New Talents!

Our little guy is growing up so fast and I wanted to share with everyone his new talents.  He has started trying to hold his own bottle and to stand on his own (holding onto something of course).  He's only 5 months old and it seems like he's growing up so fast.  We're ready for Warren to come home so he can be here for all the other fun new things Baxter's learning to do!

Fun Times

We've been busy these last couple weeks. Baxter and I went to Memphis, TN to visit our friends Jan and Kert and do a 5K road race. We had a blast and really appreciate their hospitality. Jan and I boxed on the Wii while Kert laughed and took pictures. Kert also took us for a slow ride around the neighborhood in Jan's dad's convertible mustang. This past week GiGi has come to visit and we have loved having her here. We went to the SciPort Discovery Museum with our friends (Mackey, Riley, Riley's GiGi (Mrs. Sugar), Jessica, and Avery). Baxter loved watching all the activities and getting his picture taken. He is also practicing sitting up and getting very good at it I might add. We can't wait to meet our new nephew/cousin Mason and we want to congratulate Alice and Matt on their new son!

Jan ran with her niece Elaine and I ran with Baxter, the kids were so great and really seemed to enjoy the run.

Elmo was a little scary

Jan was definitely better at boxing than me, we had so much fun

He's getting so big and of course already trying to learn his numbers, haha

Maybe we've found a future construction worker or...

an astronaut??!!

Riley loved petting the animals

Our little musician!

Baxter Laughing!

We miss you Warren! While Warren's been gone I have been trying to capture all the new things Baxter does on camera so that Warren doesn't miss anything. This week I found out that Baxter is ticklish and had to catch it on video to share. Some of the pictures are from when my sister Sarah visited and helped us out. Hope you enjoy the pictures and the video!

Here's Baxter with his aunt Sarah- thanks for coming to see us!

What a beautiful smile

All the "boys" enjoy getting to know each other better! (under very careful supervision)

Baxter has started reaching out for things and Hunter just froze and didn't know what to do

Our little acrobat loves to lie halfway upside down; when he gets in this position he just talks to himself and laughs, its really cute

Here's the video of Baxter laughing, just ignore the goofy looking mommy in the video!

More pics from Guam

Hey everybody - everything is going well here in Guam. Between work, homework, and training, I pass the time here...and now we're a couple weeks closer to time to come home. Here's a few pictures of the island from the air and some from a hike we went on this weekend.

Here are engines #1-4, with Ritidian Point and Northwest Field (the old B-29 airfield) in the background at the closest part of the island.


Andersen AFB is on the left, Tarague Beach in the middle, and NW Field on the right. You can see the whole island of Guam in this picture.

Here I am at Tarzan Falls, which is located in the south-central part of the island. It was pretty hot, and because the trails weren't labeled well, it took us about 7 miles of hiking round trip to see this waterfall. It was pretty cool, though.

Here's my artistic picture of the falls.


Afterwards, we were lucky enough to scrounge up some food at a local establishment.

Baxter Rolled Over!

I am so excited that Baxter finally rolled over!  And he did it on his 4 month birthday.  In retrospect I shouldn't be in such a hurry to see him become mobile as it will only get harder to keep track of him, but it sure is fun seeing him do new things!  I was walking in to the room when he rolled over the first time and then quickly got the camera to catch it the second time.  Aunt Sarah was here this past week and did such an amazing job taking care of Baxter.  I'm so blessed to have such wonderful family who truly go out of their way to help me out.  Hope you enjoy these videos of Baxter loving to do new things.

Baxter Rolling Over

 

Baxter swinging in his jumper when uncle Nelson came to visit

Hafa Adai!

Hey everybody - Hafa Adai! That's the common greeting here in Guam. I'm settled in here now and working, working out, and studying. I can't wait to get home to Abbey and Baxter. Guam is a pretty island, as you can see in some of these pictures.

This is the Bryce Canyon as seen from the air.

Just cruising.

Here's the Marshall Islands - pretty cool to see after nothing but water for hours and hours.

And Wake Island.

This is Tarague Beach, right on base here - I rode my bike down from our house to see the water.

Here's the view looking over the cliff to the water, running distance from the house.

Our house is here, down by the golf course - we're about 6 houses away from the fairway, though.

Here's our house - four of us live here.

Here's the view from the driveway - if you look between the houses, you can see down to the water. We're right across the street from the gym and the dining hall, so our location is pretty convenient. As you can tell, this is a little rougher than Matt's deployments...he had it easy.

Baxter's Bed

I know its been a while since I posted but I have been soooooo busy with work.  Baxter and I are missing Warren but we know that one more day without him is one more day closer to him coming home!!!  Warren's parents came to visit and help take care of Baxter when I had to work over the weekend.  They took some great pictures of Baxter and also sent some that we took before Warren left.  We had a great time with Nelson when he came to help us out last week and we can't wait for Sarah to come this week.  Hope you all have a great week and that we can talk to you or see you soon.

Our little guy loves to stand up!

We love it when Gemma and Pop come to visit

Here's some pictures of the crib Warren built.  Warren finished it about 3 days before he left and I absolutely love it.  He did such a great job.  The wood came form my grandfather and Warren has been working on it since about March.  It turned out beautiful and will be such a precious piece of furniture for our family to enjoy.  I have the most talented husband and I am so proud of him.

As you can see Baxter sleeps so good in his crib! Thanks Daddy!

He's becoming so strong and curious.  He loves to push up and look all around.

What a handsome guy!

Baxter got some adorable swim trunks and while Warren was still here we went swimming in the baby pool Gemma and Pop got us.

What a great way to cool off during the hot summer.