Well, it has been 7 months since I last posted. So sorry about that! Life has been busy to say the least.
Our amazing son was born March 10, 2011, 9 days late! I was induced on March 9 and ended up having to have a c-section at 6:24 AM on March 10. We were SO happy he finally made his appearance! My Mom and Dad were both there at the hospital throughout the entire process and I am so thankful they were able to be there. Justin and my Mom both stayed in the room with me while my Dad waited patiently in the waiting room. :)
A few days after Aiden was born, Justin flew to Kentucky and to Virginia for 2 job interviews. Amazingly he was offered 2 jobs: one at Amazon.com in Lexington, Kentucky and one at Scott's Miracle Gro in Carrollton, Kentucky. We were SO amazed and thankful for God's faithfulness! He provided a job for us when He knew Justin was leaving Active Duty Army in April. God is so good! Justin decided to go with Scott's Miracle Gro, so we were thrilled that we would be moving home to Indiana finally! His job would be in Kentucky, but only 30 minutes from Madison, Indiana where we would buy our very first home! Again, another huge blessing God bestowed on us - a house! We lived in Scottsburg with my parents for about a month while we worked on closing on the house in Madison. Everything just fell right into place. I had even found this house on the Internet while we were still living in Texas. After I took one step into it when I got to Indiana, I just knew this house was the one for us! We moved into the house in early June.
I am just enjoying staying home with our sweet baby boy Aiden. I can't believe he is now 7 months old! He has just mastered sitting up all by himself. We can even leave the room and he is fine....he doesn't fall over. :) He hasn't really cared for baby food much yet. We are trying to get him to eat it, but he isn't totally excited about it yet. However, he will eat baby food sweet potatoes, squash, and pears. He totally "blabbers" up a storm now, too. No real words yet, but lots of "Bababababa." And he doesn't meet a stranger. He smiles at EVERYONE. He is truly a people person. His smile and dimples just melt our hearts for sure. We are so thankful God blessed us with a wonderful son!
We have been LOVING the Fall season here in Indiana. Aiden has been to the pumpkin patch 3 times (once with his Mamaw and Papaw, once with his cousins on my side of the family, and once with his cousins on Justin's side of the family). He has been to the apple orchard with his Grandma and Pop-Pop as well. It is so fun seeing him experience new things. He loves "eating" the crisp leaves that are now on the ground outside. ;) We can't wait till Christmas to share that with him this year!
He has sure traveled a lot to only be 7 months old. Aiden has been to Texas (where he was born!), Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and several other states when we drove from Texas to Indiana when we were moving. :) He has flown in an airplane twice already!
I hope everyone else is enjoying the wonderful Fall season. God has sure blessed us and we are so thankful!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
SO Many Changes! SO Many Emotions!
Well, I see that I haven't posted on here since October, so I guess everyone can just get used to the fact, that I'm NOT the daily blogger. :) But that's ok, right? :)
Sooo many things are on my plate right now, so I thought I'd sit down and update everyone on them.
As of right now, I am 4 days past my due date for having our son, Aiden Michael Roman. Let me tell you, this has been VERY frustrating for me. Not the fact that I am late, but the fact that my body doesn't seem to know HOW to go into labor on its own. I really haven't dilated or anything, and I still have never felt a contraction at all. It really just has me down that my body isn't doing what it is supposed to be doing. I went to the doctor last week, and they put me on the schedule to be induced this coming Wednesday, that is IF the hospital on post has a bed available for me that day (they only have 7 labor beds there). This really scares me to death, because no one EVER has anything positive to say about being induced. Even the doctor told me, "It's like being thrown in a lake.....going into labor on your own is like walking out into the lake......being induced is like being thrown into the lake." Gee, thanks for the encouragement. I'm already the biggest scaredy cat you will ever meet in your life.
I know you are supposed to gain weight during pregnancy, but that is really getting me down, too. I have never weighed this much in my life, and after a while it just gets depressing. Especially since I have never been one to work out, I know that this weight will NOT just fall off after Aiden is born.
Another big change is that Justin leaves Active Duty Army as of May 12. That is his last official day in the Active Duty Army. He starts his leave time in April, though, and we move from Texas back to Indiana in early April.....without a job. That is some scary stuff. Justin does have 2 interviews coming up that are jobs in Lexington, Kentucky and Carrollton, Kentucky. We are praying so hard that he gets one of these jobs, but we really have no clue what the Lord has in store for us. We are just trying to have faith that our Father in Heaven will provide for us. Justin has already signed up for the Indiana National Guard, which will be some extra income. However, he will need another job as well for us to live on. No worries, he will NOT deploy with the Indiana National Guard for 2 years. That is on the contract, which I read through very carefully. :) So the plan right now is to live with my parents in Scottsburg, Indiana until Justin finds a job and we can find a place of our own....all with a newborn. Yeah, talk about stressful!
So I ask that each one of you pray for us. We know prayer is such a powerful thing, and we know that our God will guide our paths and provide for us. We just have to remember this, even when emotions get in the way sometimes.
Sooo many things are on my plate right now, so I thought I'd sit down and update everyone on them.
As of right now, I am 4 days past my due date for having our son, Aiden Michael Roman. Let me tell you, this has been VERY frustrating for me. Not the fact that I am late, but the fact that my body doesn't seem to know HOW to go into labor on its own. I really haven't dilated or anything, and I still have never felt a contraction at all. It really just has me down that my body isn't doing what it is supposed to be doing. I went to the doctor last week, and they put me on the schedule to be induced this coming Wednesday, that is IF the hospital on post has a bed available for me that day (they only have 7 labor beds there). This really scares me to death, because no one EVER has anything positive to say about being induced. Even the doctor told me, "It's like being thrown in a lake.....going into labor on your own is like walking out into the lake......being induced is like being thrown into the lake." Gee, thanks for the encouragement. I'm already the biggest scaredy cat you will ever meet in your life.
I know you are supposed to gain weight during pregnancy, but that is really getting me down, too. I have never weighed this much in my life, and after a while it just gets depressing. Especially since I have never been one to work out, I know that this weight will NOT just fall off after Aiden is born.
Another big change is that Justin leaves Active Duty Army as of May 12. That is his last official day in the Active Duty Army. He starts his leave time in April, though, and we move from Texas back to Indiana in early April.....without a job. That is some scary stuff. Justin does have 2 interviews coming up that are jobs in Lexington, Kentucky and Carrollton, Kentucky. We are praying so hard that he gets one of these jobs, but we really have no clue what the Lord has in store for us. We are just trying to have faith that our Father in Heaven will provide for us. Justin has already signed up for the Indiana National Guard, which will be some extra income. However, he will need another job as well for us to live on. No worries, he will NOT deploy with the Indiana National Guard for 2 years. That is on the contract, which I read through very carefully. :) So the plan right now is to live with my parents in Scottsburg, Indiana until Justin finds a job and we can find a place of our own....all with a newborn. Yeah, talk about stressful!
So I ask that each one of you pray for us. We know prayer is such a powerful thing, and we know that our God will guide our paths and provide for us. We just have to remember this, even when emotions get in the way sometimes.
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