Easter Sunday in Shakey San Diego

(Taken last year)

Easter Sunday was especially special this year for many reasons. The first, being that although it is Hunter's second Easter, it's his first easter that his daddy was actually here for! Also, it was our last weekend together for 6-8 weeks, as Kiefer is (now) in Yuma for specialized training.
When we woke up, it was a special treat that I was able to get ready for church and Hunter was still asleep---I even woke up fully rested without the assistance of an alarm clock! Once we were ready we went to wake Hunter up and he seriously did not want to wake up. Kiefer pointed out that it was probably him giving us a preview of what his teenage years will be like, ha!
We went to church and Hunter just loves the nursery. I didn't take him in this Sunday, Kiefer did and he said that when they got in there Hunter saw two little girls and just took off to play with them. He does love the little girls, what can I say--he's a ladies man. ;)
After church we went to Lakeside Cafe and ate lunch then headed to MCRD because Kiefer needed to pick up some supplies to take to Yuma with him. He figured since the exchange on Miramar was open, the exchange there would be open too. Not so much, so we watched the recruits drill and then headed to the beach.
We found the nicest beach I've seen in San Diego. It's on NAS North Island and it's gorgeous and not crowded at all (since it's on a base). It's just parallel to Hotel Del Coronado so the views are spectacular. We took some terrific pictures, as shown in this post!
We headed home because the water started getting really rough and unpredictable, and what do ya know? We were at a stop light on our way back into the town we live and an earthquake happened! It's the first one we've felt since being here, and the first one I've felt in quite a number of years. Originally it measured at a 6.9 but they later upgraded it to a 7.2. Crazy! Everything is fine, the dishes rattled and some picture frames knocked over but all in all we're fine, thank goodness! Hunter thought the whole thing was funny. We did feel some aftershocks too, those bother me more than the initial earthquakes I think..
This wraps it up, how was your Easter?

Trip to the Zoo

So before my last post we went to the zoo. I took a ton of pictures and they were oh so adorable---and then my camera deleted them. SOOOOO, only (a very limited number of..) cell phone pictures for now.
We absolutely heart the San Diego Zoo and Hunter does too! He was especially thrilled with the cats--jaguars, tigers, lions. He wasn't a fan of monkeys, he cried when he saw them.
Before (Me!)

During (Adorable Hunter!)
After (Tired Hunter!)
He picked out his stuffed animal from the zoo, the first ever stuffed toy he's actually picked on his own. It's a fox and it sleeps with him at night, along with Mr. Bear, Mrs. Bear and Hippo.
Easter & beach photos coming tomorrow!

ABCS and 123s

I saw this on another blog and had to do it, so cute!! I have an update on taking Hunter to the zoo and a recent doctors appointment for Hunts, but it'll have to wait because I'm just too tired tonight!

A. AREA CODE : Conroe, still!

B. BED SIZE: California King. Best. Purchase. Ever. No more elbowing Kiefer or getting pushed to the floor from our old full size bed.
C. CHORE YOU HATE: Laundry

D. DOG'S NAME: None but soooo want one!

E. ESSENTIAL "START THE DAY!" ITEM: Cinnamon raisen toast and DP.

F. FAVORITE COLOR: Pink.

G. GOLD OR SILVER: White gold, but I'm starting to like some yellow gold too.
H. HEIGHT: 5'5. Hunter is half my height, ha!.

I. INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY: None, it's quite sad.

J. JOB: Mommy.

K. KIDS: One. Maybe another in a couple of years.

L. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: With the hubby and baby in CA. Military townhouse? LOL.
M. MOM'S NAME: Melissa.
N. NICKNAME: CoCo.
O. OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAY: 4 times in the last year and a half, only two other times (once as a toddler, once after knee surgery when I was 13.)
P. PET PEEVE: Pens tapping. And Kiefer cleaning the kitchen and him doing my laundry, lol.
Q. QUOTE FROM A MOVIE: You ought to spend a little more time trying to make something of yourself and a little less time trying to impress people. - The Breakfast Club
R. RIGHTY OR LEFTY?: Right
S. SIBLINGS: 1 brother, 2 half brothers, 2 step siblings. I'm the oldest.
T. TIME YOU WAKE UP: 7, sometimes 8 if Hunter is feeling crazy.

U. UNDERWEAR: Yes?
V. VEGGIE YOU DISLIKE: Brusslesprouts.
W. WAYS/REASONS YOU ARE LATE: Well I usually don't allot the proper amount of time for getting myself ready, Hunter ready and packing the diaper bag.
X. XRAYS YOU'VE HAD: Knee, kidneys, back, ankle
Y. YUMMY FOOD YOU MAKE: Kiefer says my chicken casserole, I'll have to post the recipe!
Z. ZOO ANIMALS YOU LIKE: Koala bears. I'm allergic to birds, we learned Saturday.

Hunter's 15 Months Old!

Oh Hunter Scott, I cannot believe you are 15 months old!
You are a CAMERA HAM and make the funniest faces when I tell you to "say cheese." The above picture, included.
You way 26 lbs and are 32.5 inches tall--half Mommy's height already!
You say "bye bye," "all done," "hey," and I think "ni-ni" is "night night" because you say it when I put you in your crib at night and wave at me as I turn on your nightlight and shut the door.
You are such a momma's boy but you are really starting to shadow your daddy. You always put on his combat boots and attempt to walk around the house in them.
You finally have adjusted to the very best bed time routine I could ask for, and you did it without me even trying. You get your bath and bottle at 6:30 then brush your teeth and you put yourself to sleep in your crib and sleep 12-13 hours every night. Mommy thanks you so much for finally adjusting to a terrific routine!
You love to color, type on the keyboard and read your books. You even bring me books you want me to read you now, and I l-o-v-e it. You especially love your Bible stories book and of course your Mickey Mouse book.
You are obsessed as ever with Mickey Mouse. We don't give you a lot of t.v. time, but after your nap in the afternoon, you're usually extremely cranky so we turn on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and you cuddle with me for about 15 minutes of it. I know you're in a better mood when you dance to the Hot Dog song at the end.
You also love to "sing" songs and hum to tunes in the car. You definitely have your favorites. You love Walk This Way by Aerosmith most of all.
You eat just about everything under the sun that we let you now. You love Smucker's Crustables and any Gerber Graduate meals. It is difficult to give you breakfast because you hate being put in your high chair in the mornings, so I usually give you raisin toast and you seem to like that.
You love to help clean up now, you grab the broom and try to push it around, and you also shut the dishwasher for me when I'm done. We are working on how to "clean up" your toys (and you have so many, many toys....), but you'd rather just throw them over the baby gate. "Out of sight, out of mind" is your theory on that, I suppose.
We love you so very much!

Smile

Who could resist this little guys big blue eyes?
Not us!

A Collection of Quick Thoughts

I haven't been updating because I haven't had a computer. My laptop is broken at the moment, a very wonderful one-year-old ripped the charger out of the computer, resulting in the charging port cracking. I had to order a new computer though, because I have a final tomorrow--and our usual computer repair guy is out of town. As usual, please forgive the pictures. I actually uploaded pics from my camera on to my laptop....right before it died. *Crossing my fingers we'll be able to recover the hard drive* which we should be able to.

Speaking of out of town, Kiefer is in Key West. I've actually done quite well all alone by myself, but don't tell K, haha! I was very scared, since I've never been alone for more than 1 night since Hunter and I moved out to California, but we've adapted well. It's a good mini-vacation (it's actually a deployment work up, but he's having fun) for Kiefer. Heaven knows he deserves it more than anyone!
Our time together will be short lived though once he gets back from Key West he'll only be home a short time and then head out again for well over a month to Arizona. It's going to be a long year of deployment work ups, promotion schools and training schedules.
Oh and I have to extend a welcome to Kiefer's aunts new baby, who is being called "Prince Charming" to the blogging public, and I couldn't agree more--he's just so cute! Congratulations Alisa! (I don't want to post her personal pictures on my blog out of respect, but he's so darn cute!)
I got my hair colored and I absolutely love it. I got very chunky blonde and red highlights put in. I didn't get it cut as short as I did last time (to my shoulders with my bangs more of a swoop), but that's my own fault because I told her just a trim.
School is going well, I have my first course final this week and I'm pretty excited about it. Not nervous, just ready to move on to the next course.
I'm looking into moving back to TX in early 2011 while Kiefer is deployed for 6-8 months. We're going to try to find a place that is furnished though, we'd like to avoid moving all of our stuff to and from TX again. We'll just put our stuff here in storage. We'd save more to move back and put our stuff in storage then we would be able to save if I stayed here. Not to mention I have family and friends in TX, and I miss every one a whole heck of a lot.
And.... That's a wrap.. For now.

CSN Stores Giveaway @ The Francis' Family Blog!

Just had to tell you guys about this awesome give away at The Francis Family blog. These shoes up for giveaway are soooo cute!
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