Since May we have had a whirlwind of life happen!! The end of bf-ing went rather well luckily he was only on formula for 3 months! In June we had to make a decision i had hoped we would never have to make and had actually dreaded, I went back to work, and we introduced the kiddos to day care...:-(. We had decided to go back to where i use to work, before my kids were born, heck before i had even met Matthew!!! This was a very short lived decision, there was no organization, all sorts of things that made me scared to leave my kids there (part of that is the over protective mother in me, i had been their only caretaker and i wouldn't settle for anything less than what I could do for them......) once i realized that this was not going to work, and i knew that there must be something better..... (wait my ADD, OCD brain needs to rewind... we debated school, and my final words were fine, they can go to daycare, but it will be the education i want for them Montessori... AND. THAT. WAS. FINAL.) So the search was on, for a school with everything i needed and wanted, and i happened upon one that had even more...... FREE CHILDCARE?!?!?! either this place is a sham or they really love their employees and care about keeping them and keeping them happy.... I applied and was called within seconds of sending my application via their website!! I interviewed and it was amazing!! We had prepared Peyton for the transition because she needed the advanced warning and with that we started in Frisco!! I could care less for some people but that is the case everywhere and with everything in life! I doubled my take home pay and my kids went to school for free, what more could i ask for!!!
Well while we transitioned between jobs and me adjusting to working we moved into my parents house to save money, not an easy decision for either of us to make, but one that needed to be made. We have adjusted to this life but are still not comfortable, i feel as if my life isn't completely mine, there is always someone looking over my shoulder with a comment (said or kept to themselves doesn't matter still comments) on how i should do something, how i should raise my kids, why i should or shouldn't do something.... and i knew this would be the case, mainly bc its family, and when someone loves you so much it makes them ache they feel the need to say or think these things.... i get that but this is not easy for us and difficult on our kids :-(.
Christmas is hectic, and crazy and overwhelming..... WAIT I THINK I TRIED TO FORGET TO TELL YOU ABOUT PRESTON'S BIRTHDAY..... NOW THAT WAS AN EVENT!!!! We did without a real theme.... he had a cake with a football on it for him and a longhorn piped onto it!! We did the family birthday party at my in-laws and we were so blessed that despite the fact they sold their house and had to be out two weeks later they hosted his party!!! It was crazy and fun at the same time!! this boy loves his clothes, he hugged every item he got!! We were so happy and so thankful for the outpouring of love our family got on his first birthday... and then came the friends party, that was a blast, hosted by the babies God father, and we couldn't have been happier!! We have such an amazing group of friends that made little man's first birthday a time we will all remember!!
ok back to christmas, crazy and hectic and suppose to be smaller than last year.... then why did the amount of stuff we took home double from last year!!!???? my kids had a blast got more than we could imagine and all the things they wanted and needed and even more!! All sorts of things to furnish a play room in our new house.... ah a new house, have a I mentioned we are started to get the move out itch and thinking well maybe before the summer.... ahhh that would be amazing, to have something that i can actually call mine!!!!
hmm, so before christmas my boss (the head of schools, currently they have 4, working to open their 5th soon) tells me of a position that has just opened up.... it will mean i double my drive to work, but the hours will be fewer (same hours per paycheck, but no lunch break *woohoo*) and i will be a lead, did i mention its with INFANTS!!!! i talk to Matthew, bc no decision is made in our household without communication and agreements being made before hand.... 2 weeks before Christmas i make the transition to McKinney!!!! i love it I desperately miss some of my old kids.... ah, i didn't think i would miss them this much but luckily i still have some contact right?!?
January is crazy and we call our Realtor and start actively looking for a house!! Fast forward to now, beginning of February, we found a house last night just waiting to see if we get approved and if not going to dust off our ego's and keep looking... i'm so excited and stressed at the same time, I can't believe we are about to embark on this journey(again)... We are going to put the kids in the same room, and (if it works out) buy them bunk beds, the kids that can be taken apart and made into two separate beds later in life so we won't have to buy new furniture in just a few years....
so thats almost a year of updates, its been a crazy one but as usual i wouldn't trade it for the world!! still adjusting to being back in the workforce even though that too has been 8 months of attempting to adjust!!
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