To Josh

Josh is probably boarding his plane to Cuba right now.  The morning started a little shaky.  We had planned on skyping while Josh was waiting for 3 hours in the airport...this being probably the last time Josh and Nathan could see each other since video skype does not seem to work well down in Cuba.  I got Nathan up.  Changed him and got him his bottle and put him on a pillow and put on baby einstein old mcdanold like I do every morning and went back and brushed my teeth and went to the bathroom.  (sorry if tmi)  Came back in the kitchen to make my coffee and heard my phone go off so I thought Josh texted us to say he was ready to skype.  Instead I saw a missed call and voice mail and immediately tried calling him back...2x.  When I couldn't get ahold of him, I checked the message and heard Josh say "I love you and they are boarding us now.  I will call you when I get to Cuba"  So let me preface this with I have been handling him being gone very well.  Mostly because he has been accessible and still in the states.  When I heard this message I lost it.  Could have something to do with just waking up and being emotional...oh yeah and i'm pregnant! :)  Anyway, reality hit and it hit me hard!!!  I was grasping at anything positive with this and coming up short but I was pleading with God to help me trust HIM in this.  The hardest thing was Nathan and Josh not getting this chance to see each other.  Best laid plans right?  


Well...the Lord decided to bless me, Josh, and Nathan (though he has no clue) for no other reason than to just do it.  Josh called as I was sending him a message on facebook and I probably started crying again I was so happy.  (forgive me if this is too much information...I need an outlet) :) Apparently they were boarding the flyers who were families taking a plane hop.  So we got to skype him for about 40 minutes and I will cherish it for the whole time he is gone. :)


I wanted to upload some videos especially for you Josh and of course for the rest of the family to enjoy :)

Josh's hockey team, the New Jersey Devils won their playoff game last night to put them in the Stanley Cup Finals :)  He was a very happy man! 

I love you baby and am sooooooo proud of you. :)

And It's Begun!

Saturday morning was the big day.  We left for the airport around 6:30am and just tried to enjoy our last couple of hours together.  Nathan woke up in a very good mood and was highly entertaining. :)  


When Josh was checking in they asked if we wanted to go the gate with him!  I couldn't believe it!!!  What a blessing.  So Nathan and I headed to the security gate with Josh...I definitely was excited to be able to sit with him at the gate.  We got some breakfast and hung out at the gate. I took some pictures and video of this time:

On Friday we did a little mini shoot with daddy in his uniform.  Here are my favorites :)

Nathan's Baptism

Nathan's baptism was on mother's day, May 13, 2012.  What a very special day it was for us.  Here are some of the pictures that were taken during it.  Unfortunately our video is too big to post on here.

Baby Claire and Our New Adventure

I am going to try this thing called blogging.  I have many reasons for doing this.  One is Josh is leaving in two days and I would love to have a place other than facebook to share things that are going on with the family for him to enjoy.  I guess the second reason is similar but for the rest of our family.  I've never been good at this but i'm excited to try my hand at this.  

Here are the most recent pictures of baby Claire.  We went to the doctors yesterday for my appointment and they allowed us to have another ultrasound so that Josh can see Claire one more time before he leaves.  What a blessing it was for these pictures and for being able to see how active she is.  She smiled for us and was very photogenic. :)