up up and away

As you see from the picture, our little boy is growing up. Sorry they are a bit blurry, but it is hard to get him while he is standing for too long. He started to stand on his own today. He is a bit wobbly but if you just stand him up, he stays up! He also started to throw a tantrum tonight. We have a pen we keep him in the living room. I was sitting in it tonight with him and he wanted out (he likes to crawl around the house) but he kept pulling on it to try to squeeze through. I kept telling him "no" and he would instantly tear up and start crying making the sad face. It was sad and funny at the same time since I knew what he was doing. He did it for about 10 minutes until he found something else to occupy him. He is so funny, he thinks if he does something long enough it will change the outcome. He walks down the hall with his push cart and runs into doors and walls. He keep pushing on the cart thinking if he does it long enough the wall will move for him. The only thing that moves for his is the cart as it tips over. We have to laugh and he is fine, but it is just too funny.

Nothing much else going on. I really didn't feel good today. Woke up early with a stomach ache which turned into a massive headache for most of the day. We mostly stayed at home this weekend trying to conserve gas. Our neighbor went out Friday morning for something and said it was $3.49. We went out Friday night for Taco Hell and it was $4.79!!! So we decided to stay on base this weekend and try to wait out the gas gouging. Then I heard that 2 oil derks were adrift and like 14 were shut down because of Ike. So us waiting on the gas prices to drop doesn't look too good. So John went today to at least fill up the Mazda. There are only a few stations left in town with regular gas. At least on base we have two stations costing $3.89. Good thing we have access to them. I read on Friday where in the Dothan Eagle, they didn't have a single gas station with gas. There were lines for hours to fill up. Just crazyness!