Corpus Christi

So it looks like we will be heading to Corpus in August. One of Alex's cousins is getting married on August 9th so we are more than likely going to be heading to Corpus for a little bit. I think the plan as of now is that Alex will take 2 weeks of leave and we will drive down there so he can spend time with his cousin before he gets married and then the week after he gets married go on a vacation with the Curiel family. That is the plan as of now but everything changes so much with us you never know. We will definitely keep you posted. Right now the dates we are looking at are August 4-17 but some of those days are driving days.

Block Party!

Well today on base (NASB - Naval Air Station Brunswick), we went to the annual neighborhood block party. This is a party that is open to the entire base and they give free food and have tons of things for kids to do. The party was from 11-4 but we only went for a little over 2 hours because Alex had to get back to work. We were sad because they canceled the carnival, funnel cakes, and cotton candy because they thought it was going to rain. It has been raining every day for the past week but usually the rain doesn't come until everyone is off from work and then it rains so you don't get to enjoy a day out. This morning we woke up and it was dark as usual so we debated if we should go or not but today is the day before payday and it is a free event with free food so how can you really pass up on that? I decided we were going to go anyway just for the free food. I am so bad I know.

Well we get there and the line was so long but thankfully we saw our neighbor and she was sitting at a table with her husband so Alex sat with them while I went to get the food and drinks. We ate and then we went to go stand in another line to build a car sponsored by Home Depot but they were shutting down so they let us take some free things to build at home so know Alex and Isaiah and Nanael will have to build it at home. We were more excited at that anyway because that is a neater bonding experience then having a stranger help you. After that Isaiah and his buddy Nathaniel from across the street stood in line to dunk people in the dunking booth. They never made it to the front of the line but Isaiah laughed and giggled to see the people fall in the water. Isaiah danced so much to all the music the DJ played. We had so much fun just watching the kids have fun. Nathanael and I sat under a huge plane to be in the shade and Nathanael just had fun crawling around in grass. We ended our little fun day with getting ice cream and walking Alex back to work.

Now we are at home and the kids were so hot that I changed diapers and let them cool down a bit and now they are enjoying nap time. I think I am enjoying nap time more but that is ok. We all need a break sometime, right?

Exciting!!!

Isaiah has been able to count to five perfectly but recently we started counting to ten and he gets eight, nine and ten perfect but struggles with six and seven. We figure it is because of the letter "s". For some reason he struggles with words that start with "s". Anyways yesterday at lunch we were eating corndogs and Alex cut his corndog up in little pieces and he started counting the pieces and he finally said six. We were so excited. He attempted to say seven but that didn't come out the way it should have. :)

This week Nathanael started taking steps as he pushed his little hippo push toy. I was excited to see it a few days ago but he did it for Alex last night and we were so excited. He turned 11 months old yesterday and we just can't believe it. Yesterday he woke up and he looked like a little man who is getting big. In a way it makes me sad.

Well that is just little things that made us excited this week.

Jan - May Updates

I am sorry for not posting anything lately. We have been so busy with everything up here that I have literally not had time to be on a computer. We have had so many things that have happened this past year so let me just highlight a few of the things that have happened in the year. January -- We had tons of snow. Nathanael turned 6 months old and Isaiah continues to learn on a daily basis. February -- Still more snow and we decided that I should begin doing the bookkeeping for Birchtree. Nathanael also started scooting/crawling. March -- Still snowing in Maine during this month. I finished with my Bachelor's degree the first weekend of March and I am relieved to be done with that. We celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary this month by going out to eat as a family. We can't wait to be closer to home so we can enjoy the luxury of being home to visit so we can go out on dates...haha. We also celebrated Easter during this month which made our anniversary all the more special since we were married the day before Easter in 2005. We celebrated by having friends over for a barbeque. Alex cooked the meat outside and we hid Easter eggs on top of the snow that was still outside. It was very cold. I stayed inside that day for most of the day. The only time I went outside was to crack a cascarone on Alex's and Isaiah's head. April -- This month consisted of a few more snowfalls and then by the end of the month we went through "mud season". We managed to squeeze a few good days out of the month and took the kids out for walks on the path and even made it to a circus. The kids had so much fun. May -- The month of May has been by far our busiest month so far. I walked the stage for my Bachelors degree in Accounting and Alex received his Associates degree in Business Administration. To say the least it was a wonderful experience and we got to share it with our families. Both of our parents and my brother and sister made it up here for graduation. We also got to spend Mother's Day with our mothers. It was so special. We were sad to see them leave. As soon as they left though my hands got even busier when Nathanael learned to crawl up the stairs completely. He finally got the hang of crawling on all fours instead of scooting like an army recruit. For Memorial Day weekend we went on our first Benavides camping trip. The kids enjoyed checking out the tent and had fun on our nature trails. So that is pretty much the update on our family for the year 2008. I will try my hardest to be better about posting updates and just posting on a regular basis. I hope you all have a great day and I hope you enjoyed the photos.

Aleida

Hello everyone...we decided to have a blog in order to update everyone on our lives. As most of you know Alex and I are living in Maine right now with our two handsome boys Isaiah and Nathanael. We are currently waiting for new orders so if you can keep us in your prayers as we seek His direction that would great. Other than that we are trying to stay strong in our walk as we encounter trials in our lives. Our children have blessed us beyond measure and help us remember that we don't have much to complain about.