My family

I was just talking to Patrick's grandma and she was telling me it would be nice if I posted some pictures of my family so everyone in Patrick's family could see them.  So thats what my post will be about. =]


These are my parents, Mike and Sally.  This picture isn't the best quality since it's from my phone but I happen to love it! (thankfully my dad doesn't have that beard anymore. haha)



This is my brother Matthew and my sister in law Kimberly.  They've been married for a few years and they both work in the education system.





This is my brother's son, Lucas!  He is about a year and a half.  He's such a doll!  He's a big guy and super smart.




This is me and Lucas when he was alot younger.  I definitely see some similarities between him and Lucy!






Hmmmm, thats all I can really find right now.  I'll have to try and scan some of my baby pictures at my parents house so you can see how much Lucy looks like Patty and not me! haha  And of course, here's a couple pics of Lucy from today!

First Post!

Well, with me and Patrick living pretty far from most of our family and having a beautiful new baby, I thought it would be a good idea to start a blog so I could update everyone one whats going on in our lives.  And for pictures of course. =]

Where to start....Patrick just re-enlisted in the Marine Corps!  I'm very proud of him and he's doing great at his new unit.  Hopefully he will be promoted to Ssgt some time next year.  So far, it's looking like he will be deploying in October which we are so not looking forward to.  Right now, it's looking like he will be here for Lucy's first birthday, but knowing the marine corps, it can always change.  We're keeping our fingers crossed!

Lucy is almost 4 months old now!  Last week, she sat up for the first time unassisted.  Of course I was sitting right next to her since after 10 seconds she started to fall, but I was pretty proud. =]   She was weighed and measured yesterday.  She weighs 15lbs 4oz and she's 25in long.  She's right on track with where she should be!  You would think that with that weight she'd be growing out of her clothes quickly, but she's just like daddy...long and skinny!  She's still wearing some of her 0-3 clothes and her 3 month stuff.

As I write this, Lucille is laying here by me, "talking" away.  It's funny because if you're not looking directly at her, she'll start cooing and it will start to sound more and more shrill until you look at her.  And as soon as you do, it's all smiles. haha

And me?  Well I'm just staying home with Lucy still.  I've been filling my time with all things Lucille.  Which includes making her bows (it can be expensive to buy them!), taking pictures, and just lovin on her all day.  As long as we're doing fine, I'll most likely stay at home with her until he returns from his deployment.  After he comes back and we spend time together as a family, I'll be going back to work (at one of the child development centers on base) and she'll also be going into a center.  It'll be interesting!


And here's some pictures for today of my little baby: