This Just In...

Lot's of stuff to report on:

David's brother Chris got married two Saturday's ago in North Carolina so his whole family flew out for it. I feel bad for his parents - that's two East Coast weddings within twelve months! That gets real expensive real fast! It was a good ceremony and there were lots of good pictures taken, which I plan to post on my blog and on facebook once I get them in some accessable form. Chris and his new wife I think just got back from their honeymoon and are now living at his parents' house in Kaysville, Utah.

You asked about how the baby's doing. If how it looks on an ultrasound is any indication, it's doing great! Thanks to said ultrasound, I got to see the baby for the first time this week. I can't feel it yet, but it was wiggling and dancing back and forth. It was fun to watch. It's just so weird to think there's a living person growing inside of me! It's only just over two inches long now, the lady said, so it still has a lot of growing to do still. My unofficial due date of 1/13/10 has now officially changed to 12/31/09! Crazy stuff!

Since then I have been thinking all about that black-and-white head and nose and bum and legs and hands and the little fluttery spot where its heart is beating. It's easier to convince myself eat right and rest more because there it is in my mind, jumping and dancing around inside me and waiting to come out and meet us! It's so crazy! We're so excited but nervous too of course. His Dad thinks this will effectively spoil our plans to go to the Middle East next summer, but we've prayed and still feel it is right, and I've had enough miracles in my life to know that we can get there if the Lord wants us to go!

I'm doing o.k. Keeping up with classwork is really presenting a daunting challenge, though. David's also struggling with his job, selling a very expensive vacuum (Kirby) during a recession. We're working hard to stay positive though, which we've found is best done by staying close to the Lord and staying close to each other.

Life is great, God is good, and prayer is the answer to most questions. More soon!

Happy Birthday to me! (Ashley)

I need to get better at this whole blog thing.

It's my birthday! I'm 24 and happy to be alive. David's birthday was April 28. He's 24 and happy to be alive too :)

I figure this would be a good time to tell you that we recently found out that we're expecting a baby! We don't know boy or girl yet but we'll be happy with either of course. I'm tentatively due in mid-January. As you might imagine, with a part-time job and 14 Senior level credits, school is especially difficult now that I can't decide for myself when I want to eat or sleep; baby decides for me and sometimes assignments end up undone. But considering the reason, I'm trying not to let it stress me out too much.

David got a job selling Kirby vacuum cleaners. I guess he prefers to call them "Kirby home care systems" because they do a lot more than suck stuff out of carpets. At any rate, he likes it better all the time as he gets better at it.

We are very happy, even happier than we ever were before, and we understand with hard work and patience and forgiveness in our hearts, it'll keep growing like that. That's the goal. :) I'll add pictures soon.