The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

a little glimpse at little nova

Today was very exciting b/c one of the girls at the office i am working in did my 4D ultrasound! It was so much fun to have a look at little Nova. we didn't take her measurements or anything, just tried to get a few glamour shots of her face. she co-operated pretty well overall. there was a little bit of wiggling around, and a fair amount of hiding behind her hand or her umbilical cord, but we got a few shots of her little face.


As you might have noticed we are now into double digits on the Nova counter, with only 98 days left! If only we could count down the days to bring Juneau home, it would certainly make that wait much easier.
We are nearing Tet (Vietnamese New Year), which means a couple of weeks of absolutely no adoption progress or news while all of the government agencies shut down for the holiday. It should be over by the middle of February.
On Friday i will be heading to Willard to hang out with the fam for the weekend. It is so great to be within driving distance of family again. Hopefully the Army will give us a great assignment after i get out of residency next summer, and we will be able to live near our families again. We have LOVED our time in Hawaii, but are looking forward to moving back to the mainland sometime! We have to be sure to give the Grandma's (and Great Grandma!) ample opportunity to spoil these little girls rotten!

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