Hawaii has treated us well. A lot has changed since I last wrote. Ben has been promoted to Sargeant, we are expecting our third child and the kids have started school again.
We are feeling overly blessed with all these wonderful things going on in our life. Samya and Tosh love going to Kindergarten and Pre-School. They both go to the local school and are they for the same times too, all day! This gives Mommy lots of time for doctors visits and errands during the day. Then we all do homework and wait till Daddy gets home from work. Then we have dinner and are in bed by 8:30pm. Then we do it all again the next day.
Weekends are fun for us, filled with surfing for Ben on Saturdays, beach or pool visits with the family, riding of bikes, sometimes frisbee in our yard, taking walks to the park with the dog, and going to do fun things like movie theaters or dinners at a resturant.
Thanksgiving this year was fun. We had our first turkey dinner at our house, inviting over neighbors and friends. It was a new, fun experience for me, baking all the traditional T-day foods myself on the day of for the first time. It was a busy day and an awesome night.
The kids have also had fun this year setting up our first Christmas tree. We got them each personal ornaments to hang on the tree and hope to keep this tradition going. The kids of course, are super excited for Christmas, showing Mommy all the things they want from Santa in commercials they see or when Mommy is shopping online. I found it cute when Tosh and Samya both wanted the same thing, they said they would share, quite willingly.
Also Samya in particular has been quite helpful to Mommy. She helps me get the laundry out of the deep depths of the washer and dryer where I have a hard time reaching with my belly. She also picks up toys, etc. off the floor so I don't have to do as much bending. She is very willing to help and runs little errands around the house for me often. Tosh is not at the awareness level of his older sister but he is excited for a baby brother and often asks about him.
Teagan himself is doing well. He kicks constantly and has the hiccups. I am getting bigger faster and know he is getting to be around 4 pounds now. His official due date is Feb 13th but I do tend to grow my kids fast and have them early. So I believe and hope he will come at the end of January.
Ben will leave for Non-Commissioned Officer School (Army training) stateside on Feb 24th. We are all hoping he gets some time with his new son before being shipped off for 6 weeks.
I'll let you see all the things I have missed in the pictures.
Our Thanksgiving table
Samya and Bella
Cool Toshy
Preggo Mommy
Our Christmas Tree
Daddy playing his game and cuddling with his Girlfriend, Bella
Teagan
Samya's letter to Santa
Sorry this is sideways...but it is our family Christmas card this year
