Mazatlan-Thursday Feb 26

Mazatlan was my least favorite port. It didn't help that the morning we pulled into port it was EXTREMELY foggy. There were also soliders there at the port to greet us, guns and all! We enjoyed our open-air cab ride into the Golden Zone for shopping and strolling along the beach.
These are the fun taxi cabs in Mazatlan.

Puerto Vallarta-Wed Feb 25th

Sunset at Sea-breathtaking!
James & I on the beach at Puerto Vallarta
This was taken at the Dolphin Center, you could kiss the sea lion and get a picture with him. I opted out of that one.

Bon Voyage

Here we are shortly after we set sail on the front of the ship...so windy...if my hair doesn't tell it! :)
These were the nice gifts from Steve & Judy Louden
Enjoying a chocolate covered strawberry...delish! :)
Our room is at the butt of the ship...but it's a room with a view! We have a nice size balcony. This is a view of Long Beach/LA before we set sail.
The QUEEN MARY is parked at the pier next to our ship. Pretty cool!

What a difference....

....3.5 months make!

Tonight, I was attempting to get caught up in organizing all of my pictures on the computer. I came across these two and was amazed at how much Chandler has changed. My how fast they do grow!
12 months October 2008
15.5 months February 2009

Great Wolfe Lodge

James & I celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary here back in October and the whole time kept saying what a fun time,we knew, Chandler would have here. Sooo...away we went one springish February day. At first we experienced all the waterpark had to offer, well what we could with a 16 month old. We made several laps around the lazyriver, splashed in the wave pool, checked out 3 of the kiddie areas and finally ended up spending a majority of our time with the fountains in one of the kiddie pools. Chandler loved them! I had hoped to get some better pictures, Chandler wouldn't stay still (nothing new) so most of these are all "ACTION" shots with some neat water shots too.
Chandler was so excited to be here he kept running the length of the room laughing.
...and he's off to the fountains once again.
He loved the circle 'o fountains, as James & I like to call it.
Chandler meet the water....water meet Chandler :)
He was absolutely fearless in and around the water. Swimming lessons are defintely in order for this lil' waterbaby.
Belly time-he seems to love this position. We catch him alot laying like this, it's usually while he's pushing a car, truck or tractor in front of him. You can already see those "mechanical" wheels a turnin'.

Little Ham...

Chasin' chickens

Happy Birthday, Serena!

I have always enjoyed celebrating my birthday with a bakery cake and this year was no different. James came home with take-out and a cake. So I enjoyed a nice evening of not cooking, birthday cake and watching the Biggest Loser.
After 3 birthday parties of his own, he has this eating cake stuff figured out! :)

Llama Llama Red Pajama

Everynight Chandler always has stories read to him, tonight was no different EXCEPT the books were out of order! James started with Goodnight Moon. James was only able to read 3 or 4 pages until Chandler slapped the book down. He climbed out of James' lap, picked up Llama Llama Red Pajama, climbed back in James' lap and listened while the story was read, not once but twice, to him! James and I got a good laugh and yes we read this story everynight. Thanks Grammy! :) Our BABY is growing up!!

Snap, Crackle, Pop...Ice Storm of '09

Thankfully the limb fell infront of the house, not on the house!

New Year, New Home

James' mom & step-dad moved to Red Oak from Colorado in June and since have been looking for a place to call HOME. Well, they finally found it, a nice size lot in Waxahachie to build their HOME. We are so excited for them and to watch and learn all the "in's & out's" of building a home.
Larry and Linda standing where soon their front door will be.

Christmas in Red Oak

Here's what Santa left Chandler, a lil' quad and his very own KUBOTA tractor!
Push it from the front and push it from the rear that's the only way to make this tractor go!
He is still too little to make his KUBOTA go, but he enjoys pushing it back and forth into things.
He wasn't quite sure of his lil' quad at first. However, once he figured out that the red button made him go it wasn't long till he was driving himself into all the walls and furniture.

Christmas in East Texas

Our little cutie
Emma and Grandma Linda
Kisses from Grandpa Larry
Moir Cousins: Emma, Chandler and Jacob

Christmas in West Texas

Christmas with the McCook's, Bowden's and Moir's **Alyssa, I don't know how I managed to do this, I got home with NO pictures of the kids together (other than the group shot and that doesn't count)! Guess, that means Chandler and I will be headed to OK soon :)**
My first and SUCCESSFUL attempt at Monkey Bread...it was DELICIOUS!
Chandler got a inch worm from his Grammy and Poppa