Swimming for the 1st Time

Testing the water out in the swimming pool at our apartment.

She has him wrapped around her little finger!

Getting Ready for Church

Too Cute!

Dakoda is all ready for church

Daddy's Girl

Dakoda's face lights up everytime Nick comes home from work.

Spending time with friends

Dakoda and Hailey Hekking at Yorktown beach. The two of them had a pretty good time enjoying the nice spring weather. Dakoda is about 9 months old in this picture.

Moving Right Along

Dakoda loves to crawl. She has mastered this quite well. You can just see the determination in her eyes.

What A Mess!

For Easter 2008 Dakoda and I flew back to MO to visit family. It was quite an adventure! While we were there, she was bit by a hamster (note the bandage on her finger) and this is a picture of her just waking up after falling asleep in my sister's sleeping bag with a bottle of milk. Apparently the sleeping back didn't absorb the milk so it just puddled around her face!

it's been crazy!

Wow, a lot has happened since last spring....the last time I actually added pictures and posted things. I'll try to catch up up on things! So, since then, we have moved 4 different times and we are back in Missouri now. Nick isn't active duty in the Navy, but he's in the reserves now. Dakoda is over a year old now and coming on two. We are expecting again, and we are pretty sure it's a baby girl. I'm due in the beginning of June. Nick has a stable job with the government, working as a security officer. As soon as we moved back I was working 2 jobs and going to school, but that got a little crazy for us so I'm down to a weekend job, serving at a fancy little restaraunt. That's not going to last much longer since, I can barely tie my shoes and stand on my feet for too long. :o) We bought a house in February and we LOVE it. I think that pretty much sums things up. So now I'll catch you up on pictures and go from there! It's nice to have internet again!!!!

Easter Sunday 2008