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So many things to write about, so little time... so hitting the highlights...
Allen is 4-months 1-week old now, measures over 27-inches, over 16-pounds, is wearing 9-month old clothes, is rolling over, trying to sit up, can stand up & support his own weight, but doesn't have the balance necessary to walk without help, and LOVES his food & johnny jump-up. He's started solid foods now, but is very very attached to the breast. Because it was so difficult to get him to nurse properly in the first place, I don't have the heart to begin weaning him. It isnt time to wean him yet anyway, but considering his current behavior, (behaves like my brother) and how attached Matt was to nursing, I imagine it won't be easy to wean him. I also imagine he will end up at a comparible size to Matt (6'6", 230lbs of pure muscle). Allen still doesn't sleep through the night because he is hungry around 0400 every night, and is beginning to say words that can be recognized. "Hi", "Mommy", "Daddy" & "Oma" (our name for my mom; Oma is german for grandma) He LOVES his mommy, daddy, oma, opa, Matt & Meg... goodness gracious. If any of of us comes into the room (specifically me, devon and my mom) he gets so excited he has scooched himself across the floor from kicking so much.
Devon & I are sadly being forced to sell our car. We love our car, so it's breaking our heart to do so, but we just cannot afford the payments anymore. When we signed the paperwork and set up the payments we had no way of knowing that Devon wouldn't be employed by the Marine Corp within a year. We set the payments up under the thought path that he would be making a comfortable amount of money for the next 4-years, so for $500 a month we signed on for a $20,000 car... we've got over half of it paid off, owing only $12,000 on it, but with neither of us working right now, it's just too much and is eating us alive.
Keeping with the thought path of having no money, we've also had to downgrade our phones and cancel service with Verizon. Never would I have thought I would leave them... I've been loyal to VZW for over 12-years... but they are just too expensive. We've found a carrier that only charges $30 per phone for the same amount of service we were getting from Verizon for over $100 per phone, and if we play our financial cards right we can both have our smart phones back, later. But smart phones are just not necessary right now because we're both home, and only use our phones to text each other across the house for various reasons.
Devon's anxiety, insomnia, depression etc. are still prominent in our lives, but he doesn't seem to have an issue caring for our son, or anything like that. He just cannot seem to get over the hurdle's of holding down a job, and going into a doctor. Both of which are huge stressers for him due to how everything was handled while in the military. Some day, we'll get him in there, and it will probably be for something non-issue related more on the order of getting moles or warts or something removed, but if we can get him in the door, one step at a time... we might be able to get him seen for his anxiety and depression issues. The insomnia has been an issue for him since he was a young child, so I have no idea if the doctor can help.
Even though Devon isn't anxious about caring for the baby, he cannot take care of him 100% for an extensive period of time. 30-minutes is about as long as he can go before he needs to give him back. This, combined with the fact that I don't want to go back to work because my place is home with my son, I'm not working either. Call it excuses if you wish, but I know where I belong, and it is not in the work place.
Allen is 4-months 1-week old now, measures over 27-inches, over 16-pounds, is wearing 9-month old clothes, is rolling over, trying to sit up, can stand up & support his own weight, but doesn't have the balance necessary to walk without help, and LOVES his food & johnny jump-up. He's started solid foods now, but is very very attached to the breast. Because it was so difficult to get him to nurse properly in the first place, I don't have the heart to begin weaning him. It isnt time to wean him yet anyway, but considering his current behavior, (behaves like my brother) and how attached Matt was to nursing, I imagine it won't be easy to wean him. I also imagine he will end up at a comparible size to Matt (6'6", 230lbs of pure muscle). Allen still doesn't sleep through the night because he is hungry around 0400 every night, and is beginning to say words that can be recognized. "Hi", "Mommy", "Daddy" & "Oma" (our name for my mom; Oma is german for grandma) He LOVES his mommy, daddy, oma, opa, Matt & Meg... goodness gracious. If any of of us comes into the room (specifically me, devon and my mom) he gets so excited he has scooched himself across the floor from kicking so much.
Devon & I are sadly being forced to sell our car. We love our car, so it's breaking our heart to do so, but we just cannot afford the payments anymore. When we signed the paperwork and set up the payments we had no way of knowing that Devon wouldn't be employed by the Marine Corp within a year. We set the payments up under the thought path that he would be making a comfortable amount of money for the next 4-years, so for $500 a month we signed on for a $20,000 car... we've got over half of it paid off, owing only $12,000 on it, but with neither of us working right now, it's just too much and is eating us alive.
Keeping with the thought path of having no money, we've also had to downgrade our phones and cancel service with Verizon. Never would I have thought I would leave them... I've been loyal to VZW for over 12-years... but they are just too expensive. We've found a carrier that only charges $30 per phone for the same amount of service we were getting from Verizon for over $100 per phone, and if we play our financial cards right we can both have our smart phones back, later. But smart phones are just not necessary right now because we're both home, and only use our phones to text each other across the house for various reasons.
Devon's anxiety, insomnia, depression etc. are still prominent in our lives, but he doesn't seem to have an issue caring for our son, or anything like that. He just cannot seem to get over the hurdle's of holding down a job, and going into a doctor. Both of which are huge stressers for him due to how everything was handled while in the military. Some day, we'll get him in there, and it will probably be for something non-issue related more on the order of getting moles or warts or something removed, but if we can get him in the door, one step at a time... we might be able to get him seen for his anxiety and depression issues. The insomnia has been an issue for him since he was a young child, so I have no idea if the doctor can help.
Even though Devon isn't anxious about caring for the baby, he cannot take care of him 100% for an extensive period of time. 30-minutes is about as long as he can go before he needs to give him back. This, combined with the fact that I don't want to go back to work because my place is home with my son, I'm not working either. Call it excuses if you wish, but I know where I belong, and it is not in the work place.