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feeling left behind...
I guess we are all settling into our lives and don't have much time to be posting on here anymore. I still pop on every day or to to check if there are any new posts, and I lurk a lot on the getting pregnant board, even tho we are definitely not trying anytime soon...
I am so happy for all you newly pregnant and new moms and almost moms! And it seems like those of you who aren't on the baby train are moving on with your lives in other ways (buying homes).
We have begun to look at houses, but I doubt we will even buy one by the end of the year. we haven't even gone to the bank to get pre-approved for a mortgage yet! I hope we will find something we like and can afford soon, because I definitely want a house before we even think of TTC... but I just feel left out sometmes, because I REALLY want to be a mom, and so many people I know are having babies!
anyway, I just wanted to vent a little...
Re: feeling left behind...
Oh I totally feel you. It seems like everyone and there mom is getting pregnant around me. especially cousins. DH and I havent gotten a house yet either. One day!
I'm praying that all you girls get many blessing!
xoxo Genyfer
Jenny, I totally hear you. In the past year or so, I'm pretty sure every single woman of child bearing age that I know has had a baby. Seriously. Kevin is friends with 3 other guys from HS who are all married - all 4 of us are having a baby this calendar year. I guess we are just at that age. We're still in an apartment, but hopefully that will be changing sooner rather than later.
I really miss everyone and how we used to have a full board of discussions going all the time, but now that we're not all waist-deep in wedding planning, I guess there's more time to do other things.
It will all happen when it's supposed to!! Trust me! I know it's hard to see or hear everyone around you buying houses and having babies. I can't say a whole lot because I am one of them also.
Enjoy the time with your DH, after the babies start coming alone time is VERY limited!
I do lurk around here more than I post.....maybe we should change that?
I'm sorry.
I can sort of understand how you feel, before we started building I felt so hopeless in the place we live now. We've been "stuck" in that trailer for the last 4 yrs. If it weren't for Chris getting transferred & my dad having this house he needed to sell i'm not sure we would have moved.
Everything will happen for you @ the right time!
As far as the babies go.. mm can't feel ya on that one. I love my freedom. I love being able to go to the beach & run & do what I want to do when I want to do it... I'm totally not ready to give up that freedom yet.. Chris wishes I was, he is ready for kids...
Jenny, it is interesting you post that because I was totally thinking last night that it seems like 1/2 of the Feb 09 girls either have a new baby or are pregnant.
In general, I think it's easy to want things to happen right away, but DH and I try to talk a lot about "enjoying the journey!" I think most people, due to human nature, think that if we just {insert something here, like got a BF or got married, had a baby, got a house, lost weight, moved to a different state, got a new job, etc} THEN we would be happy. But, there's always something else you want to work towards next, so try to enjoy where you're at:)
My example, our house is still a horrible wreck that needs major remodeling, but our yard and woods are looking a LOT better. We've been working more outside and at least see results now that's it's spring:)
Let's keep some activity on the board this week
You will get pregnant when its right for you. I know its harder to believe that when everyone around you is getting pregnant. I felt like that before I got pregnant. I went to 4 baby showers before I found out I was expecting. Yes, I was happy for them but I felt like it should be me. It WILL happen.
We live in a townhome. We have an extra bedroom but the school district after elementary sucks. So we are planning to move in about 5 or so years. We want to build our next house but we will see. Hopefully we can get out of debt fast.