Every year instead of new year’s resolutions our pastor
talks about living by 1 word for the entire year. Of course Chad and I still
did new year’s resolutions, but we also set aside the word “Change” and that
was going to be the word we lived by for the year. Chad and I were in dire need
of change in our lives. We had fallen into a slump that we couldn’t get out of.
Most days we didn’t want to get out of bed or go to work. January, February,
and March passed by and nothing was really happening for us and we started to
lose hope.
This brings me to April, when things decide to happen they
come in full force! At the end of March, I was
approached for a new position and it was something I knew in my gut I had to
take. I was in a position that I didn’t Love and it showed through my work. I
pray that this change is what I needed personally and professionally. At the
beginning of April Chad found out that he was going back to school!!! We could
not be more excited about this opportunity and know that this is truly God and
his calling for Chad’s life. Chad has applied to school before for different
things but they didn’t work out. At the end of last year we were driving home
from work and it was one of our normal conversation just about work and
complaining. I knew my husband was not happy with where he was or what he was
doing, neither was I. He works with chemicals all day and I didn’t want him in
that environment the rest of his life. So, we got to talking I asked him what
his passion was, which I already knew it was
medicine. Chad has always had a heart for the medical field and has always
wanted to go down that road but circumstances and life got in the way (AKA
college days). I brought up the idea of Nursing and he was completely on board
with it not really thinking about it before. We continued to talk about it in
the days and weeks to come and we just came to conclusion that Nursing is such
a broad field that if he goes back for his BSN degree he could do a number of
things instead of being limited. We discussed about applying for school but we
also mentioned that this would be the last time we would attempt. If he didn’t
get in that he would look for a new job, well he got in!!!
With Chad going back to school, we took a good look at our
finances and although Chad will be working throughout we decided to put our
house up on the market. We have a lot of equity in our house, mind you that we
were on the path of paying our house off, so we are on the market to find
something where we can live mortgage free. We’ve been talking to a realtor
about purchasing land, so we called her up and hired her to sell our house. I
absolutely love my home, it was the first home we owned, which we got engaged
in and brought home 2 babies. But I know that it is just a house and it doesn’t
matter where we are, we have to do what’s right for our family. We have a way
of living and we are comfortable and I don’t want to be deprived of vacations,
etc. for a couple of years.
We started potty training Grady in April, we used the
farmer’s almanac as a guide and I don’t know if it works or not but it took us
about 4 days and he was officially potty trained. This is HUGE and so glad I
don’t have to change 2 bottoms anymore. I will give a more detailed post on how
we managed this later.
April also marks my birthday month. So the Friday before my
birthday we had dinner at my parents which we told them our news. Of course,
when I said we had news they immediately thought I was pregnant. Geez, but they
are so excited for Chad and good thing because I will more than likely be
asking them for help more often when he officially goes back.
Chad and I also had our first official night away from baby
girl. We drove to Pawhuska, Ok and ate at the pioneer woman’s restaurant for
the first time. We stayed at a bed and breakfast, it was so nice to chill just
the 2 of us and reconnect. I know it’s important to spend time with just you
and your partner but I get mommy guilt especially when I only see my babies for
a few hours a day during the week. I will say that I wasn’t too impressed with
the food. We went there for dinner and I have heard that their breakfast is
better. I did pick up some Cinnamon rolls for our Mother’s Day brunch.
At the end of April I had the honor of hosting a baby shower
for our dear friends. You know I love to plan a good party so I was really
excited when they asked me. I’ll try and do a blog post on this event because
well it just needs its own post!
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