Saturday, February 16, 2008

Family Update

Look at my new trick!
Isn't he so precious (above and below)!

I have no idea what he is doing in the picture below!

I think he's just "hamming it up" like he always does.

I was trying to buy a plane ticket and when I turned

around Payton had gotten into Jonathan's flight bag

and was saying "dadada" while reading his helicopter book.

Well here is the most recent update from our family.

Jonathan finished his last night flights and has two more

day flights to complete before we leave NC.

Our movers are scheduled to come on the 27th and 28th

and we're planning on staying at the BOQ

until Payton and I fly to TX on March 1st.

We're very excited about HI but as with

every good thing there are a few downsides.

This weekend is our last with General before he

goes to live with another family in NC on Monday.

We're confident he'll be happy as they have two

little boys, a 7 year old and a 19 month old,

and they live very close to the ocean!

I don't know what it's going to be like without a pet but

hopefully I'll stay plenty busy with two babies

while Jonathan is gone from HI.

Over the next 2 months please pray for safe travel

for all of us, as well as a smooth transition to HI.

Housing in HI is a little bit of a hit or miss so we're praying

God will prepare a place just perfect for us when we get there.

I am doing much better now with being pregnant.

The beginning was a little bit exhausting

chasing Payton around while feeling awful.

I'm 13 weeks today and really looking forward to the

next month or so when we will be able to find out if

we're having another boy or our first baby girl.

We have a couple of names picked out.

Ava Leilani for a girl and Sawyer for a boy.

We're still unsure of Sawyer's middle name but I sort of like Jacob.

Jonathan hasn't said much about it

though so I don't know what that means.

I hope you enjoy the update as well as the pictures.

We'll only have the internet for one more week so get back

to us with an update on how you are doing very soon!

We would love to hear from you.

Take care!

P.S. Courtney, do you like Payton's outfit?!

7 comments:

The Gaeta's said...

April,
Yes, I do like Paytons outfit. It looks adorable on him! However, where are the pictures of the newly "prego" mommy? I pray that everything continues to go well for you and for your family! I'm sure that the four of you will be very happy in Hawaii. I look foward to the updates/photos when you do finally arrive. Take Care and keep in touch.

Love,
Courtney & Fam

Anonymous said...

My heart is so grateful for you all. I just know that the Lord has so many wonderful adventures in store for you. Wow,it seems forever that Jonathan was on this journey of becoming a pilot and now his job of protecting us is coming to fruiton. I am very proud of you guys and look forward to many more stories via e-mail. love you all, mom bryant

Anonymous said...

One of these days April you will be sorry you thought that was cute of Payton picking his nose!! Wait and see!! Glad I took the time to check your blog and update. You have such cool pictures. Sorry you will miss General. Take care of yourself and Little Payton and JB too! Carolyn

Anonymous said...

Oh I did forget to say he looked so cute doing that tho!! ha ha Carolyn

Andy and Julie Emerine said...

Aw! What a cute little nose picker. If my nose was that cute, I'd want to pick it too!! Hey, at least he's not trying to eat his buggers...yet! April, I remember our baby sitter (Penny)telling me that buggers were poisonous so I was terrified to pick my nose let alone eat them! Good strategy, huh!? Let's talk soon. I miss you guys! (ps. I'll post a baby bump pic if you do too!)

Anonymous said...

oh geez thats a cool new trick ; ) I swear the things that amuse boys huh?
April he is such a freakin cutie pie I just want to squeeze him!!
Take care of yourself, try and pace yourself and rest as often as possible. Before you know it you will be all settled in and living in hawaii for crying out loud : ). your always in my prayers. thank your for the updates i enjoy them so much. God bless
mia

Anonymous said...

Hey guys, sounds like things are going well. You will love the beauty of the island. Mike and I are now living in Birmingham, Alabama. Huge change for us. I will send pictures as soon as I get rid of the boxes. We will pray for your many travels. Keep us posted. Pray for Keri and Matt's future little one. We will find out in two weeks if it is a boy or girl. Chris should be coming home soon from his first deployment in the sand. He is very ready to come home. Please pray for him and his unit, they have had several missile hit their compound and are expecting more. We will be in touch soon. Our new address is 419 Lime Creek Bend, Chelsea, AL 35043 and email is mrk8272@bellsouth.net.

Love and miss you guys!
Kim Kelly