So I have been feeling this blog needed an update post since it has been awhile and if you know us IRL, you probably already know some of what I am about to say. Baby boy is due in December and we have theoretically ten weeks to go. Pregnancy has been one series of misery or another and I can't wait until it is all over and we get to meet this new family member. I have high hopes that him and his older brother will be good buddies for the rest of their lives, although it will probably be a rocky start. I am crocheting baby his very own afghan since he pretty much gets 90% of his brother's hand me downs. I am hugging A very close every day but he is turning into quite the toddler before my very eyes. He is so social and loves to play with his cousins and go to nursery, so much so that when it is time to leave he cries. He has a pretty good vocabulary and is picking up new words constantly. He had his 18 month checkup and is hitting all his milestones beautifully. He is average for height but fourth percentile for weight, at this point we are assuming genetics so no worries. It has been fun to have Mr. Bob's sister and family around and I am enjoying seeing them tremendously. M is definitely someone to look up to in my book, she does a great job with her own kids and they are delightful and love to see A.
Moving on in our life we are going to be implementing some huge changes in the next few months and I am not talking about adding a baby to the family. Mr. Bob has gotten a new job in a town 1.5 hours south of here and part of the condition is that we will move there by January. We are considering several possibilities for leaving our house and moving down there soon, and even better before the weather gets bad. We have decided to rent a house for a few years until we want to put down permanent roots. The reason for a house is that I got quite spoiled by being in this house for the last seven years and especially this last summer when I was so miserable from being pregnant it was nice to just be able to take A out into the backyard to get some sunshine and let him run around without me needing to chase after him or take him for walkies or to a park or anything. Also my apple trees turned out good fruit this year for the first time ever. I am sad that so many of my projects for this home will not come to fruition. We had just decided that we were ready to stay in this for at least ten more years if not longer. At this point we don't know how we will leave it, we are discussing various options with an experienced attorney and have not conclusively made a decision yet.
Moving so far away from our family means that we will no longer be able to rely on them for support on a nearly daily basis and we will have to create new support systems. After being in our ward for five years and finally getting that base that will also be a hard thing to lose. I am sad but trying to get past that and just move on and do my best with our new situation which long term will hopefully be better for us. Also it is not like we are moving across the country :)
I will try to update progress on our move and the progress we are making on finding a new place to live. One of my requirements is that it has a fenced in backyard so I can continue my tradition with A of playing in the backyard in the summer. I need that little oasis of sanity in the summer. We hope all are finding their way in this difficult economic times and we are truly grateful to have jobs at this time. We hear of so many neighbors who are losing their jobs and struggling and wish we could help them. Also those who have jobs are struggling as well. We are trying to do what is best for our little family and that is requiring us to make some hard choices in the near future. On a positive note next weekend is our anniversary and we are glad to have made it five years and I love my husband so much and want to make him happy and happy at home with his family. I wouldn't change any of this for the world no matter how much difficulty we have been through in our marriage and he is a good man.
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