Well, well. It's June of 2018 and I haven't written in a long while. Things are different and blooming around here at the O'Brien house.
Nathan is working from home and taking full-time care of the babies while I'm at work full-time for 3+ days a week and sprinkling in a little photography here and there. Ethan is 18 months old (wow!) and Benjamin will be 4 this September (it hurts my heart to see my little boys growing up, but I'm so thankful for it too). I'll be 32 in August. This is it. It's supposed to be my "prime" year. They say women have their prime at 32. So, next year has to be my best year yet, right?
I'm trying to recap on things that happened. My mom moved to Florida because her mother passed away. So that leaves me and Kenny in Georgia. We get together almost every Thursday night to play board games... mostly D&D (I said I was growing up didn't I?) Nathan and I went to Jamaica this year and had an amazing time. Although I'm not as skinny as I want to be (far from it) and I'm not as wrinkle free and everything as high and tight as it used to be, I had a really great time and didn't let it bother me. Maybe that comes with age too? Giving yourself a little grace?
Nathan has gotten really good at spoon and bowl making. Woodworking small things in general he is really into. We are still working on paying off some things before we can move. I'm ready for my forever home. We are thinking maybe one more baby if God blesses us with one. The thought of never having any more little ones makes me sad. And although they drive me crazy at times (and some days it's most of the time) I lay down at night and my last thoughts are about them and how much I love them and how much I pray for their health and happiness. Nathan and I have known each other for 7 years this year. It's so crazy to think that I wrote about him here when we first started dating, and here we are 7 years later with babies and the house.
I can't sleep. It's 3 AM and I don't know what made me think of this blog, but I did. I'm up downstairs watching Murder She Wrote and Psych (still one of my favorites), and thinking about everything there is to think about. I miss my Dad. It'll be 3 years this year since he passed, and I miss him more now than after it happened. I see him in Ethan. He's so spunky and "fresh", that I see my dad's sarcastic sense of humor in him. My grandma was talking about selling her house last year, which made me super sad, but in an unexpected turn of events, my grandma decided to sell her and Chris's house instead, so we get to keep the family house in the family. We still have Tangobutt and Pepper, although they are outside cats now.
I'm trying to think what else.
Nathan and I had a rough patch last year. We both did a 180 and are doing really well. I am thankful for that so much.
