Our Adventure Awaits...

Justin Ryan Collins joined our family on Friday, October 2, 2009 at 3:46pm. He weighed 7 Ibs. 12.8 oz and 21.4 inches long. After only 6 h...

Happy with her selection of clothing Giving the thumbs-up Olivia came out of her room the other day with the red and white polka-dotted pant...

Where do you find a dog with no legs? ...Right where you left him. Ok, not the greatest joke but it made me laugh out load a bit. Nothing ne...

This past weekend, the Marine Corps Detachment here at Ft Sill hosted the 16th Annual Devil Dog Run. Last year, I ran the 5K but this year ...

Top of Mt. Scott in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge While Ryan was in 29 Palms again for two weeks, my mom graciously came and stayed w...

Today I'm currently 36 weeks and 4 days pregnant but I feel like its already been 40 weeks. Justin keeps growing and growing and runnin...

These are the types of pictures I wanted taken while I was pregnant with Olivia. However, after winning a gift certificate to a professiona...

My neighbor's, Sarah and Krystal, threw me a wonderful baby shower for Justin. Although I have many larger items saved from Olivia'...

There's only 10 weeks left til my due date and so much needs to be done still. I have successfully re-organized our garage with the add...

July 4, 2009: Trying to stay cool in 102* heat (notice the thermometer behind us) July 9, 2009: Enjoying the spray park on base with the Tho...

I challenged my friend, Joni, to see who could update our blogs first. We've both been very busy the month of June and haven't had ...

After following up on all my friends blogs, I realized that I had not updated our own in quite some time. However, it will have to wait. R...

Reading all by herself in a giant basket chair Playing with Bode (Bo-dee) my sister's 2 yrs old male, energetic cat Silly Olivia with ov...

After the Lincoln Park Zoo, we all traveled to the Shedd Aquarium. Olivia loves fish so we thought the aquarium would be enjoyable. Oh, we...

Olivia and I have traveled up to Chicago to visit my sister for Memorial Day Weekend. Today we ventured out to the Lincoln Park Zoo...free ...

With Ryan missing Olivia actual birthday this year, we invited some good friends and neighbor's over for dinner and a small celebration ...

It's official...we're having a boy!! The ultrasound tech said it was plain as day that we're having a son. Time to shop for so...

It's only one more day until we find out what Baby v2.0's new room color will be. Either blue or purple with no VOC. We're rea...

I am so proud of my husband. Not only is he a great Marine...he's been able to meet R. Lee Ermey twice!! For those of you following t...