Long time, no blog!

It's been a while since I last blogged. It's not that I haven't had anything to blog about, just that things have been busy. I started my new job over 2 weeks ago and am enjoying it. It is much busier to work in the hospital than the VA (being an outpatient clinic). I have been so homesick for the VA. I miss the people, the job, the veterans, and the schedule. I knew I would before we left Alaska, but never knew it would be this hard. I sent an email to my boss and a co-worker at the VA and they said I just got a promotion (as I am still technically working there as an intermittent RN). They next told me there is a full time position they just opened up in their surgery dept (something I was hoping would happen, so we could have justified staying in AK) . I could have cried. Seriously. After swallowing some sadness I decided I just needed to adjust my attitude and be grateful for the job I do have here in Arizona. It is a great job, it's just hard when you love everyone you used to work with. I have been working days, but it will be changing to nights in a month. And so will my pay by 20%. Got to love shift differential!

Kyson is growing like a weed. He is eating so much more now and you can feel it when you pick him up. I'm sure his weight stats have caught up now. He is a happy boy and is loving the christmas decorations. We have been taking him to the park by my parents house and he has been loving being outside (as are we) to putt around with his plastic golf putter. He still amazes us with how fast he learns and how smart he seems. People often ask how old he is and state he is very mature and smart for his age. I agree. We are still waiting on our offer for a short sale home. It should be coming back sometime soon and we are hopeful they will accept our offer. It really has stood out above all homes we have looked at and although it was one of few we looked at without a pool, we will be putting a pool in.
All in all, we are still absolutely loving the weather and things to do in Arizona. It's been fun to be closer to my side of the family. Although, Ken is pretty homesick for his family (as are they for us). His mom and sister are going to come visit in 20 days for 10 days, so we are excited to have them down and "sell them on AZ!"

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I also wanted to say that I am so thankful to have wonderful friends, family, a home, my health, my work, my husband, my baby, and weather! I couldn't be more blessed in my life.