Mele Kalikimaka!

For Erika...

While Grillman was here he reiterated that "Grillman is dead." Rob was able to temprarily reserect Grillman for a few minutes so he could cook some chckenwings. Grillman kept wondering why the GAS grill was reading 500 degrees so quickly after it was turned on. This was the end result...









OH YEAH...
GRILLMAN IS DEAD!

Gearhead?

Is my daughter going to be a gearhead? Today she "helped" Rob polish his bike. She even tried to take a screwdriver to the chrome.

She also has a fascination with the Jeep's tires.

Life is Rough

Actually, the last couple of days have been pretty bad. Ella cries at the slightest "no". Yesterday she had low grade fever and rash, primarily on her hands and feet with a bit on her trunk. No, I don't think it's Hand, Foot, and Mouth. It seems to come and go. This morning she was up at 4:30, wide awake and ready to play. Later she took her her usual, 3 hour nap. It's now almost 11:00 at night and she's still awake. I drove around with her for almost an hour and and she whined almost the whole time. I tried rocking her and she cried, I tried teething gel and she cried. I'm at a loss. Is it too little sleep, too much sleep, too much chaos? Last night we left her with Rob's mother, Nancy, and her boyfriend, Bob. Is it revenge?

It seems that Ella refused to go to bed for Nancy and kept whining and pointing to the door. Nancy brought her downstairs where Bob was watching TV. Ella then LET Bob take her back up to her room and put her down for the night. Maybe I should have given him Ella duty tonight. It seems he has the magic touch.

These photos were taken right before we walked out the door last night. I don't think Ella even noticed us leaving.

For those with snow outside...

It's been quite awhile since Rob and Ella have been swimming. The last time they went she wasn't yet walking. Today the hit the pool, the water was WAY too cold for me so I just documented the event. When we took her out of the water her limbs were FREEZING but she still cried when we put her in the car seat to go home.





















These last pictures are as she's about to push herself forward into Rob's arms. When she gets really excited she stiffens her limbs and they all tremble.

Christmas Pictures

Mom and I decided that we should take photos for Christmas cards. We had a great time. Ella was less than thrilled.

Christmas in Hawaii

Saturday night Rob's command had their annual Keiki Christmas Party. As you all know, snow isn't particularly abundant here so Santa was unable to arrive by sleigh.

















A few days ago my father was babysitting and took Ella for a walk outside. She toddled up to a minivan full of kids, turned to her grandfather, waved goodbye and tried to climb in. It appears that her lack of stranger anxiety doesn't include Santa.

Rain, rain, go away...

It seems that the rains have started. Yesterday we returned to the zoo, made it through the gate and were heading for the tigers when the sky began to pour. Ella thought it was great fun.

Rob has a new pet...

A HOG...

All better now...

The shifting moods have quit shifting as frequently. It seems Ella's in the process of cutting her fourth molar, poor baby.