Saturday, February 19, 2011
Hello Again
It's been over a year since I've updated our blog & I was recently inspired to get back to it. I like the idea of having a family "journal" but I've never been into scrapbooking, I'm just way too busy. Blogging, however, can be done so quickly!
There's probably been too much that's happened since the last time I blogged. I will try to summarize...
Dave has been cancer-free since his chemotherapy treatments. Whew...what a relief. I still have a hard time talking about it, it's still very recent to me, and I felt very alone and isolated throughout the process. It was definitely a rough spot in our marriage because it didn't last long enough for Dave or myself to adjust to how our life was during that time. Dave was very sick off and on and was a different person in many ways. And since I was pregnant during it, my emotions were ten times what they would normally be, and most people's attempts to be supportive were less than adequate. But, as quickly as it began, it was over. We are SO thankful for all the prayers from friends and family members, and from those who we don't even know. It means the world to us.
On to lighter subjects! In April of 2010 we had Ronin!! It went so smooth and quick and was just as amazing as the birth of our other three kids. I have to give a shout-out to my brother Skye who dropped everything and drove up to stay with us for several days to help me out right after. I needed it!!! Having a fourth really knocked me for a loop. I felt like I'd been hit by a truck for at least six weeks after, and it took me several months to get back into a routine. It was stressful and beautiful at the same time. Of course, our whole family has been in love with Ronin since he arrived. Bodi still gives him a hundred hugs and kisses a day, and he's nearly one year old now.
Indy, Landon, and Bodi are just growing too fast. I think about it constantly. I want to do everything right for them. I love to read books & scriptures & stuff on the internet to learn better ways to communicate/parent/prepare my kids to go out into the world. It amazes me how many parents just fly by the seat of their pants when raising children. You can't have a profession without studying how to do it, and parenting is a much more important job than any profession out there, so why wouldn't you educate yourself?! Admittedly, I am a perfectionist about it, and I have to remind myself to let some things go every now and then. They are just so precious and wonderful to me, and much of the time they are teaching me to be a better person.
At present, we are preparing to move for a job change. It has the possibility to still fall through, but we are hoping to be able to make this next big step in owning our own chiropractic practice. I love that Dave is not affraid to move forward, even if the outcome is unknown. He wouldn't undertake anything too risky since our family is so big now, but he has the ability to step out of a "comfortable box" and grow! He will be an amazing mentor to someone, someday. Of course, I play a supportive (and tolerant) part in that too ;)...anyone who knew Dave when I first met him knows what I'm talking about. The move will be bitter-sweet, especially for me, because I have to leave my best girlfriends...I LOVE you guys!! It's ok, though, I will see you often, when we visit.
Well, that's the jist of it. I'm sure I left a ton of things out, but I'll just have to pick up from here.
There's probably been too much that's happened since the last time I blogged. I will try to summarize...
Dave has been cancer-free since his chemotherapy treatments. Whew...what a relief. I still have a hard time talking about it, it's still very recent to me, and I felt very alone and isolated throughout the process. It was definitely a rough spot in our marriage because it didn't last long enough for Dave or myself to adjust to how our life was during that time. Dave was very sick off and on and was a different person in many ways. And since I was pregnant during it, my emotions were ten times what they would normally be, and most people's attempts to be supportive were less than adequate. But, as quickly as it began, it was over. We are SO thankful for all the prayers from friends and family members, and from those who we don't even know. It means the world to us.
On to lighter subjects! In April of 2010 we had Ronin!! It went so smooth and quick and was just as amazing as the birth of our other three kids. I have to give a shout-out to my brother Skye who dropped everything and drove up to stay with us for several days to help me out right after. I needed it!!! Having a fourth really knocked me for a loop. I felt like I'd been hit by a truck for at least six weeks after, and it took me several months to get back into a routine. It was stressful and beautiful at the same time. Of course, our whole family has been in love with Ronin since he arrived. Bodi still gives him a hundred hugs and kisses a day, and he's nearly one year old now.
Indy, Landon, and Bodi are just growing too fast. I think about it constantly. I want to do everything right for them. I love to read books & scriptures & stuff on the internet to learn better ways to communicate/parent/prepare my kids to go out into the world. It amazes me how many parents just fly by the seat of their pants when raising children. You can't have a profession without studying how to do it, and parenting is a much more important job than any profession out there, so why wouldn't you educate yourself?! Admittedly, I am a perfectionist about it, and I have to remind myself to let some things go every now and then. They are just so precious and wonderful to me, and much of the time they are teaching me to be a better person.
At present, we are preparing to move for a job change. It has the possibility to still fall through, but we are hoping to be able to make this next big step in owning our own chiropractic practice. I love that Dave is not affraid to move forward, even if the outcome is unknown. He wouldn't undertake anything too risky since our family is so big now, but he has the ability to step out of a "comfortable box" and grow! He will be an amazing mentor to someone, someday. Of course, I play a supportive (and tolerant) part in that too ;)...anyone who knew Dave when I first met him knows what I'm talking about. The move will be bitter-sweet, especially for me, because I have to leave my best girlfriends...I LOVE you guys!! It's ok, though, I will see you often, when we visit.
Well, that's the jist of it. I'm sure I left a ton of things out, but I'll just have to pick up from here.
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