Wow, its been another year, I let another year pass right before my eyes.
Those of you who follow me on facebook know that I have faced a number of challenges in 2011.
To break it down for my readers who havent been around me, my husband and I lost our home at the end of June, 3 weeks before I was going to deliver our baby. My landlord stopped making mortgage payments and the house was in the early stages of foreclosure, which we had no idea. She wrote us a letter stating she was selling the house and we had until July 11th to leave. We were devistated but thanks to my mom, she allowed us to stay in her home until we could get ourselves stable. I dont know what we would have done without her. It was also great having my sisters as a support system, especially with me being hugely pregnant.
Jacob Andrew was born on July 20th, weighing 9lbs 3oz. He had no intentions of coming out and I had a long hard 19 hour labor. We were all over the moon and his birth helped balance out the hard times we were facing.
In August my husbands company went on strike for 19 days. Now, 19 days doesnt seem like much but imagine going without a paycheck or two, how quickly it throws off your entire budget. We were so thankful to still be at my moms, but trying to pay off our debts and catch up with past debts was becoming difficult (and cant forget diapers, etc..)
However, through the hardships and all of the tears, our prayers were finally answered in September. Rick and I had our eye on a house that was down the road from my moms, and we called about it, and after meeting with the lender and looking at almost a dozen houses, we found our home. 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath , 1975 sq feet of dreams for us. We scheduled for a 45 day close because there were a lot of documentation we needed to gather, different proofs of things, etc...It was a long month and a half but we finally closed on November 4th.
At the end of November I found out that I had a 1.8cm gall stone which was causing a lot of my eating issues. I wasnt able to tolorate any foods and I was misrable, especially Jacob, who nurses. December 16th I had it removed and
It was definately a year to remember, thats for sure. Lots of hard times, but so many good things. But here I am back to this blog because my 2 year bandaversery is coming up and I am still no where near my goal.
I had gained 52lbs with my pregnancy, and I had lost all but 4lbs of it until after I had my gall bladder out (and consequently, right before the holidays), so I put on about 13lbs, which had me so discouraged. I went from 221 to 234, and I was so unbelievable depressed. I got a fill so my band went from almost empty to about 5.2cc's. Right now I can really feel the restriction and I am trying to amp myself back up.
We are taking the kids to Disney at the end of June, so my goal is to be under 200 by then, and hopefully in a size 14 jeans. I need tons of support and help. I am trying to put myself back in the mindset that Im a new bandster again....so...here we go!!!
PS For those blogs I havent been to, I will do my best to come around and say hi and catch up with you all!
