The last 9 months!!

Well a lot has happened since the last post. I believe we left off we us moving into a rental house in the neighborhood where we tried to buy a house. Simon left the insurance industry as it was not what we expected. He took a job with Starbucks so that we could finally have health insurance. He also took a job with Apple because that is where he really wanted to work but since you cant get insurance straight away he works both jobs. He has been working seven days a week since February and we keep hoping that soon Apple will become full time which will then have health insurance.

Eli is growing up fast and has just turned 2. Unfortunately this means the terrible twos have also arrived at our house. I am find most days are a fight with a lot of things. He will not leave the dog alone and insists on fighting with him. He also seems to love the punishments we give him which does not help, so I am finding most days are a struggle to get him to do things and I am hoping that this phase does not last too long. He also started preschool in September and loves it. Whenever I go to pick him up he says no!! This makes me happy that he loves it but also makes me sad that he does not miss me more. It definitely gives me a chance to get things done which is really nice.

I am still working for the au pair company and things are going good with that. It gives me something to do without it being too much. It however is hard with Simon working seven days a week. I cannot wait for him to get a job at Apple it will be so much better for our family.

We also bought a house, we finally got a mortgage approved. We bought the same model house that we had previously had a contract on. We are loving it and are finally happy to be somewhere that is ours.

In other news we are expecting baby number 2 just after Christmas. Finley Michael will be here around the 27th of December. We are very excited but I am beginning to wonder how Eli is going to handle it. He is recently in a mommy only phase so it should be interesting. So with that news we will be spending the holidays here in Denver this year. It will be our first year by ourselves so it will be a nice quiet holiday for us, especially as Simon will probably be working right up until Christmas.

I am sure that there is more but that is all I can think of for now, I will try to post more in the future.