Before Pictures - Part 1

Since we're going to be living in our house for the next 3 years, and our landlady has no problem with it, we're going to be painting the rooms of our house.  Here are before pictures of the inside of our house before unpacking, before our furniture is here, and before we paint the different rooms.  Stay tuned over the next few months as we paint and unpack to see the final results!

Downstairs bathroom - the only one with a shower.

Tiny kitchen - which is currently a complete disaster.

More kitchen - thankfully we have a regular size fridge.  

British refrigerators are much smaller.  And yes, our

washer and dryer are in our kitchen.

The office - completely filled with boxes.

This room is currently totally un-usable.

More office.  This is the only room in the house with a closet.

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Our Life...

...is just completely inundated with boxes!!!!

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Baby Bosch

For those that don't know Griffin's sister, Ann, is expecting her first baby in February!  Here are pictures from her 10 -week and 20-week sonograms.  They want to be surprised about the baby's sex, so we still don't know the gender of little baby Bosch!

At 10 weeks.

At 10 weeks.

At 20 weeks.

At 20 weeks.

Look!  It already has the Chrastina signature nose!

We can't wait to meet you Baby Bosch!

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New Pictures of Baby Laela!

Here are updated pictures of my cousin's baby, Laela, at 7 weeks!

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Congratulations to Caitlin and JP...

...who are expecting their first child in April!  We couldn't be happier about the start of your family!  Congratulations!

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Welcome to the World Lilyana Jean!

Congratulations to Devon and Bob who welcomed their first baby girl last week!

Lilyana Jean Weaver

September 15, 2008

8:58 p.m.

8 lbs. 6 oz.

20 inches

You can follow little Lily's life at her blog: www.littlelilyjean.blogspot.com

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Happy Fall!

It seems that autumn has quickly fallen upon us.  Melissa and Griffin have both gone back to school; Melissa in her last semester before graduating and Griffin another class towards his degree.  We are both enrolled in the same Public Speaking class on-site at RAF Alconbury and then Melissa is taking the remainder of her classes online.  

The house is moving along very slowly.  With Melissa back to work, at the base Child Development Center, there has been little time to do much around the house.  Due to a paperwork snafu by the Navy down in Norfolk, it looks like we won't be getting our furniture for some time.  Which does leave us a little more time to do some painting around the house.

Other than that, there's not too much to report from across the pond.  We have quickly settled into our daily routine of work, school, and unpacking.

Happy back to school and fall to all others out there!

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