YOUR INVITED TO A PARTY!!!

OKAY so Chris is now on his way home from Africa and should be home this weekend! So my family and i were thinking of throwing a welcome home party for Chris and you and your family and kids are invited to celebrate with us. We will have hot dogs and hamburgers for everyone. It'll be so much fun even if you dont know him your still invited.
I hope you can make it, just let me rsvp please so i know who is bringing what. and anyone else that knows chris please pass the word along.

It'll be next week on the 14th
@ 6:30pm to 8:30 pm.
@ 1312 N. Barkley Mesa, 85203(my parents house)
Its a pot luck so bring your favorite side dish, salad, pasta salad, or dessert.
contact me if you have any other Questions

Baileys baby pictures

Last Tuesday i took Bailey to get her first baby pictures done. She loved it! our session lasted a good hour or so and she was wide awake and happy until the last ten mintues when she passed out. She loved the camera's flash.

Bailey was born on July 17th 2008 @ 3:14 a.m. weighing 6 pounds and 7 ounces and 18 1/2 inches long. We went into the hospital on Wed. afternoon and was released Sat. evening. We were to have Chris on the phone with us for most of the delivery and what a blessing that was to be able to at least listen to his voice. I had my mom, best friend megan and my sister inlaw Sonia in the Delivery room with me and they were all so amzing in helping me through this, thanks guys! Bailey is really something she loves to hold her pacifier and suck her hands and thumb. Oh and she smiles like crazy its so exciting! well here are jsut a few pictures of her first few days and ill be sure to put more up asap. Love you all and thank you again to everyone who's helped me through all of this while Chris has been away, and to Chris for being so loving and patient with me. I love you!

Hi From Djibouti

Hi everyone its me Chris, sorry it has taken so long for me to actually add to this blog. Jessica does such a wonderful job at it. I look at about every other day. So anyways nothing new on this end. So my day basically consists of waking up at 4am to go running, then work from 7 to 3, then lift weights, eat and watch movies till i fall asleep. The orphanages her are something else. The baby orphanage is very scary in the sense that the "sisters" shove as much food down the children mouths as fast as possible. i feel so bad for them. The boys orphanage is pretty fun. We go visit them and play basketball or soccer for about two hours.
So Jessica is amazing. She is doing such amazing job going through this pregnancy. i feel horrible for not being able to help her. But i know Heavenly Father is watching over them.
Ok well everyone take care and i will see everyone in about 3 months. Love ya

3 More Months!

I just got the most amazing news today, Chris called and said that on October the 4th he is leaving Africa and heading back for the States! The only thing is all the guys will have to report to NC for debriefing before they are allowed to come home. So were hoping by mid October Chris will be back. I cant even start to express how happy and reliefed i am to finally know when i can have him home again. By the time Chris comes home we will have been separated for 9 months (not by our choice of course) well except for the few days i was able to fly out there to see him. Well other news for those who dont know ive been put on bed rest the last three weeks b/c i cant stop contracting and my blood pressure was going crazy. Let me tell you it sucks, I hate to just lying around and not be able to do or go anywhere. Good news though my Doctor says Bailey and I are doing well so starting on Sunday they are taking me off my medication and im not at high risk for early labor! I still am on "Bed rest" but for the most part they are allowing me to go out as long as i keep my walking and activities to a minimum. OH so my baby shower has been postponed til after Bailey is born ( again not my Choice) But i want to thank everyone who has helped me out with getting the little things that i really need for her frist few weeks before the shower, your amazing!

A peek into Africa

Okay so i know its been a while since my last post, but im starting to catch up now. So here are some more pictures from Africa. Chris isnt in any of these but i really felt these pictures just jumped out at me and i wanted to share them with you. The 1st is a handful of the villages children gathering to watch the marines band play for them. They are so cute! The 2nd is a women walking with her baby wrapped in this beautifully brigth yellow fabric. The 3rd is i a bunch of marines with i believe Djibouti Soilders After a game of soccer. The 4th is a picture of a house built out of i think its clay and stone. There were another picture that showed many more houses like this one but i couldn't get it downloaded for some weird reason. The last one is of a young girl showing off her tattoo's. It amazing to be able to see how other people live and what there culture is like. Chris did say it kind of reminds him a bit like Mexico ( the poor area's that is). Ill try to get more pictures up soon.