It's a beautiful thing...

Well, ladies and gentlemen, technology is quite the next world wonder, is it not??

I am now able to not only communicate with my husband while he is at war, but I can write all of my exciting news here on a blog that all friends and family around the globe can enjoy! How neat! Considering most of you are up to date on Matthew and my life, I will only give a brief rundown of what has been going on in the last few weeks.

As of last week, I officially moved in with my sister in Augusta, GA. This is after the toughest decision ever that it was not worth the amount of money it would take to fly the dogs to California for 3 months. Who knew it would cost the SAME amount to send the dogs out there as it would to completely furnish our little one's nursery. After taking a few days to discuss it with Matthew and truly deliberate on whether I should just come out there, we decided not to chance not having that much needed money when the baby came. HOWEVER, our dear friends and family in California...I want you to know that I am truly saddened and heartbroken that I will not be able to spend as much time there with you all. I am planning on making a trip there for a shorter stay around early May. I do apologize for the false anticipation that I know so many of us had.

Matthew is doing well in Afghanistan, as well as can be. He sounds like he is doing well enough to get through comfortably and will perhaps be able to post on here to everyone sometime soon! The weather there is slowly getting better, but with much rain making it difficult to get his mail, which is a bummer. The last package he received was on with workout magazines and a teddy bear in an Air Force blues uniform that I sent him. In the little bear's hand is a recording of our baby's heartbeat at my last visit on February 23rd. he was thrilled and apparently allowed all of the guys to hear it whether they wanted to or not! Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers, he is starting to miss home so these next few months will be long for both of us.

As for our baby!!! As of yesterday, I FELT THE BABY MOVE!!! Quite an active little bugar seeing as once I really knew what movement felt like, the baby continued to move all day! What a joy and exciting event! I am currently 17 weeks and 2 days pregnant! My next appointment is going to be at the end of this month and an ultrasound will take place a couple of weeks after that to determine the sex of our little one!!! For those that have not heard, our little girl's name is Layla Joyce and our little boy's name will be Ethan Michael! In the possible event that we are blessed with twins.....haha we will keep you updated!

I am going to be getting pictures of my growing belly on here and some of Matthew and I once I figure things out a bit better on here. In the meantime, please check in as often as you like seeing as I have a bit of free time to work on it right now! Feel free to comment on here and we would LOVE to see and hear from all who grace us with your presence here!

Love to all!!