Ahh Ireland!

We chose to come here next since we have plans to be in Morocco next weekend. We have hopes on heading north after and going to Spain but for some reason, I have been feeling under the weather. I am going to see a doctor here soon to check on why.

Back from the Dr. and...we are expecting a baby boy!!!! I had a feeling and the doctor confirmed! He also then told us after Morocco, we would need to head back to the states and stay away from flying since I will be in my third semester at that time. So making some quick plans on where we want to birth our baby boy (Troy!) is the next big decision to make in our travels.

We spent Mother's Day there (the American date) which helped because the restaurant was empty! Gattz rented a room out in a castle near Dublin and that is where we spent the entire night, eating, dancing and just in appreciation of one another!

Then after dinner, all the kids said a speech in appreciation for their mothers and it was the sweetest thing! Kenzie thanked us for bringing Troy into her life and for cookies, of course! Troy, my little wordsmith wrote a long speech:

Happy Mother's Day Mommy and Thank you

I want you to know how much I love you.  You and Dad have welcomed me with open hearts and you have shown me you will always be there for me.

I want to properly thank you for accepting me and bb in your hearts.  

You have made me a more compassionate person.  You always seem to put others before yourself much of the time. Your honest forgiveness of others mistakes and misunderstandings still boggles my mind.  Your friendship is as unconditional as your love for those you call your friends.

You don't just carry your own burdens but ours as well.  You have proven you will never walk away and stand with us no matter what situations we find ourselves in.  And you always know what to do and say.... to calm all of us and protect us.

Thank you mommy for never giving up on us or yourself.  Thank you for giving me the happiest of memories I have had to this date.  Thank you for giving me the best family.  
 
And finally, Thank you for being who you are and for making us shine even when we don't feel so shiny.  For defending the people we feel closest to.

I love you more than all the stars in the Universe.


Your Son
Troy


Truly! What more could a mom want for Mother's Day than being around her children, husband, feeling appreciated and the kids behaving...oh and to be in Ireland!

The next day, we went to travel via horse to the Blarney Stone! Each of us were able to do it and it was VERY high up! We thought it was a simple stone and Gattz did suggest we just tell the kids it's any rock *snickers* but nope! We are here for an authentic experience and with that meant climbing castle stairs, hanging over a ledge to kiss a stone full of strangers cooties :) It was fun! Before we knew it, the week was up, we had to pack and head off to Morocco!!

Ah! The photo of us just landing on Nara, Japan!  It seems like it was such a short time ago.

I am finally able to sit down and write as we just arrived in Tokyo and I found an internet cafe!

So since I last wrote, we finally were the owners of this new resort and we are ecstatic!
Leaving Tahiti was difficult, I know...paradise! The weather was warm, the water was aqua and the kids were loving having a beach day, everyday. However, that had to come to an end as we signed a contract with our first, second and third renters. So off we went-

Upon arriving, it was a cool 55 degrees and sunny. The temperature was a dramatic change but so was the culture! As we were shown our rental, we had to remove our sandals and as we looked around, each room only had a couple items in the room and the bed (futon in Japanese) were on the floor. They told us they expected us to roll them up each night after we sleep. Imagine that! My kids actually have to make their bed ;) We went to tour the village and appreciated all the sights in front of us.

Two days after, we traveled to another village. This was the village that Gattz was born in and my in-laws live (and own). This village was breath taking, everything he told me about it was not even close to the beauty in person. I remember just standing there, shaking my head and absorbing the moment that his ancestors built this village with their hands. It was amazing to watch our kids stand in a place with such history for our family. We quickly unpacked and went to go to the fishing dock, which the kids saw when we arrived. It was beautiful.

On our way back, we ran into my mother-in-law who just crumbled (probably more than that lol) at the sight of her son.  It had been so long since he left this village and came to the United States. They embraced for what seemed like forever, then finally I was able to get my long awaited hug! Along with the two of us was our grandson, whom she had never met before. Then he was able to meet his sister that was born after he had left Japan! It surely was a moment I will remember.

After reconnecting, she showed us around the village, explaining how her and her ancestors built this beautiful village! For a long moment, I forgot about Tahiti and realized that Japan has been paradise, not only for us but for our entire family who are already saying "Can we move here, please!" I have to agree with them, although the culture and traditions are very different than we are used to back in NY, we have adapted so well and have appreciated things much deeper than before. Without a thought - My mother-in-law was so kind to tell us they would be building a home that we can call home, if we would like. I am not sure we even blinked before we all answered "YES!" at the same time. It will be nice to have a special part of this village. However, we have plane tickets to travel the world, so we may have to purchase a few tickets in-between and maybe eventually live here . We still have some time here and a lot of traveling to do in Japan first.

Oh, the cafe is closing but I will be back tomorrow!

I am back and paid for an hour here, so I should have enough time to catch everyone up.

We had a few fun adventures this week:

Our entire family went through Samurai training at the Dojo, we hired a teacher to teach the kids Kanji, which they did so great! We learned how to meditate, using sound bowls, had our chakras cleaned and healed, we learned how to paint a Torri.

The hour is up and the kids are exhausted. Until tomorrow :)

Today we are officially touring Tokyo!

^ My view, right now ^

I need to log out and go back to the hotel to wake up the kids and head to the train as more family are heading into Tokyo today! Should be a great day.

*Takes her pen and taps it on the desk as she looks at her laptop, wondering how to document our new adventures. Tapping away on the keyboard, the words seem to flow easily again*

Oh, it has been a while...2 years to be precise! Writing has been difficult due to all of the changes that have occurred over the years but nonetheless here I am, writing again! Let's do a quick update of the past month!

Well, starting with the closure of Oceanside Elementary. Closing the school was incredibly difficult yet it was the right decision. Sometimes you can lose focus of yourself and the life around you when you are so zeroed in to something that is much bigger than yourself. So, as soon as we closed the school, we chose to move out of Colorado (OSE/Cedar Creek). It was much too cold, snowy for us and it never became home. So we chose to take all of the family and move back to the suburbs of New York City! Home sweet home, or so we thought. We moved into a community that had us in the same cul-de-sac with our fancy new homes that the builder had built a week prior.

We unpacked all of our items, painted all of the rooms, started to work on the backyard and then I received a phone call. "Hello, Mrs. Gilman, this is Samantha Halliston at Dazzle Realty. I am calling because I have an amazing offer for you." So of course, I almost hung up as it was just another scam call but because I did, she said "...tropical". So, I did what any person would do who just got back from living in Colorado for a year, I inquired more about it. Possibly just to dream a bit but the more she spoke, the more validity her words had. She explained she knew my husband who is an architect. She said there is a resort in Tahiti that mimics the looks of Bora Bora. The owner had moved away to Greenland (Brr!) and had some dept on the property. I asked her to send me a photo and a text of all the details that would be involved. She did...and....it was love at first sight!

Gattz and I spoke about this before presenting it to the rest of the family, as it would be a large investment and we would need help with the finances. Gattz was on board as well as the rest of the adults in our extended family. So on we went to meet with the realty company and sign the paperwork. This was a big gamble as we had no clue what we were going to find once we arrive! We already knew they would need my husband to repair some of the buildings on the island. So from there, we had to tell the kids. "So there is this tropical resor...." was merely spoken before they all screamed "YES!". Who could deny that!

Over the next week, we packed up and headed to the airport, in hopes of an amazing adventure when we landed.

As we approached the island, all we could see is purple skies, big white fluffy clouds and turquoise water!

Then we landed. Nothing but beauty. Before we could even say a word, the kids ran towards the beach and into the bungalow to unpack. We proceeded to check over the island and only documented two roofs damaged that would take less than a week to fix. Gattz got right to work and me, I went right to swimming in the ocean!

Over the week, the repairs were done and we were having an amazing vacation as a family. We were set to go home on Easter Sunday but the kids begged us for one more day - they didn't have to convince me! We called the travel agent and extended our stay for just 24 more hours.

The day came when we had to fly home. Dazzle Realty came to see the location in person and they were pleased with all the changes we made to the island and offered to buy it back from us. We were shocked as the price to purchase was double what we paid! They gave us 24 hours to decide, so as we flew home, that was the only thing on my mind. Gattz slept most of the way and the kids were glued to their SLipads! As we landed, the kids smiles dropped and us adults were exhausted.

We went into our respective homes and started to unpack before realizing that we really were ready to make a huge change. Gattz and I had a quick discussion and let our landlord know we would be moving out. Leaving the last months rent with him, we packed up and in 2 days we were right back to the island, ready to deny the banks offer and purchase it to make it officially ours!

I signed the papers and handed it off to the real estate agent. It is ours but we have to decide on what we want to do with it. As much as we would love to stay year round here, it really does not work as the kids needs a school, a community, access to medicine etc. This island is pretty remote and is subject to a lot of hurricane type storms. So, while it is beautiful, the kids love it as do we -  the investment in this property is very scary, especially if we are not able to rent it out.

In the meantime, for the summer - we are getting ready to travel all over the SLworld and see where we end up each week. All we do know is we will be together!

*Taps Save on her blog*

Well, we made it to Italy in one piece and I have a very spotty wi-fi signal but I will try and write this quickly for our family back home!

Here is a photo we took before we left. Kenzie, Jennah, Avenge and Tins were all in the truck already so they were not in this photo, sadly.

Here we are at the airport! It took us about 30 minutes to arrive and check-in was super easy. I think because we promised we would bring back some pizza to the guy!

9 hours, one panic attack, 3 should have pottied moments...we arrived!!

Here is a few photos of town square and the leaning tower of pisa! We are going to visit it this week! In the meantime, we had a long flight so we are ready to hit the bed! Darn jet lag!

Well our little nap didn't last too long as the van pulled up to our house. It seems Gattz ordered it to come earlier than expected and there was a lot of confusion of which way mapquest was taking us! You see, our family has a tradition of climbing the highest mountain in SL before we birth one of our children. I guess in some ways, you can say it is a symbolic moment for us - as we overlook the world beneath us and then we are brought back down to such a huge world changing life event. It gives us the ability to tell our children that they have been to the top of the world and can achieve that again.

So back to our trip! Leaving was hard this time, mainly because we had such a long road trip and we knew that we could not take the entire family with us. You see, the doctors believe I will need a c-section because baby Jennah is growing so fast! With that, I have been given an amazing amount of strength, I guess we shall see why that is one day!

So, I left the house with two baby sitters and a butler and Dash, Avery and Troy were going to watch over the house. I trust my Godson, except his choice of tattoos but I won't discuss that! So we said our quick goodbyes as the moment was becoming real.
I was leaving as a mother of 5 and coming home with number six!

I loaded my bags as Gattz buckled in the kids and I got in our big red van! Geez! I really think I should have chosen the color of the van personally because my hormones were already high and the color just made me angrier! At least the van had a television inside!

...and across mainland we went!

Gattz had to carry me most of the way up but I did take my walking stick with me, so I was ready to do a little big of walking myself. The doctor did tell me to try and walk a bit because the altitude may help progress the labor or hope she would turn her butt around, so she was positioned right!

Regardless, Kenzie, Gaston, Jennah, Gattz and I finally reached the peak - it was beautiful. The farm lands were below us and we just took that moment to feel like we were on top of the world  and quite literally, we were :)

Most of the way down felt like a dream, probably because I fell asleep on Gattz shoulder as we descended down the mountain. Good thing Gattz is strong! The children were exhausted by the time we got back to the car! It is funny because I remember the dream I was having, vividly - something about hand gliding over the mountains with Jennah next to me! Then I dropped her! It was terrible - I woke up and looked to the backseat to see her sleeping peacefully. I guess it was symbolic of the birth!

So we drove to the diner but got lost on the way there! So we noticed an officer ahead, so we drove up the driveway and I asked her if she knew where the closest diner was. She too was very short, not only in statue but her darn attitude. I explained I had children who were hungry and had to use the bathroom. She told me we could not use her house for that because she had no food and no toaster with a new loaf of bread laying on her counter. All I heard was my poor kids crying in the van and her mean attitude echoing in my head. So I did what any other ready to pop, emotionally unstable mother would do! I walked in her house, stuffed bread in her toaster, waiting a moment, took it all and put it all in my mouth and shut her door behind me.

I proceeded to the van where the kids each had a piece of bread! Then I noticed the unthinkable! She put spikes around our car!!!! So when we were leaving, the tires popped! Gattz had to put the car in neutral and I had to push the car down the driveway! Now, many people will wonder why I didn't get in the car myself but truthfully my belly is so big and remember that super strength - it came in handy!

*Note to Everyone: I do not condone my behavior here!
Being pregnant with a villain makes you do odd things!*

Gattz Gilman: Sorry kiddos, and this looked like it was such a friendly town
Jill Caldera runs inside and steals a piece of bread
Gattz Gilman: O.O *starts the engine*
 LilRune Resident facepalms
Jennah Jinx: Oh my Gosh!
 Jill Caldera takes a piece of bread
 Gattz Gilman: Hurry honey!
 LilRune Resident: Jennah gunna be a jailhouse baby
Jill Caldera: stuffs it in her mouth and some for the kids
Jill Caldera: washes her hands quickly
Jennah Jinx: kjsadlksjds
Jill Caldera: feeds the cat
Gattz Gilman: Hurry! Get in the car before she calls the cops!
Jill Caldera: /me talks with her mouth full "UHSHU THANKS FOR THE BREAD"
Jennah Jinx: and you wonder why i  am a villain
Jill Caldera: takes some out and passes it to the kids
LilRune Resident: book it Daddy
  Jennah Jinx takes the bread but can't eat from laughing
 Jennah Jinx: Oh my Gosh! did this really just happen
LilRune Resident: Oh this is sourdough bread
 Jill Caldera: I HEAR COPS
Jennah Jinx: roflll
  Jill Caldera: Gta it!
  LilRune Resident: why is my minmap red and blue blinkin


I guess the cops were not happy with us and a cop started to chase us! We finally pulled in the driveway of our rented home, which we found on Airbnb. We actually ended up trapped in by the police!

I exited the car as the officer asked and he told us he was giving us a ticket because we were entering someone's house that was not ours. We explained that we rented the house for the night as I was giving birth tomorrow. He was very nasty to us and then all a sudden, I had this bright idea! I may have told him that I was ready to give birth at that moment. Gattz caught on and started helping me with the breathing techniques "Hee Hee, Hoo Hoo, Hee Hee..." the officer dropped his pen and escorted us to the hospital and left us there! The entire hospital was deserted and I realized, I was just hungry ;)

We finally arrived at the diner and we had an amazing pizza between the family! We walked down the street to the marketplace which sold cute little appliances. As we exited the building, someone parked on the sidewalk so we had to go around the car and gaston ran into the street to give us room to walk out. All a sudden, I hear the store owner yell (on voice) "That boy just got hit by the police officer, did you see that". I was shocked but saw my little superhero stand up, then fall down then flap his cape as he stood proudly on one foot! I ran out to see what happened and Gattz went to check on Gaston's foot! The police officer then yelled at US! Told us we were bad parents for allowing our child to run in the street and then all a sudden, I heard her call for back up for an arrest! I immediately called home and talked to Avery, told him I was sending him an uber because I figured someone would have to watch the kids. He arrived an hour later as we fought with the cops!

A bit of chat log:

Stangl Sabra: If your child was in the road, where were ya'll at, and why did you let your child in the road, there's a number of major charges we can bring
AveryScottKensington Resident: Uh oh
 Jill Caldera: OH my child in the middle of a street?
 Jennah Jinx sticks her bubblegum to the police car that ran over her brother's foot
 Jill Caldera: Charge us with what?
LilRune Resident: Where's my Attorney!
Jill Caldera: Lets see....we can charge you - we stopped to find the nearest bathroom because this is the 50th time I had to pee on this trip!
 Jill Caldera: We were blown up by a mine asking for directions
 LilRune Resident: that is true i even offered to let her go behind a tree
 Jill Caldera: Then our lives were risked when a COP was chasing us
 Jill Caldera: THEN we stop to eat
Jill Caldera: and my son gets his foot run over
 Stangl Sabra: Evade Police, got it!
 Jill Caldera: Then I can charge your officer with not looking and seeing a child with BRIGHT YELLOW REFLECTIVE SHIRT ON
Jill Caldera: and running his foot over without an apology
 LilRune Resident: Daddy can you call our FB Friends Sam and Dean Winchester?
AveryScottKensington Resident: Listen, your gunna get hit with all kinds of charges for running over a 3 yr old with your police car, and causing emotional damage to a pregnant woman, not to mention the fact the your hospital that was supposed to be staffed, was not. So lets take it down a step Sir.
 Stangl Sabra: I'm Police, not Medical
 Gattz Gilman: and she just continued driving off. Isn't that a hit and run? Leaving the scene of an accident?
 LilRune Resident still hops on one foot.
 deltacity Resident: I had lights and sirens on I was heading to a fire alarm at the diner
Stangl Sabra: oh, the kid hit by the car....the same one running and walking around, ok, so you weren't watching your children, got it, at those charges
AveryScottKensington Resident: I dont care if you were running to take a poop, you stop for children in the street, or crossing the street, YOU SLOW DOWN.
  Jill Caldera: I HAVE 6 KIDS, 4 WHO HAVE MADE IT TO BE 16 and ONLY ONE was knocked up! I am doing a pretty darn good job
AveryScottKensington Resident: Thanks Mom in Law >.>
 Stangl Sabra: let me get this out of the way right now, since you are pointing everything you've done
 Jill Caldera: HOWEVER a police officer that does not stop and hits my kid
Stangl Sabra: You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney and to have an attorney present during questioning.  If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to you at no cost. During any questioning, you may decide at any time to exercise these rights, not answer any questions or make any statements.
 Stangl Sabra: Do you understand these rights?
Jill Caldera: NO HABLO INGLESE POLICE OFFICER
Stangl Sabra: well, My body cam/recorder says otherwise
Jennah Jinx: mommy you could have tried german
Stangl Sabra: oh, she ain't going by herself, and Child Services will be by for the children
Jill Caldera: OVER MY DEAD BODY
Gattz Gilman: Oh I don't think so
Jennah Jinx: Whaaaaat?
 Jill Caldera: DONT MESS WITH MY KIDS
 Jennah Jinx: I'm innocent!
 Gattz Gilman: Our kids are staying with us
LilRune Resident: Mr Do you know who I am?
 Stangl Sabra: nope, you can't maintain their safety, if you can't keep them out of the road, with a patrol car running lights and sirens
LilRune Resident: I'm batman!
 BabyMickie Sandalwood: Gaston run for it while they aint looking
 Jennah Jinx: he cant run with one foot
 LilRune Resident: You know I know Bruce Wayne right? Well he'll hear about this.
 Stangl Sabra: LIGHTS and SIREN, but you let your kids run in the roads, with LIGHTS and SIRENS heading your way, Is this what you are saying?
Gattz Gilman: We were blocked by a COP CAR blocking the sidewalk

Well the P.S of it all was we ended up in jail for a half hour before being released due to one of their residents paying bond for us! We were able to rent a car and we headed home, where we should have stayed! So tomorrow is a longer drive than expected but hopefully the hotel we are staying at will be worth all of this fuss!

((Best quote of the night....happened while I was in jail when my tummy talker spoke lol.
[2016/05/16 20:12]  Chunky Monkey Baby On Board Mom Hud: 43
[2016/05/16 20:12]  Jill craves a nice juicy pickle
[2016/05/16 20:12]  Jill Caldera: I NEED A JUICY PICKLE PRONTO!))

Well oh boy...I am finally at home and writing about everything that happened last night. The day started out pretty quiet as I waited for our new bedroom furniture and the painter to arrive. That was a little gift I bought for myself on SL Amazon! So the painter came around 3 and painted with safe non-toxic paint with zero vco! Amazing, I loved the new bright gray color!

                                              Here is the before and after!

So as I enjoyed my new room, I thought I should do an album named
                                        "The many faces of bed rest"!

I had to get up anyway because laying on my stomach was not helping the heartburn! I had an appointment with my doctor and I figured it was time to bring in my daughter to double check on her pregnancy test. We were not that surprise that the 1% hope she had on it being a false test, went out the window. She is completely pregnant and the doctor believes it is going to be twins because of all the twins on both my side and the baby father's family!

Here is a photo of the official blood test!

When we arrived home, the tow company came to finally release my Godson's car! Let me just say, no one should mess with a super pregnant lady! With some convincing and maybe a little key scratching on his precious "Laverta" (the name for his truck) , he ran off quickly - allowing Troy to have his car back!

So after all of that, Gattz said it was time to relax and practice breathing techniques for tomorrow's birth! He bought some curtains for the windows, closed them up, lit candles and just laid there with me. The emotions came pouring in. The realization that 10 years ago, we never could have imagined the amazing family we would have had. At times the ebb and flow get very scary and you rack your head trying to be the best parents you can be in hopes that your children have as good of a life as you can give them. Sometimes we fail terribly and we are our biggest critics but Gattz said he believes that is what makes us good parents. We love our children so much. As the day comes to an end, we are struck with the realities that we are bringing in another life into our family - for always.

We leave in a few hours for the hospital across the mainland!

Still on bed rest! Gattz got this picture while I was watching him mow the lawn! I was happy today because he hired someone to come over and do my hair so it would be nice and pretty for the birth! So if you did not read yesterdays blog...you should before I tell you that I needed that pampering! It seems my new son-in-law is moving in!

So in 1 week, on top of my 6 children and a newborn, I will have 2 teenagers living in my attic, one who is pregnant and who will have a broken hand if he touches my daughter again! I can't wait @.@!

Well, we barely slept a wink last night! All we heard was the bass of the speaker to which seemed like it was banging against the house all night! AHH! The poor baby in my belly and my kiddies upstairs seemed to have the same trouble we did. Eventually Gattz passed out while massaging my feet! MEN!

The one thing that stopped me from kicking him off was I already had a midnight snack at Lolita's birthday party...but err..it wasn't for me...it was for the baby *nods*

Morning came and I was up from my tiny nap I took last night while Mr. Snorey was sleeping away at the foot of the bed. Eventually I had to kick him because I peed about 100 times last night. I stumbled out of the bathroom and threw on a dress and went to clean up. The kids left their trash EVERYWHERE! Gaston had to mop up the stones because they were stained with scuff marks!

It looks like the kids had a good time though and my Godson did come help clean up! He took out all this garbage and more and I picked up all the rubber........balloons, that I found, which deflated mostly overnight!

It seems the cops must have driver by and checked on the kids ID's. So...welp, one of them was towed!

I left the best for last...I am going to be a grandmother! I wish this prom night disaster never happened but I know these two will be amazing parents to their child. Oh! Did I mention Dash also got married last night! Oi! Too much for this pregnant mother to handle, so I shall sit back and watch this unfold! At least this bed rest is now interesting as my daughter is punished for the rest of her pregnant life!

Today was prom night for my son Collin and daughter Dash as well as my Godchildren Tinsley and Troy!

After a fun day dress shopping they were off! We rented a limo and hired a DJ for their after party which we agreed to, in our backyard! The setup was hard being so pregnant and all but I did it and I think my baby will be stronger for it! For some reason with this pregnancy, I am feeling much stronger even though I am supposed to be on bed rest - shh!

Look through the photos below! I even had help with cleanup today after I soaked the entire yard in bleach and hosed it down! I even scrubbed the hot tub!