Tantrums, Typhoons & Travel

Wow! Long time no blog! The past few months have been a whirl wind. Maybe that is why i am down to my lowest weight in years AND completed my first 5k! Caden is now 16 months old! I am now realizing I don't think I even did his 1 year post. I will have to go back and add one. Our toddler boy is one big pile of energy. He is all boy! I never quite understood this phrase until I had one of my own. His runs not walks, he gets into everything, loves to climb and explore, loves the ocean and making messes. He has a mouth full of teeth and when he was weighed at the doctor last week he was 25 pounds. Since it wasn't a well visit they didn't check his height. His next well visit is at 18 months, so we will see how much our big boy has grown at that time. The toddler tantrums have officially begun. They are not constant and are mostly centered around taking our electronics from him. We are working on correcting this behavior though. Other than the sporadic tantrums he is a spectacular kid. He is hilarious and loves to laugh at us and himself. This week we discovered his love for pb&j, and he started saying the dreaded 'N' word.....NO! It's so funny because he doesn't say no to things we say to him. Usually he will say it when he goes to do something we have already said no to. He's a trip!

This weekend we had Typhoon Fitow get close to our tiny island. We were in TCCOR1c which means we were not supposed to leave our residence. There was a lot of wind and rain, but no overall damage, power loss or flooding in our area. Today we finally got lowered to Storm Watch and went outside for a long walk, a drive to check a friends house and some outside time on the balcony. The fresh air did wonders for our mild case of cabin fever. We are now on standby for another one, Typhoon Danas. This one is going to be bigger and passing by as a category 3. We are currently in TCCOR2, so we will wait and see what happens. If we get to TCCOR1 I believe Josh will not be going in to work. Yay!

At the end of September my amazing Grandma turned 90! Such a great milestone! Next month, November 25th to be exact, Caden and I will be boarding a plane and making a long journey back to the states to celebrate. We are having a HUGE family reunion. Almost everyone on my moms side of the family will be attending. Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Spouses and Great Grands! I am so super excited to see everyone. My dads parents will also be heading to Tallahassee at some point to visit while we are there. We will be coming back to Okinawa December 15th. Hopefully we can squeeze seeing everyone into 3 weeks. Looking forward to seeing family, friends and past co workers! Yippee!! Nervous about the travel since Josh is unable to attend, but I think I can I think I can!!

The weather here is still hot, but I am getting into the fall spirit anyway! I love this time of year and have my fall candle burning.