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Here are the pictures that go with the updates! I forgot to mentions that my dad got us a car seat for Joe's truck. He loves it and put it in as soon as he got home.

Updates!

Well Joe is on his way back from his last cross country flight. He is nearing the end of flight school now. Mike has added rice cereal to his diet. He thinks it's the best. My Dad and Wendy came to visit this weekend. We had a good time just hanging out. My Dad's birthday was on Sunday. Ol'47. I made him a cake to celebrate. Training is going fine. There are 4 5k races coming up in the next month. I think we're going to enter a few of them for practice! This past weekend was also the start of lots of visitors!! yay! I love that time. Abbie should be coming down around the 6th of March. Then my family will be coming around the 1st week of April. Next I believe Joe's family will be coming around mid April for his winging and then off we go to our next destination! We will find out where that will be when we get a little closer to the end. So, I hope everyone is doing well. Hopefully the snow and ice will be gone soon and spring will brighten up your days! If not, just come visit! Bye!

First Week

Well Joe and I are at the end of one full week of training. We started last Thursday. So far it's going pretty well. Of course he's in much better shape than I am, but each run is getting easier and longer. So far the longest is 3 miles, but our long run this week is 4. I'm crossing my fingers that I don't lose a lung. Michael just loves it. He rides along in the stroller while we run on the trail. He thinks it's a blast. It's the only time he will forget that he's not eating! We might have to invest in one of those running stollers though. I'm not sure how long this one will last. It's not meant to be driven at a high rate of speed. Sometimes the wheels lock up and Joe gets embarrassed because it makes him stumble a little:) Poor guy, he has to push because I can barely get myself through the workout, let alone me and a stroller! Ok, well that's the latest! I hope everyone is surviving the cold! Not too much longer and spring will be here!

Go Colts!!

We got a package in the mail today from my mom. It had great Colts gear for us.
We will be watching the game is style! Go Colts!

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Shots!!!

Today was Michael's 8 week visit to the doctor. Unfortunately for him that meant shots! Yuck! He didn't cry after the first one, but then he realized what was happening and continued to cry for the rest of our visit. He's in the normal range for height, weight and head circumference. He now weighs 12 lbs 15 oz and is 23 inches long. I figured I would put new pictures up since it's been a little while.

Beach Baby!

Today Joe and I decided to go down to Pensacola Beach. It was a really nice day. The waves were huge and it was about 75. There were actually surfers out today despite the red flag conditons! Michael had a good time. He even ate his lunch on the Pier.

New Pics of Michael!

Michael had his first bath in the tub this weekend. He seemed to like it. Good thing since he's got a bad habit of spitting up and going to the bathroom all over the place!

Surprise!

The surprise party for Joe went really well. He had no idea even though I had gotten a little sloppy hiding it near the end! I didn't get a chance to take many pictures, but a friend of mine caught him when he just got home. It's funny because he has an armload of baby stuff! He's a regular Mr. Mom!

Our Chirstmas Tree

We went a few days after Thanksgiving to get out tree. That was hunt! Good Christmas trees are hard to find around here and trees that are a reasonable price are even harder. We finally found this tree at a church in a town near ours. There was only one place in Milton(where we live) to get them and they were between $80 and $150! Whoa! Joe was scouting trees along the side of the road for a while. No luck there either!

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Michael is Here!!!

Michael finally arrived on November 29th. He weighed in at 8lbs 8oz. A lot of people think he looks like his Dad, but you can decide for yourself. We are so sorry for anyone who didn't receive pictures. We tried to send them to everyone on Saturday, but a lot of them didn't go through. After a lot of work by his Mom, he finally joined us outside the belly at 4:58pm. Joe thought the one of him with no clothes on was so funny because he looks like he's a rapper.

Happy Halloween!

Tonight we carved pumpkins with our neighbors Bob and Allison. Joe got really brave and decided to carve letters. I thought we were surely headed for disaster, but it turned out really well! He had to hide the halloween candy today. I just couldn't stop eating it! He was afraid that we might run out before halloween and wouldn't have any for the kids in the neighborhood. He was probably right, but it's always a bad idea to take candy away from someone who is 9 months pregnant!

Fleet Fly In

Hey everyone! I hope you're having a good week. This week was fleet fly in week on base. The Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Gaurd bring in all of their air craft for the students to see and ride in. I thought you might be interested in seeing the helicopters that Joe could end up flying. The Marines have 4, the 46, 53, Cobra and Huey. Those are the only pictures I took. We were short on day light and they were the most important.
The other Marines in the pictures are Bob(our neighbor) and Ethan (Joe's friend). They both just moved back here from Corpus. If you're here for Thanksgiving, you'll get to meet them!

FYI

Hey everybody. I hope you are all doing well. Taryn-The invitations to the baby shower lookm great. Thank you so much. I wanted to tell you guys that I held my first class and it went really well. We had a great time. My second one is tomorrow so I'm crossing my fingers that this one is just as good. I haven't started my online parties yet, but I think that will go over well. Joe ran a 5K this morning. He said it went pretty well. Tonight he's having poker night at our house. That should be interesting. Our friend Brian Miller is visiting from Meridian Mississippi. He's flying jets over there. So, I guess that's it. I hope everybody has a great weekend. I CAN'T WAIT TO COME HOME!!!! I'm so excited.
Ok, Bye!

Last Shot

Here's the last photo of the baby's room. We picked up the lamp today. I hope everybody has a great weekend!

Funny Thing...

Right after I put up the last post the baby store called and said the lamp was in. I guess I'll be putting up new revised pics when we pick that up tomorrow. I also noticed after I posted the pictures that some of those planes are really crooked! I will fix those tomorrow as well!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TARYN!!!!! I hope tomorrow is a great day for you!

Baby's Room!

We finally put up some of the finishing touches to the baby's room. I thought I would post some pictures. We are waiting on a lamp that we ordered so it's not quite finished, but it's close. This weekend Joe and I went to the beach and we saw a bunch of dolphins. They were swimming so close to the shore. It was really cool. Also, I wanted to share some of the purchases Joe has made. He's been shopping online for baby clothes! Hilarious!!

Visitors!

So far the family has been in town since Wednesday. We have done a lot of fun stuff. We went to Navarre beach for the day. We went bowling(Allie's favorite), to the water park, to the aquarium and to the pool. The guys went golfing today. Cole decided it was way too hot around the 5th hole. We also went shopping for baby furniture! Yay! Everyone was so nice and helped put everything together. It looks great thanks to all of their hard work! Mom has been busy in the kitchen. She made us a big fried chicken dinner the other night and tonight she is making a lot of Joe's favorites. This is only the beginning. We still have a few more days left so I will post more photos at the end of the week!!!

Baby Nate

I posted earlier that Natalie had her baby. Here's baby Nate. He was born on July 19th!