Today I had my first appointment as an OB patient. Matt wasn't able to go with me and it was just a consultation appointment anyways but I was still really nervous! Luckily, my Dr is fabulous and did her best to put me at ease. She answered all my questions (and there was quite a list), calmed a lot of my fears and wrote me a nausea prescription. All together I am calling the appointment a win :) In two weeks we have another (much more invasive, take all your clothes off type) appointment and OUR FIRST SONOGRAM!!!! We are both really excited.
Life has been pretty crazy lately and (obviously) doesn't look to be getting any less crazy any time soon. First, my PaPa is really sick again. The ambulance rushed him to the ER last night and he is unresponsive still today. My dad got there earlier today and hopefully I will have some more answers later on today. There is no scenario where it turns out really good. I'm trying really hard to fight the overwhelming emotions that he doesn't even know yet that he has a new great-grandchild on the way and that there is a good chance my child will never know him. It's just not how I imagined things and quite frankly I hate it.
Next, we are apparently moving. I'm not sure when and I'm not sure where to but I do know that we are getting ready to move. When we first moved into our house our intention was to sell Matt's townhouse and buy the house from our in-laws asap. Well, with the market being the way it was two years ago, the house was on the market for about six months and we finally had to get a renter (my cousin :) for a year. Well now the year has been up and it is time to get it back on the market. In the mean time, we have learned a little in two years and with Dave Ramsey's help and now know that there is no way we can do these three things: live in our wonderful, beautiful, almost perfect house, have a 15 year mortgage where the payment is no more than 1/4 of our take home pay and me not have to keep working full time. So, the only one of those things we are willing to bend on is the beautiful, wonderful house. Luckily the market has rebounded quite a bit and my in-laws should be able to sell it pretty quick and make a good profit on it so it will be good for them and they are talking about then buying a beach condo! Yay! Good for all of us! So, both houses will be on the market soon and, depending on what sells when, we will either be buying a new house and moving there or moving back to Matt's townhouse until we can sell it and then we will buy a new house. I mean who doesn't want to move houses multiple times while pregnant?? ;)
Also the day is swiftly approaching that we can't work together anymore. We love working together and we love the family environment that we have at work but it's not a job I can do part time and Matt doesn't make enough to support our growing family without me working full time. Plus, he has hit a ceiling there as far as promotions go and, naturally, that doesn't work well with our future plans. We are just starting the search but it is a really tough market out there and we now have a really strict timeline.
How about some good news?!? Even though it didn't happen the way we wanted, we have told a couple of people. Last night we told Louise and Dirt. The plan was DEFINITELY to tell both our families at the same time and not for another month or so but I had some questions that I could only/would only ask my sister who had been pregnant before and she was the only one that fit the bill. I hated the circumstances that led me to telling one family member before any others but I had no choice and it was kind of fun. They were both really excited but Dirt was gave us A LOT and it made a really dreary and sad night a lot better.
So, new baby, moving, selling & buying a house, job search, and ailing grandfather. Good thing there are no real stressors in our life right now :/ Luckily, the blessings far outweigh the stressors and we have a really good thing going between us, a great family behind us and our God is leading the way so we know we are going to be ok.
Last thing!!! I am SIX WEEKS TODAY! I am going to try to get a picture and do a update tonight! YAY!
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