Here We Go.....

Wow! I cannot believe I have slacked and not blogged in almost 9 months!!! So sorry guys!!! Time to play catch-up!!

• I graduated May 8th with my AA. (Finally!!!!!)
• Justin and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary in Savannah, GA June 4th
• Justin was sworn into the US Army June 17th
• We found out we will be moving to Fort Hood, TX next year
• We found out July 5th we will have our first child in March of next year
• We were able to hear the heartbeat for the first time on Aug 20th
• We saw it for the first time on Aug 30th
• Justin left for Basic Training on Oct 1st and is currently at Fort Sill in Oklahoma
• We found out on Oct 4th we are having a boy!!!!

Just a few of the highlights of the past few months!!! I am doing okay on my own, and look forward to the times he is able to call us. I have been working, puttering around the house, and spending time with those I love.
 Fall is my favorite season, and I am relishing the chill in the air first thing in the morning, and the sights and smells that come along with this time of year.
I am also still getting used to the fact that I am carrying our son. It still amazes me to see how my body is changing, and feel those cravings when I smell anything that resembles food!!!
Well, we are getting tired, and have a little girl looking forward to a few days with her aunt. I will leave you for now, but hopefully not for so long this time!
And of course, it would not be me without a song!!!! So, here it is!
(This song was played at our wedding June 4th, 2005 and still resonates for us.....)

When God Made You by Newsong w/ Natalie Grant

It’s always been a mystery to me 

How two hearts can come together

And love can last forever

But now that I have found you, I believe

That a miracle has come

When God sends the perfect one

Now gone are all my questions about why

And I’ve never been so sure of anything in my life

Chorus:

I wonder what God was thinking

When He created you

I wonder if He knew everything I would need

Because He made all my dreams come true

When God made you

He must have been thinking about me

I promise that wherever you may go

Wherever life may lead you

With all my heart I’ll be there too

From this moment on I want you to know

I’ll let nothing come between us

And I will love the ones you love

Now gone are all my questions about why

And I have never been so sure of anything in my life

Chorus:

I wonder what God was thinking

I wonder if He knew everything I would need

Because He made all my dreams come true

When God made you

He must have been thinking about me

Bridge:

He made the sun

He made the moon

To harmonize in perfect tune

One can’t move without the other

They just have to be together

And that is why I know it’s true

You’re for me and I’m for you

Cause my world just can’t be right

Without you in my life

Chorus:

I wonder what God was thinking

When He created you

I wonder if He knew everything I would need

Because He made all my dreams come true

Tag chorus:

He must have heard every prayer I’ve been praying (I 've been praying)

Yes He knew everything I would need

When God made you (I thank God he made you)

When dreams come true (you are my love my love)

When God made you He must have been thinking about me

Numbers...

Numbers are all around us. Time is composed of many numbers, going either too slowly or too fast. These numbers amount to moments, minutes, hours, days, and years. It seems like all of these are flying by. I have reflected on many numbers as of late.

-I have been working on my AA for 9 years now, and will finally receive it at the end of this semester. (As long as all goes according to my plan!)

-My favorite little man is now 9. I can still remember playing video games, with my feet pressed together in front of me, his head resting where the arches of my feet were spaced and my heels supporting his neck where they met. While I played, he watched the ceiling fan above.

-My favorite little duo are turning 6. I can still remember singing to little man in the NICU at my sister's request, and watching her hold him and mouth the words. I can also remember holding little miss while she was sleeping, and having my dad stop in the doorway and say that I had my grandfather's nose.

-I have been married for almost 5 years, together for almost 7. I can still remember the thrill of our very first kiss, the thrill of our first engaged kiss, the thrill of our first married kiss, and the thrills of many other special kisses between and since. I look forward to many more.

-I have been friends with my Best Friend for almost 14 years. We have seen each other through thick and thin (literally!), good times and bad. I am still amazed at the things we have shared, and await the things to come.



With so many reflections, I try to concentrate on the positive ones. I cannot number them, as the stream is continous, with a strong current pushing them through my mind too quick to count. I choose not to reflect on the negative in this post, as they would only cause me tears. I reflect on the good and bad each day, and try to stay focused on the good to make it through the day. The bad still follow me around, whispering in my ear in my quiet moments. Like a fly or mosquito, I shoo them , only to hear the buzzing again a few moments later. Life is made up of many moments. Moments too numerous to count. We choose the moments that make us count.
But, life is not measured my numbers or counting, now is it? One of my favourite quotes expresses it all to well:

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

I try to live in those moments, recapturing my breath as I go.