Boys will be Boys..

Boys will always be boys.. We went to the beach on a Saturday afternoon and the waves were out of control. They were so powerful that when Dean got in the water he was like 600 feet down the coast in a matter of seconds!! It freaked me out! I saw him trying to swim back to shore and he wasn't getting any closer! The other guys went down to help him out but he eventually made his way back before he hit a pile of rocks. So, instead of playing in the water they decided to play a game of "smear the queer" with a coconut they found on the beach. They were hilarious!! The last 2 pictures are of them checking out their battle wounds of getting tackled!! The things I have to look forward to with this little boy of mine!

26 Weeks

Well, I'm 26 weeks today and I have 97 days to go till my due date. Which is November 27th but I have had a feeling from the very beginning that I'm going to go early. So hopefully it will be less. This last week I have really started to notice my cyatic nerve pain. Man it is a KILLER. It almost feels like I'm paralyzed cause if I move it's like a lighting bolt of pain. I hope this isn't a new thing and I'll continue to have it. I hope it passes soon. It's not fun! I was told to just stretch and maybe get a massage. Which sounds GREAT! I will definitely do that. I'm getting more and more excited to meet this little guy with everyday that passes.. and the days are passing FAST.. I can't believe it!! So much to look forward to!

Christmas Shopping

Yes, this is Roxy's Christmas present that we got her here in Samoa. I can't wait to give it to her! I wonder if she'll try to pick it up in her mouth, or if she'll be able to chew on it. All I know is it will make for a great photo shoot! haha!! We love our pups and we MISS HER LIKE CRAZY!!!

24 WEEKS

I know these are like the same exact picture.. but, I honestly have Dean take like 10 of me... So, it's a good thing I'm not posting all 10 of them! I just can't take a good picture these days! haha.. but, my belly is growing daily and he KICKS a lot! We both love it...I've been feeling great, and it's been so nice to go for walks every morning. We walk about 2 miles.. Then when we get back to our hotel we usually ride our bikes to the beach. So it's good for me to get some exercise! I love this boy so much already. I can't wait to kiss his little face! :)

In Loving Memory...

My beautiful Grandma Visser passed away on the 26th of July to a battle against caner. She was an incredible lady and will be greatly missed. But, she is pain free now and I couldn't be happier for her. I wish I had some better pictures of us... But I don't have any on this computer. Today was her funeral and it breaks my heart not being there. I'm so glad I was able to talk to my grandpa today though. He is a pretty amazing Grandpa and I love him so much. I look forward to going home and spending time with him! I LOVE YOU GRANDMA, thank you for everything you taught me!!

What do you know.. MORE SAMOA :)

Such a cute little island out in the middle of the ocean with one little palm tree on it.

Snorkeling.. I can't get over the warm water. I had so much fun checking out all the bright neon fish!

I made a sand castle all by myself. It was so much fun. I can't wait to build a sand castle with Titan. Whenever my family would go to the beach we would always make the same castle where you dig a tunnel through it and you can all meet your hands in the middle under the castle.. So, that's what I did.. :)

This beach was awesome. I couldn't get over the SAND.. It felt sooo good on my feet and it was like a dark brown with gold sparks in it. I filled up a water bottle to take it home! :)

Chis made a big sand turtle. I've never seen one done before. I'll definitely start making this with my kids So fun!

Best Buds

Landon climbed up the palm tree to get us a coconut

Daniel did the same thing. (They are brothers)

Another day in the Ocean

All the guys went out snorkeling at this place

Can't ever take too many pictures

OH MAN... Laundry day.. what an experience. This place is not air conditioned and you can imagine like 30 dryers going at once.. it gets pretty hot and humid in there. But it is nice getting all your laundry done at once!

When the guys were at work we went to the beach and some people let us barrow a canoe. So we paddled out a ways. It was a lot of fun. But then when I asked them to take a picture of us in front of it they zoomed in too far so you can't really tell what we're standing in front of.

The view from Dean's job site.

In front of our hotel

Dean's new invention.. BLACK JACKS.. is what he calls them.. We have to be a little bit creative cooking since we don't have an oven. And every Sunday back at home Dean would make brownies. So...he had the idea to make some brownie cookies on this griddle. They actually tasted REALLY good. So we had brownie cookie pancakes for dessert tonight. But, as Dean would call them BLACK JACKS.

My inventive husband. I love him... always looking out for his wife and her sweet tooth.. and his I guess :)

22 Weeks

I am 22 weeks today and feeling GREAT! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. I love that I feel him kicking all the time, he is an active little guy. I keep trying to picture what he's going to look like... I am just so anxious to hold him in my arms. I read on baby center today that he is about 11 inches long and weighs just about a pound. So, that means he is probably 12 inches long cause he is measuring a little bit bigger. He's going to be a big boy! :)