Ahh we're excited for this month!
I really hope the summer treated everyone well.. it really flew by, didn't it?
Okay, so this is the last time we'll be updating this blog for awhile, (internet time will start to dwindle when we have a little baby to take care of!) but we promise to TRY and update again as soon as possible! Probably after the first few weeks.. maybe early October.
Soo on that note, there's lots of things to cover in this update.
Let me start by saying that my (Abby's) grammar will probably be horrible in this post because I'm absolutely exhausted, hope it's still read-able. ha!
Friends & family, there are FIVE days until 'Baby Heare's' due date.. (we're just dying to tell everyone his precious name)!! We've had lots of "predicted due dates" which have been fun to anticipate, but so far no one's been spot-on! Surprise, surprise! Babies come when THEY are ready, not when we are... (but wouldn't it be nice...)! Anyhow, we're very ready, so now we just have to wait for him to be also! It was very frustrating to go into our 39 week appointment with high hopes & hear, "Nope, he's still very comfy in there.." but on our way home I got to thinking about this, "We are VERY blessed to have a healthy baby on the way, and complaining because he's not here quite yet is incredibly selfish! Some people would do anything to be in our position, so NO MORE WHINING, ABBY!" It sort of smacked me in the face.. but I'm thankful for it! (Thanks God!!!!) So even though we are beyond ready for this next stage in life, we're enjoying the one we're in now while we still have time to.
On to the next..
As most of you know, our plan has been for quite some time to come back to Indiana in November when Jaymes is done with his active service. We were planning on moving in with my parents for a little while until we found a job/had enough money saved up to get our own place. Well, that's still an option! However, recently Jaymes was offered an IT position as a Civilian on Camp Pendelton. If he took this job, he'd be working at the same place he does now, but instead of going into work in cammies.. he'd be going in his civilian attire. He'd also have REGULAR hours, no barracks duty, a lunch break, a promised weekend, etc. It would bring in more than enough money for us & we'd be covered (all 3 of us) health care wise. Which is HUGE, because as of now we won't be upon moving back to Indiana.. and as you know, babies need to go to the doctor frequently.
So, is this what we really WANT? Mmm, probably not.. our main support base is back in Indiana & we would LOVE to be close to everyone again. However, we're at a point in our "journey" where it's not just about "us" anymore. We have a son to care for and provide for as well! Moving back to Indiana at this point would place us with a lot of "unknowns", & even though that isn't necessarily a bad thing, it would be silly to pass up an opportunity where we'd have lots of "knowns". (work with me people, I'm tired. haha!) Anyhow, this is not a decision we can make on our own.. it will shape the next few years of life for us. We're praying very hard that God would direct us to make the right decision. If you'd pray for us as well, we'd appreciate it!
Another update:
We just purchased a new vehicle which is actually a really neat story.. which I will try to make as short & sweet as possible! We sold our Lancer last month to a guy that Jaymes works with, and we were left with our truck! Well, we started to think about how the truck isn't really "family friendly".. it's more of a man machine. So we talked for awhile about trying to find something that would be easy to travel in with ALL of us. We have a friend who works at a dealership in a near by town that specializes in selling cars to Marines, so we went to see what they have! Well, we test drove a REALLY cool 2006 Dodge Durango. 3 rows of seats, (the 3rd row had the ability to fold down and turn into the perfect space for Dozer!) air, tonnnnnssss of space (perfect for traveling anywhere with a baby), and many other appealing features. Well, we talked with the owner because we were interested in doing an even trade in for our truck. There was a little problem though, he was selling the durango for 17 something & we only had 10ish left on our loan for the truck. We told him sorry, but we weren't trying to leave with extra debt, just a new car with the same amount of debt. ha!
He asked us to hang tight for a few minutes, so we did. He came back and told us that he REALLY needed our truck because he had customers looking for that type of vehicle all the time. The majority of his customers are single Marines looking for man-machines, not family sized vehicles such as the durango. So he said he'd give us the durango as an even trade in!!! How amazing, what a blessing, wow! We just had close to 8 grand dropped off the original price.. WE TOOK IT! So now we have a much better vehicle for our "family" & we aren't paying anything more than we were for the truck.. must be a God thing! (;
Well, that should be enough for now!
Prayer requests:
***That Abby would have a smooth labor & delivery/ that our baby boy would be perfectly healthy!
***That we'll be guided to make the right decision on job & location!
If you're praying for us, we thank you very much!!
