3 Years Old!
Tomorrow my baby turns 3! I cannot believe it has been that long already, although maybe I can considering the whirlwind we have been through this year. Sean’s job loss, developmental diagnosis for Caleb, moving and financial stress…but many good things came out of it. Sean has a fantastic job that he is amazing at and loves, Caleb has made tremendous improvements through his various therapies and we are now living in a house!
We aren’t exactly at the place I thought we would be when Caleb turned 3. I thought he would be talking and that we would have another child by now, but things pretty much never go the way you have planned. But through all of the difficult times and times of uncertainty, one thing is for sure…God has shown up big time. Through this whole situation with Caleb God has put the right people in our paths to encourage us and lift us up. I have formed some really deep friendships and am so thankful that God has used other people to touch my heart and help my family through what has been a difficult time. Whether its someone saying just the right thing at the right time to encourage me, or someone sowing into our lives financially, or whether its sitting down for coffee with a friend just to vent, I am extremely grateful for the people he has put in our path. Without them, there is no way we could have made it through.
So now an update…
Caleb is starting a full day preschool program at Jones Dairy Elementary from 9am-3pm. I am SO excited for him because i know he is going to thrive in this class and learn SO much. We are going to see major changes from him and that makes me so happy for him. On the flip side I am sad. I won’t be with him for the majority of the day and I feel like now he is being forced to grow up too fast. I mean he is only 3 and is already starting school! But I know this is the best thing for him right now so that he can have a better future. It is just very difficult as a mother to let him go.
As for me, since Caleb is starting this preschool program I am looking for a new job so that I can see him during the week. Right now I work in the evenings and for the next few weeks until I find another job I will mainly only see him for a couple hours a day during the week and on the weekends, so I am fervently looking for a part time position I can work while he is in school.
That is pretty much all for now. Looking forward to Caleb’s birthday dinner tomorrow night with his grandparents and then his bday party on Saturday.
So happy that God blessed us with Caleb. He is such an amazing, smart and loving little boy. He melts my heart everyday and I cannot imagine our lives without him. Even though he was a major surprise, its been the best one of my life so far 
