Changes

Well, I survived my 1st week home with the kiddos!  I decided to put in my 2 week notice at work to be a stay at home mom and have an in home daycare.  This is something Scott and I have talked about doing for a long time but I wasn't able to actually do until we moved.  You have to be self employed for 2 years before you can count that income on your mortgage application.  So, as everything goes for us I was forced to be patient until we found a house to buy and actually got moved.  Now that we are settled in and have a house with a finished basement I decided it was time to let work know I would no longer be a corporate slave!  I have been there almost 10 years and was ready for something completely different.  I am burned out sitting behind a desk and excited to spend my days at home in my new house I love with my two little love bugs.  I only wanted to take in 2-3 kids.  Just enough to make some money and I wanted my kids to be around other kids so they don't get too spoiled thinking it's all about them!  I was lucky enough to find a nice family with two little boys and another one on the way.  The boys started this week and they are super cute.  Rylan is still adjusting to sharing his toys and his mommy but it will be good for both of them to learn to share.  Kayla already does well at being around other kids since she has been going to daycare up until now.  It's an adjustment for all of us but it is what's best for our family while the kids are still little.  It was really hard taking them away from their home away from home and we all miss Nina and the daycare kids SOO much!  I didn't cry about leaving work but I think we all cried when we picked the kids up for the last time.  That truly was like home to them.  Luckily we are good friends and now that we live in Norwalk we are close to them now.  So we are going to make sure the kids still get together to play. 

The last month has been crazy getting used to a new town, house, not going to work everyday, the kids not going to daycare...but we are figuring out our new routine at home and adjusting as best we can!  I'm ready for things to settle down and find a new normal for us.  But things are finally falling into place after all these years and we are excited for the next chapter of our lives!