January 22, 2011

Howdy Folks!

I guess it's about time for an update on the Baird family!  Hold on to your socks, everybody!


Skyelr graduated from Coast Guard basic training on Jan 7, 2011.  He got assigned to Cape May, New Jersey, and so that's where we will be living for the next little while (maybe a year or two).  We should be all moved out there by the beginning of February. 

Well, I was going to put up some pictures of his graduation, but I can't find them... I guess I thought they were on this computer but they're not!

No more news for now, but I'll keep you all informed of how things go for us in Cape May!

--Jessi

Mid-December, 2010

Hey all!

It's the middle of December and I'm getting ready for Christmas!  I am at my parents house for the next couple of weeks, celebrating the season with my folks. 

Skyelr is still in basic training, and he sounds okay.  He's alive, and I don't have a whole ton more info on him than that.  Soon we'll find out where we will be stationed. 

A few weeks ago I took a trip with a friend from high school to San Francisco--here's some pics!

Boot Camp for Skyelr!

 Howdy Y'all! 

So, Skyelr is in Coast Guard boot camp, and he's been there for two weeks.  Want some info?  Here you go!

1.  His address is:
 SR Baird, Skyelr
H-184 Healy Hall
USCG TRACEN Cape May
1 Munro Ave
Cape may, NJ 08204

2.  He can't get packages, just letters. 

3.  He graduates Jan 7, 2011.

So if you'd like to write, he'd love that I'm sure.  Me, I'm doing fine.  Keeping busy and not going crazy and all that.  Not spending a whole lot of time bloggin, as you can see, but here's one more little update of our adventures. 

--Jess

Remember remember the...4th...of November...

Aha!  I am sitting at the table with my trusty laptop waiting for water to boil for my breakfast and there it goes!!!

Breakfast update:  Hard-boiling eggs is not going so well.  I cracked the egg putting it in the pot and now I have boiled eggwhite froth soup.  Breakfast menu today:  one normal hard-boiled egg and one monster/alien egg.  I'll post pics. 

Normal egg (right) and his deformed brother, Monster/Alien egg

In other news, Skye and I are getting ready to ship him out to basic training in Cape May, New Jersey, and no, I still have no idea where on the map it is.  Somewhere cold on the other side of the country.  And yes, Skyelr will be gone for Thanksgiving and Christmas and no, he won't be able to come home for the holidays.  But honestly, we're so grateful he'll have a job we don't mind celebrating Christmas when he gets back in January.  Then we'll be off to somewhere, we don't know where yet.  Somewhere on the coast.  Hopefully somewhere warm on the coast.  

That's that!  I'm going to have my muddled up breakfast now!  Here's to learning slowly and painfully how to cook!

--Jessi

Maritime Enforcement Specialist Rating Video

Just a couple more weeks till I go in for my basic training. It is starting to seem unreal. Here is a video of the rating that I am thinking I will go for.

USCG Special Mission Training Center

This is the kind of stuff that I hope I'll be doing soon.

-Skyelr

13 October 2010

Jessianne spoke Tagalog with some Filipinos today!  She also ate ube ice cream and liked it.

-Skyelr