A lot has happened since my last post in July. I'll start with happy things because I don't want this to be a total downer.
We moved out of Willoughby and into an apartment in Mentor. We moved in with my best friend Brittany and her daughter (my god daughter) Josilyn. Things are going really well, and we've been here since October. It's a one year lease, and then we'll be looking for a house for the 4 of us to live in. We would have this time around, but didn't really have enough time because we needed to move quickly. We still have our 3 cats, Gizmo, Lily, and Cici.
Our honeymoon went beautifully. It was good weather almost the entire time, and we had a blast. We met another young couple that we were sat with at dinner, and spent a lot of the evenings on the boat with them. We spent days on the islands swimming, tanning, shopping, and exploring...and we even got to walk around the hotel Atlantis which was absolutely gorgeous. I took hundreds of pictures, and I wish we could go back. It was an amazing time just spending it with each other, and I couldn't have asked for a better honeymoon with the man I love.
We still don't have any word as for Eric's transfer, we're hoping that it will happen sooner than when his contract is up...but if it doesn't, we have a good situation going on for us here. It's great to be able to spend all this time with Brittany and watch Josie grow up. It'll be hard to leave them when we do get stationed. We're hoping to know more this summer after he goes through his few weeks of training. Eric may attempt to go Air Force again once he has the chance to transfer...it will all just depend on the requirements at that point in time.
Eric just got a new job at Wal-Mart doing loss prevention, and I'm working as a nanny. I watch 3 boys during the week...twin 5 year olds and a 2 year old. The family I work for is amazingly good to me, and it's a secure job until Eric does have the chance to go active. Eric's also had some trainings recently with the Guard and has some more this summer. We're supposed to go to some marriage retreats this spring and summer provided by the military, and I'm actually really excited to get away for awhile just the two of us. I'm at Mentor High School coaching the mock trial team, and they'll be going to competition February 4th. Wish them luck!
Now I have news that isn't what I'd hoped to update. We found out December 6th that we were pregnant with what we thought was our miracle baby (given all the problems I've had and the doctor's thoughts that I may not be able to have children). I carried the baby to almost 9 weeks, but yesterday when I went for my biweekly checkup...they weren't able to find a heartbeat. The doctor saw that the baby had stopped developing, so I had surgery last night to remove the baby. My doctor is sending the baby to a pathologist to attempt and figure out what was wrong and see if it's something that can be fixed in the future. We're not sure when we'll be attempting to have children at this point because this is all very new.
My 20th birthday is in 2 days, and I'm hoping for a bit of a new start. Losing the baby was the hardest thing Eric and I have had to go through, and I know it's going to take quite some time to heal mentally and physically. I'm lucky to have such an amazing husband and family that have all jumped to try and help.
