Neighbors

Here in Hawaii if you don't have air conditioning you pretty much have every single window in your house open all day, every day. (Unless of course it's "winter" and down to a chilly 65 degrees). So you can basically hear everything your neighbors say and do. Which leads me to believe that my neighbors must be purposefully saving their weed eating, lawn mowing, and fence post driving for the exact moment that I'm trying to get Abigail to take her nap.

(I haven't decided whether to blame this ranting post on being pregnant or the fact that summer has arrived here to the islands and the humidity is back in full force.)

Ugly Article

Check out this article on Wil's squadron:

http://www.mcbh.usmc.mil/news/May1A9.pdf

House

Floor Plan

Master bedroom closet

Master Bedroom
Second bedroom
3rd bedroom - smallest
Kitchen

Dining room looking into living room
Exterior Storage

View from street

Backyard

Exterior storage

Backyard

Playground behind backyard

Budding photographer

Abigail has started to really understand that her FisherPrice kiddie camera is actually a camera. She used to just take pictures and then immediately delete them because the toy makes a noise when you delete the photos. Lately she's been walking around with the camera and telling me, the computer, and her pacifiers to say cheese.

"Say cheese pi-erss (pacifier)" and once she's taken the picture, "it's so cute."

A new one tonight: "Say cheese hot dog."

Phone Call from Wil

Wil was able to call last night for the first time since getting to Afghanistan. With the time difference being 14 1/2 hours it gives him a pretty small window in which to call each day. He's doing well and sounds like they're getting back into the swing of things although he hasn't flown yet. He's now sleeping on a cot in a big tent that's been divided into two sections with about ten guys on each side. A big step down from the "cans." There are lots of rumors about when they'll be going to their next location but nothing concrete. He has heard that at the next location it takes two months for packages to get there so if you're planning on sending him something you should do it soon.

We've got three months down so we're almost halfway done!