What can I say, life has been a whirlwind of ups and downs since I last posted! Lets rewind to 6 1/2 months ago. Mark came home early November 17th. Just by looking at him I knew what happened, he didn't have to say anything. His department was eliminated that day and it felt like our world came tumbling down around us. Being 7 1/2 months pregnant I was devastated. What was going to happen to us? Would we have to relocate? What happened to his staff? Good news was that he received a comfortable compensation package and we still would be on the company's insurance (we would have to pay the insane COBRA premiums) until after the baby was born.
Those 7 weeks of unemployment were awful but made us stronger people in the end. It made us take stock of what we valued. The job was gone but we had our family, our faith and our values and nothing could take that away from us!
Mark had an interview on a Monday, started work the next day and on Friday, January 15th our baby Benjamin made his debut 3 weeks early! His birth was awful (4th degree tear!) but we rejoiced that he was here and thanked God for our blessings!
Benjamin is a wonderful addition to our family, I just wish he was a better sleeper! Grant has adjusted well to being a big brother and thinks of Benjamin as HIS baby. He is a great helper. Loves picking out which diaper Benjamin will wear and enjoys entertaining him. I hope that they will grow up to be great friends despite their age difference.
