BA GAWK!

Cap’t America and Chef Vivi play this game….Think back to grade school and playing “Slug Bug”….Remember? You’re riding in the back seat of Mom’s car, you and your siblings see a VW Bug and the first one to punch the other while yelling “SLUG BUG!!” wins??

These two play it with Guam’s wild chickens…

E’rybody riding down the road, mindin’ their business and you hear *smack* “BA GAWK!!”

*smack, ka-pow* BA GAWK! BA GAWK!

Two chickens, two smacks, two chicken yells….

God help ya if you see a herd (flock?? gagggle??) of chickens… *smack* *Pop* ka-pow* *thwak* *thump* “BAGAWKBAGAWKBAGAWKBAGAWKBAGAWWWWWK!!”

These are the grown-ups in the Murray house. There is no way in hell my poor Grandson is going to escape being a big ‘ol Dork….

Vivi took me to Gun Beach, except we couldn’t find the guns….beach was pretty though!

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Baby Watch 2013…

Sooooooo…….

No Navy Bean baby yet. Please don’t comment on this to Hotel Mommy as she’s becoming a bit testy about the situation and I have a limited amount of chocolate to throw at her….

In my grandsons defense, he’s not late yet. His official due date is tomorrow, the 15th (to clarify, tomorrow is the 15th in THIS part of the world. It might be the day AFTER tomorrow where you are. Being a day ahead of everyone I know still weirds me out but that’s a story for another day). Point being the boy ain’t late yet we’re just super impatient….

This morning we did the last of the “prepare for baby” chores; the major grocery stock up trip so that Dan doesn’t have to brave the Commissary while Vivi recuperates from birthing da baby….

Since I have no chubby newborn pics to post here’s some random shots I’ve taken here on the island…

I’m not going to explain any of them, have fun coming up with your own scenarios!

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Sleepless in Guam…

Dear Sleep Fairy,

I gave you the benefit of the doubt for the first few days here in my home away from home. Jet lag and all that, adjusting to a different bed etc…

But now?

Now you’re just being a jerk…

I mean, come on….it’s been almost three weeks and you haven’t graced me with your presence. Oh sure, you flitter in and out of my room every couple of hours but that’s hardly what anyone would call a proper visit.

Is Mother Nature aware you’re slackin’ on the job?? Hmmm?? I doubt she’d approve…

Tell ya what…I’ll make you a deal. You come see me 2-3 times a week and sprinkle at least 8 hours of sleepy dust on me and I won’t rat you out. Seems like a fair arrangement, I’m not greedy….

Not for nothin’ but Father Time and I are tight…you really don’t want me to get him involved here, he’s not fun when he’s pissed. Just sayin’….

Sincerely,

Sleepless in Guam

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Never go into the ocean at night…

The other night while Cap’t America was teaching his martial arts/kung fooey/try to whack each other with pointy sticks class Chef Vivi and I decided to head to the beach to enjoy the sunset…

It’ll be fun, we said…sitting in the warm waters of the gentle surf enjoying a gorgeous sunset over the water, it’ll be so relaxing we said….

And then SOMETHING TRIED TO EAT US.

There we are, 9.9999 month preggo Hotel Mommy and middle aged super “fluffy” Grammy, lounging on the sand with the waves lapping at our feet when we hear a splash and then see something large and dark breaching the water a mere 20-30 feet away from us and headed our direction at a speedy pace. Thwap, thwap, thwap, in a rock skipping across the surface of a pond fashion….

I can promise you, you’ve never seen crabs scuttling across the sand as fast as the 2 of us did! Once we had scrambled to safety, we simultaneously exclaimed “WTF WAS THAT???” and then burst out laughing at the picture we must have made had anyone been around to witness our hasty retreat from the water!

We watched (from a safe distance) and caught a couple glances of the creature surfacing here and there, always very close to the shoreline, but as it was almost full dark by this time we could never see it well enough to identify it. It was large, it appeared dark and it had no dorsal fins or a tail fluke that we saw…. We did however name it Nessy, the Loch Gab Gab Monster….

Of course me being me, I came home and immediately Googled “Sea Creatures of Gab Gab Beach Guam” and several variations thereof. I got no answers that fit the bill….

It will I suppose, remain a mystery but it reaffirms what I’ve said repeatedly throughout my life: One should never go into the ocean. EVER.

The sunset was glorious though…

This is where the creature tried to eat us…

I swear I heard that “Jaws” music playing in the background…

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A letter to my Grandson…

Dear Gus-Gus,

It may seem selfish to begin my first correspondence with you by asking for a favor but this is important….

Grammy only has a very limited amount of time to cuddle and snuggle you and smell your sweet little neck so I need you to come on out and play with me, m’kay??

When your cousin Peanut was born I was lucky enough to spend time with her every day. You and I will have to savor every precious moment we have together as they’ll be few and far between…

I know Mommy’s tummy is a comfy place for you but I promise we’ve made a super fun and comfy-cozy room for you out here, so no worries there Lil’ Man. It’s all good….

Gram loves you sooooo, soooooooo much, come gimme a hug would ya?? Puh-puh-pweeeeeeze???

On a practical note, you’re getting bigger but Hotel Mommy is full to capacity so you’ve run out of womb anyway. Come on out and enjoy a good long stretch!

Plus, if you come out your Mom and Dad will take you to the beach!

🙂