Gone to training...

Brandon has joined the Army! He will be active duty for four years unless he decides he likes it and wants to stay in longer. It is something Brandon said he has always kind of wanted to do, but never realistically thought about it. The topic randomly came up one day and after talking we decided to look into it. Everything happened rather quickly. When he joined, he decided to go into infantry as his job choice. I told him I would support him in whatever he wanted to do and he has been happy about his decision.

Brandon left for his Basic and Job training today. I balled my eyes out seeing him off at the airport. It was probably one the hardest things for us to do so far in our life together. As I drove home, thinking about what it will be like while he is away, I thought of all the wonderful things Brandon has already done for me since we have been together. He is a wonderful husband and I miss him more than anything already.

He will be gone for a little over four months. I won't get to see him until his graduation at the end of all of his training (which will be about at the end of june):( And it will be so crazy for us when we do see each other: I will have a tummy twice the size it is now I'm sure, and Brandon will be so handsome in his uniform and his military haircut:)

He won't be able to talk to anyone until he is finished, but if you'd like he can receive letters and I am sure he wouldn't object:) Let me know if you want to write him because I will let you know his address as soon as he gives it to me.

As for me, I will still be here in Juneau until the semester is over. After school gets out, I am going to be staying with my family in Northern Utah until Brandon finishes. We will return to Juneau in July to collect our belongings and move to our next duty station. We have no idea where we will end up going, but either way Brandon and I are excited to experience new places together and with our new baby.

Things are still going well with the baby. I am 16 weeks right now. I will find out on April 7th whether it is a boy or girl. I can't wait, I am soo excited! I can't wait for Brandon to find out either.