What We've Been Up To

Since I took such a long break from blogging a lot has happened!
Here's a brief summary of what we've been up to the past several months:
April: I was laid off from my teaching job in Texas due to budget issues and we began trying to figure out what the game plan was for the future.
May: It was decided that perhaps it was time to begin looking at moving back closer to our parents so
I began looking for a job near them. Being apart was not what we really wanted to do but having a job is better than not having one at all! We also found out we were expecting a baby in December!
June: I received a job offer from a school district in a town about 30 minutes from parents' house. Prayers were answered!
July: I worked on prepping my new classroom for the school year, planning Geometry lessons, and moved the 4 hours from Kristian to my parents' house. Tobi and River came with me. Kristian started looking for a job near my new job so we wouldn't have to be apart too long. Tobi was pretty depressed to be away from her dad. Kristian in the meantime did a lot of work on our house to finish up some projects.
August: Target moved to Skiatook and settled right in to his new home. We found out we were going to be expecting a boy. School started and thus my first time teaching Geometry commenced. Kristian's job search continued, as well as the house projects.
September: We started organizing Callen's nursery at my parents' house and counting the days to his arrival. Kristian kept looking for a job. I got the hang of teaching Geometry and have some pretty great students for which I am pretty thankful!
October: Kristian found a job and moved in to my parents' house. It's a tight fit but we don't have to be apart all the time. We continued to count the days to Callen's arrival and I finally got to work on lesson planning for maternity leave (that takes a lot of work!) over fall break.
November: Thanksgiving time with family and less than a month to Callen arriving! The maternity leave lesson planning continued along with finishing touches to Callen's nursery.
December: I finished up the semester at school and managed to get all my maternity leave planning finished before Christmas break started. I'm not sure how I managed to get that finished, but it was great knowing I didn't have to stress over the break. Callen arrived early in the morning December 19, significantly earlier than we thought he would be arriving since I was induced. Apparently he had his own scheduled arrival planned we didn't know about! Kristian was able to take off work for the last couple weeks of the month and stay home with me and Callen.
January: I've been off on maternity leave taking care of Callen. Some days have been more adventurous or frustrating than others but he's a pretty good baby and I can't believe how quickly the month has passed. We also took Callen on his first trip to our house to work on more projects. He did really well on the long drive. He's a car sleeper!

Those are pretty much the highlights of the past few months and what we've been doing! I'll try to be better at posting more often.

Finally...A Post!

Obviously I've taken quite the vacation. I suppose I've had pretty good reason! Between starting a new job teaching a new subject, being pregnant, and trying to get ready for the arrival of a baby I haven't been able to squeeze in time to write! So hopefully now that things are getting a little more routine with my job and baby (Ha!!) maybe I can get back into blogging from time to time. I also decided it was time to update the blog a little too since we no longer are parents to only furry babies. Maybe a little later today, or tomorrow, I can post a little update on what's been happening since my last post in April. Granted, the furry babies will most likely no longer be the stars of the show!