Tuesday, January 8, 2013
45 weeks
Sunday, January 6, 2013
That in which I actually blog
I've been avoiding blogging. Mostly because I've been avoiding my feelings. Refusing to acknowledge the craziness in my life is sometimes a lot easier. Living the craziness is even easier than thinking about it.
About two months ago I was offered my dream job. It found me... the job that is. I wasn't looking for it, well at least not that job, and it blew me away. It of course was also mere days after William left the US. A million questions went through my mind...
Could I do this?
What would William think?
Can I move my whole life while he is gone?
What about Levi?
What about my school, my coworkers, my friends?
Where would I live?
Where would Levi go to school?
What would we do with our house?
The list went on... I was terrified.
Piece after piece things fell into place. Everything worked out perfectly for us... or at least as well as it could possibly go when you decide to move in a month and a half.
So on December 8th, my dad and I packed up all of Levi's stuff and some of mine and William's stuff and moved it all to his house. People keep asking me how long I'm going to live here... and I seriously have no idea. That wasn't part of the plan. Just this week we signed a contract to sell our house. We should close Feb 8th. It is a huge blessing for it to be out from under us.
So far the job is going great. I love it! I mean REALLY love it. Of course I had new job jitters and constantly question if I know enough to be doing what I'm doing. It is amazing though. I have dreamed about this job since I was a sophomore in college. This is why I transfered to Baylor, this is why I went to UTD, THIS is why I became a speech pathologist. There has been a video circulating of a little boy having his cochlear implant activated. And him hearing for the FIRST time. I do that. Everyday. Seriously. On Friday I worked with a little boy that is profoundly deaf. A jet engine could be next to him and he would never know. But last week he got hearing aids... and this week when I shook a box of blocks next to his head, he turned around and pointed to his ear. That, my friends, is the best dang feeling in the world. And to watch his parents realize that their child might one day speak.... is amazing. It means even more now that I have my own son.
Here are a couple of videos that I think are very moving and show this amazing process pretty well:
About two months ago I was offered my dream job. It found me... the job that is. I wasn't looking for it, well at least not that job, and it blew me away. It of course was also mere days after William left the US. A million questions went through my mind...
Could I do this?
What would William think?
Can I move my whole life while he is gone?
What about Levi?
What about my school, my coworkers, my friends?
Where would I live?
Where would Levi go to school?
What would we do with our house?
The list went on... I was terrified.
Piece after piece things fell into place. Everything worked out perfectly for us... or at least as well as it could possibly go when you decide to move in a month and a half.
So on December 8th, my dad and I packed up all of Levi's stuff and some of mine and William's stuff and moved it all to his house. People keep asking me how long I'm going to live here... and I seriously have no idea. That wasn't part of the plan. Just this week we signed a contract to sell our house. We should close Feb 8th. It is a huge blessing for it to be out from under us.
So far the job is going great. I love it! I mean REALLY love it. Of course I had new job jitters and constantly question if I know enough to be doing what I'm doing. It is amazing though. I have dreamed about this job since I was a sophomore in college. This is why I transfered to Baylor, this is why I went to UTD, THIS is why I became a speech pathologist. There has been a video circulating of a little boy having his cochlear implant activated. And him hearing for the FIRST time. I do that. Everyday. Seriously. On Friday I worked with a little boy that is profoundly deaf. A jet engine could be next to him and he would never know. But last week he got hearing aids... and this week when I shook a box of blocks next to his head, he turned around and pointed to his ear. That, my friends, is the best dang feeling in the world. And to watch his parents realize that their child might one day speak.... is amazing. It means even more now that I have my own son.
Here are a couple of videos that I think are very moving and show this amazing process pretty well:
Next up on our list of craziness... buying a new house in Houston!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
44 weeks
Wow... Levi, you are 44 weeks old. That's 10 months and a few days!
This morning you refused to pose with the owl unless you got to hold my lens cap... so there you are... lens cap and all.
"I think I'll get down now"
"Bye Mom"
"Are you sure I'm not supposed to eat this?"
I'm going to get you Mommy!
Stats:
Height: somewhere between 29-30"
Weight: 21 lbs 14oz
Clothing size: Pants/Onesies 12-18m, Shirts 12m, Socks 12-24m, Shoes 4.5
Teeth count: 5 and 3 more on the way really soon
I can: walk, wave, clap, dance, "jump", shake things, say /p,b,m,a,i,u,o,n,g,s/, make an "indian" noise, yell, throw a fit, laugh, climb, crawl, stand up in my highchair, imitate, pull hair, hit, bite, grab Lucy's hair
I eat: EVERYTHING!
I drink from: a straw cup... adios bottles!
I sleep: all night from 6:30-6:30, and take two naps usually an hour or two each
My first word: is probably an approximation of Lucy... he says "oooossssssiiii" consistently when he sees her and when he is chasing her around.
Monday, December 31, 2012
2012
I was going to sift through and pick my favorite pictures of this year... but there are too many to count.
We have had an incredibly insane year... I'll give you a brief play by play.
January: We waited on Levi.
February: Our precious Levi was born on the 28th. Our world was made new this day.
March: Became a family and figured out how to do "baby"
April: More of the above
May: Preparing for deployment... William took off almost a month to get spend some much needed time with us.
June: William went on Active Duty orders
July: Levi and I hold down the fort and William is at training, we also go to William's mobilization ceremony
August: We said our first "goodbye" to William as he left Texas, and I started back to work.
September: We made things work in Dallas...
October: William comes home on predeployment leave.
November: Celebrate our first round of holidays without William
December: Moved to Houston, started a new job... holidays, without William :(
There were many ups and downs. Obviously one very big up and one very big down. Overall, we feel blessed. We love each other and are all on this journey together.
We have had an incredibly insane year... I'll give you a brief play by play.
January: We waited on Levi.
February: Our precious Levi was born on the 28th. Our world was made new this day.
March: Became a family and figured out how to do "baby"
April: More of the above
May: Preparing for deployment... William took off almost a month to get spend some much needed time with us.
June: William went on Active Duty orders
July: Levi and I hold down the fort and William is at training, we also go to William's mobilization ceremony
August: We said our first "goodbye" to William as he left Texas, and I started back to work.
September: We made things work in Dallas...
October: William comes home on predeployment leave.
November: Celebrate our first round of holidays without William
December: Moved to Houston, started a new job... holidays, without William :(
There were many ups and downs. Obviously one very big up and one very big down. Overall, we feel blessed. We love each other and are all on this journey together.
2012 Goals Recap
Here are the goals I wrote in January last year...
It's always nice to revisit them and see how I did!
1. Have a healthy baby. - More than accomplished. He is perfect. (Right William?)
2. Get back into shape and run a half by the end of the year. No, I don't mean I'm going to run a half in May... I mean seriously by the end of the year. I figure that's realistic. - Failure on this front... but being a single mom seriously put a damper on this goal.
3. Go to church. Period. End of story. - We did great with this starting in June. Loved FBCR in Richardson and are looking forward to getting plugged in again in Houston.
4. Help William accomplish his goal of a new job. I don't know what that looks like exactly... but we will be successful on this front in 2012. - Hmmm... William got a new job... with the Army. Still working on it, but it's not a failure by any means!
5. Maintain the financial goals and obligations that we have laid out with the help of our financial planner. - We did great this year recovering from my maternity leave and William's paternity leave. We even opened Levi a 529 (which will actually be money above and beyond what we have estimated we need for his schooling). Staying on the straight and narrow with saving though!
6. Pay off loans in May when I return from "maternity leave". - Done and done! No more student loans for us. This means the ONLY debt William and I have is our house (soon we won't have that either).
7. Finish getting the house in order. -- Hmm... ummm.... well we are selling that. That's kind of in order right?
It's always nice to revisit them and see how I did!
1. Have a healthy baby. - More than accomplished. He is perfect. (Right William?)
2. Get back into shape and run a half by the end of the year. No, I don't mean I'm going to run a half in May... I mean seriously by the end of the year. I figure that's realistic. - Failure on this front... but being a single mom seriously put a damper on this goal.
3. Go to church. Period. End of story. - We did great with this starting in June. Loved FBCR in Richardson and are looking forward to getting plugged in again in Houston.
4. Help William accomplish his goal of a new job. I don't know what that looks like exactly... but we will be successful on this front in 2012. - Hmmm... William got a new job... with the Army. Still working on it, but it's not a failure by any means!
5. Maintain the financial goals and obligations that we have laid out with the help of our financial planner. - We did great this year recovering from my maternity leave and William's paternity leave. We even opened Levi a 529 (which will actually be money above and beyond what we have estimated we need for his schooling). Staying on the straight and narrow with saving though!
6. Pay off loans in May when I return from "maternity leave". - Done and done! No more student loans for us. This means the ONLY debt William and I have is our house (soon we won't have that either).
7. Finish getting the house in order. -- Hmm... ummm.... well we are selling that. That's kind of in order right?
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