The joys of having a baby...

RIDICULOUS!  Yes, I love having a new baby in the house.  His presence brings me more joy than I know what to do with.  I am however not happy about the cost of formula.  It is outrageous, if you ask me, but a necessary evil since I was not able to breast feed the baby (due to the complications I mentioned before with my pregnancy).  We pay about $32.00 a week on formula.  But like I said, a necessary evil.  we won't even go into discussion about the diapers.  I have tried almost all the brands of diapers and I have to admit, I love Huggies and my love for that brand comes at a pretty penny.  

I have been trying to find a job.  A part of me wants to find one immediately to better our financial future, but another part of me likes the fact that I can take the kids to school, pick them up, have no problems with scheduling their appointments, and spend time with them.  When I was working, it was hard getting time off from work to go to various appointments.  It would get frustrating when I could not get the time off to take care of business.

My husband did start a new venture, Quixtar.  Although I was skeptical (maybe still am), I have chosen to support his endeavors.  I hope he sees some success.  I know that it is tough with him being in the military, there are several sacrifices that are made within the family, the biggest ones coming from him of course.  So he wanted to make sure that we had some extra income coming into the home.

On other news, we have started to prepare for the San Diego Heart Walk again.  I am excited about starting it up again.  I know it will be hard to beat last year especially since we are breaking from the group and going at it on our own.  I do hope to get a bigger team.  I look forward to this event every year.  The people who put it all together are all amazing and hard working...not to mention the nicest people on earth.  So it is no wonder I am so dedicated to the Heart Walk.  I do enjoy seeing my son Bailey become more and more involved in a cause that affects him.

And so it begins...

So here I am again, on a journey of some sorts.  The last time I was on blogger, I was on my way to becoming a mommy of four.  Unfortunately that was cut short because I miscarried, four years later and after many doctors saying I could no longer have any more children, I got pregnant.  I decided not to make public my journey with my last pregnancy, which was probably a good idea since  it was filled with complications and stories that you'd probably think I made up.  In the end, I have a beautiful healthy boy who is now six and a half months old.  

A little bit about me.  I am have been happily married for eleven years to my Navy guy.  He's been in for just as long.  It hasn't always been easy, hell far from it, but in the end, the Navy takes good care of us and our semi-large family.  I have four wonderful kids, my son is ten, my daughter is seven, my other daughter is five and my little guy is six and a half months.  When I find time, I need to finish up the last few units to have my degree post.  I have put that on the back burner so that I can get healthy and raise my kids.  Eventually I will have enough time to do things for me...but for now, this works.  Oh and I was a Navy brat turn Navy wife, how's that for some irony!

I do have to end with this, whatever people may complain about with the military healthcare system, they really are top notch.  I saw several civilian providers during my pregnancy and not one of them was able to diagnose my condition, chalking it up to depression and a figment of my imagination, it took a military hospital to diagnose and treat me.  So say what you want, Navy medicine is still quality medicine.