Life Update and a Merry Christmas

Well the end of the year is quickly coming. This has been one amazingly interesting year. Its had its ups and downs but over all I wouldn't change it. The Lord has been good to us. His provision and care for us cause me to shout for joy daily!

I started this year pregnant!  And I am ending this year with two of the most incredible boys ever! The pregnancy was hard this time around. And Nathan couldn't have been a more amazing little boy for me while I sat on the couch or napped or waddled around. He was patient and kind and sweet the whole time. Then the moment he met Zachary the love that Nathan shows for his little brother only grew daily. There was never a point where Nathan resented having Zachary around. And Zachary loves Nathan so much. It shows daily that these two are going to be the best of friends.

Also subbing has been a blessing. Joel and I are always looking ahead to the future when I can stay at home full time. We see a light at the end of the tunnel but we don't know exactly how close we are. Every time we set a goal it gets set back because of something or other. I would love for it to be by October of next year so I can start home schooling Nathan in preschool. But we will see. Until then, the Lord provides the jobs I need to help us out with finances.

Zachary is seriously the happiest baby you will ever meet. If he is crying its because he is not feeling well. And he doesn't really cry as much as he just cries out for comfort. He may not be the best sleeper (just as he was starting to sleep through the night, a tooth popped through), but you would never know it. Not a cranky baby. He is huge and chunky but a pretty content little guy. He is rolling over one way. And I think he will be sitting soon. All that extra padding on the bottom helps with the balance.

 

The holidays are harder to enjoy this year. Joel got a new boss a few months ago and for some reason he loves doing over night shifts on holidays (something his old boss didn't do). And Joel has to do both Thanksgiving and Christmas overnight shifts. With kids and no family around the holidays just become another day to us and that makes me the most sad of all. I love that Joel is trying something new and working hard to get good at it but changes like these make it hard sometimes. But Nathan and I have been enjoying our time of decorating the tree together, making sugar cookies, introducing Santa, and reading about the birth of Jesus, and also learning HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. And Nathan responded before the book was done, "That's not nice, he needs to bring Christmas back!" My compassionate boy.

 Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Next year starts a new resolution for me that I can't wait to write about. A first for me because I don't make resolutions!