2 Years in the Navy

Last week, I had the privilege of pinning my husband with his new LTJG insignia. He was promoted from an Ensign to a Lieutenant Junior Grade in the United States Navy. I am so proud of all that he has accomplished in these last two years as a Naval Officer and am so blessed to be his wife. I was so delighted to be there with him and support him. This ceremony also marked another momentous occasion- the first time baby was left at the babysitters. In her first six months of life, she has been watched by family members a total of three times and the babysitters once. Thankfully, they said that she was most well behaved the whole time.

Pinning on his LTJG insignia

On his ship's deck

Here I am pinning on his SWO pin in June 2008.


Do you see the baby bump? I was 16 weeks pregnant. One difference I noticed between these pictures and the current ones is N's glasses. No more thanks to his PRK!

Here we are (along with his grandfather) on his Commissioning day in May 2007. This was his first pinning.
The ceremony took place in the beautiful Union League of Philadelphia.

We were 16 and 18 years old respectively in this picture. It was taken right after his orientation week ceremony for his NROTC unit in college in September 2002. Have any clue where he went to college?

Memorial Day 2009

This Memorial Day, I was delighted to be able to spend with my sailor and our daughter. Besides being a day to celebrate who N is, it also happened to be baby's 6th month birthday. What a perfect day to go out on a family getaway! We spent the day in Colonial Williamsburg and greatly appreciated the free admission for military families. It was such a wonderful day.


My family in front of the Governor's Palace.

Inside the "Palace." Seeing my husband carry the baby around in her carrier was just precious.
The back of the palace. This crest is really beautiful. While inside our tour guide thanked all the military members and their families, and I started to tear up. Having two friends with currently deployed husbands, daily reminds me of the heartbreak of being a military wife.
Daddy and daughter outside of a general store
My family with an actor outside of the Capital building.
Melts my heart
Big smiles for Daddy
Remember that you can click on these pictures to enlarge them. I love that about blogger.


This week baby is competing in a little contest to win free portraits. Check out our little sailor #27. How cute she looks!

Visiting Friends and Family

Last week, baby, husband, and I had a wonderful time visiting friends and family back home. We were up for a cousin's wedding. It was so wonderful to see so many friends and family members. It was delightful visiting around and introducing a few to Mia for the very first time, but I was sad not to be able to meet up with a few friends because of our crazy schedules. We will just have to make another visit soon.

My Family


Cousins

How many men does it take to carry a baby and her bag?
A dear beautiful friend


I love little girls in white.

A sweet friend took several pics of the babe in her son's nursery. Thank you, MJ. I love her pram. This one is the silly one of the bunch because her little foot is sticking out. so cute.

looking at mamma
baby toes

baby hands