Little steps are often the hardest to make, but crawling is where it all starts.

So for the first time today Jakey actually managed a real crawl. Moving knees and hands. It was such a happy moment. He will be 5 months old on September 7th.

The first thoughts that come to mind are pride, love and dear God I have to go buy a baby gate.

So far his mobility has taken him to turn off the Xbox in the middle of Jake's game, all the way over to see me on the other side of the room, and mostly towards cell phones, remotes and game controllers. We are entering the very interesting and entertaining moments of any baby's life. I am so glad Jake is here to see all of these things so far.

Anyway, just a short one for today.

On this day August 30th, 2011, Jacque Louis Pariseau II made his first real crawl.

6 degrees.

So today whilst doing my hair, I was thinking about how funny it is that you can be in a completely new place with people you've never met, and come to find out, they know somebody who you know.

For instance, I met my husband while at work, he had started the year before me. Obviously I met his family, including his brother.

(Bare with me, there is a point)

I went to middle and High school with a girl named Kim, so I have known her for years.

Years later I marry Jake. And Pierre becomes my brother in law.

Jake joined the Navy.

We moved to Waukegan(Great Lakes), IL.

I joined a website called Navy for Moms, where I met Kristie. We talked online, and she was from Texas, moving to IL to be with her husband who joined the Navy.

I offered to let her stay with us while she was waiting to sign the papers for her apartments(the same ones we lived in).

Kristie knows a girl named Rachel, they were roommates in college.

Rachel is currently my brother in laws girlfriend, and also went to church with Kim for many years.

I find it funny how I can randomly meet a girl, who's college roommate ends up dating my brother in law and knowing one of my high school/middle school friends.

They always tell us the world his huge, even the United States are huge, but sometimes they seem so small.

Anyway, Jakey is starting to be very mobile. He is actually moving in a forward motion, rather then perpetually going backwards. Any day know, I'm just waiting, he is going to make his move, and I know that move will lead him right to the stairs...lol.

I love watching him learn and grow.

Back to Basics.

So I've decided that I am going to commit to trying to write something everyday. Because so many days go by where I am sitting zoning out, or too wrapped up in taking care of baby, cleaning and what not to actually take a second to have a thought, to use my brain. And I think my writing skills have been in great decline since I'm more of a home body.

So each post will include a picture relevant to that day and an entry. This will hopefully end on August 28th 2012.

I think this is also a good idea because so many years get lost in the shuffle of life that you will get to the end finding it hard to remember everything great that happened in your life.

So here is today's post.

We did our usual Sunday routine, Starbucks, and TV. This time it was the news, the coverage of Hurricane Irene. It hit the East Coast hard. I try to never get too worried about things like that, maybe I'm trying to have a positive outlook, or maybe I'm just naive. My brother in law is out there in VA with the Army, not so much worried about him because the Army will make sure all their soldiers are out of harms way. But I hope all my friends and fellow Navy wives stay safe and make wise choices.

The worst of the storm is over today.

Anyway, last night Jakey did the cutest thing, we went to get more formula, it was around his bed time so he feel asleep in the car, when we got home, I took him out of the car seat and carried him upstairs. He woke up a little bit so I laid down with him and he fell back asleep. After a couple hours of playing Mortal Kombat with Jake we decided to go to bed. So I went back and started to change Jakey's diaper and move him from our bed to his pack n' play. Well he started to wake up, so I laid down with him again, and he starts to fall back to sleep, then slowly turns to look at me with this bleary look on his face and smile at me, then roll back over and "sleep". He did his probably 6 times.

I have never seen a baby fake sleep and then look at you smile and fake sleep again. He is such a goof ball.

I guess that is another reason to keep a record for the next year. To remember all these little things he does that other wise would be lost as memories start to fade.

Time for Change.

Being a military wife you come to expect certain things, moving frequently, not seeing your husband as much as you want, essentially being a single parent.

It's not hard if you are in it because you love them. Sure you'll know lonely nights, and lack adult conversation, but you get to see the world and experience things that are only experienced by a select few.

Thus, we start our new journey. Jake, Jakey and I are preparing to move as far away from everything we know, as we can.

Hawaii.

Oh to be young and in love. And feel like you have lived a lifetime. There is ten times more stress and I feel like these last two years(on September 14th, it will be exactly 2 years since Jake has joined) has been 20. We have moved three times in these 2 years, had a baby, and celebrated a year of being married,and 3 years of being together.

I am excited to see Hawaii, a place neither of us thought we would visit let alone live. And now I get to watch my son grow up there and live in paradise.

So I am starting a blog to keep track of everything, and so Jake will have a way to read about our day to day lives when he has to leave us for that vast ocean.

I will leave it with a thought, no sacrifice is greater than the ones who fight for us, and die for us.