As you all know by now, we moved to Texas last month. Things have been much crazier than I expected them to be.
I thought we would move here. Jeremy would get the job we had heard about, doing what he did in the Air Force. We would stay with my mom for a couple of weeks, maybe a month. We would get our own house and start our new chapter with all of our ducks in a row.
Wouldn't you know those ducks refused to get in a row. They refused to even get in the same pond.
When I last updated we were excitedly waiting for Austin & Bubbles to get here, Jeremy had just begun his job at Sea World, and David was a new walker.
Well, Austin and Bubbles got here on the 25th. It was a smooth trip & they have both adjusted (as much as they can) to being at "grandma's".
Jeremy finished orientation and fell in love with his job at Sea World.
And David...well he is all over the place, into everything, and totally toddler now.
Life seemed to be settling into a routine and I started looking into the idea of us getting on our feet and into our own place (with our own stuff) and that's when the ducks scattered.
When I actually plugged all the numbers into our budget I found that the job Jeremy had fallen in love with, was not going to pay enough for us to be able to move out. It was very discouraging. We didn't move here to be in the same sinking boat we left to get away from.
I sprung this very exciting news on Jeremy on the way to the ER with David. (Not good timing, but we were alone & had minimal distractions)
On August 1st, I noticed that David would not put any weight on his left leg. So we took him in. After blood work, x-rays, MRIs, & ultrasounds they told us they were admitting him to the hospital & he would need surgery. We went through several possible diagnoses trying to figure out exactly what was wrong. They finally decided they needed to take him in because they thought he had a hernia. When they got him into surgery they found that he had a testicular torsion and the testicle was dead, so they removed it. He did great and has made a full recovery. He will, unfortunately, have another surgery on the other testicle to bring it into proper position to prevent this from happening again. That surgery is scheduled for this Friday. We covet your prayers as we put our baby into the hands of his surgeon again.
Now back to Jeremy's job. He was very upset to learn that Sea World was not going to be enough. We explored other options like him getting a second job, me going to work, & him looking for a better paying "first" job. He began looking without many results. This past week he decided maybe he would look for a second job, because he had a couple of potential prospects for a new "first" job. He didn't get to do much looking because we had a busy weekend. But, as it turned out, he didn't need to. Today he got hired at the civilian job we had expected him to get right away. The pay is more than we were expecting so it will put us in a comfortable financial position. PRAISE GOD, HE IS SO FAITHFUL & ALWAYS PROVIDES!
So now I will begin the search for a home for us. We hope to be in our own place the beginning of October.
I will keep you all updated and I will start getting pictures together for the picture blog I promised when we get settled in our new place.
We love and miss you all very much. Feel free to comment on here, email, text, or call anytime.
