The Very Beginning

It's likely that no one will see this for quite some time, but I think it's important to write about it now, as we're going through it. David joined the military yesterday, February 9, so today is day one of being in the Navy (David is currently playing XBox and drinking some chocolate milk... I'm guessing it probably gets harder than this!). We went out to visit San Diego last month and loved it. We thought it was a beautiful city with a great history and huge patriotism. We think I'll do well there professionally (and hopefully socially!), and we are thrilled with the idea of living at the beach (in California, no less!) We got the chance to talk to a few people there going through the program David hopes to go through, and we left feeling even more confirmed in the fact that David should be there, doing what these guys were doing. So he was sworn in yesterday, and is scheduled to ship out on October 2, 2008. Next comes his eye surgery, and then that date may change a little. He woke up this morning and said, "I feel really good about this", so we are excited and anxious and ready, and we hope to live a full and exciting year in Atlanta until October comes.

Here are some pictures from our San Diego trip, including David and Tyler in front of the seal-mobile and it's license tag (UDT= Underwater Demolition Team... coincidence?):