Pics from Byron's Oath of Office

These are some pics from 4/11/11, when we went to Memphis to meet Chief Gooden to finish up paperwork and for Byron to take his Oath of Office.

Byron's Dad was able to give him the Oath, a very special moment.














Emma had to get in on the action. Loves her Daddy.
















Chief Victor Gooden. He and I talked for months while Byron was either at work or sleeping and we were able to get paperwork done. He is a wonderful man!











Byron's Mom, Dad, (brothers) Ronnie and Jimmy. Ronnie's wife Dana and Byron's sister Kim and her husband Daniel weren't able to be there. Our nephews Brandon and Cameron were in school.









My Dad and Mom. My sister, Becky and our nephew Laine weren't able to be there either.










It was a really special day. The Oath of Office is very special and Byron was glad we all could be there. Chief Gooden and the Lieutenant who witnessed his commissioning were also very proud. This whole ceremony brought tears to our eyes.

N'awlins y'all!

Wow, what a long time coming! We are officially back in the Navy.

Some of you knew we were starting this process a long time ago. We kept it to ourselves because we just didn't know how it would turn out. We are supremely blessed to say that Byron's dream of being back in the Navy has come true and he is now Lieutenant Breeding, O3E. He tells people that as soon as I said I was not opposed to going back in, he was ready to sign up!

We are super excited to be stationed in Louisana, Byron's birthplace. We will be stationed at Belle Chasse, LA at the Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base. We plan to live in base housing and at this point, I'm glad about that. We'll see. I'm trying to be all Pollyanna about it, so you'll see a lot of the Glad Game in this blog.

Yes, we are moving away from family. Yes, we wonder how Emma will adjust. Yes, we wonder if I will melt in extreme humidity and heat. All these things we will find out. The joy of all this is the not knowing. I like planning and organization but I also like being excited about the future. This is our life. We are living it fully and we love each other and God has been all wrapped in this journey. We have to rely on him 100% to make this all it should be. We have looked at churches (online) and schools (online). We really are ready for a change.

I hope you enjoy this ride we are on.

And so the parties begin!

Hi Everybody! We now have party pictures from the very first birthday of Emma Faith Breeding. These first three or four are Emma and Byron running through the house. She loves it!

This beautiful cake for Emma was made
by Wendy Wratten. She is a wonderful cake designer
and is available on facebook under Cakesby Wendy!

Here is the lady bug cake Wendy also made! Yum Yum!

Emma's Pop (my dad on the left) and my Uncle Bill (on the right)

"Uncle" Travis and Lucy Beth Jackson...they don't look
a BIT alike, do they?

Aunt Kyle and Madelyn

"Aunt" Molly and Lucy Beth Jackson

Uncle Ronnie, Aunt Dana and Cameron Breeding

Opening presents for the first time....she was
interested but really would have rather just crawled around and
me open them alone. :)

These beads were a hit with Emma...as you'll see, she
played and played with them!

Aunt Becky and Laine Michael Mecord
(what a doll!)

Again with the beads...please ignore the weird adult in
the background

Cooper Neely (my oldest cousin, Liz's, sweet baby boy)

Ally and Rachel Wratten

Cake Time....hum...not too sure about
this on my hands

Daddy helping me along

Ok, I'M DONE!

This is SO not fun!!!!

One of my favorite pictures of Emma and her Daddy.
She LOVES her Daddy so much!

Special pic of Byron's brother's family with Emma

She is telling Cameron and Aunt Dana
something IMPORTANT...

Funny Madelyn lying on her side looking up!

MawMaw and Aunt Kim (Byron's mom and sister)

Madelyn loved the beads, too!

The girls (L to R) Madelyn, Emma and Lucy Beth
playing so sweet together....sort of together...in the
same room at least.

Aunt Kim's birthday is May 2nd also, so we had
to get a shot of the birthday girls!!

Hello Spring

Hello Everybody! Just wanted
to share some pictures of our little 11 month old sweetie!

Here is a funny story! Emma had a little accident on the carpet so I went
to change her diaper and prepare her bath.
I was emptying the diaper genie and had put her in the living room
so I could get down. This is what I saw when I turned around! How guilty does she look?!

Then of course, she smiled!

She does not like clothes, and now, I guess, doesn't like diapers either!