Remembering what life was like…

I am so glad to have a blog in which I can go back and look at the archives and see what was going on in my life at different times. So for your veiwing pleasure some memories from October’s past(and some November’s too for perspective) :

before I was blogging graduated high school spring 1997
October 1997 – spent at VFCC w/ Dean
October 1998- we got our first apartment together in Ohio

Nov 1, 1998 – got married!
October 1999 – ??? maybe Dean can remember!!
October 2000 fertility Testing
October 2001 house buying – Caleb 2 months old
october 2002 Started being really ill and working full time; Caleb 14 months old
November 2002 diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri(PTC)

December 2002 lost my job due to being out sick too many timesdue to illness
October 2003
Pampered Chef, SAHM, TTC unsuccesfully then sick w/ PTC again
November 2003– meningitis i’ll never forget this experience
October 2004One month countdown to Baby Boaz arrives

Here we are folks back at today. I havent been sick w/ PTC since after my bout with it and meningitis, a few months after going off the meds for that I got pregnant w/ Bo. This November 1st will be our 7 year wedding anniversary. So much has happened in the last few years in our lives, we’ve been through many struggles and had many times of joy as well. Being pregnant makes me always think of our past, it amazes me how much things can change year to year, even month to month. We went from struggling w/ infertility to now having 2 wonderful boys and another baby on the way. We went from renting our first apartment together in Ohio for about $500 a month to a mortgage now more than double that in Maryland! Pre-kids we lalways had 2 cars most of the time, but now we’ve been a one car family for quite a while; dreaming of our minivan we’re praying to be able to afford in the spring/late winter. we have been blessed in many ways and even through many times of struggling with my health and finances we always know things will get better, they always do.