100 Random things about Tobe

So if you think its hard to think of 100 things about yourself, then try thinking of 100 things about your significant other, lol

* Alright... I'm having difficult coming up with the others so I'll slowly add to this list as I come up with them! :)

1. He is the youngest of 5 kids
2. He has NO middle name, same as his siblings
3. He is an animal lover
4. Kids love him and he loves kids! (Could be why he has 4 of them)
5. He once told me that a squirrel is his favorite animal
6. Although he prefers other genre's, the country song "Center of my world" is his favorite song. He says it reminds him of us :)
   
7. His favorite colors use to be blue when he was a kid but now it is black!
8. He is a soldier in the U.S. Army
9. He served in OIF V for 14 months
10. He snores
11. He is a very aggressive driver
12. He usually wears Aspen cologne
13. He is Italian, not 100% but close :)
    
14. His great grandfather, Joe (Guiseppe) Amico, was involved in the killing of his crime boss Chester Lemare
15. He lived in a few places growing up, but mainly in Dunsmuir and Redding, Ca
16. He is/was (not sure what the correct term in since her passing) a huge momma's boy!
    
17. He makes me and the kids breakfast every weekend
    
18. He is addicted to those Rockstar energy drinks
19. He use to smoke cigarettes and quite 1 month before our first child was born
20. He once stole some corn from a farmer and came home with a bag full of ears of corn saying "baby look what I brought home for us".......It was feed corn, lmao
21. He HATES to lose at games
22. He was originally a 49ers fan growing up but then converted to being a Bears fan because the love of his life is a Bears fan :)
23. He loves white chocolate mocha(s)
24. He once had his picture printed in the paper for some science experiment in school. If you google search his name you will find a link to that :)
25. He has a Nor Cal tattoo on his lower forearm
26. His favorite Beer...Corona
27. His favorite mixed drink.. Rum N Coke
28. His first vehicle was an 85 Nissan Pickup
    
29. He is a boob man! I think this evil got created because he says I was his first girlfriend that actually had boobs!
30. He loves stereos! I loves to install them. He loves to listen to them.
    
31. His motto is "The bigger the better"! Especially when it comes to our living room tv! :/
32. He loves to cook and he is really good at it. He especially loves to cook tri tip, steaks and sea food! YUM
    
33. He use to have a huge sunflower seed addiction!
34. He HATES doing the dishes but he will if I ask him to
35. He is really good at drawing and pretty much most crafty/artsy things
36. He took 3 yrs of auto mechanics and so he is pretty much good at fixing most things wrong with our vehicles :)
37. He has lots of freckles. You can usually only see them when he is tan but he hates them and I think they're adorable!
38. He is an excellent father. He loves to cuddle with them. He gets on the floor and rough houses with them. He helps feed, bathe and dress them. He changes diapers without hesitation. He also gets up with them if they wake up in the middle of the night and wakes up with them on the weekends. He is great with them and loves them so much!
39. He likes to watch the typical guy channels... Speed, Discovery, Military, History, etc
40. He loves fishing! (He's pretty good at it too)
41. He loves nature. He likes looking out our living room window at our beautiful view with his telescope!
42. He likes to take pictures
43. He holds a grudge like no other. You do him wrong, chances are he probably wont forgive you and if by chance he does he will never forget! (He's a good person, loyal to his friends and so I don't blame him)
44. He will sit and watch a good drama, horror and shoot even a chick flick..but he really likes action packed movies!
45. He is a huge procrastinator
    
46. He likes to sleep without a pillow
47. He always presses snooze 1-2 times before he actually gets up
48. He loves coffee
49. His favorite ice cream is this chocolate cherry blend kind
50. He likes the Chicago Cubs and btw, I'm half way through and man this is soooo tough! A lot of stuff I know about him I shouldn't post publicly, lol, so my list is getting rather hard!!
51. His nails grow incredibly fast. He is always having to clip them!

My Clan

My husband and I have 4 children. They keep us (mainly me) very busy! My family is everything to me. Without them, my life wouldn't be complete.

Introductions....

Me- I am a wife and mother. I am a stay at home mom which keeps me busy! I try to be a good little domestic engineer! I wake up at 430 with my husband and make him lunch and coffee. I sometimes get to go back to bed and sometimes I don't. I get my daughter ready for the bus by 8am. Then I parent my 3 other children while cooking, cleaning and social networking, lol! I am an AF brat so I moved a lot but I consider 3 places to be of my hometown. I was born and lived my early years in Chi town suburbs! I grew up and went to Jr and Sr High in Anchorage, Alaska. And I went to college, became a woman, got married and became a mother in Sacramento, California. IL, AK and CA will always be special to me. The military is also special to me as I went from an Airforce brat to an Army wife. (with 3 yrs of civilian life in between, lol) I am loyal, kind, emotional, caring and a little neurotic all rolled into one! :)

Tobe- My huband Tobe is from Redding, Ca. He has also grown up a bit in Dunsmuir,Ca so he considers both places to be his "home town". He is a soldier in the U.S. Army. He likes sports, fishing and other "guy" stuff. He is an amazing husband and an even better father. I have been blessed with him as my husband, best friend, partner in crime, love of my life and soul mate!

Isabelle Grace- She is our 6yr old daughter! She is in 1st grade. She has got to be one of the most emotional kids I have ever met. She gets her feelings hurt really easily but at the same time she loves easily too. Everyone is her best friend. She genuinely cares about people. She is my big helper and she loves helping out her little brothers and sister. She is strong willed, take charge and lead the way type of girl...pretty much the definition of the oldest child. She is so beautiful and so smart. She is my first child, the one who I learned how to be a mommy with, the one who changed our lives for the better!

Joseph Alan- He is our 4 yr old. He is the spitting image of his father. Oh so handsome! He is a huge momma's boy and I love it so much. What a little comedian he is. He always knows how to make people laugh and loves doing it. He is a typical boy....loves dinosaurs, cars & trucks, dirt, spiderman and other action heroes. He is very animated, as in likes to make animal noises, talk like characters in the movies and drops to the floor and plays dead like no other. I would say he is a ladies man but in reality he is an everybody's man. Everybody loves Joe!

Anthony Amico- He is our 2 yr old. He has the most italian name out of our little whopper Jr's but yet he has blonde hair and blue eyes..who woulda thunk it! He has loves to cuddle up with Isabelle, fight with Joe and love all over Brooklyn. He is always concerned about his little sister's well being. He isn't much of a cuddler but when he does he has his Gankie (blanket) on him and his thumb in his mouth. He is a daddy's boy, I guess he sees what I see in his daddy. He likes to sing and dance. Mickey Mouse Club and Fresh Beat Band always make him smile and get him grooving. He also LOVES his baby. He stole his sisters "baby" and he sleeps with it, cuddles with it and loves on it. He is growing so fast!

Brooklyn Leigh- She is our baby! She was born 28Aug09! She was our homecoming present. I got pregnant with her the week he got home from Iraq. She is the light of our lives. Everyone in this house is absolutely in love with her. She is smiley and peaceful. What a perfect addition to our family she is. I can't wait to watch her learn new things and show her just how much she is truely loved!

The Army Life- My husband is a an 88M (AKA Truck driver/ trnaposrtation) in the Army. He is a Sgt and with being a Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) comes lots of responsibility of mentoring the lower ranking soldiers. (Pretty much babysitting the Joe's) He has been in the Army since April 2006. We were first stationed at Fort Stewart, Ga where he was in 3-7 Infantry FSC Co. (Cottonbaler by god, damn fine soldier) His unit deployed to FOB Iskan in Iraq for OIF V and he was gone for 14 months. He missed the birth Anthony and came home after he turned 1. Missed his whole first year of life and in addition to that he missed all the holidays and anniversary and birthdays, he also missed Isabelle's first day of Kindergarden and other special important events in our lives. (So just so everyone knows...its not just the soldiers who serve, their families and loved ones serve too!) While he was in Iraq he re enlisted and put in a request for Alaska so I could be by family. Now he is stationed at Fort Richardson, 17th CSSB and set on track to deploy to Afghanistan this year.