LILLIE ELIZABETH ARNOLD

YES, she's having a girl! hee!!! When the ultrasound tech. double checked herself and announced her gender to us, we all just hollered! I couldn't have smiled and laughed any harder! After having 3 drama-filled, beautiful daughters, I just couldn't comprehend the thoughts of having a boy. Mike was probley even happier than me! He LOVES his girls!

So, the tech. gave us a CD filled with pics and a video of Lillie.

Here is Lillie pondering...."will I REALLY look just like my Grandma?"

Here is little Lillie twiddling her thumbs, wishing she had something to read to pass the time....

and here is Lillie sending us a message...

Yes, she is beautiful and DEFINITELY looks like ME! ha! Poor Brittany is already tired of me comparing her to me! Britt says she's gonna have blonde wavy hair. whatev.

I don't have any other photos to add because I haven't taken any!

Ash is doing really good! Her cutter seized and captured last month!

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13th Coast Guard District Public Affairs

U.S. Coast Guard

News Release

Date: January 13, 2011

Contact: 13th District Public Affairs

(206) 220-7237

News Release: Coast Guard seizes cocaine, rescues suspected smugglers in Eastern Pacific Ocean

EASTERN PACIFIC – The Coast Guard Cutter Midgett seized approximately four kilograms of cocaine from the 35-foot vessel, Laurie Alena, over 450 miles off the coast of Guatemala, Dec. 16, 2010.

The Laurie Alena was intercepted due to suspicion of drug trafficking involvement. When the Midgett neared the vessel, the Laurie Alena began to sink forcing the crew to abandon ship and use debris for floatation.

Two crewmembers of the Laurie Alena were quickly pulled to safety aboard the cutter using life rings. The other was saved by the Midgett’s rescue swimmer.

Four approximately kilogram-sized packages, testing positive for cocaine, were recovered from the vessel’s wreckage.

The cutter Midgett is home ported in Seattle, Wash. and conducts missions in homeland security, search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, and drug and alien migrant interdiction operations in the Bering Sea and Central American waters.

For more information, contact Ensign Nasaria Valadez, via e-mail, at Nasaria.E.Valadez@uscg.mil.

VERY Proud of her and everyone on her boat/ship!

OH, I also wanted to share a quote I read this morning on Facebook by one of my BFF's...

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and

those that matter don't mind (dr. Seuss)

Welllll, I need to get going. Wal-Mart is a callin'! hee

Have a great day!