We'll miss you Joe!

 I got some very sad news earlier today......my neighbor growing up back home passed away this morning of a heart attack.  It has really hit me hard.  He and his wife are like family.  We have known them since we moved to that house back in 1995!  They are and elderly couple.....and were such a joy to talk with and watch out in the yard.....wether it was working in the garden....just sitting in their lawn chairs in the driveway.....or hanging christmas lights.  They were always happy and the first to say hello and want to know what we had been up to.  They laughed with...or I guess at us through all the crazy high school craziness of toilet papered house....tortillaed house......port a potty in the drive way........  They were the ones that always got my flowers that Josh would send me once a month while I was still in high school in Arlington and Josh was going to school in Michigan.   He always loved Josh and thought he was such a great guy....he called him the flower boy!  He was so excited and proud that all four of us kids went to college and 3 of us so far have graduated.  He was there and happy for us at both my brother and my wedding!  He was so proud that I was marrying a Navy man.  He loved to talk about Josh to me.....and loved to talk to Josh about the Navy!  He would always come over and help....or watch really....my dad do any kind of work in or around the house.  He would always come over when he or his wife needed help at the house.  We were his mail and paper "getters" when ever they went on vacation!  I truly will miss this great man.  It is going to be so different going home and not seeing him walking around the yard......even just his friendly wave hello!  I would just like to ask that you keep his wife and the rest of his family in your prayers.  They lost one of their sons not too long ago.....so I know loosing Joe isn't going to be easy either!  We miss you Joe!

update

I felt like I should update since I probably won't update for a couple of weeks from now.  On Monday my brother Justin and his wife Lindsay are coming to visit for about a week.  I am going to show them around Monterey, carmel, and Big Sur and then once Josh is done with school on Thursday we are all going to head up to San Francisco for a couple of nights to explore and we even got tickets to go and tour Alcatraz!  That should be fun....I just hope I am able to keep up and this "morning" sickness ends.  As far as me and the baby are concerned....I ended up going to the doctor again last friday to get some medicine because I started having vertigo again....but this time it lasted for a week straight and I was hugging the toilet all day because of the nausea mixed in!  Not fun!  The vertigo has gone for now....but my doctor says that it may pop back up quite a bit due to the fact that my blood pressure will be low throughout the pregnancy!  The good thing about going to the doctor was that we got to see the baby again.  As soon as the doctor got locked in on her....she just kept waving her hand/arm.  We enjoyed it.....Josh and I liked to say that she was telling us hello.  It was probably more like...."stop pushing on me!"  Just to clarify...we do not know what we are having....but I like to call her a her.  That is about it for us.....Josh had two tests this week...in fact he is taking one right now as I type.  He has two more next week too.  I will try to update after Justin and Lindsay leave....but just a day or two after they leave I go to the doctor again and later that day my Grandpa and Uncle Billy come in town for a few days!  I won't make any promises on updating between visitors!  Hope everyone has a happy halloween!  

Sunday song of the week......

I love our church!  I really really enjoy the music each week!  I decided that each week I will post a video(if possible)...if not then just lyrics.  This is another song that I can't stop listening to!  Hope you enjoy!