Latest Happenings

My wonderful husband took me for a flight that same day that he got his license, and it was awesome. He is just such a natural at it and made me feel more comfortable in that plane than I've ever felt flying (and I've flown a lot!). He taught me a lot and flew me out to Caldwell where he did some touch-and-goes before we came back in. We celebrated with a dinner with a couple friends at Chili's. It was a great day!

In other news, this past Wednesday, Daniel and I went to my latest pre-natal doctor's appointment. It started with an ultrasound where the lady completely checked and measured all of the baby. I couldn't take my eyes off that screen. Seeing our baby is such an amazing sight. The love I already feel for our little one is unmeasurable. Everything looked great and measured right on track for my current due date- October 9th. Of course, we found out the sex:

We are thrilled to become parents to our son, Joshua Austin Lane. *note: click on picture to enlarge.*

On top of all that, we had an amazing even filled weekend. It all started Friday at noon in Rudder Theater on the Texas A&M University campus. It was Daniel's official commissioning into the United States Marine Corps as a 2nd Lieutenant. It was a really awesome ceremony that included us, the family. We had several family members come into town: Mom & Dad Lane, Jordan (brother), Rebecca (sister), Stefanie (sister), Lane Grandparents, Youngblood grandparents, Aunt Cathy, Uncle Glenn, Matt (cousin), Uncle Roger, and Aunt Merle. There were 25 young men commissioned as officers into the U.S. Marine Corps or Navy, and they all looked great up there in their uniforms and new officer insignia that us family members were able to pin on them. After the ceremony, we went outside in front of the Rudder statue where the new officers gave their first salute to an enlisted military soldier. This is a tradition in the military which includes the newly commissioned officer giving the soldier who he gave his first salute to a silver dollar. Lots of pictures were taken, and here are a few:

After the commissioning ceremony, all the family came back to our apartment, and we gave them a tour and just hung out until dinner. Dinner was at Wings 'N More in South College Station, and it was a great time with family and celebrating Daniel's commissioning/graduation & Rebecca's 17th birthday. Also, we had held off on telling people the sex of the baby until we had informed family in person, which we did here at dinner. We gave Mom & Dad Lane a gift, which had in it a blue & green trimmed bib that read "I love grandma" and some blue burp cloths, to show them that we are expecting a baby boy. We, also, passed around the ultrasound pictures for everyone to see. From here, we headed to Reed Arena for Daniel's graduation ceremony. Some of the out-of-town family members went ahead and headed home since the weather was raining/storming and his graduation ceremony didn't start until 7pm. There were probably about 900-1,000 people graduating at this ceremony, so it was pretty long and boring as you can imagine. After the ceremony ended, we said bye to family after showing them his diploma and headed home. Saturday morning, Daniel and I had a celebratory breakfast at Cracker Barrel (so yummy & great service). Later that day, we had the University Commissioning ceremony. It was a part of the 2pm graduation ceremony for that day, but before they called out the names of those graduates, they brought out all of the newly commissioned officers for each divisions of the military (71 total). They, again, took the oath in front of everyone, and then were called by name to walk across the stage and shake the hands of several military officers. It was nice, and we were able to leave before they called the names of the graduates. We took some pictures with the Rencurrel's, and then headed home. We even ended the evening with a free Roger Creager concert at Wolf Pen Creek, which is right across the street from where we live.

It's been pretty eventful lately, but it's all been a great time with family and friends. Words cannot express how proud I am of my husband for his great accomplishments and how honored I am to be his wife. We feel truly blessed and give all the praise to our Lord.