Ups and Downs

First of all, I'M AN AUNT!!!!!!  For those of you that don't already know, my sister just had her baby at about 1:25 yesterday, March 11!!  ABBY is a beautiful little girl, 6 lbs, 12.5 oz and 20.5 inches long.  Both mom and baby are healthy and doing fantastic!  I am sooo excited to be an aunt and to see my sister and brother-in-law so happy with the new addition to their family!  I am coming home tomorrow for spring break (WOO HOO!!) and leaving early Friday morning to drive out and see the crew.  I will definitely post pictures once I see her so that you all can see how cute and little she is!

On a not so nice note, a good friend of mine had a family friend pass away Monday night.  His name is Matt Moore, and he was a firefighter in Murrieta, CA.  A few months ago he suddenly became very ill with a rare disease (that has only had 6 reported cases ever) and has been in the hospital ever since.  He has been on life support for about a month now, and his family finally decided to pull the plug upon finding out that he was completely brain dead.  He had a wonderful wife and 3 teenage kids.  Please pray for their family and friends.  Matt was a wonderful person, and his family is deeply hurting right now.