James Promotion

James got promoted this past week from a 2LT to a 1LT. I am very proud of him, and glad that I was able to be there to put his new rank on him!

Hawaii Baby Shower

Yesterday we had our baby shower here in Hawaii. Thanks to my good friend Lindsey who put the whole thing on for us (a little over a week after she gave birth to her third son!). We are so greatful to her and her family for being such good friends but also because eventhough she definatly has her hands full with 3 boys and is still "recovering" from giving birth she was still willing to give us a shower in honor of little Connor. We had so many good friends show up for the shower and I want to thank all of them too. We are so blessed and honored to have so many friends when we are so far away from home. I know that they will all be such a great help both physically and emotionally during James' year long deployment. Its kinda funny how the Army really brings people closer together, and is like a big family! We really got a lot of cute stuff, and stuff that we needed yesterday!

Today we went to Babies R Us and got the rest of the stuff from our registry that we didnt get and really needed. This was something that James wanted to do before he left so he could see mostly everything we have for the baby.

Just a couple pics from the shower - you can check out facebook for the rest!

Lindsey and I

3 Year Anniversary!

Wow, I cant believe it has already been 3 years of marriage. Time has really flown by! Three years ago if you had asked us where we would be now I definatly wouldnt have thought we would be living in Hawaii and expecting our first child. But I love it! I am greatful that we live here in paradise and we are so blessed to be bringing a child into this world.

On our anniversary we went to eat in Haleiwa on the North Shore at a restaurant called Jamesons by the Sea. The location was great, we were right on the beach and got to watch the sunset as we dined. The food was good, but not worth the money we spent on it...it was by far the most expensive meal we have EVER eaten in 4 years of being together! But we enjoyed it. After dinner we went and sat on the beach to finish watching the sunset and then we went to Scoop of Paradise to get some ice cream :) that was this pregnant womans one request for our anniversary! haha! Here are a few pics of us on the beach

James got me this bracelet for our anniversary. It is a "deployment bracelet". It has his name on it and a couple of charms for me to wear during his deployment. I thought it was really pretty and very thoughtful of him. If any of you are interested in getting one just let me know and I can send you the lady's info!

Adventures

The past week we have been quite adventurous. We went kayaking to a little island off the coast, James took surf lessons, and this weekend we went camping! A lot of people say Im crazy for doing all these outdoors, adventurous things, while 8+ months pregnant but James has 2 weeks off before his deployment and we are trying to make the best of our time together. So the way I see it is that as long as its safe, if its something he wants to do before he deploys to combat I will be right by his side. And, we have had a great time on all of our adventures!! I am not usually an outdoorsy kind of girl, in fact shortly after we got married we went on a canoe trip and I am surprised our marriage survived that trip haha! I am what he calls a "girly girl" so I complain a lot when I get hot/dirty/etc. But surprisingly, big fat pregnant and all, I did not once complain or get mad, it was really a wonderful time! I think I may actually enjoy being outdoors, or maybe its just that I enjoy spending time with my husband? Either way, it was a good time, and I just wanted to share a few pics from our adventures so far! I dont know what next week will have in store!

James and I kayaking

Gizmo getting ready to kayak!

the island we went to

James and gizmo snuggling on the couch