How exciting!

Today is my last Monday here at Campbell A. Griffin Treatment Center! Yeah to that one. There will not be a sad goodbye. When I left my last job at The Breakers up in New Jersey, I knew that I was never going to find a job like that again. I can honestly say that I loved working there and I would go back in a heart beat if Josh and I lived up there. I don't think that is going to happen though, but if it ever did that is the first place I would go. They treated me like family there and they still treat my family like family there. They are awesome people. Cosmo Scardino is the owner. If you want to ever stay at a really nice hotel on the Jersey Shore this is the place to stay. www.breakershotel.com I miss it a lot sometimes. When I worked there in the summer as day time manager of the restaurant, I would have to be there at 7:30am and my favorite cook Shayla would always make me breakfast. Then I would take it to the Veranda and eat it while I watched the ocean waves crash and dolphins sometimes would jump out of the water. It was an awesome view and great way to start the day. I had such a great time working there and I loved everyone that I worked with.

But as for my job here...I will not miss a moment of it! I didn't like my supervisor. She thought of me more as a personal assistant than what my correct job title was and I didn't get paid enough to put up with her crap. She wasn't my first supervisor here. My first supervisor was really nice and I liked working with her but this next one was awful! I hated feeling like I was being taken advantage of. Thank goodness that I don't have to work with her anymore. That in itself is a blessing. My job reminded me a lot like the movie Office Space. Josh had told me that I needed to watch it one day when I had done a bunch of complaining about my job. That more described a lot of what my job was like.

All in all, I can now look at this situation and just praise God for getting me out of it even though when it first happened I didn't know what to think. I actually feel blessed to know that I don't have to come back to this place again. I can't wait to start working with my little kids. I remember working at the day care in Waxahachie and I loved all those little kids there. I am excited about my new job and I can't wait to start. This week I only have to work 4 days. I will be getting off on Thursday.
Thursday after work I am going to drive to Houston. Then Friday I am going to work with Danielle at the hospital. I am really excited about that. I can walk by the nursery and see all the little babies too. Saturday is Caleb's baby shower!!! Yeah, I can't wait to see everyone. I can't wait to get gifts too but more so I am just really excited about seeing everyone. Danielle said that she a couple of other ladies have been working to get this shower looking awesome.

Okay, well I won't be writing and emailing as often during the day as I can now and before but I will update at night. Talk to y'all soon again!

Things to do...

Well, tonight I am having a girls night with all the teen girls from youth. We are not going to have it at my house though because it is just too small for all the girls. It should be fun though. Josh left last night to go hunting again up in Fredricksburg. That boy loves hunting. He won't be back until Saturday sometime, probably in the evening knowing him. Then next weekend is one of the baby showers!!! I can't wait to see all the people from Greens Bayou. It will be tons of fun and all of Josh's family will be there too. So excited! I wish my family could be there. They are planning something for after the baby is born so that way I can bring him up there and instead of them just seeing my stomach they can actually see him. That will be fun too.

I am excited that it is Friday! I need to go start some more work. I will try and post around lunch today.

PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited. My end date for this job is November 4th and my beginning date for my next job is November 7th. I will not miss a pay check! Also, when the baby comes I will be able to take the baby to work with me. I am so thankful. I do appreciate all the prayer and support from all you girls out there. It has meant a lot to me. Even in my most down moments all of y'all were there to pick my spirits back up again.

Josh has been amazing too. The whole time I was lacking in my faith, he was there to encourage me. He kept pushing me the whole time and kept telling me to have faith and know that God was not going to let us suffer. He wouldn't give us more than what we couldn't handle.

Thank you again for all the prayers!!! I will let you know how my first day goes. Oh yah, I am going to be a teacher for 2 year olds. I am super excited!

Long and relaxing weekend!

This weekend was very relaxing and a lot of fun. Just what I needed. Josh had a bike-a-thon that was put on by South Texas District to raise money for Speed the Light. Josh and Pastor Doug split a 66 mile bike run between the two of them and raise over 3000 dollars. Thursday, Pastor Doug, sister Janet, Josh and myself drove to Galveston and got in around 3:00pm. We checked into the Hotel (Hilton) and while Pastor Doug was checking in the guy asked him if he wanted to upgrade the rooms for no extra charge! He said of course! So, we had a room with a king size bed, feather pillow top matress, couch and lounge area, and a large bathroom. What a blessing that was. Josh and I didn't have to pay for any of it. So, Josh and Pastor Doug started their biking that first day and I went up and laid on the bed and relaxed and watched TV. Then we all met up for dinner. The district had a dinner planned for us. We got to sit with Josh's parents and his brother and his brother's wife. That was nice to see them again. Danielle is funny. She doesn't say hi to me any more right away, she goes right for that belly and starts talking to Caleb. It's cute. After dinner we went back to the room and his family came up and hung out for awhile. We were laying on the bed and watching Caleb move around in there. He sure likes to show off now. Michael and Melissa gave us some cute baby hunting gear. I will have to post some pics of them. The next day Josh woke up pretty early to go finish the bike ride with Pastor Doug and then we all met up for lunch again. We went and ate a Fuddruckers! Yummy. After that we went and saw a movie. Elizabethtown. Stupid movie! I fell asleep and everyone else that stayed awake said it was dumb. I suggest not going and seeing it. After that we went back to the hotel room and hung around some more, then we went down to the little banquet dinner that they had to wrap up the weekend. Josh's family left after that and we went back up to the hotel room. We decided we wanted starbucks and left to go see if any one else wanted starbucks in Brother Marty's room. Another couple went with us to go get starbucks. We went back to Brother Marty's room and hung out for a little bit with all the other youth pastors and their wives and then went up to our room.

All in all, I had a very nice weekend with little worries. My job tried to call me while I was out of town but I didn't worry about that. What are they gonna do fire me?! I put in for the time so they need to learn not to bother anyone. I have a life! Sorry about that, I was a little ticked off when they called.

Baby Caleb is moving around and around! He loves to kick his daddy in the face too when Josh puts his head on my belly to talk to him. It's pretty funny.

I have this week and next week and then Friday the 4th is my last day! I am pretty excited that I don't have to work here anymore. I really didn't enjoy the people that I worked with and I didn't really enjoy my job, I was just doing it for the little money I made. Just to pay the bills. I am praying that God has something out there. I have another interview for another day care today after my job so pray that that goes well. Talk to y'all soon again!

Oh and my friend Jessica maybe having her baby today! Not sure yet. I haven't heard any word but I am super excited for her. She is having a boy, so our boys can be friends. I am praying for you Jecy!!! Come on Baby Elliot show some progress!

PICTURES!!!

Okay here are some recent updates on how I am growing. The green shirt is when I was 22 weeks and the bare belly ones are taken this morning and I am 23 weeks and 4 days. My how I have grown! He likes to move and wiggle around a lot in there. My tummy is a jungle gym to him I guess. It feels funny so far although I have heard that some of the kicks can be pretty painful.
That is my new Dooney and Bourke baby diaper bag! Isn't so cute?! My mom got that for me. I was wanting this one from Coach but then they discontinued it and I saw this one and just fell in love with everything about it. It has a little picture holder on the side that I can put his picture in, and green is my favorite color! It worked out perfect.
Then Caleb has some cool shoes too. The Timberland boots are from my mom, the converse are from Josh's mom, and the UGGS are from my Aunt Linda. They are the cutest in the world. He is gonna be one stylish little boy! I can't wait to see what he looks like in them.
Well, I promised y'all pics and here they are! Sorry it took so long.