Missed but not forgotten

I had a miscarriage last weekend. It is very sad. We are sad. But it is what it is. This time wasn't right for the baby to come. We'll try again some day and hopefully that will be the right time for all of us.

Because I won't be taking care of a newborn in the Fall I have started applying for full time teaching positions in the surrounding counties. I am hoping to get a job teaching kindergarten or pre-k. I am nervous and excited about having my own classroom so soon. Having the experience will be great for me and a welcome distraction from what should have been in the Fall. Also having the extra income will help us a lot. We will be (hopefully) buying land adjacent to my parent's farm in the next few months. With the added income we will be able to start building our house sooner and we will be able to go to Japan to visit BigBro and DocRom. And I will be able to visit my best friend Jen in Hawaii.

So with this sad news comes some hope and new opportunities. Life is so unpredictable sometimes. But I still think everything happens for a reason.

New Sights

Here's some pics of us in our new house. =)






The pic above is my record of what I looked like 6 weeks pregnant with Baby #2.

p.s. I just updated "My 100" you can read it here.

So much news

So we are doing okay. We are trucking along. We decided that living in our own place would make the whole rebuilding of our relationship easier and preferable. So we are moving into a 4 bedroom, 2 bath house with a garage and fenced backyard. We move in Saturday. Yeah it is really fast but it just makes sense. So we are excited and stressed and financially stretched but it is all worth it.

Because of this...


We wanted to work this out before we knew we were pregnant. But certainly this is more incentive to do the hard work ahead of us so that we can have a strong love relationship for our children.

I am not very far along, only 3 weeks, which is barely anything at all. My due date is Sept. 18th. We thought it would take longer to get pregnant. We haven't been trying since I visited North Carolina. So this was a suprise to me. Ben wasn't suprised, he says he had a feeling we were pregnant.

Number 2?

We are trying to get pregnant with our second child. Yup, that's the big news. We are hoping to be pregnant this month, but we won't know for a few more weeks. We started to realize that Evie really needs someone to play with and share all this awesome farmness with. And it feels like the right time. We are excited and a little nervous. Two kids, holy sheep! That is a lot of responsibility, money, and sacrifice. But holy sheep, 2 kids, that is a lot of fun, love, and awesomeness. So here we go, we are taking the plunge!