Awww, hooray for you!  Wow, a whole year in between heat cycles huh?  Good luck to you with the breeding & hopefully success with a pregnancy.
 
I am also feeling the anticipation you have been going through.  Except mine is in waiting for my little one's 1st heat.....so that I can then anticipate her second when I can breed her with my male.  She is 8 months old now, so I'm hoping her first heat cycle will be here within the next month or so, though I know it could be longer.   I am just so anxious to see the babies she and my little male will make.