About the time that David and I were getting married we made a plan for our family. We both agreed that we would not be able to buy a house right away if we wanted to have a baby anytime soon. At the time we thought we might want to have more than one in addition to Emma and since David was turning 30 and I still needed to finish my degree etc. we'd need to get busy! So we decided having kiddos would be the priority and that we'd wait a little while (a year, year-and-a-half was the "plan") to try to get pregnant.
I'm so thankful that we didn't jump into an expensive mortgage. We would never have been able to afford these months with both kids in daycare! Not to mention the fact that David hadn't gotten his job with Bee Cave yet and we might have ended up living in Hutto (because that's where David talked about applying back then and we knew we could afford a house there). There's nothing wrong with Hutto, I'm just saying we needed time to be married and figure out where we wanted to go. I digress...(the POINT is coming up...)
Now we think it's the right time for us to buy a house. We have an idea where we want to be and have seen many home options that we love and are taking steps to making it happen. The point of all of this is that we are looking to move this next year and Emma would have to change schools again for 1st grade. I would just assume keep her at Redeemer and then once we are truly settled she could begin at her Elementary School near our home.
Financially it's impossible. We wouldn't be able to afford a house payment and a decent daycare for Cody if we kept her at Redeemer. If I EVER got child support it would be another story- we'd be there in a heartbeat. David or I neither one need to take on a 2nd job- so if it doesn't work out, it's not meant to be. I think I'm just having a hard time with her growing up, period! Everyday Cody is bigger and doing new things and Emma is growing up before my eyes.
Friday, May 14th was her preschool graduation. It was wonderful- the kids performed beautifully and we had so many friends and family come to celebrate with us! Afterwords Grammy, Paw Paw, Nana and Granddad all joined us for dinner at Olive Garden. During the meal Emma BURST into tears and said that she had hurt her tooth on her fork. It's not like her to cry that hard over something like that so I was concerned she had chipped it. Her face was buried into my mother so Emma came around the table to see me and actually let me touch her tooth. It was LOOSE! Now she has her first loose tooth! I wasn't expecting the tooth fairy until she was six or seven!
My thinking about the Redeemer thing is that we need to visit the church. This way Emma could stay close with her friends, see her teachers etc. We are planning for Cody to attend preschool there when he turns 15months old. We will see! I know that God has a plan for our family and our "plans" don't really matter! But we do the best we can!
I never posted anything about Mother's Day- better late that never! It started off early; David was up with Cody and was so excited to give me his cards and gift from he and the kids that he woke me up about 7:30AM! Not quite what I had in mind but you gotta love all of them jumping into bed with me. David is big on cards. He can never buy just one. He got me a mushy sweet one and a funny one that the kids signed. Cody probably had some help.
For my present I was very impressed. He picked it out by himself. I hadn't said anything about loving this one! Honestly I forgot or I would have mentioned seeing it online :)
"Our Gift"
Having Cody has been nothing short of a miracle. I can't imagine life without him and going through it all with the love and support of David is a blessing. Our family is complete and he surely is a gift!
We spent the morning getting ready for lunch with my parents and my Granny. It was a wonderful day and I'm thankful David was off this year to share it with me!
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