Hello handsome! Wow- I can hardly believe it has been 4 months since I have written a love note to you... so sorry! I will work harder to post every few weeks. Right now, you are driving home from a 4 day trip to Bandon Dunes. You had so much fun, but we missed you a lot here at home! It was our first time spending more than 1 night away from each other and our first time in years that we have gone more than 24 hours without seeing each other... I am sitting here on the computer writing a love note to you while on hold with a company for a homeowner's insurance quote. Johanna is napping- we went to church this morning and then to Gymboree class, so she is pooped! We are in the process of buying our first home!! We are hoping to close by the end of this month (2 weeks...) so that is pretty crazy! We have been staying busy with Johanna, work, church, small group, and house hunting. I am deciding between trying to start my own business that I can run from home long term or working just one or two more summers for your family. We have been doing so much business, but haven't really done any playing... we need a vacation!!
Well, new day, same post! Johanna woke up just minutes into my blogging... but here I am again 3 days later ;) You had Monday and Tuesday off this week and we did a lot of relaxing! We went out to Ihop to redeem a freebie, we went to Red Robin, we relaxed, we watched a lot of tv, we played outside when it was sunny (Cece and an exercise ball...)! It was so fun and so wonderful to have you home! We are in the process of finishing paperwork for our new house- so exciting! We have made a LOT of HUGE, life-changing decisions in the past few days. Your sister had been looking at houses, but had been for quite a long time and we didn't think she was going to move very quickly... but all within the past few days, she put in an offer and it was accepted! Last month, we had been racking out brains trying to figure out if we could somehow move in with your parents- make the garage into a 2 bedroom studio? 1 bedroom upstairs and 1 in the basement? and it just wan't making sense for us. but all of a sudden, there will be plenty of room for us- and at the absolutely perfect timing. It is such a God thing, it is crazy! I had been SO stressed out and God showed up and worked everything out at just the right time. We went from thinking we would move into our new townhouse and that I might even get a full time job at Yahoo! to make ends meet to moving in with your parents, renting out our townhouse and me working for your family while getting to stay home with Johanna. Amazing! There is still a lot to figure out and we have a lot of feelings to process, but I am pretty excited about how well we (ok, mostly me!) handled all the rapid, huge changes. Lucky little baby has no idea any of this is going on hahaha. I wonder how she will handle moving... i think she will be homesick :( but she will adjust and so will we :)
You just left for work a bit ago (working a closing shift) and Johanna just went down for her first nap! Today, we are planning on going to a Gymboree class at 2:30-3:15 and then getting groceries. Somewhere in there make dinner and hopefully the house won't be too much of a disaster when you get home... but at this point, any time I clean 1 room, Johanna is destroying another ;)
We are getting kind of excited talking about when to have our next baby.. Right now, we are planning to start trying sometime in April- making the next baby a February baby, so just over a year from now! We will see how all that goes ;) I am starting to feel really ready to get pregnant again... which is kind of odd- I thought it would take me longer to stop feeling overwhelmed, but Johanna is easy at this point and I feel ready to add to our family! I have only 2 lbs left to lose to meet my goal- back to high school weight (9 lbs. under pre-pregnancy weight) so I am working out consistently and eating less and still breastfeeding, so hopefully I will get there by Johanna's 1st birthday! and then I will REALLY feel ready!
SO SO much going on in our lives. and big changes. moving. thinking about adding to our family. only 7 weeks until we celebrate our baby's 1st birthday! it is all exciting, but overwhelming and I am so thankful that you are my rock. you are my steady and stable. my comfort. Thank you for all that you are- adaptable, maximizer, positive- that is such a complement to me. You can always help me see the best in any situation. and you are always there- in the scary times, in the happy times, in the sad times. I know I can count on you!
Now, let's get moved! and then let's go on a vacation for goodness sake!! maybe we can take our first overnight trip without the baby soon... it will be so easy once we live at your parents' house! If only she would stop waking up once a night to eat...
I love you so much, Jesus. You are my knight in shining armor. You are my rock. I am SO thankful to have you at the head of our family- protecting us, leading us, and helping us to love life. You are my favorite person in the world and I am so lucky to do life with you!
Well, new day, same post! Johanna woke up just minutes into my blogging... but here I am again 3 days later ;) You had Monday and Tuesday off this week and we did a lot of relaxing! We went out to Ihop to redeem a freebie, we went to Red Robin, we relaxed, we watched a lot of tv, we played outside when it was sunny (Cece and an exercise ball...)! It was so fun and so wonderful to have you home! We are in the process of finishing paperwork for our new house- so exciting! We have made a LOT of HUGE, life-changing decisions in the past few days. Your sister had been looking at houses, but had been for quite a long time and we didn't think she was going to move very quickly... but all within the past few days, she put in an offer and it was accepted! Last month, we had been racking out brains trying to figure out if we could somehow move in with your parents- make the garage into a 2 bedroom studio? 1 bedroom upstairs and 1 in the basement? and it just wan't making sense for us. but all of a sudden, there will be plenty of room for us- and at the absolutely perfect timing. It is such a God thing, it is crazy! I had been SO stressed out and God showed up and worked everything out at just the right time. We went from thinking we would move into our new townhouse and that I might even get a full time job at Yahoo! to make ends meet to moving in with your parents, renting out our townhouse and me working for your family while getting to stay home with Johanna. Amazing! There is still a lot to figure out and we have a lot of feelings to process, but I am pretty excited about how well we (ok, mostly me!) handled all the rapid, huge changes. Lucky little baby has no idea any of this is going on hahaha. I wonder how she will handle moving... i think she will be homesick :( but she will adjust and so will we :)
You just left for work a bit ago (working a closing shift) and Johanna just went down for her first nap! Today, we are planning on going to a Gymboree class at 2:30-3:15 and then getting groceries. Somewhere in there make dinner and hopefully the house won't be too much of a disaster when you get home... but at this point, any time I clean 1 room, Johanna is destroying another ;)
We are getting kind of excited talking about when to have our next baby.. Right now, we are planning to start trying sometime in April- making the next baby a February baby, so just over a year from now! We will see how all that goes ;) I am starting to feel really ready to get pregnant again... which is kind of odd- I thought it would take me longer to stop feeling overwhelmed, but Johanna is easy at this point and I feel ready to add to our family! I have only 2 lbs left to lose to meet my goal- back to high school weight (9 lbs. under pre-pregnancy weight) so I am working out consistently and eating less and still breastfeeding, so hopefully I will get there by Johanna's 1st birthday! and then I will REALLY feel ready!
SO SO much going on in our lives. and big changes. moving. thinking about adding to our family. only 7 weeks until we celebrate our baby's 1st birthday! it is all exciting, but overwhelming and I am so thankful that you are my rock. you are my steady and stable. my comfort. Thank you for all that you are- adaptable, maximizer, positive- that is such a complement to me. You can always help me see the best in any situation. and you are always there- in the scary times, in the happy times, in the sad times. I know I can count on you!
Now, let's get moved! and then let's go on a vacation for goodness sake!! maybe we can take our first overnight trip without the baby soon... it will be so easy once we live at your parents' house! If only she would stop waking up once a night to eat...
I love you so much, Jesus. You are my knight in shining armor. You are my rock. I am SO thankful to have you at the head of our family- protecting us, leading us, and helping us to love life. You are my favorite person in the world and I am so lucky to do life with you!
