Here it goes again..!

Well folks, this isn't the first time that I've attempted to blog, but I'm gonna give it another shot! As you all know, Jaymes & I have been married for about a year (April 18th will mark that!) and we are very happy together! As far as life goes, Jaymes is still in the active duty Marine Corps and we're stationed out here in California until October of this year! Jaymes & I decided not to live on base upon arriving here because we would not receive BAH (for you non-military peeps that means Basic allowance for housing). So even though they'd provide us with a house for free, we'd be getting about $300 less in pay.. to make a really long story short, the amount they give us each month goes towards our rent & we always end up with about $300 left-over from that. Anyhow, we've realized that Jaymes spends that extra $300 pretty fast in gas money to get to base, so we're really not getting anything out of not living on base. We're gonna make some calls and see what the availability is for housing on base so we can save up some more money & have less of a ride to work everyday. This may not even be a possibility if the wait for a house is long, but we'll see! I'm working on finding another job because I quit my old one last month due to unfortunate circumstances (my boss was an *******). Anyhow, I think I've found one on base as a child development program assistant. (which means I could drive to work with Jaymes everyday & we could sell our other car, & ultimately save even MORE money!) If I get this job I'll be making $3 more per hour compared to my last one.. which is very nice. I'm just waiting to hear back from them now. When October arrives, the plan is to move home (to northern Indiana) and move in with the in-laws for a few months until we have enough saved up to get a nice place of our own. OH, If you didn't already know, we're expecting our first baby on September 7th & we're VERY excited :) I'll blog more about that later!! Jaymes & I have been attending a lovely church called "South Shores Church" for 5 or so months now. We go to an evening service at 6 every Sunday, which is a lot less crowded than the morning ones & we get dinner before hand at the evening service, which makes time for good fellowship!! We haven't really found any couples our age to connect with, which is unfortunate, but if you think about it, not so much because we aren't gonna be here for that much longer anyways. blah blah blah. Soo back to being pregnant!! I'm in the last week of my first trimester & feeling "okay". I never got any morning sickness through this trimester, but I had a little bit of "evening" sickness here and there which has thankfully passed for the most part.. (unless I eat something too fast or something that baby doesn't like)! I'd say the thing that's been the hardest for me are the mood swings that I get... they are CRAZY! I'll be fine one minute, and the next I'm ready to murder somebody. I'm kinda hoping this passes too!! :/ I've also noticed that I feel a "hard" beating sensation in my heart every now and then.. mainly when I get cold too fast, but it's really starting to concern me. I know that it's common to have blood pressure problems of some sort when you're pregnant, but that still doesn't ease my mind any. I just had an appointment with my OBGYN & she said that if it's happening frequently it's not good & they'll need to do blood work. I'm really hoping it's nothing too serious! Jaymes seems to think it's normal & nothing to worry about, but we'll see. Other than that, I haven't gained any weight so far, but I haven't lost any either, so I'm doing pretty good in that area! I crave taco bell all the time, but only give in every now and then!! I also crave anything & everything that has a lot of salt in it. Mmm, and oranges. Well everybody, I think that's a sufficient enough update on our life for now! I plan on doing this pretty regularly, so come back for more updates next week or so :) God bless!!!!

Jaymes & Abby!