So I know I said I would post at least once a day...but that was before I went through two tablets (had to return both due to OS issues) then finally found what I did with the laptop when we unpacked. So, here we are!
We officially have our SC drivers license's, went to get our new tag & realized we don't have our car title! So this means we have to mail off for it, wait two weeks, then hopefully get it the following week. Fun fun. But we are officially unpacked, only took 6 weeks!
Samuel is rolling over both ways and sitting up in a Bumbo, Addy is adding new words to her little vocabulary everyday. She can now say shoes, giraffe, apple, and banana on top of all her other words. I even caught her nursing her baby-doll the other day. So sweet. She'll start wee school (or Mother's Morning Out) in about 3 or 4 weeks. Crazy!
K and I have also started P90X. It's great having someone there all the time to help motivate you, though right now I think we laugh more than actually workout during the videos. I'm doing pretty poorly in the healthy eating department. Breastfeeding just makes me so so hungry, I want to eat everything in the kitchen!
Speaking of breastfeeding, I made lactation cookies!! I don't have a supply issue but Samuel does get fussy at the breast sometimes so even though he's growing and thriving it felt like maybe he wasn't always getting full. I got the recipe here and can I just say these things WORK! And I mean overnight. I've not felt this full in a long time, and today I even leaked right through my shirt. And that's eating two a day; I think I may need to cut it down to one a day. I did use Old Fashioned Oats instead of Steel Cut but they still work just fine!
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And I'm so excited for this weekend!! Grandma & Poppy are coming to visit!!
We're here! Sorry about the absence but getting moved and down here was a lot more hectic than I thought it would be! The day we moved in Kendra was at the hospital having her baby :) So her mother-in-law was here with her other children when we came barreling in with all our boxes and our kids. Aaron and I have never lived with older kids before so that'll take some getting used to.
James and Kendra got home Sunday with their new little bundle. James' mom stayed until Thursday, and there were visitors coming and going so least to say it was a crazy week. Hopefully things will get a little more settled this week and next week. Aaron is in Charlotte today finishing his training, and he officially starts his new job tomorrow.
Oh, just in case you were curious, here's the back story to our little move:
When I became pregnant with Samuel I lost my job as a CNA (last August, long story) and I applied and applied but never did get hired on anywhere else, even after his birth. So for almost the last year we've really been struggling financially. We've barely been able to pay our mortgage let alone afford that plus everything else needed for us and two children under two.
We'd been praying and praying for God to show us what we needed to do, for someone to hire me, for Aaron to get a raise, for SOMETHING to happen. James and Kendra had come to visit us one weekend and we hadn't mentioned anything about this to them. Little did we know they had been having their own talks and while they were up they presented us with a plan that included us moving in with them. In South Carolina.
Aaron and I went back and forth for a long time, he had a list of cons while I had a list of pros. We prayed more and more, and when we finally gave into the plan and gave it over to God all the doors opened up. Aaron submitted his resume, the next day got a call from an employer, and was offered the job the next week. We couldn't argue that this is where God wanted us to go.
So here we are! Now that we've survived our first week there's so much I need to get done! DMV, car insurance, getting in with a new doctor, on and on.
I'm hoping to do at least one post a day if not more. So I hope you continue to follow along on this new chapter in our lives! Samuel & I hope you have an awesome day!
