Wow. It's been awhile since i've had time to breath much less blog, but I have so much to write about if i wait any longer i won't have time to cram it all in!
Zachary Vogel...AKA Pee Pee McPoo Poo
Little Zachary isn't so little anymore. At his 4 week check-up he weighed 11 1/2 lbs and grew an inch! He already has grown out of all of his newborn and almost all of his 3 month clothes! What can I say, I guess I have big babies :)Ethan's such a good big brother and he tried to help as much as I'll let him and I am so relieved to see that he loves his little brother and he really isn't jealous at all. And thankfully he isn't one of those kids who wants to hurt him or something! It's been pretty rough trying to adjust to having 2 kids to take care of. I find myself thinking of the days when Ethan was a baby and I could actually take a nap when he did or get some house work done. But I am much more in control this time and I feel like I have a much better handle on all things in general since I have gone through it before. Still, I kind of forgot how much work babies are!
Stubs McGee
Okay, I'm not mean but to make light of Josh getting two of his finger tips cut off, he has some new nicknames. I won't get into the gory details, but it was pretty nasty and it's been a long and painful recovery for Josh. Not to mention the part about me trying to take care of a newborn, a four-year-old AND a husband with no use of his left hand! (Side note: Josh was awesome helping me with the baby, especially at night, even after he cut his finger tips off!)
Frat Party?
Ok, so besides the shock of Josh's finger accident, our landlord sent us a letter saying he is ending our month-to-month lease! I know we were planning on leaving soon anyways because we think he is really intrusive and annoying, I couldn't believe he was actually "kicking us out" basically. I confronted him about it and told him exactly what I thought about it. Basically I told him off and ended it by calling him a jerk and walking away. It was quite refreshing actually to say so many things I had been wanting to for so long. I can understand if he doesn't want a month-to month or maybe he has someone else in mind he wants to rent the place to or maybe he plain just doesn't like us. But he didn't have to handle the situation the way he did. He could have given us a little more warning considering we have a newborn baby and Josh has use of only one hand for the next couple of months. So the guy is an asshole in my book. Also, when I asked him why he was ending the lease he gave me some half assed excuses and actually said he feels like he is living in a frat house. I was literally speechless when he said that. I guess he felt that because he found a few cigarette butts and beer bottle caps on the ground outside we live in a frat house. I have never been so insulted by someone before and I look at it as a good thing because we are finally getting the hell away from the psycho landlord.
Movin' On Up!
Despite Josh's injury at work, things are going very well with his new job. He's actually being considered for a promotion right now for Kohl's in Menomonee Falls where he would be managing their printing operations. This would be a huge step up and most likely a really nice pay increase. We've actually started to think about buying a house!
Recap
All-in-all things have balanced themselves out as usual. With the good comes the bad and vice versa. It seems to work that way in our life lately, and things will usually always even themselves out. Not an easy thing to learn in life, but something we've both come to terms with together. Although we didn't get to do anything "special" for our 5 year anniversary, I feel like the reward was an emotional one for us this year. And it seems fitting that it feels that way at a significant time such as our anniversary this year; 5 years married and 10 years together. We have really solidified lately as a couple and I feel like we are really in sync about where we are going and what we are doing with our lives. Also, because of all of the shit that has been thrown our way, we have come out so much stronger. We have a much easier time dealing with problems when they arise. Sometimes it feels like the bad things are so huge and important and the good things come so few and far between. But really, how could I complain about the things that haven't exactly been good in our life lately when I have come out of it with my two beautiful children and a wonderful husband. I think we get so ahead of ourselves sometimes in what we want and think we need in life that sometimes things happen to slow us down and remind us what is really important in life. Josh may have lost two tips of his fingers but he said he was really going to miss the time he got to spend at home with me and Ethan and Zach. How can you beat that!? It may seem small, but it the large scheme of things, that is what really matters in life.
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2 comments:
Wow!!! That is a big update! Congrats on everything that seems to be going pretty well for you - despite some road blocks.
We are mean too b/c we actually laughed when we heard Josh cut his finger tips off ;) even though we did feel very bad for him. Tim's family friend lost the tip of his finger years ago and his mom, etc all come him "The Stub". So nicknames are funny ;)
And yay for the Zachary & Ethan combo! sounds like a happy family. Bianca continues to grow, I'm not sure how much she weighs now at 2mos but she's still a big 'ol baby! that's better than malnurioused and frail though, I think!
And wow, great luck for Josh and the job sitch. Ugh, it's like we switched places from a few mos ago when Tim & I had new jobs and Josh was looking. Even though my job changed from cool to *eh it'll do for the time being - but Tim isn't having any luck finding anything yet :( We can survive for the next month or so, but after that we're gonna be hurting if he doesn't find something. So you may beat us to the new house thing!!! Good luck with that, it's such a fun and exciting experience even when we just bought our little condo!
Ok! Well, I'll see you next weekend already! Wow!
Yeah things are going pretty well, but always crazy as usual. we seem to be always taking a steop foward and then two back! It's just the way things have gone for us for so long now. I know it sucks being in that position with Tim not having a job. It took Josh FOREVER to find something and it was REALLY hard for me because I knew he was feeling depressed about it and I'd get on him for not trying hard enough. But now that he has his foot in the door he has all kinds of opportunities popping up. I think most of it is that the job market sucks right now, but it seems like Tim has a pretty solid work history so I'm sure he'll find something soon. Aside from just applying to jobs online and in the paper, Josh went to a handful of staffing agencies too, so he had other people looking for him and that's how eventually got this job. So I know how you feel!! Just be grateful there are no children involved which brings in a whole other dimension to the problem, believe me! Dude, I'm super excited about the upcoming shoer and bachelorette party and it'll be a good time for all of us to forget about our own problems for awhile and just have fun with the girls. YAY!
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