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Please, meet the newest member of our family..........
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Chesty the English Bulldog
He is 5 years old and just about the sweetest dog I've ever met. The people who owned him couldn't keep him because of a child's medical issues, so we've taken him in.
Hunter and Chesty get along swell and Chesty rode the entire ride home with his head on Hunter's lap (Hunter was in his car seat and the backseat is pretty small with a big dog and a Britax in the back).
Chesty likes stuffed frogs, linoleum floors and being scratched on the nose.
He is going on a healthy diet though, because the big guy weighs 100 lbs. and is used to getting tons of table scraps. We don't want him to develop hip problems or any other health problems, so no more human food for Chesty.
He did come with a Marine Corps uniform though!
Isn't he darn cute?

Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End

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I am a Texan by way of California, soon to be misplaced again in California by the Marine Corps with my husband and son. I am a new mommy, a proud Marine Corps wife, novice photographer, ex-hairstylist (well, kinda, but more about that another time), aspiring high school history teacher and I think I am pretty neat--not that I'm biased or anything

I am a work in progress. My family comes first and nothing could ever change that. I love decorating and doing anything remotely crafty. I am no Suzie Homemaker, though I do wish I could channel June Cleaver. However, I am not coordinated enough to vacuum in heels and I don’t cook well at all. I own way too many pairs of shoes (is there really a such thing, though, seriously?) and adore huge sunglasses. I'm a pretty nice person, if you ask me, and enjoy it when people are nice to me in return. I take things to the heart and cry pretty easily, but it's only with the best intentions. I change my mind constantly and tend to forget everything.

The facts? I was born and raised in California, so I’m not really the new kid in town state. However, I’m originally from Northern California—so I’m new in this part of the state. I prefer Texas to any other of the states but home for now is where the Marine Corps sends us, and that’s how it’s going to have to be. For a little bit, anyway. I have an awesome 7 ½ month old son named Hunter Scott, and a great husband who just returned from a 6 month deployment, Kiefer. I am for now a SAHM and a student, along with doing photography part-time.

I started to start a blog with the hopes of staying connected with my family and friends still in Texas and to get connected to the new friends I will meet along the way, as I venture to California with my husband and child next week.

*Oh, and yes, I do realize my hair is not the same in any of these pictures. I change it often, and some days even I forget what color it currently is.