things not to forget

lena beana,
you are almost 18 months old!  crazy!
-you are saying more words - butterfly, turtle, airplane are a few of the recent ones (you still prefer to babble in your own language, but have figured out how to mimic more of our sounds - we'll keep working on more english words, but you're learning!)
-you hug your friends & blow kisses (only to mommy, daddy & once to grammy on skype)
-you like to test us & laugh hysterically (& run away from us) when we tell you no (not so fun)
-when i ask you to find items in your picture book you point to them
-you still love reading & pick out your books for us to read to you
-the eating is getting better & you are drinking & liking milk more
-you can take off your socks & pants
-you are trying to jump (i don't think you know what it is - i've never really shown you - but you like to bend really far down & spring up quickly)
-you do the same kinda thing in the pool - you'll bend down so low in the water, almost to your chin & pop right up (kinda scares mommy i must admit)
-you also do this super cute ballerina move where you are leaning to one side & lifting the other leg up while looking at something or in deep thought.....  you got pretty good balance kid!

we love you, we love you, we LOVE you!  can't tell you how much!

staycation

ok, so here's a little recap of all the fun stuff we've been up to here in guam the past few months.....

we've been to onward water park.....  super fun! lena loved the slides & she is such a little fish... she loves the water!

our gang (jeff's office people - way cool, lucky he works with such great friends)

 her fav

 mommy & daddy on the scary slide....  the manta - literally a straight drop into a half pipe sort of thing (i got whip lash....  but went again. that's how cool it was.)

we went out on a boat with jeff's soccer team to celebrate the end of the season.  lena loved it!

lena checking out a starfish

 moms & their babies

 the end to a nice day

we've been to gab gab & snorkeled & not sure what to call this....  jeff calls it his front flip, but i think we can easily call fail on that one.....

little cousteau

we decided to open up a daycare service in our home & then immediately reconsidered such a crazy thought when we were out numbered by 3 toddlers.  (we were watching jeff's coworkers' kids during an award ceremony)

we celebrated easter & mommy forgot, not once, but twice that the poor girl actually needs a basket to collect easter eggs with, duh!  still getting the hang of this mom stuff.....  

at the easter egg hunt on base (sans basket)

traditional easter carabao ???

at max's house for easter brunch (again, without basket)

now this would be a lot easier if i had somewhere to put these eggs....

that about wraps us the local stuff, next post will be about australia!