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We are extremely blessed! J and I have been happily married for 4 years and continue to grow and learn more about each other everyday(you would think after knowing each other for over 15 years there wouldn't be anything else to learn)!! Josh is currently a submarine officer in the Navy. We just finished up our shore duty in Monterey, CA and SOAC(dept.head school) in Groton, CT and are now living in Virginia for a short while where Josh is the ENG on the Tennessee. We will be moving to Georgia with in the next year and couldn't be more excited! While Josh is busy on the submarine I am busy raising our two sweet little girls Adah and Michaela! We love being parents and watching our sweet baby girls grow, change, and learn each day! Can't forget about our first "children"...our crazy cats Izzy and Ollie! We have been blessed with the best friends and family in the world. We can't wait to see what God has in store for us in the coming years!

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Back by popular demand....

Okay....maybe not popular demand....but two of my favs did request that I post today for Sunday song of the week....so I decided to post all the songs that we sang this morning at church since you lovely ladies did not have church due to snowy weather. There are several on here by David Crowder Band...which I find cool b/c they are the worship leaders at the church I attended occasionally in Waco, Tx during college. Hope you all enjoy....most of them were new to me....but then again I don't ever listen to the radio....but some of them may be repeats to you guys.....new or old I hope you enjoy! Have a great Sunday...Josh and I are off to Lover's Point to enjoy the beautiful weather we are having here and have a picnic with our friends Rob and Amanda!

Wish we could be in Connecticut celebrating with the Calton's at Kyle's Welcome home party! We are glad that you are home Kyle! We miss you guys!

Oh Praise Him by David Crowder Band




You make everything Glorious by David Crowder Band




Only You by David Crowder Band



None but Jesus by Hillsong



Pure by Kari Jobe

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Baby Bedding.....

Josh and I decided on the bedding for our little one....well actually we decided on it before we knew if we were going to have a little boy or a little girl. Josh is really big on having gender neutral things since we do plan on having another kid...which is fine....cause then we can reuse things...and we will just buy gender specific cloths.....so we went with the Alphabet Soup collection from babies R us. It got great ratings buy consumer reports and baby bargains.....and I love the bright primary colors. Since we don't have windows in our rooms here but sliding glass doors instead....my aunt made us the CUTEST curtains to match(thank you aunt Kathy)! We have the curtains and they are hung up....I was too excited and wanted to make sure that they fit....Here is a picture of the bedding and the curtains.....I will keep you posted as we start to decorate more.....enjoy.....

This is an close-up on the top of the curtains...they have alphabet squares to match the bedding..
The lettering goes across the top at each tap.....
There are perfect...the are just long enough....and the red gingham print goes great....
Here is a sample picture of the bedding off the website...This is the furniture that we got too.....the bed and the dresser/changer combo...we decided not to get the armour right now....we don't really have the space and can always get it later if we really want.....

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Decisions......

Since my 6 week yoga class ended right before Christmas I have been trying to decide if I wanted to sign up for another 6 week session or try something new. I started to research different things and found several water aerobics classes at the local sports center. You don't have to have a membership and you can just pay monthly for the class only depending on how many times a week you want to go. So for Monterey City residents it is only $30 for an 8 session punch card...which means that I can go 2 times a week for a month...and keep renewing it each month that I want to go.....they offer both morning and evening classes and one saturday class....and you can just go at whatever time you want from week to week! How exciting is that! I am super excited to get started but when I tried on all 1 million of the bathing suits I own...not one will fit or the bikinis that do fit don't look too hot on me anymore...so I have been searching all day for a maternity swimsuit....and they are EXPENSIVE! So after lots of searching I finally found one that was reasonable....so I ordered it and hope that it will be here by early next week so that I can go and sign up and get started on my workouts!

Here is a description of the class that I will be taking...oh and I got my friend Amanda to go with me:

H2O Basics: Shallow-water aerobics emphasizing cardiovascular
conditioning and strengthening using water resistance. Swimming
proficiency is not required.

Here is a picture of my HOT(except not) maternity swimsuit.....it doesn't so the exact color...it is a bit brighter green and brown:


Back in Cali

Just wanted to post a quick update. We made it back to California from Texas on Tuesday night! It was a long day of traveling but we finally got back to our house at 10pm. Our wonderful cats are both still alive (surprisingly) after 7 days of being alone....that is why I love cats more than dogs....I just put out a bunch of food and several bowls of water.....lots of litter and your done....and they didn't mess up anything!

We had a great time in Texas getting to see everyone and hang out for what will be the last time with out a baby....kinda crazy to think about...but we are so excited for her to be there! Some family and close friends threw us a little shower while we were there since we won't be back....and we got a lot of cute cloths...toys...and gift cards! Special thanks to my sister Ashley...sister in law Lindsay....my Aunt Kathy....Mrs. Jordan....and Josh's step mom LouAnn for throwing us such a great shower! Thank you ladies so much! We love you!

Needless to say our little girl is already doing pretty good on cloths.....Josh was so cute the day we found out....we went over to the mall after the sonogram and he just took off on his own and started picking out outfits for his little girl...it was so cute....you would have thought I would have been the one doing that but....he is so so excited!

Josh started school today...he is in his 3rd quarter....which means he only has 3 more to go after this! Crazy! He is going to be super busy this year....with school...getting ready for the baby....he has to pick a topic and start on his thesis....and he also joined a club soccer team...they had their first practice yesterday! He is so excited about finding a team and getting to play again....I am excited for him too...now maybe I won't have to watch it on TV as much and can just go watch him play...:)

I better get to work....first day back in over a week.....I bet it is going to be SLOW! Oh and I almost forgot...we had another doctors appointment yesterday and everything looked great.....he took all the babies measurments...and she is going to be a tall one...she is measuring a week and a half ahead of where she should be when he measured her leg...putting her in the 87.5%!!! Everything else is about average....the only concern he has is that I have a low lying placenta....so if it doesn't move I could end up having to have a C-section.....he is concerned that it may move and cover the opening of my cervix....so just pray that it moves up and around and way from my cervix!

Have a good week!