New happenings

So Jeremy has been working a few days now. He works Thursday-Sunday, 6-6, and then off Monday-Wednesday. We are finally going to be able to save some money and finally get out on our own and in our own place again!! YAY!!! I am starting "back" to school in August. I am retaking some classes so that I can get into the nursing program at Jeff State Community College. I know come August when everyone has things going on I am going to be exhausted. I get up at 4:30 with Jeremy on the days he works, at the moment I go back to bed, but when school starts that will be the start to my day. Once he is off to work then I will get Shiana breakfast ready and her off to school and then add me getting ready for school at the same time. I know I can do it, I am working on some organization things for all of us. I just hope it goes as smoothly as it does in my head. The only issue that I am seeing right now is the car...

Life Goes On

So we have been living with my parents for roughly a month and a half now. It has had its ups and downs, but for the most part it is going well. Jeremy finally got a job at Boatright. He is suppose to start sometime next week, they are waiting for equipment to come in. I am so excited because he will finally have a steady paycheck coming in and we can actually save up some money and get a place of our own. It will be nice to have our own home again, lol. I started volunteering for Brookwood hospital. I am making blankets and hats for the NICU, hopefully once I get a routine going I can add in Shelby Baptist NICU in and then maybe blankets for Children's Hospital. We are now at the two month mark till Shiana starts school. I still cannot believe that my little girl is starting school. She is so grown up in a lot of ways, but still little (which I do have to remind myself about) and she still wants mommy snuggles. Keylan I think is ready for his sister to be back in school too. They were so much better together when they spend the day apart. I cannot believe how much he is growing up everyday. I need to make an appointment for him though to have his clotting factors checked because he may have a touch of free bleeding. He is also a mess, his pinkie nail on his left foot was coming off and he ended up getting it ripped off some how. With it he took a huge chunk of skin with it and the poor baby is in pain from it. Hopefully it heals soon and won't cause him any more pain.

New Things

So life is still going. Jeremy still has not found a job yet, but he continues to put out applications and call around. Just need August to get here so he can take the tests that he needs to. We have lived with my parents for a month now, and it is definitely time to have our own place again. It will be weird to be on our own again, living in Alabama, but we are looking forward to it greatly. I am very appreciative of my mom and dad for letting us stay here though. 


So the new things in my life are I have decided that I would love to be a midwife. That is going to be hard here in Alabama though because it is actually illegal here, which is really depressing. I am going to still continue with my nursing degree and pray that by time I get out it will be legal and I can be a certified nurse-midwife. I want to bring babies into the world, without the medical intervention that this country has made into the norm. I am also starting down the homeopathic route and when we have extra money I am getting Ben Feingold's book: " Feingold Cookbook For Hyperactive Children. And will also have biofeedback done on both of them. I know the way that they eat is not beneficial to their body at all, but like the saying " when we know better we do better" 

Parenting

Yes this is going to be a touchy post but I think that it is time to write about it. My parenting styles are my own; but I have a wonderful group of ladies that believe the same things that I do. I am a co-sleeping, cloth diapering, use to baby wear, extended rear-facing, and intactivist! I am proud of everything that I am. Yes, my son is 2 years old and co sleeps, he starts in his bed and ends up in ours and I love that he is there. I love the snuggling and waking up to my handsome little boy next to me. Cloth diapers save me money and they are cute, granted we use disposables at night because he is a heavy wetter. I loved to wear Keylan and wish that he was not so independent that he would let me wear him more but I did it because he felt secure and he knew that his momma was right there no matter where he went. Rear-facing, I made it 26 months and wish it was longer. I made a compromise; I do intend on extended harnessing Keylan though. And I love my whole son! There is nothing wrong with the natural anatomy of the male body! The circumcision rates are dropping so when he is old enough to be changing in the locker room there will be more boys that are intact then circumcised. It is an unnecessary procedure that the American Academy of Pediatrics is against it. I have never shoved my opinions down anyone's throat nor will I. But when I see a post that I am adamant about I will speak up and say something; whether it be through experience or research. 

Update on life

So we are now living back home in Alabama!!! YAY!!! It is so weird to look outside and see trees and grass and know that we are not ever going back to the desert. We have been home a week now and have been mostly relaxing and adjusting. Jeremy has decided what he is going to do for a job, just need to wait till August to take the tests. He is testing to become a corrections officer or sheriff's deputy. He is going to focus more on the corrections officer and work his way up, but with that pay I will be able to stay home or work just a few hours a week for our "fun money". But with that we will probably be living with my parents till at least then. The kids are LOVING it! They play outside all day everyday and have to have a bath every night (secretly that depresses me though because I loved being able to skip baths every now and then lol). I am slowly getting into going down to the park to walk at least every other night. I have classes starting tomorrow and look forward to another term and hopefully more good grades. I am also starting to plan for Shiana's Kindergarten year; outfits with hair bows, homemade lunches (thinking about making a new blog for this topic), and everything that comes with having a school age child. I still cannot believe that my little girl is getting ready to start real school and I am not ready for all the drama the many years are going to bring. Next week though we are headed to Disney World and I am really excited and cannot wait to see the kids reactions.

2 weeks to go!

2 weeks from tomorrow we will be on the road headed home! After lots of stress and probably more to come all that will matter is us getting home. Then we will deal with everything else. I found an apartment that I really like: it is 3 bedroom 2 bath, laundry room and nearly 1400 sq ft for 895 a month which I personally think is not that bad. But I foresee us living with my parents till around August, hopefully not, but if we do then that will be okay. I am so ready to be home around family and to get back into church. And these next few months are going to be so busy that I am not going to have time to think. Between moving, getting settled, Keylan's birthday/ welcome home party, DisneyWorld, Cityfest, registering Shiana for school, and (at first) Jeremy looking for a job and a place to live and then the girl's birthday's and first day of school. There is always going to be something going on. I really hope that I am able to stay at home with Keylan at least till I get into nursing school. If I get in in January, then it should only take 2-3 years (hopefully), and while I am in school and clinics then my mom will watch him and Shiana will get dropped off there after school. Then by time I finish school he should be starting school and I will be able to work. But that will all be figured out in the next few months. I will be finished with my bachelor's degree in December and right now I am on track to graduate with honors again =) that makes me very happy. But that is all for now and will probably update 1-2 more times before we leave El Paso for good.

6 weeks

I have so much going on in the next six weeks, so I think I am going to make a list of things that need to be or will be going on.


April:
- I need to make an eye doctor appointment for myself, using up my insurance while I have it, lol.
- Get Keylan back on WIC and transfer papers for when we get back home.
- Monday Keylan will be 2!!! O.o I can't believe that it has gone by so fast and how much he has grown.
- 2 year old appointment
- Dentist appointment for both kids
- Follow-up appointment for my foot
- Various other things that will decide to come up the rest of the month


May:
- Finish packing/cleaning
- Load trailer and make a HUGE move
- Mother's day
- Keylan's birthday party/welcome home party
- and my mom and I have a huge surprise for the kids, DisneyWorld. I am so excited and cannot wait to see Shiana's expression when we get there (we are keeping it a secret)
- But this month we will also be figuring out living and money and jobs.


It is still hard to believe that we are finally going to be home for good. I know it is going to take a while to get adjusted, but once we are we will be perfect. The adjustment thing has me a little bit and I wish that we had a place to go ahead and move into, but without a job and money that is of course impossible. I have awesome parents that have the space and love us enough to put up with us for a few weeks.