washington DC

Well, we went to Washington, DC this past weekend and it was quite the adventure. We didn't leave Newport News until 7pm and we made it there ok but just as we got into DC we got SOOOOO, I mean SOOOOO lost!!! Wed were lost for almost 2 hours, trying to find out hotel. It was aweful! It was LATE and ted was tired and Zerrell was DONE with the carseat. I had called the Omni about 3 times to get dirrections and it just made us even more lost. I was praying and praying and then literally out of NO WHERE our street that the Hotel was on just appeared! and we finally found out hotel at about 12:30am! The next day we got up ate a WONDERFUL breakfast at this great cafe down the street and headedon out to see the sights. We saw ALOT! It was HOT, VERY hot. But we pushed through and hit almost all the sights. By the end of the day it was 10pm and we were BEAT!!! we went back to our hotel and crashed. We were going to see more on Sunday but we woke up SO sore and still exhausted that we voted to just come home. One of the highlights of our trip was that we met Bob Dole!! truely! He was at the WWII monument taking pics with people.
We also realized how exhausting it is traveling with a kid who wants to walk the whole time and touch every flower, every pebble, take a drink from every water fountain and thinks that she can have a bite from anyone with an ice cream or popsicle, and i mean anyone, total stangers, she would get upset because she wanted some. We did have a good time and are glad we went.
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an UPDATE..at last!

OK, So i said I was going to update this more often, and I will from now on, i promise. But you know how it is, life just never stops and Zerrell NEVER stops and she seems to HATE it when i get on the computer, so while she is taking a nap I'll get this homepage going again. Since it's been awhile since i've updated and ALOT had gone on, ill give you the highlights:
*We are pregnant again! Due Dec. 10! I felt like crap for about 4 weeks but am now feeling wonderful!
*My mom came to visit for about 2weeks, we ALL got a nasty flu, i mean nasty! But inbetween being sick we got to go see ALOT of sights, which was fun!
*Zerrell and I flew back to CA for about 2 weeks, it was great to be home, we really missed ted, and Ted was lost without us. Not to sound full of myself but He really was, poor guy.
* Ted is doing GREAT in the training program here. He has gotten high grades on everything but he is sick of the "army bullsh*t" People yelling, young kids fresh in, with BIG attitudes. Only 6 more weeks!

Zerrell is growing and growning, she is getting SO tall. She outgrew her shoes in about 2 days and i had to go get her new ones. She is talking alot more and we are constantly working on "communicating" instead of yelling for the things she wants. She is getting funnier and funnier everyday. the other day i apparently had a sticker on the back of my shorts and she started laughing and pointing, because she thought it was funny. She LOVES the water, we go swimming almost everyday and she puts her face in the water all by herself. She loves animals, especially dogs. She can still spot an airplane sounds anywhere and loves people, always making friends wherever we go. She is very passionate about almost everything, which can be challenging. She is truely a joy and keeps Ted and I on our toes ALL of the time.
I am hanging in there, Trying to see sights on the weekends(poor ted, he's tired on the weekends but i drag him to ALL these sights) i figure we have the oppurtunity and we need to see as much as we can! We are on to Washington, DC this weekend.
We really miss CA, even Ted who complains about CA has said how much he misses it and can't wait to get back.
Zerrell and i will be back in CA on July 8th and Ted will be done with school on July 28th and then he will drive home! So about 6 more weeks and life will begin to be normal again, well normal for us, even though we have never really lived "normal" we are planing on changing that though. Our own place, Ted getting ONE normal job and us getting ready for baby #2.