Wow...it's been a long time!

October! I can't believe that I haven't written since October! Wow, so much has happened. Wilson and I have been to SC and back twice since then, for Camille's wedding and Thanksgiving. Christmas was spent here in Virginia, just the two of us. It was fun decorating the house and so relaxing and laid back. Wilson spent 3 weeks of December in Law Officer School learning the rules of evidence and how to interview and gather information. So now he gets to basically do the work of a paralegal (among other things) for the legal cases on his ship. He's been really busy with all of that work, plus the scheduling for his ship for the next few months. It's been crazy!

My job has been going pretty well, too. 'Tis the season for full hospitals, so things are busy. The other day, my co-worker only had time to eat a bag of chips during her whole 12-hr shift! It's nuts! I'm still only working a day or two every week, but I'm planning to start volunteering with our local pregnancy care center. Hopefully that will all come together in the next couple of weeks so my schedule will fill up some.

Oh! Our other big news is that we will probably be getting a puppy in the next month. We are so excited!! As many of you know, I have pet allergies, but we found a few breeds that are low-shedding dogs. After an hour or so petting the pooches, we settled on Min-Pins (miniature pinschers) because they don't cause any reaction in me at all. It's amazing! We found a small-time breeder who had a new litter in December, so come mid-February we should have a puppy! The litter had 2 female black and brown pups, which is what we prefer. These are the puppies we will be choosing from:
This is the larger of the two girls. She is very outgoing and adventuresome. She climbed right up into my lap and started sniffing and licking me!
This little girl is the smaller of the two. She is really tiny and a cuddler. She took a few minutes to warm up to us, but then she just curled up snuggled in!

We went to visit them yesterday, and Wilson wanted to take all 6 puppies home with us! They are still getting their feet under them and slide on the hardwood floors. It was so hard to leave! But hey, for you military folks out there, most army posts and major navy bases have a veterinarian on base and they are MUCH cheaper that civilian docs. They don't do surgery (spay/neuter) but they give yearly check-ups and vaccinations. Just FYI!

Well, I think that's the major news on this front. I'll try to be a little more consistent with my updates. Once every 3 months is just deplorable!! Thank you all for your prayers and phone calls and support! Love you!