Updates and Decisions

It's been a while. And I have excuses.

I'm currently writing this from Isaac and I's new home.

We moved a couple of weeks ago and have since been settling into our new abode.

My excuses

More excuses

Empty apartment

In the new house- Are you convinced of the justified nature of my excuses yet?

2nd bedroom

Our little house

We are pretty content with the place overall. Sure, we have to light the pilot light on the heater before it works, there's a hole in one window that lets bugs and air in, there's a couple of couches in our backyard from who knows when, and we don't have a dishwasher or garbage disposal. But we're happy. It's fun having our own house and the neighborhood isn't too crazy. We have been enjoying giving directions to people though. "Just turn right before liquor store and you'll be there!" It all seems a tad more sketchy than it is, I suppose.

Beyond moving, Isaac's been chugging right along with his classes. He admitted to me one afternoon that school isn't something he enjoys, even if he's pretty good at it. I told him that that just makes him normal. He's doing really well though, and I'm proud of him for sticking to it.

Another exciting, weighty happening was that we found out Isaac isn't the only one who will be in classes this fall. As it turns out, I've been accepted into the Marriage and Family Therapy Master's Program here at Tech. I attended an intense day of interviews and after a couple weeks finally heard back from them. It was a hard choice to make, especially with the munchkin on the way (due only 2 weeks after the 1st semester begins). Ultimately, though, after prayer and a bunch of phone calls to friends and moms, Isaac and I decided it's an opportunity I can't pass up. The program is 2 years long if I go by the track they have listed, so the timing should work great with Isaac's schooling. It just seems like the right time and the right place. We'll see how I feel after I'm halfway into the program with a 1 year old on my hands. :)

Though we've been busy and stressed with a lot of new life-changing decision, we're happy. Life is treating us well and we know we are blessed.

The baby is also doing well for those that are wondering. I'm well into my second trimester now, so the sick part has mostly passed which makes baby developing a lot more fun. It's starting to hit me more how permanent this whole baby decision is and though that's a crazy thing to realize, it's super exciting, too. My next appointment is in a couple of weeks. And then, at the beginning of May, we'll be able to find out the munchkin's gender! I'm super pumped about that. It'll make everything more real.

Anyway, so that's life with the Olive family right now. I thought I'd do another long general update for y'all so that next time I get on here I can write about something random and simple like watching Barney with my 2- year-olds and feeling so grateful for parents who stuck through years of crazy barney fanatics with me as a child. There's something inherently creepy about that purple dinosaur and his little dino friends.