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A Look back on a year of blogging...

So I just realized that i've been blogging for a year now. I started my blog in July of 2008. This year has flown by so fast. I thought I would reminise on the past year, and some of the things that have happened.

Then... I started off this blog hoping that I had landed a full time job with Central Community Schools. I did get the paraprofessional job I was hoping for working with a self contained class. I then switched from working with self-contained to working with pre-k which I absolutely loved!!

Now... I am still a para with Central Schools, but this school year I will be at Bellingrath Hills instead of Tanglewood. I will be floating around to different classrooms/grades, working 1 on 1 with children that are at risk of being held back.

Then... I was so excited because Chris and I were going to start trying to get pregnant. We didn't get pregnant right away, but finally we did!!!

Now... I will be welcoming my precious baby boy into the world in about 2 weeks.

Then... Chris and I were living in a duplex in Watson. We had gotten ourselves into some debt that we needed to get out of so we moved to my parents house to save money, get out of debt, and get a house.

Now... We are still living at my parents house, but we are almost out of debt. Owning our own home is not just a dream anymore, we can see it in the near future!!!

We have definitley had some ups and downs during my past year of blogging, but we have been so BLESSED. Actually writing this blog has just shown me how many of my prayers God answered! Sometimes I might get down because at that point in my life things may not look the way I want them too, but I have never needed anything and God not be there to provide for that need.

Thank you Jesus for being so good to me, even when I haven't always been serving you the way I should.

It's been a while!!

So, It has been a while since I wrote a new blog. It is hard to keep up with two blogs!! I'm trying to decide if I'm going to continue the babysite after Jonah is born, or am I going to make this his blog.
He will be here before we know it. Some days I feel like at any moment i'm going to go into labor, b/c I have so much pressure and pain. Our due date is August 17. If my cervix isn't completely hard and he isn't here yet, then Dr. Lafranca will induce me on August 11. It really means a lot to me that he might be born on that date, because it is my brother's birthday.

Chris and I have been doing great. We are still living at my parents house. Jonah's nursery is so awesome!! We are really blessed that my parents have given us 2 out of the 3 bedrooms in their house!! Chris is still working construction. He is likeing it more each day. He is going to start school in February for Safety. I am so proud of him, I know he is going to do great!! I am still working for Central Community Schools. I am going to take maternity leave when Jonah comes. Instead of being at Tanglewood this year, I'm going to be at Bellingrath. I am happy about this, even though I'm going to miss all my friends at Tanglewood. We live not even 5 min. from Bellingrath, so when I do go back to work I'll be closer to Jonah. I believe I will be taking 10 weeks maternity leave. So hopefully I'll be home with Jonah until the first of November.

Here are some pictures of things going on lately...