Introduction to James, Elias, and Cora

Many people are familiar with the saying, Sailors belong on ships, and ships belong at sea. A great saying, unless of course, you're the Sailor! =) So for our friends who don't know what Sailors do at sea (I won't go in to what Sailors do in port!), here are some pictures of Tobias' adventures. They fish. This is a bull Mahi Mahi one of the guys on Tobias' boat caught while underway. We're proud of Tobias' fish too, although it's no Mahi Mahi! This is actually a picture of Tobias peacock bass fishing in Panama. And after they fish, they feast! Here's a fun steel beach picnic the guys enjoyed. When there's time, they golf. This is probably new to some of the old Sailors, but nowadays, Sailors enjoy Wii Golf! This is the skipper of Tobias' boat and a fellow pilot enjoying some golf. Ahh, yes... they sleep! This is Tobias' Air Boss taking a bit of snooze on the flight deck. I said I wouldn't go into what Sailors do in port, but this is G...

Tobias is home for the next 2 weeks! It's great to have him home! When we met Tobias at the squadron on Sunday afternoon it took James about 2 minutes to recognize him. Since then, it's been all fun and lots of laughing. I have sent Tobias a picture or short video of James every day he's been gone, but Tobias was really surprised to see how much James had changed in just 3 months. When Tobias left, James could barely sit up. Now he's crawling all over the place. Tobias' youngest sister, Teri, is still here helping me with James and Tobias' other sister, Crystal arrived on Sunday as well. So we have a house full. James is loving all the attention! Teri, James, Tobias, and Crystal all back from the pool. James is absolutely exhausted! James splashing around with 2 of his aunts. Crystal is the one wearing the sunglasses. James can't get enough of his daddy! Here's a picture of them last night reading a story together. Tobias and James just playing aroun...