Eight Weeks

Well my last post was a little cut off. I started it a while ago and got almost totally done with it, and then when I went to post it, my internet had timed out and I lost most of it. So I just went ahead and posted what I had and thought I’d add more on this one. 

It has now been eight weeks since little Jack was born. I can't believe it. He'll be two months old on Thursday! Wowzas...time really is flying by. Well when I look at it overall it seems like it is flying. Some days can seem longer if I’m kind of bored and don’t have a lot to do around the house. I do really enjoy staying home with Jack. Just knowing that he is being well cared for and I don’t have to worry about someone neglecting him is a huge relief. If I was to go back to work before he’s in school, I wouldn’t really want to leave him with anyone but family or close friends.

I think the first month was definitely the hardest to get through. Just figuring out his personality and what things soothed him best took some time. Being a parent is definitely something that requires on the job training. No matter how many books you read, it’s never going to prepare you as much as actually doing it. But honestly I feel like we are doing a pretty darn good job. I love being a mommy so much. I like that I’m doing something that is worth more than just a paycheck. And honestly we haven’t noticed much of a difference as far as money. Yes I’m not bringing home a paycheck and we’re not able to put as much into savings, but we are still knocking out our student debt super fast.

Now that we have Jack, we are kind of anxious to get moved closer to home. It’s hard to not be close to family. We really would just be so grateful for a job that is near home, preferably one that is as sweet of a deal as this one. But of course that may be hard to find…maybe even impossible. If we could at least get all of our student debt paid off and have that taken care of then we would be a little more free to move on to something else. But dh is getting tired of this job and I don’t really blame him. There’s a lot of stupid politics that go on here and it can get old. I know that I’ll be ready to move on whenever God sees fit to move us. I would personally just like to be closer to a town and a church and just civilization in general. But I know that when we are meant to move on, it will happen and it will be in God’s time, not ours.

So for now we will just wait and be content with what we have been blessed with.