BIG MONTH!!

So we're pregnant =)




How the Lord surprises you when you least expect it. We were on three months of fertility drugs which was really stressful considering that both with the second pregnancy and Noah we got pregnant with the fertility drugs on the very first month of trying. So we sought out medical advice from my doctor and sister in Christ and was told that we might have to see an infertility specialist once we arrived in New Mexico. It was heart breaking news. This was told to us on a Thursday. The following Thursday, we were at home looking at the calendar at all out impending appointments that would happen between then July 14 and the following month since we are PCSing on Sept 1. I noticed that I was a few days late, not that uncommon with PCOS but because of the fertility drugs my cycle had been running every 30 days and so I just for the fun of it took a pregnancy test I had bought the previous month. I called Bo into the bathroom screaming! Two PINK lines!! Bo could just not believe it! He kept saying over and over again there is no way, the lines must have been there before you took it! LOL!! We just could not believe the fact that I was pregnant. We had taken NO fertility drugs that "fourth month" of trying and here we are pregnant all by ourselves with the help of God of course ;) So I am 10 week pregnant and saw a heartbeat at 6 weeks and 7 weeks. I go back to the doctor here in Italy next week for my final appointments since it will take so long for me to get into the doctors in NM. The Lord has chosen to show us favor once more which is more than we could ever deserve!

So this is our LAST full week in Italia (well the week coming up). Lots to do, finish last minute packing, clean the house, FMO furniture, etc. We move into TLF (hotel on base) on Thursday which is going to be so much nicer since we'll have a maid service and that maid will not be me ;)
Recently we have said goodbye to some very good friends. This part of the lifestyle will never get easier. We are so blessed to have made the friends that the Lord has brought into our lives. Tonight's going away party for Bo's flight was very special for me to see how much people respect and care for my husband. Oh I almost forgot! Bo made Staff Sergeant! Bo has been in for 3 years and 7 months and made it technically on his first time...the first time he tested was because he made BTZ (below the zone) and so he sewed on SrA 6mths early. They then told him that he could test for Staff after he got back from the desert last summer, well nine days before he leaves they say, "oh I'm sorry you will have to test in a week." He missed it by .6 of a point. So this time testing would have been the first time had he not made BTZ. Which he PASSED! So we heard the heartbeat of our baby on a Wednesday and found out the next day that he had made Staff!

The Lord has blessed us so much in the past three years. Words cannot even express how thankful we are for all the many blessings He has given us! We're excited to be coming back to the states and ready for this new chapter in our life to begin!

We're going to be "home-stuff-less" soon!

So after our TMO briefing yesterday and the email today the movers are coming to get our HHG's (house hold goods) on July 26-27. The FMO loaner furniture will be dropped off on July 28 and our UB (unaccompanied baggage) will be picked up on July 29.

So basically all the big stuff will go on the 26-27th, HARD UNCOMFORTABLE but greatly appreciated military loaner furniture will be delivered on the 28th, and the need "real soon" stuff will go on the 29th.

I am still waiting on a list from Bo about the UB stuff that needs to go because we have to separate that from the HHG. All I know for now is that it can be our bikes, Noah's crib, all of our linens, towels, dishware, pots and pans etc.

So now that we have all our dates in order I am MORE than ready to get this show on the road. My poor husband is stressed to the max! He has all this PCS stuff, regular work, school and the music ministry. We are basically rushing for the week after next to hurry and get here so that the hard part is over! Please keep us in your prayers as we embark on this crazy but very exciting new journey!

Home Is Where The Air Force Sends Us

So our official new home is Cannon AFB in Clovis, NM. I have been pestering Bo for days now about when we would finally get our orders since our travel itinerary/port call date information came out last Friday. I was so excited to see on paper that we would be leaving here Sept 1 and finally arriving in Clovis, NM on Sept 2, after many plane changes.

It's really beginning to set in that the home in which we have made for ourselves for the past 2 1/2 years is really coming to a end. We have a plaque in our hallway that says "Home is where the Air Force sends us" and below it has some wire hangers to hang different stars that have each base where you have lived names written on it. So far for us it just says Aviano, Italy. Which sadly enough will be over in just 8 short Sundays < that's how I have been counting down :) I have met a very nice girl through a wonderful mutual friend and it has been so nice corresponding with her for the last few months about the local area and her local church. I can't imagine starting all over again with a whole group of new people but that's exactly what we will be doing before long. I pray the Lord surrounds us with Godly men and women who love us and our family and who will help make this transition a smooth and easy one. The Lord has blessed us already in so many ways especially with our church family here that we will be all too thrilled to have it happen again. I pray that they always know that they are never being replaced, only added to in our hearts! Bo is going tomorrow to start the process of housing, tmo, fmo, all the fun wonderful many to-do's in order to out process this base. I wish I could help take some of these heavy burdens away from him but he is the one who wears the stripes and because of that he is all alone on this one. I pray that the Lord will give me the strength and the wisdom I need to help be the helpmeet God created me to be!

To all of you who are reading this, please remember us in prayers as we offically begin to embarq on this brand new journey!