Down and Dirty

So, Its been too long to try and play catch up so we are just going to start fresh. So I will just give you the down and dirty on whats been going on.

Lily is 19 month, and the cutest little thing. She is super smart and I'm excited to see what she has in store for the future.

We are finally out of the South! We no longer live in Louisiana....Florida...or anywhere else in the lower 48. We are in the GREAT NORTHWEST... Woo hoo im glad to be in my neck of the woods. (almost literally)

Colin is now an EOD tech, for those of you who dont know Colin plays with bombs now. Im sure I can pull his arm a bit to talk about it in a post.

Technically, I am a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Registered Nurse (RN)... But i dont have a job. LOL Im so glad that school is over with ... for now.

We are buying our first house. (more to come with this one)

The whole family is adjusting well to living in the colder weather.... now we just have to get the military to pay us the money they owe us and we will be peachy keen! So hears to hoping i can keep up on this blog.

Lily Joann Watts was born on 28 March 2010 at 0051 she was 6 pounds 12 ounces, she was 21 inches and has been nothing but a joy. This is Michelle as she began to grow. we hae put pictures on facebook of Lily.

Nursing Pergatory!

Beginning of December I went through my first load of nursing school finals. WOW was that an experience. There was no such thing as sleep for the month of December especially that special week of studying till my brain hurt. The worst part about it was that they put "the most important final" at the end of finals week, the DAY AFTER another final. So which one do you think i studied for more. I guess I will know better next time. My grades ended up being alright but the most important thing is that I passed my first Level of Nursing school WOO HOO! And on to Second level and dreaded Pharmacology! YAY.

Its a Girl!

As many of you know by now our Baby is going to be a girl. I wasn't quite sure how to react when we found out. I always wanted a boy first ... I dont know why. Maybe because I never had a brother and I always thought it was cute to see girls with their older brothers. But I dont mind having girls. As my dad said... "Welcome to the Irvin Curse" HAHA! He never had boys. All girls. But my mom said that girls can be great! She had three that she loves very much. SO i got over myself and we are going to name her Lily Joann. The first name cam from my mother who randomly called me one day before Colin and I were even pregnant yet and said, "I heard the cutest name for a baby girl today, If you have a girl you should name her Lily." The funny thing was is that was one of the names that I liked and was throwing around to my picky husband who didn't really care for it at first. But I won. He was especially ok with it when we decided to have her middle name Joann. Joann was Colin's Oma's name. He loved her very much and still talks about her often. I never did get to meet her, she died before Colin and I met. She sounded like an amazing person and we are proud to have a piece of her in our daugthers life.