I must stop and share a bit about employment, because we were both quite clear from the beginning of our relationship that we wanted our children to be at home with their mother. Now I am not speaking to anyone else here, this blog is about me (hehe, yes, it really is all about me!). When Baby J was born, I quit my job and picked up the housecleaning business that I had used to pay for college. I arranged all my cleanings around the availability of family members to watch the baby. Both of our mothers and Ben's sisters took shifts so baby would not be in day care. I found supplemental work with The Arc (a company that works with children with disabilities) that worked around Ben's schedule. There were some crazy days, times of scheduling nightmares, but I believe God provided what we needed, when we needed it, and gave us this desire from our hearts.
As little guy grew, we continued to work on the house, putting in flooring, drywall, painting, etc.
Above: Baby J showing off daddy's office. Below: Baby J's room as we began preparations for his little sister to join our family.
Above: J helping daddy put in the wood laminate flooring in the dinning room. Below: the living room, stairs to the bedrooms and kitchen in the background. We installed the first pellet stove for heating (both of our stoves can burn corn as well).
My favorite part of the house are the big windows looking out to the north. I have spent many hours sitting by these windows and enjoying animals, birds, snow falls, rain storms, the kids playing...
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