Our Melt Your Heart One Year Old

Before I even attempt to try and catch up on my blog here are some of my favorite pictures of Hunter from the last summer. Hope these melt your heart while I compile my thoughts for the next blog entry.

Hunter's famous little smile.

Just let those eyes pull you in.

Total devastation. He has a hard life.

First time playing in the hose.

He can almost get away with anything with that look.

Once the little man attacks watch out for those teeth.

Happy Birthday Hunter!!!

Love you!

It has been a long time since the last blog post. Here are some new photos.

Our family in front of Holgate Glacier

My parents came to visit us in Alaska. Well they came to visit Hunter in Alaska.

Hunter enjoying the boat ride.

My dad and I going flight seeing around Mt. Denali.

Hunter enjoying the grass.

Our little man

Lately life has been flying by here in Alaska. There are so many fun stories to share but, unfortunately, as I sit here in the Internet cafe at the local supermarket I dont have the creativity to share my thoughts eloquently. Hopefully pictures of Hunter will suffice.

Alaska: Q&A

Many of you have probably been wondering where I have disappeared
to. Somedays I am beginning to wonder myself. Due to lack of Internet
I have disconnected myself from reality, but for the next ten minutes I am back. Hope you enjoy the first
ever question and answer session of my blogging career.

Q: Janina, I heard a rumor that you were in Alaska for the summer.
A: Yes, Jared and I needed some extra cash this summer and decided that going back to the place where we met was the a great way to get out of the Arizona heat and make some quick cash. Jared is driving tour buses and I am working part-time in the office.
Q: How is little Hunter doing in all of this?
A: Hunter actually adjusted faster than I did. He loves all the adventures, the new people and tormenting the dog at the house we are living at. In the next couple days be on the look out for pictures of him and from the summer thus far.
Q: Tell me more about where you are living.
A: We are living with the same lady who I lived with the last summer I was up here. She has an empty bedroom she rents out every summer. She has an annoying little dog named Leo and has adopted us as her family.
Q: Janina, do you miss driving buses?
A: Of course. Driving a 45 foot bus seeing some of the most scenic landscape in the world is a natural high for me, but being with Hunter is completely worth sitting in an office staring at a pretty picture on a screen saver.
Q: Will we be hearing more of your adventures in the near future?
A: Yes, in fact leave me comments of the questions you want answered and I will answer them next time I get a chance.

Alaska

Janina is having a hard time without internet. Janina is not driving for HAP Alaska but was offered a dispatch position. She is likes being in dispatch. Hunter is getting use to being in a colder place. He is also getting use to sharing the floor with a dog named Leo. Hunter's top two teeth are coming in and he is walking along furniture. He is also terrorizing the dog by head butting it or pulling its tail.

Here is a few pictures that I (Jared) have taken during my trips around Alaska.

Jared standing along the Alaska oil pipeline.

A big water fall that happens from the snow melt.

This is Hatcher Pass, home to the extreme skiing games. It snows around 900 inches or 75 feet of snow every year. You can see the snow mobiles and ski tracks. They are still skiing.

Happy Wednesday

Fingernails

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As I have been a mother for approximately 8 months, three weeks and three days I have faced plenty of challenges; but the worst of all are fingernails. If ever asked what I hate most about motherhood I will use this eleven letter word without even thinking a second thought. Hunter has this thing where he likes to grab what little skin I have under my neck, twist and pull it with his razor sharp nails while smiling at me. I recently came across this chart on deadliest edged weapons from a blog I read. It fully describes the power of the fingernail.

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This would not be such an issue in my life if Hunter would let me trim his nails, but he doesn't. I try to get him to fall asleep in my arms to cut his nails, but then it's too dark. I then turn on the light to see, but then he wakes up. It has been a never ending battle. But then, one glorious day I was looking on Amazon baby and came across the world's best invention: fingernail clippers with a built-in led light. I can now trim Hunter's nails in the dark and he has no idea what is even happening! The last couple weeks of my life have been heaven. His fingernail weapons have been detonated. The world can now sleep in peace once more.