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michelle and travis

michelle and travis

michelle, me, adrienne

My Little Nemo

Travis doing his airplane (picture taken a week before passing)

So i posted a blog awhile back about Travis being enrolled in Swim Lessons and how horrible they were in the begining. BUT last night he passed the first level! i know some of you are thinking big deal, but to me its a huge deal and i am so proud of him (i even felt the need to tell him a thousand times while squeezing him and kissing him). So here is how it played out. CSP never takes Travis to swim class, but last night he says to me "i will take him so you can get to bed early". I thought to myself, i must have the best bf, for letting me go to bed early after working all day. Sweet... bedtime at 330 here i come. Then i hear from a friend that MJ has passed away and i cant sleep. 4:05 my bedroom door flys open and Travis comes running into my room to tell me that he has passed and he got his medal. Tears are building up in my eyes (not sure if its because i missed it, and i never miss anything when it comes to my son, or because i am so proud of him) but i cant let travis see me cry soooo i start squeezing him and kissing him and telling him how proud i am of him. i think he asked me about 30 times "mommy are you proud of me?", so i keep telling him "of course mommy is proud of you".

and on a side note... travis has been swimming all by himself, those trips to the "fun" pool were well worth it...

now i have my own nemo... just hope he doesn't go touching any "butts"!


Oh yeah really wish i had a picture to post but like i said, i missed seeing him get his medal :(

Molting

This morning, as i am half asleep making my lunch for work (while the rest of you are just falling into a deep sleep)... i happen to look into the glass aquarium our tarantula calls home and see this:



He or She, had molted (sp). Gross, I know! The legs in the upper portion of the picture is the part that it has shed... I am ok with this "pet" as long as it stays in the cage, but when CSP decides that its funny to hang the legs in my face... NOT COOL!

June trip to San Diego

First let me start off saying i apologize for being MIA. Work, traveling to CA, and my "boys" have kept me very very busy.

But recently we (CSP, Travis and i) have been spending almost all my days off in San Diego, and our last trip was probably the best so far. We borrowed CSP's moms PT Cruiser (which i love), packed it with pillows, blankets, food and CAMPING GEAR (can you tell we were most excited about camping?). The 5-6 hour drive to San Diego was better than i had pictured it being, esp since Travis and I are so spoiled with flight benefits, and Travis even said a few times "this is taking to long, i want to fly". But eventually like a good child, he feel asleep. There is nothing more precious than a baby sleeping... even though Travis will tell you that he is not a baby, he is a big boy...

my "baby" sleeping

On our drive out there, CSP decided that he WAS going to go scuba diving, and there were no ifs, ands or butts about it. Soooo I caved in, like i always do and drove him down to the scuba shop bright and early friday morning and sent him off...

my sexy man in his wet suit... love it!

The main reasons we went to San Diego, were to celebrate my lil brothers 15th birthday and to go camping. Brian aka B aka Uncle B, decided that he wanted to go to Islands for his Pre-Bday (good choice), so us kids took him out. CSP decided that he couldnt wait to sit down and have a drink, so i found him at the bar... but low and behold, i found Travis with him.

isnt he a peach

i think CSP is giving him tips on what is a good thing to order... get mama a midori sour baby... :)


So after 2 days of eating out with the Family for B's birthday weekend... we headed out to Carlsbad State Beach and went CAMPING. I think i was the most excited... until it was time to sleep in the tents... note to self next time bring air mattress. As cold as the water was, i could not keep CSP and Travis out of the water. We rented boogie boards and they had an absolute blast. Travis wiped out a few times, but he is such a good sport and stood right up, wiped the salt water out of his eyes, and walked right back out into the water.

Travis and Daddy (CSP) getting ready to boogie board, although Travis kept calling it surf boarding...


Travis, i think the board is as big as him :)

riding the waves

So, i am a huge fan of being around good company. I love large crowds, i love lots of noise, i love chaos, i even welcome uninvited guests, but uninvited guests who steal my food, or creep me out, i am not a fan of.

-So dear squirrel please do not chew through our luggage to steal food, or steal the dogs food off the table again.

-And to you dear lizard, you scared the hell out of me and i would like some warning next time you decide to come to our "watering hole" that our cooler so generously made for you...

the uninvited

other than that nights around the fire, making smores, sleeping with waves crashing behind you, and watching my family have a blast made my visit so well worth it! Now the drive home was a whole other story...