Wow I can't believe how time has flown by. I'm 29 weeks pregnant now and I have less than 2 1/2 months until my due date on December 1st.

We're getting so excited and hurrying to get everything together for Caleb's arrival.

We have one last ultrasound before he gets here. It's scheduled for the 23rd of this month and we will be going to a place called Prenatal Imaging where we will be able to see the baby in 3D/4D. I should have lots of pictures next weekend after we get back from the appointment.

I can't believe it's getting so close. Daddy is getting so excited too!! He kisses and hugs the belly all the time and tell Caleb how much he loves him. The two of them are going to be quite the pair. I can't wait till Craig gets to hold him for the first time! It's going to be an incredible moment!!!

I just started a new career. I'm very excited about it. I was accepted to the Design Trainee Program at Northrop Grumman back in December and started last month. I'm taking AutoCAD, Catia, and Inventor courses right now, along with Ship Design and Theory. I have the choice of 4 disciplines: Electrical, Structural, Mechanical, or Piping. I will be designing various parts of a carrier and my designs upon approval become the blueprints for the trades to build into the ship. It's a GREAT job, I absolutely love it a great deal more than I thought I would. The benefits are insane and the company will reimburse me completely when I decide to go back and finish my degree. The first 3 months are pure classroom training and college courses. The next 9 months, I will be out on the production floor working under the supervision of a mentor who most likely will be a senior designer of some sorts, and then after the 9 months are up, I will graduate the trainee program and fly solo.

Craig and I have been talking about when we want to start a family. We are excited about having kids, but we decided to let me get through the Design program and hopefully buy a house first. We want to get a dog and a cat first and "practice" hahahahaha! Just joking, no comparison there.

So my life has been busy lately. Got married, moved to a new apartment, started a new job. So I'm turning a few pages in my life, and I'm so happy. Sometimes it's scary when you don't know what's about to happen, case in point, but I know that everything happens for a reason and I just have to trust.

Just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm still out here!

Mary

P.S. Here are some pictures from the wedding! Enjoy!

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URGENT REQUEST

I know that I haven't posted in a long time. The wedding was wonderful and now Craig and I are beginning our lives together.

We live in Smithfield and we moved into our new apartment on November 10th. We've been having problems with our apartment complex. They are trying to say that we lied on our applications and are presently attempting to evict us from our home.

God has His hand on us and our marriage and we know that He didn't bring us all this way and provide for us up until this point to let something like this happen to us. But we need your prayers. This is a very hard situation and our finances are tight as it is. We trust that God has everything in control but it is very difficult to stare a situation in the face like this and still have total faith.

We need your prayers desperately right now. We are completely dependant on God and He already knows what is going to happen. Please pray that we will find favor with the management company and that the truth will be brought to the light and that God's will will be done.

We love you all,

Mary and Craig

Here's the official engagement picture!

and this one was taken the same day too...

Our Website is here. So I guess it's 31 days and counting! Who would have ever thought?!!? Geeeeez. I guess I better be going, I really have so much to do that it's mind-boggling!

Love you all!
Mary