California Trip

Recently me and CJ took a trip to Huntington Beach, CA. I went for a conference at Boeing and CJ went because that way I would only have to buy 1 plane ticket. That saves a lot of money when you live in Japan. My mom and dad met us out there and got some quality CJ time in. He went to the Aquarium of the Pacific. I'm not sure what he is doing here, but the fish probably are deaf from the banging on the tank.

Then they were going to go to the beach or pool one day and somehow ended up a the Wild Animal park north of San Diego. Here CJ is watching the Gorillas with his Papa.

Then he had his 3rd!! birthday while we were there. What better than birthday brownie (with whipped cream to dip in) at the cheesecake factory. He only ate a little bit of 1 piece of the brownie. When he was done I took a bite to see how it was. WHOOO!! Chocolate overload. I also do not recommend sharing 2 pieces of cheesecake between 3 people. You need about 5 people to finish them. And don't get the Godiva one and think you can eat more than 5 bites, this coming from someone who could live off chocolate.

The last day (I didn't have to work) we went to the Queen Mary. Very cool. Here's CJ and his Meemaw and Papa in the engine room.

This picture was probably illegal. But I caught CJ sitting on the wrench used to remove the retaining bolts for the propellers. They would remove them using this wrench and hammers...crazy.

CAPT CJ...who put him in charge?!

Baby Girl Tillman

This is a few weeks late, but we have a girl!! The first thing James said was, "Now I have to buy a gun". Her size and everything looked great for 19 weeks. She is very active already. If anyone needs any boy clothes let me know and I will ship you a couple rubbermaid tubs full.

Disney Tokyo

Here's James and CJ in front of the Disney Tokyo castle. By far the best Disney experience from a mom perspective. CJ had a great time on the rides. Since he is short and I'm pregnant we could ride all the same rides. So I had my little riding buddy. We did the Dumbos, merry-go-round, train, river boat, Small World, and some KiddyLand stuff. He had a great time. And James was able to ride the big kid rides with some of his friends that came up for the Chapel youth trip. Plus factors of Disney in Japan: Really, really, really clean. I felt bad that the only trash on the street was some ice cream drops from CJ's popcsicle. No line cutting. No one smoked where they shouldn't. And my #1 favorite. Take a look at the stoller parking here. There was an employee that kept them all nice and lined up in organized rows and as you went through the ride, they moved your stroller to the front. So when you came out there was no mad untangling. It was so cool.