It has been a really long time.

We have been keeping very busy while Daddy is away. With trips to MA and all of our activities here in MD we are really moing this time thing along. Gunnar has been enjoying going to Gymnastics, swimming lessons, story time and play dates with our friend Ryder. He has learned how to use scissors and thinks they are the greatest things ever! He really enjoys cutting everything in sight, which is not a good thing, but we're working on him knowing what is right to cut and what is wrong to cut! Hopefully we'll get it soon becuase I have had a lot of important documents cut up! Gunnar has found that when he wears glasses of any shape, color or form he is instantly braver and stronger. So anytime he is unsure of something, going somewhere new or meeting someone knew he put on his 'brave goggles' or 'strong glasses' or sometimes they are just 'glasses like mommy does'. If they make him feel stronger or braver I am okay with him wearing them and he is cuter than a button with them on!

When you're two, you cheese!!! :0)

G just recently went to get his '2 year old' pictures taken. When we were dressing in the morning I asked G what he wanted to wear and he wanted to wear his 'football'. So we wore his jersey, thankfully the Patriots were playing today so we didn't look like complete outsiders.

Such a ham-- just a few on here becuase I have big ideas for the rest!!! ;0)

Fire House Tours

While we were in MA we were able to visit the Westminster FireHouse. It was such a great experience for both myself and for G. I think he had an absolute blast having a personal tour guide!

G got to sit in the drivers seat of three different fire trucks, he got to go in the back of an ambulance, watch the Firemen move a firetruck, beep the horn, turn on the lights. He was so amazed by these trucks!

Thank you to the Westminster Fire Department for taking us on a tour and letting a little boy fall in love with your profession!!

PS- Gunnar is being a Fireman for halloween!!! :0)

Pre-Deployment Leave

Daddy came home for his pre-deployment leave and we had a wonderful time! It was so great to get to spend a precious week and a half with Daddy! We got to play, relax and had a lot of travelling to do. Next leave we get we have decided that we are not going to travel. We are going to spend time with just us, and our little family. It was nice to be able to let Jared's and my family see Jared before he left, but it didn't give us much time together as a family.
Here are a few pictures from our travels around the East Coast!

Daddy and Gunnar work on Lola before selling her.

Daddy andGunnar relax during the morning.
Then it was off to Upstate NY, the weather was Beautiful, chrisp yet colorful! Perfect fall weather.

Daddy and Gunnar splitting wood.

daddy helping G ride a bike!

G and Grandpa riding the tractor around the property.
Then it was off to MA, chilly weather, but nice! - Hard to believe that a week after G and I left they got 24" of snow!!!!

Family Shot!!!! I love my boys!

Daddy and G riding the four wheeler- or should I say g riding and Daddy chasing!!

It's been a while...

Hello. I surely has been a while since I have written a post. We have been busy, settling in on the East Coast, travelling to MA and MD, and all of the activities that G is enrolled in.


Gunnar has been busy cleaning up after the hurricane that we received here in MD, cleaning up the backyard, watching the rabbits with his binnoculars and dressing himself for his daily excursions!!!!

Boys, Boys, Boys

Before we left Hawaii we had a fire to get rid of some of Jared's old scrap wood from his projects around the house. We let Gunnar stay up really late and enjoy the fire and the moon with his Daddy. Jared told Gunnar that they'd always be looking at the same moon and to think of Daddy when he sees the moon.
This is just a random picture of Daddy that we are going to use for Gunnar's 'Daddy Doll'. :0)

Gunnar always makes Jared take off his boots when he gets home to make sure he's not leaving again. So after the boots have been taken off Gunnar will place them by the door just so and walk away making sure throughout the night that those boots don't leave.

By for Now, Hawaii and Daddy

We spent our last weekend together at the Hale Koa hotel for a 'staycation'. It was so nice that we didnt have a thing to do with the house, not a worry in the world, other than the looming dark cloud of departure. We were so excited to spend three days with daddy at the beach and pool!

Gunnar with Sadie and Bear at the Hale Koa. He takes those two everywhere.
Eating his special treat and posing for the camera.

Loving on daddy.

The smiles look oddly similiar??? No?

Our last family picture together for a while.

He was getting so brave and going into the baby pool all by himself.

Daddy and Gunnar swimming together.

In the pool alone!!!! :0) don't worry we were sitting right there ready to jump in.

Aloha for now Daddy. We love you and miss you more than you will ever know. Stay Safe and God Speed you home. xoxo