So we made it through 2012 and not without our share of scares either. Dan's company was forced to lay off over a 100 workers after the elections, won't even go into politics and a rant on how I feel about that outcome. So, we did what we normally would pray for job security and at the last minute it came through after some reshuffling they felt Dan was needed and was left still with a job unless they decide to axe more people again after the sequestration. I love that his company loves him enough to keep him on when he could go someone else and make more, but that trade would be working a ton more and he likes his 40hr work weeks.
Patrick is growing like a weed literally the poor kid needs bigger clothes at 16 months I was hoping to hold off for 2 more before buying some new ones. But next payday this kid is getting a new wardrobe from Carter's ddi I mention Carter's is where I buy all his clothes I love their stuff. He was spoiled rotten for Christmas and his birthday by mom and dad and his grandparents. New words: Ball, Obie, Kitty, Sam, what, why, daddy, Kelly (insert evil glare to Dan, Patrick won't call me mom), hey, bye and a few more. Our ped is not concerned about vocabulary development he never stops, apparently it is supposed to be payback according to my parents I talked all the time.
New news we are moving after we sell the current home to a bigger and more spacious one thank heavens. What this means 2 bathrooms instead of one, more space for storage and a garage. We still have 2 more things to do at the house before we list but we are excited to list. After 7 years with no storage and now having a toddler that collects gifts we are moving about 20 minutes from our currently city to either Herriman or Bluffdale, both are great school districts to be in too. Perk of Bluffdale is that we will be 10 minutes from my in laws meaning they can spend more time with him and babysit more often. After we sell we are also doing something a little crazy building our new home.
I'm actually pretty excited by this other than Dan missing out on Patrick for a few months while me, the animals and the baby stay with my parents. Free rent! Dan will be staying here in UT with his parents since he has to work, but in the end it will work out for the best. Also, Dan found out last week that he got a raise of 4% which just gives us a lot of breathing room every paycheck since you know the government loves to tax us wealthy to death (yes sarcasm there).
