around someone other than Jamie. I'm thinking of getting a swimsuit from ON or Torrid. I already ordered Peep one from Old Navy.
I'm a sucker for anything nautical. Haha. The swimsuits here in Guam are um, for the petite & I am anything but petite. So, I have fallen in love with this super cute swimsuit.
I'm not really into wearing a swimsuit solo. I need a coverup. I'm much too self conscious. I have my eye on these two coverups. They are so cute & I could always walk to the pool with just the coverup on. Especially the teal one.

I just hate ordering anything from Old Navy. For some reason, it takes a month to get to me!! Which is crazy because everyone else I talk to CLAIM that they get theirs in a week... maybe two!

Ugh. Oh well.

I'm back to thinking that San Diego is such a super awesome place. I mean, it seems to fit us more so than anywhere else. We are a tattoo crazed family & I don't think that is ever going to change. The hubby designed me an amazing chest piece years back that I would love to finally get. I just Googled San Diego tattoo shops & 12 popped instantly. I would love to have my own "personal" tattoo artist. Who knows what I love & who knows how to tattoo me juuust right. Some people have such heavy wrists (JAMIE) that it actually hurts more than it should. *sigh* I'm still determined to get my Sanrio half sleeve. I plan on becoming a dental assistant or hygienist once we're in San Diego, so the half sleeve is easily covered. PLUS if we DO move to San Diego, we want to STAY in San Diego as long as we can. Jamie can do both shore/sea duty in San Diego. So I've decided to go ahead & get my schooling started as soon as we get to SD. I checked to see how much (on average) a dental assistant makes & it isn't that bad. I mean, I don't really want to work a REAL full time job. I am a mother first & foremost but SD is pricey. We'll get almost $2100 from the Navy if we live off base. So I figured we could afford to buy a house. Especially if I worked. I mean, if we really love it in SD, we might as well buy a house! I want a house that looks like a typical Cali home. Haha. It's just hard to imagine paying $200+ for a house that is basically the same as our home in Kingsland that we paid... um, $119 for. Haha. I am currently in love with these two SD homes.
Too bad we aren't moving sometime soon... 1 1/2 years left! WOO! We call in October for our orders... I hope SD has something for us.

My mother-in-law.

We recently found out that my mother-in-law is having some health problems & has been keeping it to herself. We're not entirely sure exactly what is going on with her. We just know that she can't stand for very long without her legs swelling really bad.

In my family, we never keep health problems from each other. Even the smallest problem (such as a fever) is passed along to everyone. My family believes in the power of pray. Since everything we do comes down to prayer, I just wanted to ask a small favor to the random bloggers out there.

Please, keep my mother-in-law in your thoughts & prayers. I know that we may not get along perfectly but she's still my mother-in-law. Without her I wouldn't have the amazing little family that I do have.


♥He gives power to the faint and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing it to multiply and making it to abound]. Isaiah 40: 29

10 months!

Goodness! I can't believe that my little P is already 10 months old! I still look at her in awe. Sometimes it feels like a really awesome dream. She's been walking for about a month now! Honestly, I didn't think that she would walk until after she was a year old but she had other plans. She RARELY crawls now, which I love. Our entire house is tile & her poor legs were red from crawling. Not to mention she had changed the way she crawls because of the hard, cold tile floors. She's learning so much! The list just keeps on growing! Here's a list of everything that she can do.

-Says Mama
-Says Dada
-Says Hi/Hey
-Walk
-Wave hi
-Blow kisses
-Give kisses
-Lay her head down & say, "ni ni"
-She touches her nose when asked to
-Smiles when asked
-Points
-Says, "num num" for food
-She "talks" on the phone (she'll actually put her hand to her ear when she hears a phone ring on tv)

I'm sure there is more but it's late & I can't think of anything else.


Moving on.

We've also been talking about where to move after Guam. (ANYWHERE!!) Jamie REALLY wants to move to San Diego. I'm not too sure because I still want to be as close to family as possible... California is on the opposite side of the country!! San Diego has SO much more to offer!! Right now I can think of at least five things to do!

1.WHALE WATCHING
2. LEGO LAND
3. SAN DIEGO ZOO
4. SEA WORLD
5. DISNEY

I mean, it IS California! Everyone wants to live in Cali at some point in their life. I don't know though... I want to be near my loved ones but Jamie keeps saying what a wonderful opportunity this is for us. I trust him. I told him if we move t Cali that I get my dream car... which has changed since last time. I currently long for a Cadillac CTS OR a Toyota Prius. Haha.

Last days in Guam.

Here recently, I have decided to "document" our last days here in Guam. If we are lucky, we will leave three months early in March 2010. If not, we leave June 2010. I wanted to get a full year of Guam. I've started a photo blog through my Mac. Everywhere we go & everything we do. It shouldn't be that much because we don't anywhere. Well, we do but we don't. Haha.

I started with the Jamaican Grill in Tumon. If I would have thought about it, I would have taken pictures of the sign, our food & drinks. They don't serve soda so everything is some sort of Jamaican drink. So yummy. I am currently obsessed with their mango tea.



Jamie found this sign amusing. Haha. It's for a "massage parlor". Riiight. Because real massage parlors stay open 24/7.








This is their other location in the Chamorro Village. We usually get our food from here.

Holy Crap!

I can't believe that Presley is almost 10 months old! It still feels like we just brought her home. She's getting so big & more beautiful with each day. She's taking her first steps now & starting to mimic everything that we do. It never gets old. She's constantly making me laugh & when I start to laugh, she starts to laugh... which makes me laugh even more. I can't believe we've been blessed with such a wonderful little girl!

Presley's birthday is less than 3 months away. I'm not entirely sure what we are going to do. We were going to try to go home for her 1st birthday since Emma's birthday is just two days earlier. We were going to have a doubt Hello Kitty birthday bash! Haha. That is an unrealistic goal now. I am the only one who has a passport & it isn't valid unless we are moving on military orders. Not to mention, we blew our tax return on stuff we needed/wanted around the house. So, I'm trying to find these in Guam to do. We don't have a lot of friends so it will probably be just the three of us. Jamie thinks that we don't need to invite a bunch of people who don't like just so she can have people at her birthday party.

One thing I have decided on is going to Underwater World! We have been wanting to go since we moved to Guam but haven't seemed to make time for it! What better time than Peeps 1st birthday!? She's starting to pay more attention to the birds, geckos & trees. Before they weren't that interesting unless they were moving. But Underwater World seems wonderful! Plus, we are going to Sam Choy's for lunch. Well, or Fridays. She greatly enjoys the atmosphere at Fridays. I know that she'll love Underwater World.

Also, I plan to talk Jamie into buying me some sea turtle jewelry from Artistica. They sell it in the gift shop... I am so looking forward to going. Sea turtles are my most favorite sea animal.

I hope to make Peeps' 1st birthday amazing! Even if she won't be with anyone but us. After all, who loves her more than her parents?


Aside from planning her first birthday, we haven't really done much. Like I said earlier, we blew our money on stuff we needed/wanted around the house. Like, a CAL king sized bed... haha. Presley does sleep with us and we needed more room. Presley has more teeth coming in. She currently has her bottom central incisors in completely & her top central incisors in cutting through. On top of that, she has her lateral incisors coming in. Poor thing. She's been really good except at night. She gets really clingy & won't stop crying for anything. I hate seeing her in pain.

We also found someone to buy the Element. I love my car but it sucks for families. Presley's carseat did not fit properly in the backseat. It would slide all the way into the sit making Presley lean really far back. It was crazy. Jamie would have to reinstall the carseat every time we got back in the car. So, we bought a new one. It seems to be working A LOT better. It fits PERFECTLY in the car like it should. I'm just ready to have a four door car again. The way the Element is, there aren't back doors. Well, REAL backdoors. In order to get her out of the carseat without hitting her head on the ceiling, we have to CLIMB in the backseat. This is also the same with getting her IN the seat. Needless to say, one of us ALWAYS sits in the backseat with her. It makes things easier when you don't have to climb in and out. So Jamie's getting his Cadillac. It's a 2000 Cadillac DeVille to be precise. The Element was mine and now he gets his car of choice. I don't care because we are going to have a four door car! HOORAY! Sadly, the people who are buying the Element also have a baby the EXACT same age as Presley. She was born a week AFTER Pres. I know that the wife has her own car so maybe they won't be putting their daughter into the Element. But Jamie did say that they already have their daughter front facing. Um, hello? Isn't the rule 20 pounds AND one year? I know their daughter is already 20 pounds because Peeps is also & they appear to be the same size!! Haha. I told Jamie that I would rather Pres be safe & rear facing than have it easier on me & turn her to front facing. That baby means the world to me & I'm not going to let anything happen to her.

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