Whoa mama-cita!

It's coming up on a year that Old Man Hancock has been home. Can you believe it?? Nearly a year??? Sometimes I look at him in awe; only having a vague idea of what he's been through. Others ... Well, who says your "first" year of marriage is easy? (Why do all the married couples hide that?) :) Just teasing! So in a nutshell, God continued to bless us this year with tons of experiences, life lessons, family visits, pet fiasco's and probably every other thing you can think of. I thought I'd catch you up on a few things before the blog continues (because yes, I've been BUSTING to start blogging again). Consider this a Hancock Year in Review - of sorts …

The Old Man came home on Memorial Day weekend and boy was that one to remember. We vacationed a little on the beaches of North Carolina; came home to our brand new house; had a news story broadcasted on local and national television about us; had an amazing welcome home party complete with a parade, our closest family, and little, cami, party-hats; and an amazing time together in Aruba. It took a while to get adjusted to things, both him and I, and to this day I still cry thinking about the deployment, but we got along OK. The summer passed by with those interesting first marriage gettings used to's (who knew sponges became more gross when left in the sink or that the brand of toothpaste mattered???). We had tons of fun times (we make a mean softball team and really good holiday dinners) and of course, mistakes ... I'm one with new cars, I'm one with new cars, I'm one with new cars.

Then I started school again in the fall. I've been going to the best college ever, Liberty University, and I'm pretty much done with my coursework portion towards my master's in teaching now. Old Man Hancock started too. He's working quickly through his degree at Central Texas and is doing really well so far! I started teaching Kindergarten Sunday School at St. Mary's and it's the best thing ever - definite motivation to finish up school!! Plus, they always say really funny things like, "I gave up ham for lent!" and really smart things like "Peter the Apostle was the cornerstone of the church on Earth and the first Pope." They ALWAYS amaze me.

While I'm still finishing my degree, I applied to be a Public Affairs Officer/News Writer for the Navy, doing the second best thing I love and who'd have thought - I got it! (Don't hold me to any of that on here though!) As for the Old Man, he finally settled in his position teaching Lt.'s at The Basic School in Quantico, while finding time in between to hunt, golf and play baseball. Or wait, is it the other way around! ;) Oh yes, somewhere in between we found out we're pregnant! I threw that in to see if you were paying attention! :)

So now onto the good stuff. Baby, baby names, baby cravings, baby news, baby ideas, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby. (This is what it looks like inside the mind of "Pregnant Anna" formerly known as Annaland- read more below.) Only, I don't entirely feel pregnant, which can be good and bad. No morning sickness, no daily vomiting, no extreme fatigue, not too much of anything really. I get the occasional brief burst of nausea, migraine, heartburn, tiredness and my pants feel like they're airbrushed on, but other than that - ship shape! (I'm sure I'm on my way of being as big as a ship!)

I'm so excited about the baby and starting our family that it all seems so surreal. And even though it may not be all that interesting, that's what I'm gonna share with you on here! Especially since I miss all of you so dearly and I just really like to talk unnecessary amounts about anything, but most importantly, at least it'll make me feel like you're with me! (hint, hint - leave me comments! Or better yet, VISIT!)

So, CHEERS! To a new blog and a baby! (Picture me raising my pink water-filled sippie cup that, yes - I actually have and I'm drinking with as we speak!)