My last post was February of 2018. It is now January 2020. Let's just say time flies when you are having fun. :-)
I wish I was a regular blogger but I just don't think that is going to happen but its still fun to check in every so often and write about what life is like right now for the Simpson family.
2019 was a fun and exciting year for us. And pretty much all of the big stuff happened in like the last 2 months of the year. On September 21st we found out we were expecting baby number 2! And that same week Micheal interviewed and was offered a job with Hudson Crop Insurance. Micheal and I felt incredible peace about the job offer and so he accepted and gave his 2 weeks notice to Newton Insurance the following day. Needless to say it was a big week for us.
Micheal and I had talked in June about growing our family, but we had decided to wait until the beginning of 2020 to start trying. At the end of September I had some symptoms that got me wondering so I decided to take a pregnancy test. I was so shocked when it was positive! Ready or not, baby #2 was on its way. I am sad to say that this pregnancy has been just like my pregnancy with Sarah which means LOTS of nausea and vomiting. I am 20 weeks as I type this and I threw up this morning. So, yeah... pretty much over this BUT its for the best possible reason. I have mostly good days now but I have to take my medicine morning and night or I will regret it... just like with Sarah. My body and HCG just do not get along I guess lol. But I get beautiful babies out of it so again, totally worth it. I have had other weird symptoms with this pregnancy that I don't remember with Sarah. Taste changes, weird lasting taste in my mouth and the constant need to spit. I know that is so nasty BUT it is what it is. I feel like I have been more tired and sore with this pregnancy. Chalk it up to being pregnant in my thirties as opposed to my twenties or doing life with a three year old while pregnant. Who knows!
I am super excited at this moment because we find out the gender on Monday. I am so ready to get a peek at this little baby. Our last sonogram was at 8 weeks so it looked like a little jelly bean. I am ready to see a little profile and hands and feet. So sweet. I am praying first and foremost for a healthy baby and a good report at the anatomy scan but I am also pumped about learning the gender. When people ask me what I am hoping for I can honestly say EITHER! I would love another little girl and the idea of Sarah having a sister definitely melts my heart BUT so does the idea of having a baby boy and being able to watch Micheal with a son. So, I am glad that God gets to decide and not me because I don't think I could. God knows what our family needs and I am so ready to see if his plans involves a baby sister or a baby brother. Our plan for the day is to have my scan that morning. I am not not going to know the gender until that evening at our little gender reveal gathering. We invited our parents and grandparents to be there when we reveal the news. And Micheal is going to be the secret keeper. He wants to know before we announce it to people and I don't this time. I want to be surprised. SO, he is going to decide how to announce it in some fun way. I am so ready. It's Thursday right now and it feels like Monday is taking forever to get here.
As you can tell, I am a bit excited about this baby. :-)
But I have also been so proud of Micheal and all he has accomplished in his career. God has taken such good care of our little family and this job offer that literally came out of nowhere has been such powerful evidence of that. It has allowed Micheal to have a much more flexible schedule and has been a pay increase for our family. For the first year he is considered a contract employee but once his first year is complete he will be hired on full time with Hudson and we will begin receiving benefits, which we haven't had since I quit my job at Edward Jones when Sarah was born. It will be so nice to have insurance and retirement. Praise Jesus! It has been a major adjustment for Micheal and he is having to learn a BRAND NEW field and type of insurance. I know it is stressful and overwhelming at times but he handles it like a champ and just continues to work hard and have a great attitude about it. Typical Micheal Dean. I love him so much.
As far as little miss Sarah Jo goes, she is growing like crazy and doing great. She started going to a new Parent's Day Out program at First Baptist Church called Kingdom Kidz. She loves it (except for having to take a nap). She is learning so much and it has been so fun to see her bloom in this new environment. She goes on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am - 2:30pm. It is on those mornings that I work at the church. I started at the church as the secretary in June of 2018, I have really enjoyed it. And once again God has provided a fun and safe environment for Sarah to be in while I am working.
I am sure there are lots more things to update but I am going to call it good for now.
Surely I will be back sometime this year with an update about our new child haha!
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