Updates once again

Its been a while since I have written and updated the blog I know Sia has but I haven't. We are now in California living in Santa Maria and I work up at Vandenberg AFB with the drug demand reduction office until my class starts on the 19th of this month. I have been working with the drug demand reduction office for about a month and a half now. My job is to check people in when they come to do there drug testing AKA pee in a cup. Fortunately I don't have the job of observer which is left to others to handle and do. On the days when we aren't testing it is pretty boring and there is nothing to do but watch the TV that we have. One morning I had to get up at 3:30 to be there by 4:30 to do a unit sweep which is testing everybody on the base from a specific unit which takes a long time and is a lot of people doing that I just directed people to the table for others to check them in. On Tuesday is my PFA which we have been getting ready for. I really hope I do well. I did well on the practice one that we did during the transition meeting which is a meeting every Friday for those in transition jobs to give them updates on information for the weekend as well as to sign 29B forms the form we need to have signed if we plan on going out of town for the weekend so that they know where we are. I will only have one more meeting before my class starts then I don't have to go to them anymore because I wont be in a transition job. I am looking forward to class though I have heard that it can be tough which means a lot of paying attention and studying so it will be just like being in school again, which is sort of the point. Being in the Air Force has been a great thing up till now and am sure will continue to be I can't wait to see what else is going to come up and what it will be like. I will keep up better communication. Sorry for the long absence.

Kelly's first steps

So Here is Kelly's First Steps.

Journey to Vandenberg Air Force Base

4:00am: Anthony and I woke up packed up the car, my family came by and said goodbye. We hugged and cried for 10 minutes. ten til' 5 we were on the road. We stopped in Avondale to put more gas.

6am: We stopped at a rest stop to use the bathroom and to change Kelly's diaper. Then it was back on the road. Anthony drove first. We then stopped at Blythe because we started to get hungry so we just stopped to get some snack. We drove through the california borderline by 7 am.

10:00 am: It was my turn to drive. It was my first time driving long distance. It was scary at first but then I got the hang of it. I wasn't even tired.

2:00 pm: By the time we reached Santa Barbara we had to switch because my back was starting to hurt so I needed to stretch. Also we had to change Kelly's Diaper.

3:30 pm: WE made to Vandenberg AFB. The drive wasn't so bad at all. We are so happy to start our little journey.

updates

We have moved out of our apartment since last week. We live with my in-laws now until we drive to California on the 15th. It was really nice that we didn't have to pack anything. The only thing we had to pack was the things we are going to take with us. The movers came on Feb. 22nd at 8:00 am. Bless their hearts they had to move our things in the rain. I was a little worried because our stuff would get wet but they made sure none of our stuffs got wet.

Since we moved in with my in-laws temporary, Kelly has been starting to crawl. The first couple days she was inch worming then she if full on crawling all over the place. She is also starting to say DADA!! But she doesn't realize it or knows what she is saying. I'm so happy to see Kelly growing up I love her so much she has been such an easy baby.

6 months check-up

On Monday We went to Kelly's 6 months check up. She weighs 17 pounds 4 ounces which puts her in th 75th percentile and her height was 27 inches long which puts her in the 95th percentile. She also got 5 shots. She is so strong when it comes to shots now. When I saw the nurse poke her with the first shot I saw Kelly's crying and then I couldn't hear her because she was crying so much like she couldn't breath. She was in a little pain but after she got the liquids in her mouth she was fine. Doctor said that we could start moving her up to 2nd foods of baby foods but she has already started when she was 5 months old. He also said we could start introducing her to a sippy cup. He also says that Kelly is already acting like she is 9 months old. She is already blabbing and sitting up on her own. She is one half Tongan baby.

6 month old

Kelly is 6 months today. YAYYYY!!!!! As you can tell she is getting chubbier. She has her 6 month check up on Monday. She is also teething yippee! Oh the joy of teething. She can recognize her bottle. When she sees her bottle she reaches out and tries to grab it. She fits in 9 to 12 months clothes.

She loves eating applesauce, carrots, pears and macaroni and beef baby foods. She doesn't like corn or peas yet. She has also learned to sit up but when something gets her excited she tends to fall backwards. She loves tummy time. One time I found her sleeping on her tummy. Kinda got me worried but she loves sleeping on her tummy.

Christmas eve: we as a family got to open presents I bought anthony a wedding ring since the one I got him for our wedding was too big. So I bought off ebay. Kelly got bunch of clothes.
Although she is six months she can't really fit in 6 month clothes because her height puts her in 9 to 12 months.

Christmas Day: We spent it with my family Kelly once again received more clothes from her aunt Tema and Uncle Eku. I also received a new dress and a necklace. We also got to talk to my sister ame and brother paul who are both on the mission as I speak. Paul is in Santa Rosa, California and Ame is in Ogden, Utah. Ame called first and then half hour later paul called so we did a three way call and got to speak to both of them. Ame only had an hour so we all got to speak to her then paul called back and we got speak to him for 2 hours.

The week after Christmas we got to spend I guess you can call it another christmas with Anthony's family. Kelly got some books and toys and a special seat. It was nice to spend christmas with both families.

Graduation Fall 2009

Anthony has finally graduated from Arizona State University. GO SUNDEVILS!!!! He has graduated with a Bachelors of Art in Political Science. He also commissioned with the United States Air Force as a Second Lieutenant. He commissioned with the U.S. Air Force on Dec. 17, 2009 and then Graduated from ASU on Dec. 18, 2009. That night we had a graduation party for him lots of food and people coming to congratulate him. It was also the same day of his Grandparents 55th anniversary I believe or somewhere around there. It was celebrate their anniversary with him. It's finally over! atleast for him. I on the other hand still have a long ways to go. I am almost done with my freshman year. Yipeeee!!! As far as Job, Anthony will start training in March, which means that his EAD (Enter Active-Duty) Date has changed to March 15. We'll be sticking around here for another 2 weeks or so. Anthony will be training for Space and Missiles.