Cadre Ceremony

 

Such a strange mix of pride and sadness seeing HMH-362, the Ugly Angels, going away.  I feel so incredibly blessed that we were able to be a part of this squadron and to finish out our first fleet tour with them.  Semper Malus!

October and November 2012

 

 

Getting acquainted with baby sister

 

Halloween 2012 - Link and Zelda

 

 

Marine Corps Ball 2012

 

 

 Taking a nap with Grammy

 

 

 

 

 

Swimming at the hotel after the birthday ball 

 

 

 

 

Elise Claire

October 22nd, 2012 - 7 pounds, 14 ounces - 19 inches

 

 

 

 

Kick-starting labor aka geocaching

 

Getting ready to log our find

 

Waiting for Daddy



We somehow walked right by this cache at first

This was a particularly hard spot to squeeze a 9 months plus pregnant body through

Helping Abigail over some roots

Searching for which treasure to take

Ethan not surprisingly ended up the most muddy

Our last family photo as a family of four - Elise was born approximately 24 hours after this was taken.