July 2009 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: Update us! Whats going on with you?
Jodie & Wendy: Big hugs! I'm sorry for what you're both going through.
Update on me... Wyatt is almost 17 months old (OMG) and is crazy as ever. He is the biggest copy cat I've ever seen and continues to make us laugh with something new every day. He is now in 12-18 month clothes (finally!!) and I think his weight problems are behind us. Surprisingly, he seems aware that there is a baby on the way, when I ask him where 'baby brother' is, he pulls up my shirt and kisses my belly. I'm so excited for the baby to get here, because I'm certain that they are going to be so great together.
As for my pregnancy, I've never felt better... a little tired, but I can deal. I hired a doula, and wrote out my birth plan to take to my doctors on Tuesday. I am determined to have a natural birth and hopefully a completely different experience from last time. I'm trying to not let the trauma from Wyatt's birth scare me out of it. I'm kind of looking forward to labor just so that I can prove to myself that I can do it without all of the crap from last time.
Calving is almost over!! We only have 5 cows left to calve (I need to update my sig), and our home is beginning to feel like ours since we got rid of my in law's furniture. Things have been less tense with all of us, especially between Lance and I... It's kind of funny to think just how toxic something like furniture can be when you let it interfere with relationships. I'm just glad I finally put my foot down and said 'Get rid of it'.
It's incredible to me how many babies everyone has had/is having! Huge congrats to everyone!
We chose the childless/homeless route in favor of blowing our savings on a round-the-world trip, and it's been the best decision we ever made. We have a blog, the link is below, though we don't always update chronologically because we are busy trying to see as much as we can and it can be a pain to get online.
I don't check in here much anymore, but I do like to pop in and lurk to just see what everyone is doing!
**Check out our travel blog**
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Dude, this is awesome, I totally wondered where you went. Off to take a look-see of the blog!
My marriage ended a couple weeks after our first anniversary when he walked away. I waited until after our divorce was finalized (about a year) to start dating. I went out on a lot of first dates and rarely accepted a 2nd date. I wanted to make sure I was truly ready, healed and whole again before beginning a relationship. It was the only way I knew it'd be real and healthy. It took me a while to truly heal and be ready and I realized just how rare it is to really connect with someone and be compatible with them let alone have everything else fall into place.
It took a long time to heal from the divorce but I took a lot of time on my own and wow... what a wonderful, special and healing time that was. Anyway, 2011 was a year of restoration and healing, rebuilding my faith and my health and wow... so amazing. It was a very special time for me. I truly learned the joy and contentment in every season of life. I really enjoyed being single and was afraid to start a relationship but when I met Jacob, it was easy and progressed naturally. There's been absolutely no drama or issues and we both put God first and then each other next... So, falling in love this time is very different and just... easy, however I must admit, I am much more apprehensive and untrusting though God is working on that too, lol. Jacob makes me feel special, respected and valued above all other woman... a new feeling for me. He truly is an angel from above.
Anyway, I'm still teaching 12th grade in South central inner-city LA but applying to jobs out in the suburbs to be closer to where I grew up with family/friends. Have some interviews coming up AND looks like an interview at the high school I attended as a student! That's what I've wanted for years but turned it down due to Ex Hubs career but if I do get that job, I have a feeling I'll be there for a looong time.
Let's see... M just got a new job and finished his two week's yesterday. He'll be working in new firm, the next city over. Fortunately, thats just a 30 minute drive. I'm both excited and nervous for him/us, but in the long run I know it was the right thing.
We do hope to start building in the very late fall... like October/November. Because of this new job, we're looking to move more towards the other city. There is a community pretty much dead between where we are now and the city he'll be working in. We're leaning strongly towards that since it would split the difference for both our driving times to get to work.
M also finishes his Master's program in August. YAY! I'm so glad that will finally be here and then he can start to sit for his liscencing exams.
For me, it's mostly the same... working and keeping up with M. I've taken up crafting again thanks to inspriation via pinterest, and I'm wanting to start writing again soon. I am finding myself looking forward to starting a family more and more, which will probably be summer 2013ish.
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