Easter!

Julius had a great first Easter...or at least we thought it was pretty fun! We colored six eggs, just enough to make some delicious egg salad with! Julius thought Daddy's arm was more appealing than the eggs :) We bought Julius or should I say the Easter Bunny brought him, a really cool Very Hungry Caterpillar toy and he absolutely loves it! He is figuring out all of it's cool features. I also set up a little photo shoot with his Easter outfit from Great-Grandma Linda!

Sweet Home North Carolina

Nick decided he would take leave for 10 days and so we decided to go home for a quick visit! We took a redeye flight on Monday, March 22 and got home early Tuesday, March 23. We flew into Wilmington so we didn't have a long ride but I did get a little shut-eye on the ride home. Julius did great on the plane and the ride to J-ville!

We spent most days with the Kokinda side and most nights with the Suggs side :) Unfortunately Nick and I both got the dreaded 24-hour stomach bug and we were down for two days between us. I was grateful to have my Mom and Emily there to take care of me (and Julius). Thankfully Julius didn't get sick!

I didn't do a very good job taking pictures...I'm really bummed with myself for that! So, Mom and Emily if you took pictures make sure to send them to me! I didn't want to leave after just 9 days, but I'm already looking forward to our next visit, whenever that may be! We love and miss everyone so much!

Nana's Visit

Nana came to visit us for two weeks and we enjoyed every minute! She never tired of snapping pics of Julius, and what Nana would?! So I blogged just a few of each photo shoot. We did a lot of things around the house. Nana spoiled Mommy a little and bought her lots of cool scrapbooking accessories, which I can't wait to use!! (The Cricut!!) She bought Julius a few toys, clothes, etc. We also set up the beautiful crib from Nana and Greatgrandma Linda. Nana made the crib bedding and we love it! While she was here Daddy came home from his two month deployment and Uncle Johnny came to visit for a few days!

We travelled to Seattle with Nana and Uncle Johnny. While there Uncle Johnny felt it was his mission to sabotage every innocent tourist picture he could...notice the nice family pic going on across from him on the fountain :) I think his final tally was 5 at the Space Needle...
We travelled to Scenic Beach State Park and decided to try and find some geodes...so Nana and Uncle Johnny happily busted open lots of rocks...sadly none were geodes :) oh well, we tried Granny :)

Hanging out with Uncle Johnny...gosh he looks comfy!

Thank you everyone for coming to visit us! We have a wonderful family and are so grateful for all of you!

A few extras...

Purple potatoes!! I had to buy these at the Market in Seattle, so Em and I enjoyed them with our corned beef and cabbage! Yum!



Julius enjoying the outdoors with the dogs. We have a nice patio and when it is sunny we go outside!!


Nana is here for a visit and she put up Julius's crib, here he is enjoying the mattress :)

And here is our BEAUTIFUL crib! Julius loves taking his naps in it!

Aunt Emily's Visit

We got to spend two awsome weeks with Aunt Emily and Gabby! Here are some of the fun times!

Gabby felt like it was her responsibility to keep Julius's paci in his mouth at all times!


Here she is pointing out to Mommy that Julius has a paci...eventually she mastered holding the paci in with one finger :)

Valentine's Day: Happy 2 months to Julius! Yes his pants are too small already and I just bought them!

Resting on the driftwood on Second Beach at La Push.


Apparently Seattle was too much for the both of them!

We are so grateful that Aunt Emily and Gabby came to visit us! We had so much fun! Hopefully we will get to see them again soon, maybe when the new little Fox joins the world!

Julius's Paci

Gabby is a big helper when it comes to Julius! She loves to help with is "paci" the most! She is also very protective of him when it comes to her Mommy getting too close :) She obviously feels like since her Mommy takes her paci, she may take his too! Enjoy!