Sunday, August 31, 2008

Baby Girl's Room...she's a bear princess!

Okay for all of you who have been asking for it, here's pictures of her nursery. It's not fully stocked yet, but the big stuff is up and the walls are decorated. Less then 3 months to go!!!



and of course, the view from her room.

We arent doing much this weekend, a lot of relaxing mostly. Baby girl must be on a growth spurt because I've been really sick this weekend :( I even got sick in church. But hey, on the plus side, I'm growing a baby! Happy Labor Day everyone!

Friday, August 29, 2008

Wedding Pictures

Well we finally got our wedding pictures, so now I have a job to do! (putting together the photo album). Sorry I havent posted in so long, I had a lot of job interviews this week. I kept trying on outfits for my poor, unsuspecting husband saying "Does this make me look pregnant?" He didnt know whether to answer yes or no. After many unsucessful interviews (aka, your pregnant, your not getting the job) I finally did get a job and i start in a few weeks. As for pictures of the nursery...I'm getting to that. I broke a drill bit and a picture frame last night, so this weekend my husband is going to fix my mishaps and help me finish decorating. Now, onto more fun stuff!
My parents have an amazing picture similar to this one from their wedding. Their picture turned out really well, though.

The groomsmen, made to do a photo op in the middle of playing hacky sack. The guys had such a hard job that day!

Such beautiful girls...they are the best~! Anyone who can make a pregnant bride-to-be laugh is the best in my book.
The happy couple....minutes after being officially married!
Cant forget the parents! This one is definitely getting blown up and put in our living room.
Isnt that tree behind us amazing?
My hubby's favorite car...
Ha! Lets see Josh do that now!

Cant forget my bros!

Awwwwwww! I miss you baby girl!

This is my favorite picture from the wedding. I think she stole his heart!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Congratulations Josh!!!!!

We just found out that Josh is getting promoted to the rank of Sergeant effective September 1st. He has been trying for this rank for quite a long time now, and its very difficult to obtain this rank in the medical field. I am so happy for him and so proud of him. Sadly...I wont be able to order him around anymore, though, as we will be the same rank.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay

This is Hanauma Bay, where (so far) we have done all our snorkeling. Dont Worry....the water doesnt get very deep and we are each other's snorkel partner always.
Josh and I went snorkeling this past Sunday and brought an underwater camera with us. It actually was a very windy day, so the water was very murky and it was harder to see the fish. The first time we went the water was crystal clear (wish we would have brought the camera then!). We both really love snorkeling and we plan to do it a lot (its free with Hawaii state ID) so we will get better, clearer pictures in the future. So anyways, here are some of the pictures from a few days ago.


This is the sea turtle we swam with for awhile...just brought his head above water.



Hawaii state law prohibits touching them....but its still amazing to swim side by side with them.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Even Nash loves the view...

In the middle of painting baby girl's room we checked on Nash, only to find him in our room, looking out the bedroom window. See....even dogs can appreciate how beautiful it is here!
Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Johnston for this beautiful crib! Mom & Dad, we know that Miss _______ will love this...and we love it.....so thank you for buying her the crib!

Thank you Grandpa and Grandma Hathway for this beautiful dresser! Its huge, which is great because we have lots of baby clothes. We love it! Thank you :)
On that note, we just wanted to mention how absolutely blessed we have been with our family and friends genorosity. Chris and Carolynn Johnston gave us quite a few things for the baby, as well as Dave and Wendy Johnston. We also appreciate all the cards and gifts we have gotten from friends and family, this baby girl is already on her way to being spoiled!

Sunday, August 17, 2008

26 Weeks

Baby girl is so active now, and responds to daddy talking to her and rubbing my belly. A few nights ago she actually went on a kick rampage while he was touching my stomach. We are so excited to meet her...less than 100 days to go!
Isnt this the cutest shirt ever?
This is what I call nesting! This weekend, we painted her room on Saturday and Sunday. We also have a lot of her furniture in boxes so I think thats what we will be doing this week. I am also feverishly looking for a job so wish me luck! (uh....going to the beach every day does not count as a job!)

My husband....I know I say it a lot, and I know we are newlyweds...but he really is the greatest. He kept telling me, "just sit and relax honey, I'll do all the painting. Just watch me to make sure I'm doing it the way YOU want it."
I just want to share this funny story. Those of you who have lived in Army housing or less then perfect housing may sympathize with this. First of all, in most of our place the walls are made up of exposed cement brick, painted white. So my husband and I are hanging pictures this weekend. We get everything lined up, drill the holes in the cement brick wall and hang the pictures. Only to find out, upon looking at it, that everything is crooked. So we look at our measurements, pull the handy dandy laser level out, and find our measurements were perfect. So we contemplate what the heck went wrong, and are going crazy trying to figure it out....and then, we find out that the cement bricks are actually crooked! So even if you hang something straight, the wall sort of is an optical illusion. Hang it straight and level, it looks crooked because of the lines of the brick. So we had to go back, hang all our pictures crooked, but it actually looks right. Weird.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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......)

Sunday, August 10, 2008

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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Saturday, August 9, 2008

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!!!!!!

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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!

Friday, August 1, 2008

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.