Happy Birthday Jonas!

Happy Birthday my sweet little Jonas!! We love you with all our hearts. You keep a smile on our faces! You are so silly and always make us laugh. You are a loving brother. You always think about Victor and give him a snack first. You can also be such a little bully! You take care of yourself and your big brother. No one can or should mess with you. But you are a lover first and foremost. Always ready to give a kiss and a hug. Today you are 2!! It seems like yesterday we brought you home from the hospital! Happy Birthday!!

Thank You Tia Leti, Andrew, and Tio Chris

Here is Jonas loving his chair that The Pace Family sent him for his birthday. He couldn't wait for me to finish blowing it up! The quality of the video is quite poor, sorry about that!

Soccer Saturdays

These days Saturday mornings have consisted of a small soccer practice and game! Victor has been having a blast and gets upset when he doesn't make more than 1 goal. He has the best coach ever! His dad!

It's hard to keep Jonas off the field and I can often be found running after him in the middle of the game! He certainly does not want to be left behind.

Oceanside Leaving

Usually I love where I live.  I love living near the beach.  But today, today I decided I was mad at my community.  I was dropping Victor off at school and saying goodbye to the kids.  As I walked out, I noticed a family was leaving the school.  The director was talking to them and saying goodbye.  It happened to be one of Victor's good little friends from summer pre-school.  And though they are no longer in the same class, they play together on the playground all the time.  It was one of Victor's first pre-school friends.

So I waited by the door to say good-bye and see where they were off to.  I knew that they are a military family and would eventually be deployed...As I spoke to the mom, she confirmed that her husband had been deployed and that they were leaving.  She didn't know exactly where she and the kids were going, but they were definitely moving.  Well, I meant to give her my best and tell her that Victor would miss his friend a great deal.  Instead, tears start pouring out of my eyes?!  

I apologized and tried to explain that I have family in the service and friends who have moved away due to being in the service.  BLAH, BLAH, BLAH...I felt like such a dork.  I'm still trying to figure out my reaction.  Either I am pregnant or I really am starting to feel the impact of living in a community where you make friends and then they leave you.  Yes, I know that they are in the military and that means that they are going to move away sooner rather than later.  But somehow I keep forgetting that.

I always imagined that Victor would grow up with the same friends that he went to in elementary school.  But it is becoming quite clear to me that living near a military base means that a huge part of the people we meet are military families who are going to move away.  I don't like that.  Stop leaving us!!  

So although I keep saying that I will not be friends with you military wives anymore, I keep meeting you and keep enjoying your company.  So please don't laugh at me when I start to cry when you are telling me that you will be leaving soon.  It just means that you mean a lot to me.