Twas the Night Before Moving...

Just a few pics of the night before I left. Dad made "Holiday" dinner because I won't be here for the holidays this year :( Riley and Judy came over and brought a yummy dessert! Kerriann and Jason got a little carried away with the chocolate pie :) Anna and Shelby are getting SO big! I'm really going to miss my neices and nephews and all of the growing they are going to do!!!

Moving to Washington

Packing/Moving Day!! October 13th we packed up all our stuff and off it went to Washington!





The moving truck parked in front of Mom and Dad's house. We had a few things here to be picked up first...then we headed over to the storage unit. This is where the majority of our stuff was located...and the majority of it needed to be packed!



Kokinda's don't do anything without a crowd! Emily, Gabby, Katie, and Galina joined me at the storage center while the movers finished packing our things in the truck. The movers enjoyed the show :)



Off it goes...all that's left now is me and the dogs!

My Wonderful Mom and Sisters Threw me a Baby Shower

Preparing for Baby Julius!



Emily made this beautiful cake and we love the owls!



Kerriann and Erin were in charge of food, we had white chili and
red chili and lots of other delicious treats! Kerriann found this
recipe for little owl faces, too cute!!



Me and Granny (#9 on the way!)


Playing the lovely "Guess How Big the Belly Is" game! We
had two winners because they were literally the same size
ribbon! Congratulations Aunt Jean and Cynthia Johnson!


Opening presents...always fun! Katie is on the webcam sitting
in the chair. I'm so glad Sonja and Johnny were able to hook
up the wireless internet for us so Katie could be in on the fun!
This is what Nick and I look like as owls....sooo cute!!!

Finally I just want to say thank you to everyone for sharing in this
exciting time for Nick and I! We are so happy to be having our first
child and can't wait to welcome him into the world! Love you all!!!

Nicholas is home!!!

So, Nicholas graduated from Submarine school in Groton, CT on Sept. 11! After a short delay in orders he was able to finally come home on Sept. 16...and this is what greeted him :) I was very excited for him to see the belly in person!! He waited until that evening to tell me where we are going and for those of you who don't know...we have orders to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington! Nicholas reports there on Sept. 30 and I will hopefully be following about 3 weeks later.

Nick's Graduation Weekend- May 29-30

Graduation Day!!!!

Yay for Nicholas! These are a few pictures of the graduation ceremony...all very boring until Nicholas came in and I had someone to stare at :)

The drumline would have been really entertaining...unfortunately I hadn't seen Nicholas yet and I was not interested in listening to them...bring in the recruits already!!!!

Finally they arrived!! Evelyn and I were able to pick him out...Linda said she never could find him :(

Division 208...Nicholas is there but it's kind of hard to explain...so...

Nick and his Grandma Linda

This was the best hug ever!!!

My sailor...looking so handsome!

Eating some civilian food: Taco Bell and Pizza Hut!

The Volo Car Museum, Nicholas chose this place obviously!

The Flinstone Car

Nick also wanted to go to Six Flags...we had a lot of fun! The roller coasters were as fun as ever! We both enjoy riding new rides!

And the surprise is...

We're expecting!! I have added the baby ticker to the blog...so, now you all can keep up with our progress :) I haven't gone to the doctor yet, but will post pics as soon as I get them! I'm feeling very good, just nauseous when I get hungry...saltine crackers remedy that situation very quickly and then I can eat whatever. I am planning on walking atleast 3 times a week and working out my arms! I want to stay in good shape...let me know if you guys know any good ways to do that! So, that's that for now.
Nick is at Boot Camp right now but will be graduating on May 29th! He will then head off to A-school and then probably submarine school. That could be flip-flopped, but I probably won't know for sure until it happens. He is doing well. I have received several letters and spoken to him once about two weeks ago. I miss him very, very much!!
Right now I'm working at Southwest Middle school and ready for summer! :) Check out the Fox's blog to see some pics of my graduation...

In the NAVY

So we had a little cake for Nick on Sunday. Mom made it and I think the whole point was so we could sing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" since we didn't sing it at dinner the other night :)

Monday morning we had our little photo shoot of Nick before taking off to the recruiter station. Yes, he is joining th Navy and not the NBA....I'm afraid he will never look the part!

Grandma Linda and Nick's mom, Evelyn. Nick was kind of worried about saying goodbye to them...they all did very well hiding the tears!

Here's his goodbye party. We were planning to say goodbye to Nick and then go eat lunch but we ended up having a lot more time, so after saying goodbye one time, Nick's mom and grandma left, then we went to Chick-fil-a with Kerriann, Mom and the girls, then we waited some more, then Mom and Kerri left, and then I finally left at about 2:30. Nick left around 3:00. It was hard but now I can start counting down the days until I see him again!!