We Finally Did It

Last night we took both sets of grandparents out for dinner and shared all of our news. We told them that we had been offered the job we had been waiting on in BC and that we were buying a van. We were trying to think of a clever way to share the news of our growing family

We ordered our food and when it came, I prayed for the meal. I ended the prayer with something like "And keep us all safe over the next months - especially Amber and the baby. In Jesus name, Amen."

They took it okay. I think my mom smacked me and said, "You are so clever."

It's a lot of news at once. It even seems like a lot to me and I've learned it all gradually.

It's going to be exciting and scary moving away from our families and having the baby, but we've done it before. Daniel and Josh were each born in Winnipeg - 14 hours away from the grandparents - and we survived. We have loved being back and having our familes close by and convenient, but we really enjoyed our time on our own in Winnipeg. We grew as a couple and as a family and learned to rely on each other a lot more.

Now I'm starting to tell other people. I told a couple of friends last night. Work is next I guess. I need to tell them that I'll be leaving at the end of the summer. Unfortunately, at this small business with about 15-20 employees, two other full-time staff and three part-time have decided to quit this summer too. I'm torn between giving them lots of notice and trying to wait for the "right time" to tell so as to not go in on the same day as someone else. I guess it should be sooner than later.