Rays of Sunshine

As of January my hubby has been working and learning a "new trade." He decided in December that since he hasn't been able to get a job in his degree field that he would take matters into his own hands. He decided to look into Financial Planning. The Man that he did his internship with does this and Danny picked his brain and went along for the ride to learn the ins and outs of what it entailed. He ultimately went to work for this wonderful man who has shared his knowledge and brought him on. He passed his test and is now licensed to sell life and health insurance. (So if anyone wants to see if they can get a better deal than what they have, or just wants to get some, let me know! ;) ) The job pays on comission, at least that is the way Danny wants to do it cause you can ultimately make the most money, which will be tough, but by now we are used to no income. We have already had to use our savings 3 times since we have been married, so its a good thing we are both good at making sure we save. Danny has been working really hard for his boss's "side" task of Veterans Pensions, which Danny isn't certified yet to do, but gets a piece of whatever he brings into his boss.

So, our first ray of sunshine is that my husband has found a job, and that we can start working harder to get ourselves out on our own again, and give our son the home, and space, that he needs to be the best he can. And of course give us our own room back. Its tough when your son can't stay sleeping through the night because he knows you are there and hears every little noise. Plus the house we live in, love my in-laws, but it isn't a very well laid out house with the bedrooms right off the kitchen and main living areas where everyone congregates. The house is all tile so it echos and carries sound quite loudly. And, some of the older individuals forget that there is an infant in the house and are not very quite (they think they are :). Everyone says kids should be able to sleep through noise, and I agree to a certain extent. Some noises are ok. Small, simple, softer noises, ones you would hear on a regular basis in the background. But I believe that if you can't sleep and/or don't like all that noise outside your door, then why would you expect your child to sleep through it?

I am not working anymore. I was laid off at the end of January, and the second ray of sunshine is that I get to focus on my son individually. Sad part is that I am so used to having more than one child that I hate to say it, sometimes get bored. I love his personality and playing with him, but constantly having to entertain him is quite taxing. I definitely couldn't have just one. Austin needs a sibling too. He loves playing with, better yet around, other kids. He gets so excited to see other kids, especially toddlers. We get to enjoy play group once a week, and we have a friend with 3 children that lets us come over and play once a week, and a couple people have offered the same. It is great cause it gets us out of the house, because we are confined to our bedroom, and allows us an actual place to go. I admit we go to the store and just cruise around not buying anything, just so we can get out of the house.

My exercising is going. I go exercising with Austin in the stroller, but I do it when he is fully awake so he won't need his stroller to sleep on a regular basis, but if there is not enough going on around us he gets bored and doesn't last long. Plus it sucks running with a stroller! I don't like not having my arms/hands free while running. He is getting better at sitting during times when I do aerobics. I usually do those while he is sleeping, but when he is awake he does pretty good on my routines that are 40 minutes, but no longer. That is his max. I want to start teaching aerobics again, but Austin won't sit in a stroller during that time since he is mobile now, and I can't just let him wander with the other kids in the room because he still picks up everything and puts it straight into his mouth. I am not an over protective or a paranoid mother,  but he has choked 2x already on things he has found, almost to the point where I have had to do some life saving techniques. Also, the church floor is just filthy and layden with stuff in corners that has been there since heaven knows when. So can you blame me? plus while teaching it is really hard to chase your little one, and then try to remember where you are in the routine to keep the class going. But we shall see. I am working on it. I have a couple moms that probably would help me chase my bundle when needed.

So, any way, we are starting to see a glow at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully within the next few months we will be able to get a place of our own, and maybe even add to our family. Only God and time will tell!