Wow, ok, so I haven't done this in a LONG time...

And there are many reasons, def one of them being the pregnancy by far, as I have never been this consistently sick EVER, and there are others, but I miss it. I miss being able to just even talk to myself, lol, as being bed ridden tends to lead you in that direction (some may find it fun, I find it very dull and boring!).

So, what exactly has happened in these past months...well here goes.
1)found out that we are DEF having a girl, so Caitlynn Ella Deborah will be gracing her presence on March 13th (planned c-section) unless something changes, which could very well happen
2)have started to just let things, well other peoples things I guess I should say, go. I am not someone else's keeper, and I can't help how others may feel about me. Don't like me fine, do like me great! Either way I have to be ok with it.
3)Busy in the scrapping world, as usual, and loving it. Still scrapbook mainly for me, but when I do do assignments I make sure it's me poking through, not what others may want to see. In the end it's me who has to like the finished product!
4)Boys have GROWN leaps and bounds. When Alex has his next meeting, I think they will be taking him off the Autism spectrum, which, two years ago, would have been sooooo unbelievable, but now, just seeing him thrive, it's not! Brendan, on the other hand, has gotten worse, or maybe it's other symptoms showing because he has gotten better. Either way, we still have a long road ahead of us with him, but that's ok, as we will all push through it together!
5)I have amazing friends. i really do. Standing by me through this rough time, and helping out when needed. It is amazing to have that, as I have never had it before, really, except when Mom was alive, so to have it from friends is just so nice!

And I think that's about it, plus a lot of little odds and ends, but that's basically it in a nutshell! I hope that everyone else has had a very productive year! :D Can't wait to hear more from my bloggin buddies!

Support and then some

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Now there is a support group for us that are affected by autism spectrum, somehow, for, well, anyone! It's so hard to find a good support group that will listen, send hugs, and just be there for each other. It is really for anyone who is affected, friends, family, parents, siblings, just someplace that we can just chat. So if you know anyone who needs that bit of support, we are here for them and direct them right to that site! :D

I am so so so happy! And then some...

Paul comes home tonight! WOOHOO!! It has been a long LONG week. VERY long! But I go through it just fine and Paul comes home tonight! I am so estatic! WOOHOO! Boys are happy, I am happy, everyone is happy!

But, even with how happy I am, I am having a few friends of mine going through so so so many rough times right now. So, if you could send some good thoughts, prayers, etc, they would appreciate it so much. My heart is just breaking for them. :(

And yet, on another random note, here is some of the work I have been doing:

We are going home!

Well, my home that is. Just got word today that we have the 4 bedroom townhome in Maine,BBBBBBUUUUUTTTTTT it won't be available until at least the 20th of June. We fly out of Hawaii on the 7th of June. Leaving us with A LOT of time to fill in between. So I had to make a decision, without Paul as he is on a mini deployment right now, and I had to make it quick. I didn't want to lose this house just cause I am on a tight deadline here. So I took the 4 bedroom.

So what does this mean? I get to go to my hometown for 5 days! I am estatic, I mean, E S T A T I C! I can eat all of my favorite hometown foods AND see my Nanny (grandmother before anyone thinks I actually had a 'nanny'). The kids get to see their Granny Nanny, their favorite uncle (my brother Kelly), AND, this is going to be my huge leverage for them to be good, they get to go to Hershey Park, and if they are REALLY good, I will think about taking them to Seasme Place as well. Hershey is only 40 minutes from where I grew up, while Seasme is more like 2 hours, so we will see. All depends on how good they are going to be ;). And not only will I get to do all of this, but I get to see some of my high school friends that I haven't seen in years. One of them has had a daughter who is 1 and I have yet to meet her, the other one is going through a horrible time in her life right now, and I am hoping to catch up with my guy best friend as well. A lot to pack in in a short 5 day stay! But I am so looking forward to it. Really, nothing like going back to your hometown.

And, on another note, this little man could not STOP hamming it for me today. Here is Mr. Alex, being, well, Mr.Alex!

Total cheeser:


Licking his fingers after some chips:


Some gangsta booty:


And my angel:


Ya'll have a great one! :D

I miss this man and an agenda

Yep, that's my fun, crazy husband. Took this photo of him last week,on Mother's day. Having a blast in the ocean, playing with the kids, being the kind of dad that every dad should be. That I wish my dad had been. And he is gone till Friday. Believe me, he is SORELY missed. Every 10 minutes, Brendan must ask me where is daddy? Will he ba back soon? It kills me that he can't be with Paul right now. Alex doesn't really get it that Paul's gone for a little bit, but Brendan does. And he misses him. SOOOO much. And I miss him. I miss the cuddling at night, the help with the kids, the kisses, you know, I miss HIM. The essence of him. Never thought I would be one of THOSE wives. The wives who can't deal without their husbands for less then a day. But I guess I am. It's gonna be a long summer without him, that is for sure.

Speaking of summer, Sophia asked us what we our summer agenda is. Well mine is basically this:
Move to Maine
Unpack from the move to Maine
Send Paul off for 8 weeks for a deployment
Try to get the kids into all of their summer programs
Celebrate the boys' bday in July (15th and 16th respectively)
Hoping to have some of my friends stop by to keep my company and enjoy the coast of Maine
Having my family come up to spend some time with us
Hoping to at least go to Boston and NYC for a couple of days
Kids will be spending some time with their grandparents while Paul is gone,giving me a little bit of a break
Enjoying the coast of Maine
Going to the beach, hopefully almost daily!
AND maybe going to CHA Summer in Chicago.

I think that is about it, besides just normal stuff, ya know, being mom, doing errands, etc. ALl in all, a pretty packed summer!

Complete and utter gorgeousness *Very photo heavy!*

I have no clue if even gorgeousness is even a word, but it totally describes where we went to today, this is where we went to today, Hanauma Bay.

Just WOW! We saw SOOOO many fish, or as Alex calls them, Nemos, and even some sand crabs! We were hoping to see a couple of turtles, but we will go back next week and see if we can see them again. It was utterly gorgeous!

Here are just a few photos we took there (mind the fish photos, as we were NOT taking the digi slr down in the water, and didn't have a disposable water proof camera with us):














And here are a few of Brendan...he was totally hamming it up for the camera today!









So all in all, a great day!

Oh lordy....

In 2.5 weeks, I will be leaving the beautiful island of Oahu and moving back to the mainland. 2.5 weeks. Where has the time gone???? We have so much to get done, and not much time to do it. The house that we rent has to be completly cleaned, top to bottom. So many apts to make with Early Intervention, Brendan's school, make sure that the van is ready to make the trek overseas, etc. Literally, I think I may just go nuts.

BUT on the flip side, the housing office in Maine has told us that they have approved our application for a 4 bedroom house. Which is AWESOME! We have lived without a therapy room for 6 months now and it is driving us crazy! So we asked if we could try to get a 4 bedroom in Maine, so that way the kids could have their own rooms and have a therapy room as well. And today, we found out, woohoo, that we got it! Now to see if they actually have a 4 bedroom place in housing, well, that's another story that I hope to have finished with a good ending next week!

It's crazy. I know you all are going to think that this is crazy, but moving to Maine is going to be a blessing. For some ODD reason, when we lived there before, over 5 years ago, everything went right for Paul and I. Money was good, things were good. We moved to NY, upstate NY at that, and things went completly sour. Our marriage hit some VERY rocky points, we couldn't keep things straight money wise (of course, this did have something to do with the fact that the admin where we were located LOVED to mess with our pay ALL the time, and I believe, FINALLY, the lady was terminated from her position!!!), and life just wasn't easy for us. To many bad memories. We moved to Hawaii, and things slowly started to get easier for us again. Not so much with the kids, as it took forever to get them services, but everything else was just a little bit easier. And now we are moving back to Maine. The place where Paul and I eloped to, where we gave birth to Brendan, where life itself, was just easier, more fun, and a heck of a lot less stressful. And we are just praying that this good flow that we have kinda going on here, in Hawaii, will follow us to Maine. I am so looking forward to the next year, being there, kinda close to family, but not to close, enjoying the seasons again, being near the beach (granted I am near the beach here too), etc. I just love Maine, and hopefully, this time, again, it will love us back!!!

So that was a little off the beaten track, but that's me! ROFL! I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend! We are planning on going to the beach tomorrow as long as it is not raining! So be prepared for more beach photos!

I know I know, it's been a little while...

And there is really no excuse except for life itself! We are still getting ready for this move, slowly, but surely. The kids are doing great, we try to keep the move talk away from them, as we don't want them to regress.

We do have good news, though! We are pretty sure that we have a house, which is awesome news, and we are starting the paperwork for all of the Early Intervention and School programs for both boys. That is a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders!

Speaking of my boys, here are two photos of them!


First one is of Alex in his very funny swimsuit! ROFL! He loves it though and it gets him in the pool!



Here is the second one.Brendan can be such a serious little boy. Sometimes a bit to serious. To get him to smile in front of the camera is an almost impossible feat, so I just take all the serious photos as well. Not everything is about smiles, giggles, laughter and fun. This is Brendan, my Brendan, totally serious, almost all the time. It sometimes seems as though he wears the weight of the world on his little shoulders.




I hope you all have a wonderful day!

POTD and an altered plate! Who would have thunk!

So here he is! My little May Day boy! I am so proud of him today!!! He had his first ever concert today!!!! He did so well!!! And Alex's teacher, Miss Carol, brought him his first lei, as May day is also Lei Day here too! He loved it!!!!

And here is my attempt at an altered plate!



I think I may like it, but ehhh...ROFL! We all tend to feel like that with all of our own work, I guess!

Hope you are all having a wonderful Friday!