Five Months!

Where does the time go?

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Our baby girl is five months old today - she is happy, talkative, an observer like her brother, eating veggies, grabbing whatever she can get her hands on, and rolling around on the floor.

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Hunter is her favorite person in the world right now, she watches him like a hawk, and loves to watch him dance around, play peek-a-boo, or play football. Hunter is an awesome big brother, and we can tell there is quite a bond there already.

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Happy five months Morgan!

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Graduation Day

It's all over!
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He's been through 15 months of 7 hour days in class followed by two hour evening classes, periods of overnight immersion, seemingly constant testing, and 30 days in Egypt -

(this picture was taken in honor of Justin's brother Josh, who took a similar picture while studying this summer - he is currently in medical school. DANG them boys are smart!)

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On Thursday, Justin graduated from the Defense Language Institute Middle Eastern School. He is officially an Arabic linguist. It was a very happy day for our family - it has been a very tough experience, and we are so glad to be done!

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To put things in perspective - less than half of Justin's original class made it to the DLTP (the final exam), and a few people did not pass that. Justin not only made it to the end, he made it through while maintaining a 3.6-3.8 gpa.

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Justin, with the only other Marines in his class

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BZ Sgt.Batt, we are so proud of you!

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So it's time to close this chapter and begin a new one - on to Texas we go...