A Whole Year?!?!?!

I can't believe an entire year has gone by since we moved to Arizona. I can honestly say that this has been the hardest, yet BEST year of my life. We really didn't have much of an option in moving. Steve was working for my bro-in-law & making decent money. However, the lack of insurance & uncertainty of future work made it imperative that we find a better situation. When we visited Grandma for her 80th birthday, we had no intentions of looking into the option of moving here. As soon as we did, it became real. The opportunities for our family here outweighed what we had going on in KC. There were still several issues to be addressed. We had a home. We had family. We had a baby that deserved to be around family. Steve had a job with family. The list mounted. We had to sit down & make some serious decisions. The most serious decisions we've ever made.

So, we chose to move to Phoenix. The position he was offered at the dealership was more than he would ever get in the midwest. It was a chance for us to start over. I did have my reservations though. I was concerned that he would grow tired of the company, just like he had with Baron. So...here we are a year later. He STILL loves his job, he STILL loves his co-workers, and WE still don't regret moving here. The adjustment has been tough. A month after we moved here, I found out I was pregnant, and that was REALLY tough. I hated the idea of having a baby away from our "core" family. Luckily, things have worked out great. We lived with Grandma for a few months until we got our own house. We now have friends here, a home here, and a life here. Phoenix is now home. One year has changed us more than I ever could've imagined. It hasn't been pretty. We've had our downs...lots of downs. But every minute of uncertainty is worth the life we have. Two BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT, AMAZING babies...a husband who truly does treat me better than I'll ever deserve, and the life that I never thought I'd have or deserve. No matter how bad my day is, I count my blessings every night. I'm SOOO lucky.

I guess I wrote this because I was looking at my FB statuses from one year ago. lol. We were getting ready to move here. Everything was uncertain. I was so scared & unsure. And here we are, a year later. I never could've imagined things could be like this. I'm so happy we took that leap. Without it, we wouldn't have such amazing friends & family in our lives.    :-)