Thanks Dave & Wendy!

We just wanted to thank Dave and Wendy for giving us the bassinet. We really appreciate it, and we love you and miss seeing you all the time! We spent the last couple of days putting it together. Well, I spent the first night putting it together, without directions, and couldnt quite finish it. So the next day, my loving husband finished it for me. It's so great, it even has a remote control to play music, lights and make it vibrate! (although....I cant find the remote.....it must have gotten misplaced in the move......)

The Ocean............

We finally made it to the beach again, this time with Nash. And just in case you are wondering, yes, he is wearing a lifevest, and yes, I did start a sentence with the word "And." But seriously, the undertow can be pretty strong sometimes, and he is so adventurous that this is the best way to protect him. Yes, we do love and spoil him.

The first time Nash went in the ocean....he sure wasnt afraid at all. He really likes to splash, it amazes me that he actually knows how to splash and does it on purpose when people are around.

Gorgeous huh? The scenery......

Josh wrote this for me.....and then, of course, the waves quickly washed it away......

i took this picture on the drive out. its by hanama bay, where we snorkel.

Ha ha Josh took this video of me and Nash playing. What a sweetheart!

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New Car

This is our new family car. 2001 Dodge Durango Sport. And not that I care much, but it has a dual exhaust and quite a sound system. I know from personal experience that Metallica blasts very, very well in it. I'm sure baby girl _ _ _ _ _ _ _ will love that!!!!!!!

Yes, I know. The dog is showing off the car for us. I had no other way to do it. Unless you know how to teach a dog to take pictures! but come on, admit it, Nash is still a little cutie pie. and he's a good boy. yes he is. does he want a treat, oh come here boy. (sorry....treat time)

ahhh.....you gotta love Army housing. especially when the lanai is filled with moving boxes (someone call the movers already and have them pick the boxes up!!!! -oh wait, thats my job) this is the back of our house. i guess its a six-plex? could someone correct me on this? its six townhouses all in one LONG building. because what we really think its called sounds kind of innapropriate. just think, two apartments is a duplex, four apartments would be a quad plex, so what do you call six?

And finally, another lovely view from our backyard. Now, seriously, I hope we are off to the ocean to do some swimming. The last 4 times this was planned something happened and we couldnt go. I am putting my foot down today. I want waves!!!!!!!!!

I promise I will post more pictures soon....and try to give more updates....but seriously....there's no baby yet, so anything I want to post isnt really that exciting. She moves a lot now, and she responds by kicking me when i tap my stomach. i'd like to think she is saying "love you mommy," but i really think she is saying "hey, crazy lady, i'm trying to sleep leave me alone!" HA! Mommy and Daddy's attitude already!

We are good. Wish you all could be here!!!!!!

Swimming again

Josh doing all the hard work while Nash eagerly awaits......

This is Rachel and Molokei. Our neighbors puppies. They swam with Nash. I swam too...but with two puppies and a playful Nash in the water, it was kind of hard for me to get much water time.

The video below might be a little much...but I thought it was cute. We dont have any cute kid videos to show yet. Tomorrow hopefully we are taking Nash to the ocean. Right now, I have to go because we are doing a barbeque with some of our neighbors. Aloha!

August Baby Picture, 23 weeks

This is my 23 week picture. Or my 21 week. Or 22. Depending on who you ask.

Enjoy your weekend everyone! We are going to try to bring Nash to the ocean, again. Last weekend the beach we were told was dog friendly wasnt so dog friendly, with "no animals allowed" signs posted everywhere.

Our View

This is the view from our backyard.

and of course, the beautiful sunset we see everyday. Lately Josh and I play basketball for an hour before sunset so we are forced to watch the sun go down. I know, twist my arm, right.

Swimming with Nash

Okay...here is my baby swimming......he is so spoiled~! We are getting a bigger pool though....this one isnt big enough for him to create havoc. He likes to run and slide.....
you know what. just go ahead and say it. i look like that and i'm not quite 6 months along? i dont know what is up. i've even begun eating healthy and working out. finally, the nausea has slowed down enough so i can stomach eating healthy! and i'm still that size. maybe its just me getting used to being pregnant.......

Nash is totally a water dog, if you havent seen him in action. he will stay in water constantly if we let him. he runs and plays and splashes people and dunks himself. its awesome. hopefully we are going to take him to the ocean this weekend. Anyways, here is him playing....and the pictures look all weird because Josh is standing behind a screen taking pictures. He wasnt in a swimming mood. Like I said, if you are in the AO, Nash will soak you.

Hawaii Pictures

I promised pictures so here are pictures. Most of these were taken a few weekends ago, when we got adventurous and drove out to one side of the island to see what we could find.

The picture taken below is Hanama Bay. This is the most popular place to go snorkeling. We were there for an entire afternoon, and we saw tons of fish. I really cant even explain it. We even swam next to a huge sea turtle and swam alongside it for awhile. And for those of you scared of the ocean (I was) its relatively shallow and the "safe" swimming/snorkeling areas are bouyed off, we stayed in this area. That was at my urging.

Us right when we got to the beach. I know, I know, we are a unbelievably cute couple and we are destined to have an amazingly beautiful baby.

While driving on the coastline we broke down and had to stop to go swimming. It was all too beautiful to simply just take pictures of. The water is so clear when you get in you can see your toes.

I broke down and bought a bikini since I see lots of women here pregnant with bikinis. When in Rome........ As beautiful as this beach is, the waves are actually really violent. We swam here for a few hours but ended up leaving because the water was rough.

These next two were taken while we drove to Hanama Bay to go snorkeling. As you can see, the coast here is breathtaking.

Another picture taken of beautiful Hawaiin scenery.

This picture was taken one of our last nights in Waikiki, at a place called Senior Frogs. The atmosphere is incredible, and we had one of our best nights so far here.

My husband is "drinking for two." Lol. Had to enjoy Waikiki a little......

This was the view from our Hotel room (that the Army paid for). We were about a block away from the beach. I'd say I did pretty good in finding us a hotel to stay for ten days :)

Okay well the movers are coming today with all of our stuff, so I'm sure the next week or two will be busy with us unpacking and putting together our house. We love you and miss you!

Baby Pictures

Here are the sonogram pictures......as you can see, this one is our little girl's head. We got a total of five pictures in all but some of them arent that good. If you havent heard about the ultrasound it took about 45 minutes to complete. First, the good Doc wanted pictures of the baby's heart...So the baby put her left hand on her heart. no pictures. Then the Doc wanted pics of the baby's head. So the baby put her left hand on her head. no pictures. Then she stuck her fist in her mouth. Finally, it took the full 45 minutes, really, to get her to show us her gender. But alas...she did.

This next one is the baby's brain, and she is looking at us. It's amazing all the things you can see on an ultrasound these days! We actually could see the four chambers of the heart. I want an ultrasound machine!!!!!!!!

This last picture is her with three fingers up. And FYI, the baby inherited mommy's long second toe. Lol.

Its a Girl!!!!!!!!!!

We found out Thursday that we are expecting a baby girl, my due date is end Nov/early Dec (they keep changing my due date). We couldnt be happier. I know Josh hasnt stopped smiling since we found out (and you thought he had a big smile when I walked down the aisle!) and I am already working on decorating the baby's room. Think Pink. Grandpa Johnston shared with us just how special little girls are (sniffle) and daddy is already worried about how his spoiling his daughter will affect his checkbook. lol. Men are such suckers for little baby girls, right!

I know you all want to see Hawaii and preggo pics. I will post those this weekend. In the meantime, its great to be back online and enjoy your weekend. And FYI, love to hear from all of you, just remember Hawaii is five hours behind central time, three behind Arizona.

Playing Catch up

Hanging out in Big Bear Lake, California

we went with Josh's parents, George and Lela.

Riding bikes...weather was gorgeous, scenery was gorgeous (including my husband!)

Another picture in cali.

Chillin on the boat.

This is my friend Vivian on her wedding day. She was one of my best friends in San Antonio. We attended her wedding right before we left.

Andy, Vivian and their daughter Lauren.