January

We welcomed in the new year with excitement and glee! We were pregnant and having a baby!
My water broke on the 4th during the middle of snow storm and ice over.
The doctor\’s thought Malia wouldn\’t make it. We thought so too but didn\’t give up hope.
I\’m to stay on bedrest for the remainder of the pregnancy.

February

The 23rd marks 10 years of being as a couple. Jerry and me. How schweet!

March

My blogging saga begins on the 31st.

April

On the 12th Jerry became a Staff Sergeant. Salute.
They said that I can be on modified bedrest on the 16th. More outings! Yay!
I almost fainted at Jerry\’s early birthday dinner date.
Jerry officially turned 30 on the 26th.
I lost my plug on his birthday as well. Oh joy.

May

We found out on the 5th that mom had stomach cancer. They do the surgery on the 13th. All goes well. 18-week chemo/radiation treatment follows.
Preterm labor once on the 15th, twice it makes on the 23rd, third time\’s the charm on the 31st.

June

I gave birth to Malia Janelle on the 1st by c-section.
The 27th marked 6 years of wedded bliss.
And the 28th was Malia\’s original due date.

July

The 7th marked Johnathan\’s 1 year anniversary. We miss you baby boy.
Malia is baptized on the 10th and her party is on the 11th. A wonderful day.
Malia talks and talks our ears off with her \”Oohs and aahs.\” on the 23rd.

August

Busy busy busy with the baby baby baby.

September

On the 11th Jerry goes to Okinawa for two weeks of duty.

October

We move into a new apartment on the 15th.
Mom\’s last day of cancer treatment is on the 23rd.
Halloween on the 31st. Malia was a little butterfly.

November

We found out mom is in the clear on the 15th.
I turned 30. hoo-ray.

December

25th was Malia\’s first Christmas!
We move from the third floor to the first floor on the 30th.

Okay so if you go to

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or

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or

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everything looks okay.

But if you go to

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it\’s all jacked up! WTF?

Help me someone?!

I was crying and frightened at the same time watching these videos.

http://ish.cc/dan/ts/tsunamiphuket.wmv

http://ish.cc/dan/ts/sri_lanka_tsunami.wmv

http://ish.cc/dan/ts/patong_beach.wmv

It doesn\’t help to know that we\’re heading to Guam. An island which is part of the Ring of Fire. That is on the edge of Challenger Deep. That has numerous deep sea earthquakes. No tsunamis. But tsunamis weren\’t common in SE Asia either.

We had a strong earthquake in Guam back in 1992. It was 8.2 on the richter scale. Lasted over a minute long. It was scary. I\’m not sure what I would\’ve done if I were in those people\’s places. My first instinct would\’ve been to run, but run where?

Have I ever told you about the time I got smashed up against the side of a cliff like the one pictured on the bottom left hand corner in this one here. Actually it was that exact cliff area, but about 1/2 mile further left. I was doing a science research project for the university and we always check the tide tables to make sure we\’re out of danger before the tide comes in.

So we were happily taking our measurements and gathering our data. When all of a sudden, a wave hits us. And another one. And another. Just out of nowhere. Some of our belongings and shoes got swept away but the craggly coral had it\’s grip on us. So we stayed on the coral ledge. We had our grips on each other so we wouldn\’t get separated. We looked at each other and had nowhere else to go but up the cliff. We had to climb. The tide was coming in pretty fast and we suppose it was because there was a squall off shore somewhere and it was causing the waves to get rough. So we climbed all the way up the rock face. About 300 feet. I kid you not.

When we finally got up there, we surveyed the damage. We were bloodied and scratched up, but okay. We walked the 2 miles back to our cars that way. I can\’t believe I remember all this. Crazy huh. You see the picture? How the deep water is just right there? How freaking crazy in the head was I to do such a thing. All for the sake of a 1 credit hour.

There are Christmas pictures up in the photo gallery.

It\’s our baby Malia\’s first Christmas. We\’re in tears, literally. Well, at least I am.

Happy Birthday Jesus and thank you God for blessing us with this beautiful little girl.

Merry Christmas everyone and we love you all.

Yeah. It\’s that time.

Time for you to email me and let me know if you\’d like to be a guest blogger on my blog while I\’m in Guam frolicking in the warm light blue ocean water and rolling in the white sand and celebrating my sister\’s wedding and meeting with my family and friends and eating tons and tons of food I crave. I pray that my body will not pop out of my matron of honor size 10 gown as I strut my stuff down the aisle. Yeah. Size 10. I\’m trying to get prepared for the hisses when I get home. \”Geez Car! You\’ve turned into a real porker! I\’m 5 sizes bigger than when I left Guam. 5 freaking sizes people! Oink oink.

Anyhow, email me or leave me a comment and make sure you register. Click on the login button over there in the sidebar. And please don\’t get angry if I don\’t approve you. Well, go ahead and get angry. I don\’t care. Just kidding. I have to protect something in my life right?!?!

Acrostic. I used to have my students do these all the time. I used this method to integrate the english subject into science. Yeah, babbling again.

M alia\’s first one. Hooray!
E veryone who\’s given me a Christmas card. Love them!
R udolph-looking nose. Malia does have one cause of her cold. *sniff*
R ed, white and silver. The colors my parents\’ tree is decorated with.
Y ummy food. Lots and lots of yummy sweet food.

C an\’t believe another year is almost over.
H appy Birthday Jesus!
R ipping apart the wrapping paper. I can\’t wait to see Malia dig in.
I wish all family and friends could be together at Christmas.
S earching for the pickle that mom hid in the tree. I MUST win this year.
T hankful that mom and the rest of the family is well.
M ountain of presents under the tree.
A ll family mass. I\’m looking forward to it this year. Cause now I have a family.
S now. Please come soon! You were here last year.