Life in San Antonio

I am really enjoying this city. It's a big upgrade from Fort Bragg that's for sure. I have made some friends here and have gotten to know my way around the city. The days before Garmins I am not sure how I would have survived... I like the weather here so far too. It has been a mild summer and winter. Which has been great for the kids to use our big backyard. Since I have last wrote Liam has changed a lot. He is been walking for a couple of months now and is learning a little bit of words. He really doesn't talk that much though. Which is weird for me because Landon was and still is my little chatterbox. He obviously inherited his gift to gab from me. He is very affectionate and is my little side kick. I told Cameron the other night that I feel like Liam is one of my body parts, he is always attached to me. Cam I think gets a little jealous.(; I treasure all of his little snuggles. He is almost a one and a half and I can't stand that he is getting bigger. I just plain hate it. As a matter of fact I refuse to give up his bottle yet or crib. Cameron just mentioned to me that it's time for him to go into a big boy bed and it immediately brought me to tears. Not my baby. No way. I just refuse for him to get older. I know I am talking like a crazy lady because it's happening before my eyes. Sniff,sniff... Even though his dimples melt my heart every time he flashes me a smile, a lot of the times he has me chasing after him like a mad woman. It amazes me the things he can climb, eat, stick up his nose, tear down, destroy, bang into, ect.. I could go on forever. It's been a good day if there are no goose eggs on his head and my house isn't falling apart. Oh I almost forgot, I not sure how.. to mention that this little boy can SCREAM! Scream the highest, loudest pitch I have ever heard!!!! The stares I get everywhere I go. Everyone has that look on their face that it certainly could not have come from this bald headed sweet baby.. NOT! There have been days when my ears will ring from listening to it all day. The weird part is he usually is never crying when he does it. It's just his way of communicating. Let's just say this is a habit I hope he outgrows... real soon. A new trick he can do is summer salts. The only problem with that is he likes to try and do it at the top of the stairs. Not good. Lets hope he got the hint the first time. One great thing that I can always count on him to do is take his naps with no problem. He is so good about going to sleep. He takes anywhere from 2 to 3 hours of naptime and sleeps about 11 hours every night. Landon really doesn't take naps anymore. He does occasionally at his preschool. But it is rare. He hates bedtime too. We always read him a story before bed to get him wind down but he always finds the best reasons to stay up which of course we never give into. So instead we let him take a toy to bed. Often when I go up there to check on him I hear him talking to himself with his toys. It's so funny to hear him and his big imagination. He has been doing great in school. He has got great friends. We are going to his first friend birthday party tomorrow. It's a bouncy house so it's guaranteed that he will have a blast. Lately his vocabulary has really increased to. It is so much fun to carry on conversations with him. He has me laughing until I am crying sometimes. Speaking of crying... I went on a trip to Tampa to see Amber and had the best time. It was my first time leaving Liam overnight. I do have to admit there were times when I felt my eyes well up with tears thinking about how much I missed my boys. I am so grateful that I can be at home with them so I never miss out on anything. Before I was a mommy I could have never begin to imagine that happiness and pure joy my children would bring to my life. They let me experience I love that cannot be put into words...