And we're back…with good news!

We've got good news all around here at our house!  One of these will explain my long absence from writing.  

#1 The most exciting news is….we're adding to the family!  
Baby #3 is due in December.  We wanted it to be a surprise, but the ultrasound tech didn't warn us when not to look.  So, we're about 75% sure its a girl.  I really felt like we were having a girl before that, so I'm not surprised.  Or maybe I will be if we actually have a boy!  

Dallin says we are having a girl too.  He is very excited for the baby.  He even has a baby in his tummy too.  I'm glad somebody is having sympathy pains with me!  J/K.  He was very excited to hear the baby's heart beat at the doctor's appointment.  At the ultrasound, he watched the baby on the screen and was fascinated with it's movements.  He likes to look at the pictures they gave us.  We are all very excited, its just more fun to write about a two year old's excitement.  

This exciting news is why I haven't posted in so long.  I was sooooo exhausted that we were just in survival mode for several months.  Then I felt like I was playing catch up with everything I'd neglected.  I feel like I'm about caught up and have a little bit of breathing room now.  I only promised though to post more often then I did on Facebook, so in that sense, I'm doing great!  

#2  We made it through another deployment!  Dan left at the beginning of April and got back at the end of June.  I was able to take the boys out west to spend time with family.  We saw all of my family and most of Dan's!  It was so wonderful to see everyone.  And everyone was so helpful!  Especially my youngest brother.  He was a great uncle to the boys and helped me with them when I was feeling really sick and tired.  

While he was deployed, Dan also pinned on Major!  Way to go!

April-saying goodbye. Not really smiling inside though.  

June-watching for dad

There he is! Dallin broke away from me and ran to Dan as soon as he was at the bottom of the stairs.  

Smiling inside and out!

#3  Dan started his new job this week!  He isn't one to toot his own horn, so I'm doing it for him.  I'm so proud of him!  Before Dan left for his deployment, he was hired by Textron Aviation as a demo pilot.  It was exactly the job he wanted!  He will be flying both the Sovereign and King Air for them.  He'll still be working for the Reserve wing too, but in more of a traditional capacity.  Way to rock it babe!

Thanks for not giving up on me posting.  I'll see if I can catch up on more of our goings on soon.