US WEEKLY

Check out this sweet picture of a bunch of sting rays that went swimming past us on the beach last week. They were just cruising along right by the shore line. Matt and Hallie chased them way down the beach taking pictures of them. Sweet right? Life for us is really good these days. We find out where we are going to be stationed in about 3 more weeks. We can't wait! We're so anxious to either start looking into buying a house, or looking into getting visas. It's kind of crazy to think that some random group of men I don't know get to pick what my future is going to be and where I'm going to be living for the next for years. That we don't really get a say in it. And if we don't like it, then tough. Although, the five places that we could be going....we'd be happy about any of them. All for different reasons. We are either going to: Georgia, Oklahoma, Alaska, Japan, or Germany.
The kids are both doing really good. Hallie has been spending a lot of time in "time-out" lately. She seems to be testing her limits worse than ever. The biggest problem is, sometimes I think she's smarter than we are. I'm constantly second guessing myself and if I'm taking the best route in dealing with her naughtiness (which is exactly what she wants ) :) She's been totally out of diapers (except for when she's sleeping) for quite a few weeks now. Very VERY few accidents. She is a little too fascinated with her fluids leaving her body though. I caught her running her finger through the stream of pee that was going into the toilet the other day. A few days later, she came out of the bathroom with her panties to get my help putting them back, when she put her hands on my face to steady herself while she stepped in....they were soaking wet. I immediately pulled away from her and asked her why her hands were wet, and she told me she had had them in the potty. Nice.
Chase is just the most amazing little thing ever. He walks along all of the furniture (I've even caught him free standing a couple of times) and puts EVERYTHING in his mouth. He loves to follow Hallie around and play in her bedroom with her. He's so stinkin cute (people stop me everywhere I go to tell me how cute he is), but it's kind of in a cute little Yoda kind of way. :) He says "Mama" and "Dada" and babbles a lot. He's totally turning into a Mama's boy. We had a babysitter the other night and he cried the whole time we were gone (totally unlike him to EVER cry). Whenever he gets hurt he whines and cries and crawls to me as fast as he can. I have to admit, I kind of like it. He love the beach and seems to have no fear of the water. He is constantly trying to crawls as fast as he can...straight into the waves. Makes me a nervous wreck.
Anyways, life for us is really good. I have no complaints. We're really blessed to live where we do in such a comfy, nice home.