I have A new baby Brother!!

I am pleased to announce that at approximately 9:15 pm this evening my new little brother, Eric Charles Beaty was born! He weighs 8 lb. 12 oz. I'm not sure how long he is, but who cares anyway?? I can't get very good pictures right now, but within the next couple days I'll have some up here. For now here are a few. I feel a strange guilt at posting such horrible quality pictures, but In the situation, and with the equipment available, they're the best I can get as of yet.

Eric Charles

A curious 'big' brother!

Wow! I'm sure glad he wasn't looking at me when he made THAT face!! my goodness! lol

He is WAY cuter than he looks there!!

Now will you at least look at my blog??

Ok, so I've spent a couple hours spicing up my blog, hopefully my friends (if you are reading this, you automatically became one of my friends if you were not before..) will actually like this blog. Nobody ever comments, and I'm not sure why, but if you want to post ten comments a day all saying "hi" it won't annoy me! This blog is supposed to be fun, and feel free to use your imagination if you want to comment! :D If you see anything on my blog that you want, just let me know, and I'll help you out with the HTML codes so you don't have to spend hours looking for them like I did. At least mine didn't take as long s Kristin's!! I spent 3 1/2 hours last night working on getting her blog set up. Once you figure out the html codes it's easier, and if you already have a hosting site that you know of that makes it easier too. I hope I'm not sounding like a nerd talking about all this html and source code and all that stuff.. If you'd rather I can start talking in technical photography terms! I love that language! Jpegs megapixels, camera RAW mode, telephoto, light source, angle of attack, saturation... lol ok, I'd better stop now before I scare too many people away from blogs and cameras (two of my favorite things btw..)

well, have a good day, I need to be to class in about an hour, so I'd better get ready to go. (*cough* at least I don't take two hours to get ready to go like *cough* "somebody" I know.. ~no names mentioned for the personal safety of the author~ anyway..)

I'm gonna get myself in trouble if she reads this.. oh well, it'll be worth it to know that at least somebody reads this blog!

Sigh... I wish it were nice outside..

Yesterday the weather was SOO nice!! God gave us the most beautiful weather I could ask for at this time of year. And then today.. my least favorite kind of weather. I guess they say the Lord gives and He takes away. ;) Well, anyway, at least today I have to spend most of the day inside anyway because I have my college class and homework to do, but still I hate this weather :( 

Here's a poem (at least I think it's a poem.. or is it prose?? whatever.. I forget.. here it is)

Today I want to make a difference- I want to change a life- I want to bring one more soul to Christ- I want to open up a closer relationship with God- Today, I said "I'll do it tomorrow" and realized- that's what I said yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that. Isn't it time to stop this cycle of "I want to's", and start saying, today I did...??? It's time for action! Let's get moving!! God bless, and make today be yesterday's promised tomorrow.

That was easy!

Haha! I got home at like 1430!! Normally drill goes from 800 on saturday strait through until 1500 on sunday. And the funny thing is, I got paid the normal drill pay! And I got to do some pretty fun stuff, like take apart and put back together a real m16, and do some formations and stuff.. 

I'm pretty pumped! I made it into the top soldiers on formation skills! They narrow it down to the last four by taking out anybody who messes up, and then the last four don't have to do the "smoke down" or series of push-ups, jumping jacks, and "killer butterflies" it was pretty sweet, although all four of us did the smoke down anyway :) 

So now I'm home, and getting ready to do some electrical work in my parent's bedroom. 

(oops, I realized I used military time up there.. oh well, It makes a whole lot more sense than the 12 hour time system!!) 

Well, thanks for reading this blog- although you're probably not reading it, and if you're here it's only because you accidentally clicked on it, and now you're clicking the back button as fast as you can move your mouse.. oh well, at least I TRY to make a blog that people will actually read.. but nobody does, so.. it's kinda a waste of time.. at least playing gamecube sharpens my reflexes, increases reaction speed, helps my learn patience, gives me better coordination, and teaches me how to drive (ok, so maybe that's not true, but.. It is fun to go 150mph running away from the cops downtown... lol jk)

READ ON!!!

THIS IS VERY CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS BLOG, AS WELL AS YOUR ENTIRE LIFE!! DO NOT STOP READING THIS UNTIL YOU HAVE REACHED THE END!! IF YOU STOP READING THIS BEFORE YOU REACH THE END, YOU WILL NOT HAVE FINISHED READING IT TO THE END!!! THAT IS ALL, THANK-YOU.

Army Is the THING man!!

Lol well in about five minutes I'll be leaving for drill. We'll see how it goes I guess!

It was really weird- Last night I was walking through wal-mart wearing my army shirt, and this random high-school or college girl walks past and is like- "Chicka! Army rocks- oh yea!" it was pretty funny :D 

It's interesting to walk through a public place in uniform, some people thank me for my service, and others just gripe about how the war is wrong- as if I had anything to do with deciding whether or not we would be over there. 

Well, I'd better go now; it's bad news to be late in the military!!