Don't tell anyone these are on here...

...or we'll have to kill you :) j/k!
Here's Nick in the tiny little office on the boat...the person taking the picture is literally at the back of the office and the door is behind the guy in the back...
Nick keeping late hours...

Nick receiving his Dolphins, or getting qualified...

Nick giving an iv to a fellow EMAT team member....

These are pictures from Nick's first deployment...it looks like they really had a hard time out there, huh?

We've not been up to much...

This month has gone by too quickly! Julius and I returned from Hawaii on July 4. Nick had duty that day so we stayed home and recovered from our overnight plane ride. I did hear some fireworks but didn't get to see any...oh well! Julius started sitting up on his own at the beginning of the month and it didn't take him long to get the hang of it! He also loves to roll around! This is his way of getting around right now, doesn't seem to want to get up on his knees yet. He loves the water, whether it's in the bathtub or in his pool...he splashes and loves when I sing "Rubber Duckie" and he looks around for his duck! (Browni also knows this song and will come running from wherever she is in the house!) Julius was 7 months old on the 14th, Nick turned 24 on the 19th! We celebrated with some homemade chineseish food and a Colts cake. Julius had some cake too!! Nick is starting a deployment soon and we are going to miss him sooo much!!

Not sure why Julius finds this comfortable but he has decided "the splits" are fun to do!

What smokes, drips, and has rust all over it?

Nick's New (1985) Suburban!

North Beach Photo Shoot and Risk

Katie has found a new calling in life...she took beautiful pictures for us at North Beach! I couldn't decide which ones to add so I kept adding and the explanation for them is in the middle. Enjoy!

Katie, Galina, Julius and I visited North Beach on Friday and found a really neat rock outcropping that had lots of little holes to explore...we couldn't quite get to them because the tide was on its way in. Katie decided to pick up a tide chart on Saturday so we went back on Monday during low tide. We had no idea how beautiful the rocks really were!!

Granny and Pop Pop sent Julius these adorable Sperry's! I love Sperry's!!!

So the blue are mine, the yellow are Katie, and the very few gray belong to Brian. Which means we are beating him at his own game!!

Hawaii Week 2

Yep he's laying in the grass :) I love that the grass here is actually dry and pretty...back home it's wet!

A pretty view of the Makapu'u Lighthouse, considering this is as close as you can get!

Enjoying the ride, some snacks, and some toys!

Julius turned 6 months on June 14! We take a picture with the beaver (which his Daddy gave him the day he was born) on the fourteenth of every month!

We love the water!!

Enjoying Hawaii!!

After having some swim time and a bottle Julius needed to take a little nap.

Beautiful blue water at Lani Kai. The water is calm all day long and we enjoyed standing in the water so Julius could kick his little feet.
Katie calls this Hidden Beach. Very pretty and definitely hidden...I don't think I could find it again :)
Julius's putting his feet in the ocean for the very first time! He didn't really react to it...he was probably thinking this is one big bath tub and where is my rubber duckie?

Happy Little Things

Here are a few little things that make me happy!

Julius loves this little Elmo we picked out for him at JC Penny! I think part of it is every time I hold it I can't help but sing...La La La La, La La La La, Elmo's World, etc. :) It's like my new favorite Sesame Street song! Now as I'm typing this I'm thinking of all of my favorite Sesame Street songs and there are sooo many!

The baby is on the right and one of the parents in on the left and for about 3 days I watched the Mommy and Daddy fly up to our bird feeder and bring seeds back down to the baby because it couldn't fly that high. Of course watching the baby grow so fast made me very grateful that I'm not a bird :)

Julius and I have company in the bathroom every night! Some nights she beats us in there...she just waits for us to take the rubber ducky and start singing our song (one of my other favorite Sesame Street songs)! Julius loves bath time!

Our new furniture!! Yay!! We LOVE it!! We have since bought some more throw pillows and love relaxing on our own couches :) Can you guess which one is mine :)