I HAVE MY SANDY!

So Sandy has been here since Tuesday! YAY!! I love having her here. I missed her lots and lots, and it's saving my sanity to have her here even for a little bit. A lot of craziness has happened though. She was supposed to get here on Monday, but United got stupid and she had to get switched to a different flight the next morning. And then she was supposed to go home today, but due to bad planning she missed her flight home and now can't leave till Monday. So yeah...CRAZY. But I'm enjoying my precious time with her and we are gonna go Karaoke tomorrow and do a BBQ. So yay! Savor savor.

Ooo but we did go to the beach together and we got the CUTEST picture of Emi! So here it is to share with you!

CUTEST EVER!!!

And this is just funny cause of our faces!

What's going on in Paradise!

Okay so not much has changed. Still working on school, Ray is getting back into work now that he's graduated from WLC. Emi has almost figured out how to walk. She stands up just fine, and walks well with her walker, but she hasn't completely put the two together. But you can tell that she's toeing the edge of that, and almost has it figured out. I fear the day she does figure it out, I'm already tired chasing after Crawling Emi, Walking Emi is going to be so much more exhausting. So much fun! *laughs*

Ray and I are sick. I've been sick for nearly two weeks and he's been sick for about fiveish days. It sucks and I'll probably go to the clinic and get checked out tomorrow. Just too much of a hassle to worry about it during the week. Kim and Hunter have been living with us since March 9th and will remain until April 12th. They are PCSing and needed to clear housing to bank some extra BAH. So we are helping them out. But since they are here, Ray needs the car most of the time so that him and Hunter can always get home without hassles or having to wait around.

Ooo but Sandy is coming on Monday. She's going to save my sanity I just know it. Next week is spring break for me, and I am going to take advantage of it, dangnabit! We are going to go all touristy and check out all the stuff that Hawaii has to offer. It should be fun. =)

Anyways, that's about it. Gonna leave you with some cute pictures!

Emi giving Daddy a hug! SO CUTE!

So CUTE! I love Emi in overalls!

No Mommy, I wasn't driving, I swear!

Emi was bored and was trying to get the camera and eat it!

Oh So Bad

Yes, I've been bad. I haven't posted in over a month. *smacks hand* Bad Tanya.

Anyways, let's try to catch you guys up to speed:

On Feb. 10th, Ray went off to WLC, which is a course that prepares him for being an NCO, which is a leadership position. He's been doing good at all his evaluations, and will be graduating on March 11th. The one down side to this is that he's been forced to stay at the NCO Academy all this time. The ironic part is that the academy is about 10 minutes away from our home. So he hasn't got to come home even though he's been so close. Stupid if you ask me, but whatever. It's almost over and he'll be home and get a lovely row of days off.

Just before Ray left, he and Emi got sick. This was the first time that Emi was ever sick. She had diaherra and vomiting. She didn't seem any different though. Kept going along at her normal pace, but there was no doubt that she was sick. She stayed sick for TWO WEEKS. I felt so bad for her, but I was told that all I could do was wait it out. Once she got over it, I had to schedule her for her shots which she didn't end up getting till March 3rd. But now she's all caught up on shots and doesn't need any more till she is One. I'm getting excited as she gets closer and closer to her birthday. Though she doesn't seem patient at all. She's been crawling since she was five months, cruising since she was five and a half months, and now she's started to stand up without pulling herself up using a couch or me. She just stands up and looks at me like "Yeah mom, I can stand, so what?" and then sits back down.

I haven't been able to catch it on camera because it happens so randomly and it is over so quickly. Silly goose. I just hope she doesn't start walking yet. She uses her walker a lot and just walks along with that as support, but I don't want her to walk on her until Ray is back. Of course I have no control over her, so if she decides to be a punk, then so be it, but I can hope that she waits. Ray would be so sad if he missed her first real steps.

I've been keeping up with college slowly but surely. I've only missed a couple assignments in one class, but I should still manage a B if I kick butt and a C if some more things come up. Still I should pass all the classes. After this semester, I only have 2 more semesters to go. I am considering taking the next semester off, but only if my professors aren't cool with me disappearing for two weeks when I go on my cruise to Canada. If they are kosher with it, I'll do the work during the trip and just email it back, but if not, I'll have to take a break. I'm hoping it won't come to that though. The sooner I get my degree, the sooner I'll be more supportive of my family.

But for now, I'm just focusing on Ray's fast approaching birthday. I have three gifts for him so far, and I have to take Emi out to have her pick out a gift for him from her. It should be fun though.

Anyways, that's about all that's been going on. Scrapbooking is a given, but other than that, I've just been dealing with college, taking care of Emi and minding the house. =P

Anyways, here are some pictures for you guys!

This is how Emi typically look like when she takes a nap. Cute huh?

Daddy and Emi at the Ace of Cakes event!

Emi with her new Valentine's Monkey, CHLOE!