Past due...

I'm waaay past due for some blogging. I know i have a lot to update everyone on so ill try not to drag it all out. Bare with me! By now everyone knows that we are expecting our first child. We are beyond excited. A little insight on that, Eric and I decided only a couple months (2 months) after getting married that we wanted to start trying to get pregnant. We had a plan...but like my sister in law once said "God laughs at us when we make plans". We wanted to get pregnant before Eric left for boot camp so that I could be pregnant while he was away and hopefully have the baby when we got to Lejeune. Over that year it never worked out but neither one of us were upset about it, we had sooo much going on and soo much to get used to that we knew it could wait. In December we finally got to move in together. At 630 in the morning on January 29th I woke Eric up and said "I'm going to take a test." And that I did. I took the test and got back in bad...shaking in my boots...I hadn't looked at the test yet because I KNEW i was pregnant and wanted to look at it together. So i asked him if he was ready to look at it and he was, so we did.



WE'RE PREGNANT!! I cried, he sat there in silence with a smile on his face..then shortly after that went back to sleep. Savannah was on her way to Lejeune that day so the fun of telling everyone was already beginning!! We told Savannah we made a surprise for her and its in the oven...



"There's a bun in the oven!" She picked me up, spun me around and we cried. You've all seen the video of how we told everyone else ;)

The pregnancy has been a very easy pregnancy. Eric has been very lucky ;) No late night cravings, no throwing up and only one outburst! I've been very lucky. I was very nauseous during the first trimester but sunflower seeds usually fixed it! I have had a thyroid problem since we found out. The doctors did blood work at our first appointment and found out the I have hyperthyroidism. Since then they have tripled the dosage that i started off at. The doctors assure me everytime the blood work comes back and they change something that the baby is fine and that the medicine is only going to make the baby smarter.

We had our ultrasound on May 12th at 730am to find out the sex of the baby. The ultrasound tech and the doctor both say ITS A GIRL! At first Eric and I werent convinced because her legs were closed but the US tech would say things like "i dont say anything in this ultrasound that says boy" So we just keep reminding ourselves of that. We are convinced its a girl. If it were a boy they wouldve seen "something" else there.

Erics work is going good. He is still with 8th Comm as a Radio Operator. We had our pre-deployment brief scheduled for last night. 8th Comm is deploying between the time frame of July 3rd and July 5th. It is a 6 to 9 month deployment to Afghanistan. That being said we have come to terms with the fact that Eric wont be here for the rest of the pregnancy, the birth of our little girl or her first holidays. *gulp*

Monday afternoon around 3pm Eric sent me a text that said "Good news!! I'll tell you later ;)" (hints my facebook status: He likes to keep me on my toes.) Well Eric comes home, all smiles. I ran into the kitchen and looked at him and said "tell me!!" His good news turned out to be great news. Before I get ahead of myself I should let everyone know that I am living in the moment with this "news". It is the military and things could change as soon as tomorrow, BUT for now.....He has been chosen to go to a different unit called MARSOC (United States Marines Special Operations Command) Yes...special ops. This is a compliment to Eric because you do have to be chosen to get in this unit. The great news is that HE IS NOT DEPLOYING WITH 8TH COMM :)He is now in a "stay behind" unit with 8th comm until he goes to MARSOC on Oct. 1st. When he reports to MARSOC he will have to do a couple months of training before a deployment. Which essentially means that Eric will be in the states for at least 6 more months...NOT missing the rest of the pregnancy, the birth of our little girl or her first holidays. THANKS BE TO GOD!!! Like I said, things can change...they tell Eric where they want him and he HAS to go there. He has already been switched to the stay behind unit though, so he is no longer with the unit that is deploying July 3rd through 5th :) HALLELUJAH!!

More good news is that we are on base now and we absolutely LOVE our house! We have been so lucky! I guess ill wrap this up now. Thanks for reading, stay tuned ;)

HAKUNA MATATA- it means no worries.

Love always.