Happy Birthday Rob (in Hawaii, not Palau)

Rob called yesterday. Apparently they're working hard and just moved to a new site on the wreck with one more left to go after that. JPAC wants to extend them there to April 5. Rob seems to think the extension will be approved to somewhere around March 30. Bummer!!! We miss him here.

To top it all off, I'm being harassed by the rental association here. Monday I got a letter explaining that I wasn't meeting up to the "Values and Standard" of "The Club" because I had parked my car in the half of the carport that belongs to our, now vacant, neighbor's house. Note that they haven't even started renovating it so it isn't even close to rental ready. The note came complete with a photo of my car in the carport. Yesterday I got another note about the lattice I have propped up outside so I can let the dogs out. Apparently it's "fencing" which isn't allowed. There was a photo enclosed as well. I have 10 days to comply or they will fine me. I can't wait for a photo of my quickly growing grass as well!! It would be funny if it wasn't so damn stupid!!

On a lighter note (I think,) last night in the tub Ella's Hawaiian rubber duck (as seen in an earlier photo) floated out of her grasp. You would have though I'd pinched her!! She began to cry vigorously. The SECOND I pushed back to her she was quite and within 10 seconds was smiling. It would have been nice if the ability to express frustration was delayed quite a bit longer.

Happy Birthday Rob!!!!

Yes, I realize that it's only the 27th here, but Rob's on the other side of the dateline. That makes him all of 32 years old tomorrow/today.

He won't be getting anything in the mail but we have a present right here waiting.

34%

Huh? you all say. If you look closely at the pictures (click on them) you should figure it out. Poopyhead's most recent approval rating is running @34%. OUCH!!!

My crazy husband

Rob sent me these pictures tonight and I thought I'd post them so you all can see how HARD he's working. He states "the diving is amazing, the only diving it compares to (that I have seen) was the Bloody Bay Wall in Little Cayman."

The bottle is a Japanese beer bottle from WWII ship wreck that most dive shops won't dive because of the live ordinance. Apparently the bunker also contains live ordinance. The jellyfish are from Jellyfish Lake and most, but not all, have lost their ability to sting. The other photos are self explanatory.

Shopping

Yesterday we went shopping for formula, a good thing considering Jake's proclivities. I put Ella in the shopping cart and she was rather happy but did have the tendency to list a bit depending on the direction of her interest.

Dog food, shmog food!!!

Jake has developed an affinity for baby formula. I've gotten better at putting it away but tonight, while I dozed on the couch, he discovered the travel can. Doesn't he look so very sad when he realises there is nothing left?

Happy 5 months Ella!

or should I say 21 weeks, 6 days?

Ella loves the dogs almost as much as she loves 3:00 am playtime. Needless to say, I'm a bit tired with HUGE bags under my eyes. This evening Ella was sitting on my lap and Jake walked up with his duck. He sat in front of Ella with it in his mouth. She reached out and took it from him. I sat there waiting for her to try and put it in her mouth. YUCK!!! HE sat there waiting for her to throw it. She did neither and after @30 seconds Jake took if from her, plopped himself at our feet with the duck as a chin rest and looked pitiful.

No, that isn't Jake, it's Bailey