Updates...

I wanted to post a few pictures that we've taken along the way:  Look at how much fun Analia is having!  She just loved the little rides we have at the mall.

The rides are so cute too!
Analia and Maya are sharing everything lately--bedroms, baths, and even colds.  Yes, right now they are both sick with a nasty cough and runny nose, and they have been for over a week.  It's getting old.  I love this picture because it's the one time when the girls are sharing a toy that Maya isn't crying!  Cute.
Analia got into my makeup bag and found the mascara.  Nice job, I would say.
And this is smilin' Maya tonight in the bath.  Even though she's coughing and running her nose away, she just loves the bath and can't help but have fun.  I think this is one of the best pictures of her.  Wow.  She's beautiful.

In other news, we haven't taken any pictures of this, but we are beginning to potty train Analia. So far it's going okay...we've had success a couple of times, but it's slow going.  Any advice from you professional parents?  I've already told her that when she gets good at going potty, then we can get her some Little Mermaid undies, and she's excited, but that's a long way off.  

Analia's latest quotes:

every morning: "i waked up" and "maya's wake" 

when she doesn't want my help: "my do it" and "my help"

after she gets in trouble, she says "sorry maya, we fest friends, huh mom"

when I ask her a question, she says, with her finger to her lips, "um..."

Turns out, moving is really hard.  Especially with kids.  I am totally missing everyone--I'm trying to make new friends though, but that is slow going too.   I feel like I need to stay connected the best I can with my family and friends--it's good to know that friends are out there, even though they are REALLY far away.  

Love you all.

Hafa Adai! Welcome to Guam!

Hello Everyone!  Yes, we have made it across the world to our new home--GUAM!  So far it's been one hiccup after another (for example, we didn't get picked us up at the airport, so we didn't know that we had reservations at another hotel along with a rental car, so we ended up staying up all night trying to figure things out and paying the cab rides all around, for a night at a hotel and a day of rental car.  That's just the first--then we find out that we got the wrong forwarding address, so everything that was sent to us during the month on July and August was returned!  Wow, just thinking of these two things makes me so mad!    Anyway there were many other things...)  We are just trying to learn our lessons from each mishap here--next move will be better, I hope!

The girls are doing great and we're trying to get settled and get into our routine.  I don't have many pictures of the island, but here is what I have so far.

Me on one of the beaches on base....amazing!

Us at the Guam Aquarium.

A sunset over Tumon Bay.

Life in boxes--they turn into tables and chairs for eating.  How convenient!

Isn't Maya just so dang cute?!

The one thing I have loved about moving around, is that my little family is growing together and becoming so close.  Analia and Maya just love playing (when Analia is not mawling Maya!) Like last night we did family home evening and we played the "stop/go" game down our hallway.  We had both girls laughing and giggling--it was so so fun.  And Analia is always asking for Maya to do things, asking if she can eat things, or asking is they can take a nap together.  She says that she and Maya are "bess frens".  It is so true and I hope they continue to grow together.  

I've been called as a nursery worker!  Wow.  Such a change from YW.  If you guys have any suggestions, please comment because I can use all the help/encouragement I can get.  I know this is where I'm supposed to be, but sometimes it gets overwhelming always being around kids.  I've ordered the new manual, but it is going to take like 4 months to get here, for real.

Some other news is that Mike is going to deploy in January for 6 months to Iraq.  It's hard to swallow, but it is inevitable.  Right now I'm planning on moving in with Mike's sister Laurie for a few months, and then moving home for a while.  I have 6 months to split up...so we'll see.  I try not to think about it, but at night I find myself snuggling up closer to Mike and hugging him more.  I know it'll be hard, so I'm just trying to soak in all the time we have. 

We love you all and we'll write more soon.

Hafa Adai! Welcome to Guam!