September 2010

Okay, so I know it's mid October and I am just now making our September blog post, but things have been a little busy! September was DEFINITELY my favorite month of 2010 thus far! Here are the highlights...




Over labor day weekend, Cory and I went with some of his friends from work to go shooting up in the mountains. I had never fired any sort of weapon before and always thought it would be neat, so when Cory told me he was planning to go, I had to ask if I could tag along! The drive up the mountain was NOT one I want to do again anytime soon! I have a terrible fear of driving on thin mountain rounds with no railing, and of course, the ENTIRE 45 minute drive was like that. After what seemed like an eternity of closing my eyes and taking deep breaths, we finally got to our destination! It was SO much fun! Each gun had its own recoil I had to get used to, but i loved it!




Cory, of course, handled the recoil much better than I did. It was nice to get away and do something neither of us had much experience in, and learn together. I was happy to spend the day with my husband, too!




My Dad likes to call this picture, "Stephanie Palin." :)




This is one of my favorite pictures of Cory! I'm pretty sure it's every man's dream to crawl in the dirt and shoot at things :)




Needless to say, we were enjoying this.




On September 17th, I was able to join my parents at the annual Air Force Ball. It was fun to get dressed up and go to a fancy dinner. I had planned to stay the night at my parents house, but I was feeling pretty tired and felt like heading home. Here's where we get to the reason September was my favorite month. When I got home, I decided to take a pregnancy test.....




SURPRISE!! I immediately starting sobbing and saying aloud over and over, "Thank you God, thank you God!" (I had been dealing with some fertility issues and had gone through some treatments over the summer, so this was such a blessing and a miracle!) It was midnight when I took the test, and Cory works a night shift a T-Mobile, so I knew he wouldn't be coming home for another 2 hours. I had always imagined I'd come up with some creative way to tell my husband I was pregnant, but my emotions were taking over and I couldn't think of anything. I had SUCH a hard time waiting those 2 hours for him to come home! When he did finally walk through the door, I told him I had something to show him. I told him to close his eyes and hold out his hands, and laid the test in his hands. When he opened his eyes, his jaw dropped! Of course then he smiled and hugged me and we talked about it the rest of the night.






A few weeks later, we were able to go to the Doctor and Cory and I saw our baby and its precious little heartbeat for the first time. There is not a more emotional or more satisfying feeling in the world than seeing that little blinking spot on the ultrasound screen. I am now 7 and a half weeks along, and our baby is due May 30th, 2011. Of course, Cory thinks we're having a boy, but I insist it will be a girl :) We know that we are very blessed and we cant wait for this amazing journey ahead of us!