First baby picture!

Ok, so apparently when I tried to upload the picture of the ultrasound yesterday it didn't work...so here it is! Enjoy!

First Shot!

Ok, so today we had our long awaited doctor's appointment to hear the heart beat and make sure everything was developing normally! When we got there we had to do a brief family medical history and then the nurse took us into the room to do my exam and hear the heart beat. So she takes out her little black cordless monitor and places it on my stomach. She starts moving it around...nothing. After about 3 or 4 minutes of doing that, we STILL hear nothing. Uh oh! What is going on??? So she orders an transvaginal ultrasound (if anyone can imagine a long rubbery thing that has to go INSIDE you) so that we could possibly see the heart beat. Well we wait about 10 min to be taken to that room and I am nervous as heck...possibly the longest 10 min of my life. Poor Andy is so calm...trying to de-stress me! Finally we go in and the tech tried to do the ultrasound ON TOP of my stomach before she went inside :( Couldnt see anything! So she asks, "Ok Mrs. Vaughn, can you insert this WAND just like you would a tampon?" I was like WHAT??? Uh, OK...in it goes and we are watching the screen as the side of my cervix squishes together and the wand smashes the walls of my inards :) She moves it around to check my ovaries...everything looked normal. At this point I am thinking, "come on lady! Get to the baby already!" And FINALLY, there it is...we could see the tiny baby shaped person and the little heart fluttering, AND it did a couple of kicks for us! Yay! There really is a baby in there! This must have been the coolest thing I have seen in my life. I look over at Andy and he has a BIG smile on his face...I think it's really real for him now. We are going to be parents! After my ultrasound, the doc came in and told us everything looked great, but warned me I may have some bleeding due to my cervix being so sensitive right now. At the time it didnt phase me, but low and behold, I am indeed bleeding but glad to know it is normal :) Praise God for a good report today!

Newsflash!!

Ok, once again, we are VERY sorry for the late updates. Due to our jobs being overwhelming and demanding, we haven't found much time to be the "bloggers" that we envisioned ourselves to be :( With that being said, our latest news will compel us to keep our dear friends and family that live SO far away updated on our crazy, but exciting lives. Now, for the latest...Jahna is PREGNANT! Ok, so this may be old news for some, but for others this may come as a shock :) We are expecting our bundle of joy next March and couldn't be more excited! She is feeling great and very happy that morning sickness seems to have bypassed her (we are keeping our fingers crossed!). Jahna just started her new job as a 3rd grade teacher and we are very thankful for that. This has been an unanswered prayer for us for quite some time. Praise the Lord! With this comes joy and concerns as Jahna needs to stay healthy during this time. With the Swine Flu on the rise, this brings concerns and much needed prayer for God's protection over her. She has been blessed with a great class though, so we are thankful for that.
As for Andy, football season is indeed in FULL swing. Today ends the 3 weeks of camp that has kept him at work from 7 am to 10 pm everyday :) Jahna is quite excited it's over. On the other hand, this does not mean the long days have ended. The Blue Raiders season begins next weekend with the opening game against CLEMSON! Ironic huh? About 60% of the MTSU staff used to work at Clemson...should be a good game! As mentioned at the beginning, now that we will be experiencing new and exciting things in the next 7 months, we will do our best to keep this blog updated. Belly pictures and updates are soon to come...there isn't much of a belly bump just yet! Right now we are taking it one day at a time and looking forward to hearing our little ones' heartbeat on Monday!

Summer Time!

Ok, so we know it has been awhile since we have posted anything new. Both of us have been extremely busy with work and finishing up student teaching/Praxis tests/starting a new job (Jahna), etc. The latest news we have is that Jahna has started a new job as a server for the summer at Maple Street Grill in downtown Murfreesboro. While she is thankful for a job, it's not longterm and she will await an interview for a teaching position hopefully before the beginning of the school year or shortly after. Prayers on that are GREATLY appreciated! Another tid bit of GREAT news we have is that Jahna passed her Praxis tests to be able to get her Nevada teaching license! We are SOOOO happy about that! Praise God! She has ONE more Praxis test to take June 13 and hopefully she is DONE with those ridiculous tests! Again, we believe there was power in prayer for her passing scores on these last tests and more prayers on this last test coming up are also greatly appreciated!

As for Andy, he has been busy with summer football camps. Not a lot going on but that in the wonderful world of MTSU football :) On another note, we are very much looking forward to our 10 day vacation to Los Angeles, CA and Lake Tahoe June 18-28...we are in NEED of a vacation! Tahoe summers are the BEST and we are looking forward to a lot of beach and boat time! It's been a stressfull last few months for us! Yay for vacation!

Most recently we have enjoyed great times with friends having Memorial Day BBQ's and just grillin' and chillin' with our close friends here in Murfreesboro, as well as spending time with Andy's parents. While they were here last weekend we went to the Jack Daniel's Distillery and enjoyed dinner in downtown Nashville. Here are a few pics from our most recent outings and Jahna's 2nd grade class :) Boy will she miss them! More posts to come later!

Banquet night

This post may be a little blah, but I am trying to be good about keeping our blog up to date :) Anyway, here is where I will brag on Andy a bit: Late nights and early mornings started last week as Andy helped prepare MTSU for their annual football banquet night last night. Even though late nights and early morning got me frustrated (as a "coaches" wife, and trust me...it can be very frustrating!), I now see why Andy is so valued and respected at MTSU because he is SUCH a hard worker! As I sit in the ballroom at the brand new Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro, I am amazed at the lovely people Andy gets to spend his days with at work. What a great group of men! We are so blessed for Andy to work for such an AMAZING coach as Coach Stockstill, as well as the rest of the coaching staff. There are no words for them but good words for these guys :)

We engaged in a night of fantastic food and fun fellowship with the coaches and their wives. Needless to say, Andy and I feel more and more blessed to be here the more we get to know the people we are surrounded by :)

Getting settled in Tennessee!

Hi everyone! As our new home has slowly but surely turned from mere chaos to some kind of normalcy, we wanted to take a minute and let everyone know that things are going well for us out here in Tennessee! There are still a few lonely boxes that are sitting in our living room just waiting to be unpacked, but those little boxes are going to have to wait as we are running out of room! We are lugging about 5 boxes of unwanted and unneeded stuff to Goodwill today, so that will free up some space too! Oh the joys of moving! Jahna has threatened Andy with his life if we have to move again within the next 2 years :) All in all, we are enjoying ourselves here and getting settled nicely!

Andy has been SUPER busy with work and Jahna has been SUPER sick with strep throat...which leads us to say that she STILL has not begun her student teaching. She was supposed to have started on Monday, January 12 but as all of you know, strep is contagious and she was advised to stay home until she was better. She is on antibiotics and feeling MUCH better...she will be heading to the classroom tomorrow! She cant wait to get this student teaching started...it has been a much anticipated event for her! As for Mr. Levi, he is doing well :) I think he is now beginning to feel at home and getting used to being well traveled dog :)

Well, thats it for now. We have an extra bedroom and are anxiously waiting for our dear friends and family to make a visit...Tennessee is beautiful with plenty of fun and exiciting things to see! We love and miss you all (those of you far far from us) and we look forward to seeing you soon!

What is God up to???!!!

Well, since we have told just about EVERYONE about Andy's new job offer, we mind as well update you on the situation. Andy received an e-mail from the coach yesterday informing him that the school decided they needed to be on a hiring freeze for a while due to the economy. The coach doesnt think the athletic department will allow him to fill the position until sometime next year. We are so bummed and really wondering why God continues to allow us to see a door open and then just let us down. We are frustrated and just wish something would work out! We know in the back of our hearts God is up to something and that he does have our best interest in mind, but we are ready for things to happen now. Technically the job is still Andy's whenever they do decide to fill it, so please just pray that this door will stay open for us when they decide to fill it, and that the coach will continue to feel that Andy is the best person to fill the position.

On a positive note, it turns out to be somewhat of a blessing because Jahna gets to go school and stay put and not have to worry about transferring schools and all that. We are glad for that, but sad for Andy. We all know how much he wants and deserves a great job doing what he is passionate about. Again, we are down and out about the whole situation, but this will give Jahna her chance do go forth in doing what she is passionate about and we know God will open that door just at the right time :) We need prayer more than anything right now, and as always, we will continue to keep everyone updated! One day we will look back at all these blogs we wrote and see our ups and down and understand why God took us on the road He did :)