Alive

I know it has been awhile and I have been bad about updating all the changes in our life lately but we are still alive! Here is a quick update on life...

Addie and I have been living in Logan with the in-laws for a week and a half now and Addie couldn't be happier EXCEPT missing her daddy of course! She follows her grandma around all day and practices all the new things that grandma teaches her. My mother-in-law will play with Addie for half an hour and teach her a million things that later I think to myself why in the world didn't I think of that. I guess it comes with experience. Anyways in this past week and a half Addie has mastered walking and prefers toddling around to that crawling stuff she used to do. If Addie could talk she would probably say that's for babies. She has also learned the actions for the itsy bitsy spider song, peek-a-boo, how to hug and kiss her baby doll, and today she was trying to wrap her baby in a blanket. I love it, she is just growing and learning so fast. She also LOVES books and will sit and read books forever and ever. Even if you don't read to her she will look at them by herself. She also has a favorite pink monkey blanket that is used for cuddling and sleeping (thanks Amanda!).

Anyways besides Addie growing up like crazy I started my job last week which will definitely be a challenge but I think fun too. I am going to be doing all the scheduling for all the staff on the inpatient units of the hospital in Logan. Its a brand new thing they're rolling out at the Logan Hospital so right now I'm just doing set up but we go live in May. My co-workers are great and its just a really nice set up. It has been SO hard to leave Addie every day but I've just been doing four or five hours a day so we get lots of playing time before and after work. It seems like our time together is more quality because I'm not trying to do so many other projects and things but when I'm with Addie we just focus on playing. It has also been really hard not having Trevin here. Yeah it would be nice to have help with Addie in the evenings but more than that I just miss him. In case anyone is wondering, only 3 1/2 more weeks of this BUT the great part is he comes up every Friday and leaves early Monday morning so at least we have that.

We are also currently apartment hunting. We're hopefully looking for something close to the hospital since we just have the one car we share. But we're going to look at a place on Friday so we'll see how that goes. And there is a quick update on our crazy lives these days

Over the River and Through the Wood

To Grandma's house we go....

Addie and I are moving to Logan this weekend....with Trevin to come as soon as he graduates. Trevin and I came to the realization a couple months ago that medical school wasn't in the cards for this year and we started looking for other opportunities to keep us busy (and alive) for this year while Trevin reapplies. We both started applying for jobs and I ended up getting a job at the Logan hospital scheduling the nurses and staff for the hospital and doing payroll. The kicker is I will be starting on Tuesday. So Addie and I will be moving in with the in-laws (bless their souls!) for the next month or so until Trevin finishes school and we can move into an apartment in Logan. This all has happened within the last couple weeks and has felt like a whirlwind but also a huge blessing. We have been really praying for opportunities for this year and I won't call it luck that I happened to see this job on a random job site on the internet, I happened to get invited for a group interview with 11 other people, I happened to get a second interview along with 3 other people, and I happened to get the job. Its going to be hard to be away from Trevin for the next month but this has really been an answer to our prayers.

Lately we've been thinking a lot about how things are panning out this year. Why did we not get into medical school? Why out of the tons of jobs that we both applied for did I end up with the job? I'm still trying to figure out what lessons we are suppose to be learning from all this, I guess retrospect is a lot better of a viewpoint. If anything I know trials like these bring our family closer. We have definitely been counting our blessings a lot more and realizing the important things in our lives. I keep finding quotes on pinterest that I love and have definitely been uplifting.

"My life may not be going the way that I planned it, but its going EXACTLY the way God planned it."

"Faith in God includes faith in His timing."

I'm sure a lot of people out there have these same feelings, whether its about getting into medical school, or getting a job, or having a baby, or getting married, or whatever it might be I'm learning a lot about patience and faith through all this. Most importantly I think Trevin and I are better understanding the phrase, "we're in this together," and I couldn't have picked a better guy for the journey!