Welcome Logan and Kaylee Alsup!!

Well today has been a very exciting day!! Our great friends Janis and Drew Alsup welcomed their twins at 4:30am!! Logan Kane who weighed in at 6lbs 6oz and Kaylee Jayne who weighed 6lbs 2oz! Kyle and I were lucky enough to have their 1 year old Emily today and also very blessed to have spent almost 2 hours visiting with the newborns! :) They are two of the most beautiful babies I have ever seen! :) We enjoyed our visit with them. I am headed back to the hospital tomorrow to spend more time with them! I so enjoyed being able to hold them, of course Kyle was scared at first, but he got the hang of it! Here are a few pictures...me holding Kaylee and Kyle holding logan! :)

Another week gone by...

Its been a while since Ive posted a new blog so I figured it was about time! :) The last few weeks have been pretty busy for us. My friend Anna invited Kyle and I to her sons, Trenton and Griffins soccer games over the weekend, we had a great time watching all the kids play! We also were very excited to finally meet Mason Bauer, our friends Matt and Jess' newborn son. We spent Sunday at their house and had a cook-out. It was great to hang out and of course I was in heaven holding little Mason, he is such a sweet baby.

I was invited to a Division Volunteer Appreciation Ceremony on the 28th with several other ladies from our battalion. It was awesome!! It was a great turn out and I enjoyed listening to the 82nd Airborne Choir sing. Kyle has been increasingly busy as well, with his Company Commander and XO gone to JRTC, Kyle has been the acting Company Commander and XO, along with doing his normal job of FSO (fire support officer). He will be entering JumpMaster School on May 11th and we are both very excited!! He has wanted to do this for a while now!

I, thankfully am getting over the flu, after the ceremony on Tuesday, I was down for the count for 2 days, but am much better now! Kyle had a night jump on Tuesday and from what he said, he had a pretty rough landing, so he has been nursing a pretty bad headache all week. He seems to be better today. He has more guts than I do to jump from a plane!

We dont have any big plans for the weekend, except for getting some much needed cleaning done and planting some flowers outside! :) We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

Exciting Happenings....

Well so far April has been a very fun and busy month!! Yesterday, Kyle and I purchased a brand new car for me to drive!! It's a 2009 Toyota Corolla and I couldn't be more excited!!! There are lots of things happening at Kyle's work that is going to keep both of us very busy. Kyle will be leaving on April 27th to head down to Ft. Polk Louisiana to OC a JRTC (joint regional training center)for 1st Brigade. He will be gone for about 3 1/2 weeks. I have plenty to keep me busy while he is gone between friends and FRG I will be very busy :) We are also going to be attending the Change of Command happening on Friday the 24th for Kyle's current Company Commander, Capt. Farmer, he will be handing off Command to Capt. Montgomery. Lots of exciting things here in NC.

We also want to send out a HUGE congratulations to our neighbors and good friends Matt and Jess Bauer on the birth of their beautiful baby boy, Mason James. :) We are looking forward to meeting him when they come home. :)

Easter Fun!!

Well Easter 2009 has come and gone, but it was an awesome day! It started out in the morning with Kyle and I exchanging Easter Baskets, it was fun and we loved doing it! Later in the day we had some GREAT friends over Matt and Jess and Jackie and Justin for a barbeque. After eating some pretty good food if I do say so myself, we played a very LONG game of Trivial Pursuit, if you dont know this group, we are pretty competitive when it comes to board games, but last night was pretty laid back. It was a blast! Then after that Kyle and I started up the firepit and we did some S'Mores, YUM!!!! Finally at about 11 after some good s'mores and good conversation we all called it a night. :) It was a great Easter with some even better friends!! :) I hope everyone had a very Happy Easter!

Myrtle Beach Vacation

Well, we are back from our amazing vacation in Myrtle Beach, although it was only for 2 1/2 days it was still awesome!! We had a great room with a beautiful view of the beach!!! We did a lot while we were there, we experience Broadway at the Beach, all of the Ripleys Attractions and some much needed relaxation on the Beach!!! Although we were sad to leave we are glad to be home with our animals, Emma and Fishy!!!

Healing Process...

Well as many of you may or may not know, Kyle and I experienced a heartbreaking ordeal this past week. I unfortunately suffered a miscarriage. We have gone through so many emotions in the last few days dealing with this, its something we never thought we would have to go through. I have been in and out of the Dr's all week trying to figure out exactly what happened and to make sure its healing on its own.
We are still emotional about the situation and have decided to take a much needed vacation. Kyle has a 3 day weekend and we have decided to go to Myrtle Beach. We have a room with a view of the Beach and we are very much looking forward to this.
Thank you to our wonderful families and awesome friends who have been so supportive through this whole situation. It means the world to us and we couldnt get through it without each of you.

March Madness!!

Well we are a week into the month of March and so much is going on. Kyle is in the field until March 14th for whats called MRE: Mission Response Exercise. He has been extremely busy with work but hopefully things will start to calm down after the MRE. I have had a lot to keep me busy since he has been gone. I have been able to spend time with some friends and also offer my services to watch their kids when needed. I have loved every minute of it!!! :) I am also planning a St. Patricks Day party at my house...yay for parties!!! Im just looking forward to having Kyle back at home!!! :) I hope everyone is doing well!!!