East Coast Living

We are getting settled in over here. We've made a few friends (don't worry old friends... we still miss you guys!) and explored the area a little bit more. Holy mother it's HOT here!! Things are going good for us so far. Here are some changes since we last updated:

Sean went from this (Third Class Petty Officer): 

To this (Second Class Petty Officer):

That second "v" is actually a very big accomplishment!! (and he gets paid more, which is a nice plus.) And, as always, I am so proud of him! 

I was able to talk to the "head honcho" at his pinning ceremony and was promised that Sean would be able to come home for our baby's birth so it was a great day all around!

 

And while I am on the subject of my amazing husband... He was also able to get expert shooter (which is the best you can get) on the rifle course, it means he gets a new ribbon for his uniform (and bragging rights, of course!) He just never stops with the awesomeness!  

My hair got chopped off, thanks to the killer humidity this place offers. 

Before:

After:

ignore the crazy face... I took this picture for a friend (shout out to Anna!)
I don't have a baby bump yet. Everyone keeps asking to see pictures, but there is nothing to see yet. We will post some pictures when I get a belly, so there is no need to worry! 

Baby went through a lot of changes too. Most recently it has gotten its finger prints, and vocal cords and right now its working on growing some hair! Oh, and it can pee now too. weird.

We got to hear the heart beat for the first time on June 14th and it was awesome! The doctor said baby is still on track for the December 16th due date and everything looks good! We should find out what we are having in 4 weeks at our next appointment. We couldn't be more excited about the little human coming to join our family!!

In lame news... Sean is going to Canada for 2 weeks for some military public relation stuff (it's for a good cause I guess, blah, blah!) He leaves on Sunday so I will be all alone :(
Now you are officially caught up on our life... until next time. 

first comes Love, then comes Marriage...

Then comes the Baby in the baby carriage...

Baby Boggs coming December 2010!

We found out we were expecting on April 16th. We are beyond excited for our little boy or girl to join our family!! 

We're not in San Diego anymore...

Yep. Welcome to New Bern, North Carolina y'all. 

(Don't blink or you might miss it!)

In case you are wondering... yes. We did seriously discuss and weigh the consequences of driving underneath this thing. We passed on the opportunity that time. 
Maybe next time??

The Reserve at Glenburnie

This is apartment #4 for us...

Living Room

Hallway to the hallway

Bathroom #2

Bedroom #2

Master Bathroom

Hall with Laundry Room

Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom

Dining Room

Eastern Express

Sean named our road trip... just go with it. 

6 days/5 nights, check!
8 states, check!
2,687 miles, check!

We did it! We drove across the entire country! Holy cow. That was a trip... Here are some sites we saw along the way:

Arizona

These dunes were really cool. I actually don't remember if they were in Arizona or California. They went on for a long time, we thought maybe we took a wrong turn and ended up in the Sahara... come to find out we were going the right way and it wasn't Africa after all. 

sweet panoramic of a view point at a rest stop

New Mexico

New Mexico was uneventful. Actually to be honest, some of these pictures might not be under the state where they were really taken... it was a long trip it all just blurred together at times. One weird fact about New Mexico: The traffic lights there were sideways instead of hanging up and down so green was on the left, yellow in the middle and red was on the right. Odd?

Texas

There were two tornados close by us in Texas We saw them on the news when we stopped for the night and found out they were really close. We didn't see them on the road though, Sean was sad we didn't get to see them in real life... I was ok with watching them on the news. 

This is the view I saw most of the time.... 

Texas was the first state we noticed people taking funny. The southern accent continued in every state for the rest of the trip....

Oklahoma

We stopped at this picnic area along the freeway for lunch, we made sandwiches and also had chips and juice. There were a bunch of tables all spread out in the grass like this one. They didn't have bathrooms there so keep that in mind if you're ever in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma and want to stop to eat and maybe pee too... this may not be the place for you.

Arkansas

In Arkansas the scenery was really starting to get green. It was beautiful!

Tennessee 

This was my favorite part of the trip. This bridge crossed over the Mississippi River (which, by the way, really is very huge!) and I thought the welcome sign was nicely placed on the awesome bridge while entering Nashville.

I think Tennessee was my favorite state to drive through. It was so pretty there! Everyone had a really thick accent too, which just makes it that much better.

North Carolina 

What the?! This was an AWESOME view!! 

We were happy to see that the trees and green didn't end when we got to North Carolina. 

This is what we looked like as we drove.

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny left some treats for us in our mailbox! 

A day early too! Thank you Easter Bunny (aka Mom)!

p.s. I always knew it was really you...  

HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE! 

We had a great Easter weekend together. We also got to spend some quality time with our friends (who will be missed more than they know!) 

Conference was awesome! It was the perfect opportunity to reflect on the sacrifice of our loving Savior and also celebrate His resurrection and eternal life. How wonderful it is to know that our Redeemer lives.  

We hope you all had a amazing Easter weekend as well!!   

Bliss.

What's better, on a Sunday afternoon with beautiful weather, than a drive up the coast (sunroof open and windows down.) with your sweetheart, and an ocean full of kite surfers to watch?
  Not much. That's right!

Visit from the Boggs

The Boggs family was here for five days! Dad Boggs, Mom Boggs, and Rachel (little sister Boggs) came to see us and we had a great time! They got here on Saturday (the 20th) We met up with them at the r.v. park around noon. 

The first day we just kinda hung out, we had a BBQ at their campsite and made a cobbler in our dutch oven. The park they stayed at had a pool, and a game room with a pool table, and ping pong so we hung out in there too for some intense competition. The West's came for the ice cream and cobbler (moochers!) and for Kent to kick the trash out of all of us on the ping pong table. (I beat Sean in pool with a really sweet shot that ended the game, but I guess that is another story...)

Day two (Sunday) consisted of church, and walking around at La jolla shores... we witnessed the birth of a baby seal (seriously! what are the odds??) also geochaching (we placed our travel bug) and beach combing at Silver Strand State Park. --Sean's aunt and uncle (Cindy and Dan Strobell) were down here too and they stayed at the r.v. park in the state park. So we to spend some time with them as well.--   

The next day (Monday) we checked out the Mormon Battalion visiter's center, the tour was cool! We ate lunch at Rubio's (three cheers for fish tacos!) and then we went bowling on base at North Island. The losers fate was to buy milkshakes at Corvette Diner (my score was higher than Sean's... just sayin'!) Dinner? Cheesecake Factory, obviously! It was amazing!
                                          

This is the seal that we saw being born

   

Pioneer Sean and Melissa
Geocaching

Gold Diggers

La Jolla Cove

Day four. (Tuesday) We made waffles and smoothies (vita-mix style!) at our house. The guys and girls split up. We went shopping at IKEA and Deseret Book. The guys also went shopping... for tools or something equally manly, I think. We made dinner at our house and afterwards had a giant bonfire (that was hotter than you know what!) on Mission Bay complete with s'mores!

This was our heat shield!

Mom and Rachel in the dark

Day five (Wednesday) we went geocaching in the morning. We had lunch at Hodad's which never lets you down on an awesome burger and yet somehow you always leave with the feeling of never wanting to eat again!! We went down to the base at 32nd street to check out the ships... that was a production and a half... We drove on base and quickly figured out that it was a bad idea, the roads looked like parking lots. Traffic was completely stopped. We literally drove on, then turned right around to go back and that took us over 3 hours. 3 bloomin' hours of driving a mile (at the most!) They were doing some kind of training drill "threat con charlie" blah, blah whatever that means. We went to the Nex and got some navy pride shirts. Then cashed in on our bowling bet for some Corvette Diner milkshakes. YUM!

Me and Sean at Hodad's

Mom and Rae

Sean and Dad at Corvette Diner

 What a great week!

 Thanks for coming guys... Glad you got to see us! :)