Better late than never...

I just sent off Emily and Russ' Christmas presents today..... early start you might say,  nah these are for Christmas 2008.  Sad, but true!

I am so bad at long distance stuff.  Sorry Emily.  Hope you get them soon. 

 I am leaving for INDIANA on FRIDAY!  WHOO-HOOOOO!

Litchfield Beach- Marriage Retreat

We had a wonderful time at the beach this weekend! We were able to see alot of our old friends from Midway, Mike and Audra, and spend time with Aaron's parents. The weather was beautiful. It seemed like such a short weekend! We never even made it down to the beach. With all the sessions, raquetball, eating yummy food, swimming and just hanging out in our room, we stayed pretty busy. I forgot to take a single picture, luckily my father-in-law snapped these 2 of us in our room the first day. During the sessions we talked about the five love languages, accepting differences in personalities in marriages, and how to glorify God through your marriage. It was very encouraging and refreshing to spend some time with Aaron and remember the purpose for our marriage.

On Sunday when we got back, the whole family( minus Drew :( ) went to Chili's for dinner to celebrate Ason's, Aaron's youngest brother, return from basic training. He just got back and will be leaving for Iraq in the not so distant future along with Aaron's oldest brother, Andrew. It was nice to spend time with all the family, but it seems strange that we won't be seeing either of the two for close to a year :(. Hopefully, we will get to see them one more time before they officially leave for Iraq.

We also went to see my parents while we were in Wingate. It seems like I hardly see them anymore! We brought our ultrasound pics and got to visit with them for a little while. Its always wonderful to walk into the log cabin; the smell of the wood reminds me of so many memories!

I guess thats all for now ;)

3-D ultrasound picture

Some of you may have seen this pic on facebook. I didn't want to post it on the blog until I showed our parents, but here is the coolest ultrasound picture of all. ;)

My first prenatal appt was....

hmmm.....amazing to say the least. ;)  We found out that we are actually 12 weeks tomorrow, not 8!  Obviously my pregnancy didn't show up on a test until way later and I just assumed it was really early b/c we had been visiting the doctor about infertility about every other week since the end of November!  Wow, It was so awesome to hear that strong heartbeat and see little baby A jumping on the monitor.  The ultrasound tech was shocked bc she was the one that had just given me an ultrasound in Jan and didn't even check to see if I was pregnant =).  I am so excited to know I am almost out of the 1st trimester and this really explains the reason why my pants were already getting so snug =)  My baby really looks like a baby, not a blueberry! haha.  My due date is Sept 16th.  3 months pregnant, hmm, will this ever feel real?? I can't stop smiling.  God is so good to us!

Its always hard to come up with titles for random posts

My appointment is a week from yesterday =) I am getting so excited. After talking to the doctor last week, I found out that I will get an ultrasound next week for sure and get to hear the heartbeat. I will be so glad to finally get some of my questions answered and feel like this really is real. Each week seems like a huge accomplishment. It's kinda strange to think about. I am trying not to be fearful or worry about my baby. I know the Lord is sovereign over this whole situation, I just have been surprised with how often I find myself thinking about everything that could go wrong. Please be praying for me about this.

Next weekend we are going to Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort for a marriage retreat with couples from the church we used to go to. We are REALLY looking forward to this. We went a couple years ago and had so much fun. I'm sure there will be pictures afterwards, if I don't forget to take them. I seem to forget everything now!

We went to Ikea last night for the first time! What an awesome store! We found all kinds of cool ideas for things to do in our house and it all seems pretty affordable. I can't wait to go back when I have more time and money to shop.

We are finally bringing Speckles to Forsyth County to get fixed tomorrow. We called the Charlotte Humane Society and their first available appt was for June 11th. That seemed like a long time to have to listen to Speckle's mating calls at the front windows, so we decided to call around and find somewhere else to bring her.

Indiana, here I come ;)

Aaron just booked me a flight to go to Indiana for a weekend in March!!! I am SOOO excited. I get to go see my sister for a weekend! =DDDD

We are VERY PLEASED to announce.....

......that a baby Forsyth is on the way!!! That's right! We are pregnant =D. After a year of praying hard over this and learning some patience, the Lord has blessed us with a child. We are around 6 weeks right now and will be due in October. I have not been to the doctor yet, she wasn't available until the beginning of March. (learning more patience ;))
Thank you for all your prayers so far in this process. Please be praying for a healthy baby and pregnancy. We are so excited and are praising God for His sovereignty and timing!

Nothing exciting happening yet(other than heartburn,exhaustion, and only wanting to eat waffles =P), but the belly shots have begun.=) We will keep ya posted!

***Aaron and Ashley***