Can I get a Hooah?!

Dusty has joined the Army! As of June 26, 2009 he's an Army Recruit. He will be shipping out November 16, 2009 for Basic Training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina for 12 weeks, 4 days. Then on February 22, 2010 Dusty will be starting 47 weeks, 4 days for Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Here are some photos from his Swear In on Friday.


Dusty waiting for his Swear In


The Swear In with Air Force Captain Schuring.


The Congratulatory Handshake


The final signing of the contract using biometric signature.


It's official...Dusty's an Army recruit!


The only way to keep a baby quiet during the swear in...take pictures of him.

We'll be having a going away party for Dusty in November before he leaves, but I will have more details about that closer to the date!

Arizona Sunsets

Dusty and I saw a beautiful sunset on our way home this past week. It looked so much different than this while we were driving home and when we got home it looked like this. My friend Mauri even took pictures of the same sunset on her way home from work as well.

An Afternoon At The Pool

We decided to take Niran back to the pool. He loves the water and we knew we needed to get actual photos and videos of it, so here you are:

In the carseat ready to go!

They have a little fountain area off to the side of the pool that Niran really enjoyed playing in. I feel bad because the ground seems rough, but he doesn't seem to mind.

Mom and Niran swimming.

And now for the video of him swimming:

Dodgeball Tourney #3

Big Red had another tournament in Phoenix June 13, 2009. They were supposed to play in a reccreational league, but they didn't get enough teams to have the tourney and instead the got bumped to the competitive league. Competitive league is definitely is what it is called...competitive.

The team lined up and showing off their mad skillz.

Dusty waiting for his key play.

Look, another shot of Dusty, I didn't take photos of other players the whole time.

Big Red was given Gold Medals since they had the best record out of the original recreational teams!

Niran in his dodgeball shirt from the tourney and wearing Daddy's gold medal.

Oh and he didn't like that Mama kept taking pictures of just Dad, so I finally took a picture of him and he loved it!

Playing Around the House

Now that Niran is crawling and climbing on anything and everything around the house, it's fun to find him either playing quietly (usually a surprise) or getting into mischief.

The rare shot of him playing quietly!

Hmmm, what could be in the drawer? Answer: Nothing.

Mom, I want to play with the puppies! If he ever goes missing, the first place to look is where the puppies can be found. He chases them down if he hears them bark. And puppies happens to be his third word. He calls them "Puhs."

Niran likes to crawl underneath all sorts of things, including fitting his big ole noggin through his walker.

Different Sides of Snacks

I thought I'd show a few sides of Niran's snack time.

The Keeping-It-Clean Side:

The I'm clean, but I'll show you what food looks like in my mouth side:

The quietly enjoying my snack, but wait a moment and you'll see what I can really do side:

The look how messy I got, do you want some Mommy? side:

Engagement Photos

We had our engagement photos done last Wednesday. Uncle Ry-Ry and Aunt Jenn came down to help watch Niran. Actually it was Uncle Ry-Ry handing off screaming Baby Niran to Aunt Jenn. He did not get a very long afternoon nap and then being seperated from Mom and Dad was a little much for him. Flint Rogers, the photographer for the wedding, offered to let us have some family shots. He did really well with Niran. If you check out his blog you can see some of our photos. I think we chose the right photographer for the wedding.