Well, things have been crazy at our house as usual! First, my niece was born! Little Jasmine Celeste made her appearance on February 10th with a BEAUTIFUL head full of hair!! She is just the sweetest little thing! The week after that, Michael and I got to go to a marriage retreat sponsored by the Army - it was in Coronado, CA - completely beautiful! We had a great time, learned a few things, and truly enjoyed a short trip away, just the two of us. We got back from CA late on a Sunday night, then the following Wednesday afternoon, we headed out on a roadtrip with the kids. We went up to Indiana first - we got to see my.........PREGNANT!!!!! sister, Holly!! (Yippee!!!!! Soooooooooo excited that I get to be pregnant with my baby sister!!!!) She is due on October 16th, and gets to go to the same OB that I had with Jared and Laynie. Yay! :) We also got to visit some good friends while we were there, as well as visit our old church - First Baptist Church in Hammond. It was good to see everyone and get to hear a great message from one of our favorite preachers. While we were there, we got to see the 2 girls from our church here in GA who are up there for Bible College. It was so good to see them!
From Indiana, we went down to MO and got to spend a couple of days with my in-laws, and then a couple of days with my parents. We had a really great time, and I got to see my brand new niece, which was wonderful! She is even more beautiful in person than she is in the pictures I had seen!
On our way back, we got to stop just outside of Nashville, and meet up with Michaels VERY pregnant sister, Angel. She is due any day now! We cant wait to meet little baby Kyleigh! Hopefully I will have some news to report soon! :)
We got back from our trip and just a few short days later, the kids and I took Michael to SC for a training course he has to do for the Army. Thank God he only has to be gone for 2 weeks! We miss him a lot, and the kids and I are counting down the days! Thankfully for him, he said so far the material he is learning is pretty interesting, so I think that is helping the time go by a little faster for him.
A huge blessing for our family is that my very close friend, Joanna, has been able to move in with us. Michael is going to be gone a LOT over the next several months :( :( :( - and with me being pregnant, then over the summer, gaining a newborn, Michael didn't want me to be completely alone. The timing worked out perfectly for her to just move in here and stay with us for a while. She is a huge help and of course it helps me not feel quite so lonely too!
For now Ive been working on getting the house all cleaned out (I suppose its the closest thing to spring cleaning that I do!). I think it may be early nesting! I just like for things to look nice, and be CLEAN!! Since we have been gone so much over the past few weeks, things have gotten kinda crazy with my housekeeping. I can make things look pretty presentable, but I know what is behind closed doors, and under rugs - lol!! Of course it doesnt help that I dont really have the stamina that I normally have, plus I get really severe back pain and simply canNOT keep moving! Slowly but surely things are getting put back in order though!
