The difference in a year...

Wow! I had completely forgotten about this. Two and a bit years has gone by. DD has just celebrated her 3rd birthday, OH did finally pop the question (18 months ago) and we got married 6 weeks ago. It was beyond perfect! We put off ttc #2 until the wedding night, we are now just into cycle 3 of trying, I'm hoping it won't take us too long. DD is desperate for a sibling!

I'm in a different job, still part time while DD attends nursery, and I'm so much happier in this job. DH has done very well in his field and is continuing to progress. Our house is very much a cosy home now, although we still have a couple of projects on the cards.

So, this time next year I hope to have a new little squishee, and a very happy and healthy 4 year old. We will have just celebrated our first anniversary, and hopefully we'll be closer to getting our loft conversion started.

 

Wow it's funny reading back. Like another lifetime! Our almost 8 month old baby boy is the centre of our world! I love him so much! He arrived on 9th March, 2 weeks late after eventually being induced. He's crawling and pulling himself up and starting to cruise around holding onto the sofa. He has 5 teeth He is a joy and has the most amazing laugh. Also, OH and I get married in 5 days (!!) on our 8 year anniversary on Bonfire Night weekend!!! So exciting!
Also I'm looking into going back to work options for Feb 2017 and have applied for a part time job a grade higher than my current role but in the same university.
No plans to ttc #2 yet as I'm too wrapped up in Josh to contemplate another atm but I am thinking late next year so we have about a 2/3 year age gap. I loved being pregnant and am looking forward to it again!

 

Okay so yet another update!

I finally got a full time permanent job, I'm struggling a bit adjusting to having two full time working parents and a kid, so we have decided that my partner will go part-time and we are in the process of sorting that out.

Gracie has just turned 1 and starts nursery this week. So far she isn't enjoying it! She is so strong willed and determined.

Still in the same home but beginning to think about moving as it seems to have shrunk since Gracie arrived!

Our "pup" is so tolerant of Gracie, she is really bad for hitting him si we are trying to stop that. She makes up for it by feeding him whatever she is eating!

Still not even had a driving lesson ... And no proposal! Also, not TTC yet but my pill runs out after the new year so we will wait and see how things pan out.

By this time next year I want to be pregnant with #2 and maybe working on driving. I want us to be in a better routine too. Maybe a proposal would be nice but I have said that every year haha!

 

So to update.....
Graduated with a 2:1 honours degree and have been practising as a midwife for almost a year to the day ❤️.

Also had the reversal op, was a success and our last little bubba is due later this month 👌.

 

I can't believe it's almost been a year since I posted this!! I an now in the ES program and I love it!!! I didn't think that I would like it this much! My niece is almost 16 months old and is growing fast!!

 

Well i'm now a busy mum of 3! We stayed team yellow for our third and final baby and after 2 girls had a boy who we named Dominic So far I haven't returned to work outside the home and i'm not sure when I will due to difficulties with childcare but luckily i've been able to continue doing a little admin for my dad's business to earn some money. We're still as certain as we can be about not having any more children and are just embracing the madness of having 3 under 5 lol! In a year's time my children will be nearly 6, 3 and 20 months so all will be past the 'baby stage' and just Dominic will be in a stroller. DD2 starts pre-school in January 2018 and i'm guessing she'll be more than ready for it by then OH is starting a new job in January so hopefully this time next year he'll be well settled in there and maybe looking to progress within the company. Not much else really other than hopefully we can go on holiday abroad and get some house renovations done in the next year. First ones on the list are our bathroom and kitchen floor!

 

Wow! So its been 2 years since I last updated this! Now my boys are 3 and 2 and growing up fast. We did say never again to another baby after a very complicated and high-risk pregnancy and labour with Ben, which saw me transferred 230 miles away to be able to give birth safely. DH has subsequently had the snip so no more baby Specs for us!

Since my last update we have travelled a lot and I did get my nice sunny holiday! We've been to Hungary (x3 visits), France, Belgium, Iceland and Las Vegas. DH did get his promotion (and is about to get another) but I am still working very part time for my own sanity!

By this time next year, Daniel will have started school and we'll be in the process of applying for Ben. Fingers crossed DH will be a duty manager if all goes well. We've got holidays planned next year: camping in North Devon, long weekend to NYC and a weekend in Tuscany, Italy. If I get my way we might squeeze a trip to Disneyland Paris in for the boys Oh and I hope to have passed my driving test by this time next year!!

 

Ahhhh I was thinking of you a little while ago wondering if all went well. I'm hardly ever on BnB these days but I'm really glad to have checked in and seen your update. Congratulations!

 

Wow this thread is fun! It's amazing to see how quickly things have changed for everyone in only a few years!

Care if I jump in this year? I realize I am a few years late, so I could add a timeline of my last few years to catch up.

 

Whoops! Stumbled on this and realized its been over 2 years since I updated so best get to it!

These were my previous updates:

Looking at my last update and seeing where we are now is a lot of fun!

To update off my last post: In the last TWO years we have had a lot of changes. the biggest being we had another baby! Our sweet baby Calvin was born in January of 2017. He just turned one and is such a happy wild child and makes my heart full. I did not run a half marathon but I did run several 5k's and made a decision at one point to not do a half as I kept injuring my foot during the long training runs. My husband did change jobs and while its stressful with a lot of travel, it has also been such a blessing to us. We are fully adjusted to our life now and things are going great. We haven't been able to do a ton of house projects but we did just get a new fireplace so I'm happy with that! We transitioned my oldest to a bed at 2.5 yrs old and he is fully potty trained which is awesome. We found out he has a speech disorder but has been making amazing progress since we put him in preschool with an IEP. All in all I feel like we accomplished what I had hoped to!

In a year from now I hope to have our house paid off and be starting discussions on whether we want to renovate or build as a next step (though neither option would be happening for a couple years). I want to be doing regular date nights with DH again and have our first trip booked for the summer of 2019 alone since our oldest was born.

For DS1, I just want to see his speech and language skills continue to grow and expand.

For DS2, I want him to be fully weaned and more consistently STTN.

For myself, in my last update I had lost 60 pounds. By the time I got pregnant that number was 71 pounds lost....and then I gained back 68 in my pregnancy...sigh. I've lost about 40 of it so a year from now I would love to have the remaining 28 GONE! I also would like to pick up a new hobby of some kind and intentionally make time for myself.

Finally, the last HUGE thing that I want to accomplish a year from now is to have a decision made on another baby! I think both DH and I feel like we have one more to add to our crazy crew. But we are both leaning towards adoption vs. biological. I'm hopeful in the next year we can make our final decision and either have a TTC date set for 2019ish or be in process of paperwork for adoption (and decide domestic or international!)

 

Wow this was 4 years ago! I must have posted on the other post last year. I finished my masters, got a job in 6th grade, switched schools to 1st grade, then got pregnant. Now my baby is 9 months and I've been home with her this whole time. Loving life! Going to be staying home next year too. Not much else besides vacations coming up in the next year, that and watching my girl grow.

 

Love the idea of this thread. I'm going to read through it all later xx

 

Oops! I accidentally skipped 2017.
Unfortunately I won't be able to enroll in classes this year but I'm hoping for sometime next year. We also haven't paid the car off because we need to build our credit a little more before we can buy a house so we need all the credit boosters we can get. We will have the car paid off next year either way though.

My DS is now 4 years old and entering preschool this Fall shortly before he turns 5 and my DD is now 2 years old. My DD is now speaking in full sentences and learning shapes, colors, letters and numbers. My DS is learning to read and basic math skills.

My DH is still undecided about a 3rd baby and it's driving me crazy because I desperately want just one more. We are still happily married though, 3 years this June.

Next Year...

I hope to either be enrolling in college courses, buying a house, or pregnant with my 3rd child (preferably giving birth in June 2019 but I'd settle for even a at pretty much any point next year if not this year). Any one of those 3 things would be great but of course all 3 of them would be best case scenario.

I hope to still be happily married of course.

I hope to have a healthy 5/6 year old in Kindergarten and a healthy 3 year old enjoying her 1 on 1 time with Mommy until baby #3 arrives (if baby #3 happens).

I hope to have the car paid off and for our credit to be good enough to buy our first home and have enough money saved for a down payment. If baby #3 happens I hope to trade in our car for a bigger one and not still need to pay a car payment for more than a couple of years after.

Also I hope for my husband to finally have tenure at his job as a high school teacher.

 

I'm still in the EA program! Currently I'm retaking math in order to do second year this fall which I'm really excited about!! I do have a bit of a hard time with math but next week we're starting literacy.

Roxy is going to be three in July and she's becoming her own person. I love watching her grow up!

 

Love this thread!!

This time last year life wasn’t all that great.

I worked a mentally exhausting Customer Service job that I loathed, had gained quite a lot of weight (I wasn’t obese but went from my normal ~130lbs to over 180 lbs) & my poor nutrition + stress was giving me anxiety and unstable moods.

I was already having baby-fever but knew I wasn’t physically or emotionally in the right place to bring a child into the world. Also, my boyfriend definitely wasn’t ready for that step at the time either.

Now 1 year later and things have improved in literally every aspect of my life!
Let me see:

• I switched jobs at the beginning of this year & landed a position at Google, and I absolutely LOVE it there! Totally different atmosphere and vibe at work now. My stress levels have dramatically decreased since starting that new job. I am never truly exhausted anymore & actually look forward to going to work in the morning!

• I started really getting into Intermittent Fasting & the ketogenic diet. Already after only 2 months of consistently doing these, I had lost all of my excess weight. I am in the best shape I have ever been. Actually down to a jeans size 6 (after being size 12 for the almost 2 years prior). Also been very consistent with the gym and got myself a bit of a booty!

• Cut out carbs, grains and sugar for the most part & have never felt better ever since.

• We are now VERY close to TTC and by this time next year, if all goes well, my baby will be born or have just been born!

 

A year and some change later and we are getting ready to TTC #2! I really can’t believe it because I thought for a while I was one and done. But once we made the decision to try I am now super super broody. Already started painting the nursery! I got so sick with my first so I was hoping to get some stuff done before that happens.

This time next year I hope to have my second baby and be adjusting well to life with two.

 

Loving reading everyones updates!

Hey, I'm not so far behind in this update...i think for the first time I just have one year in between instead of two lol

Well, not so bad this time around off my goals from last year but also huge updates in the last 12 months. So, to update from last year:
-We are paying our house off this summer so that's a big check off our goal list.
-We have our first solo vacation booked for summer of 2020 instead of this year so really looking forward to that!
-DS1 is doing amazing in his speech and getting ready to start Kindergarten next month.
-DS2 has been fully weaned and STTN for a year so hallelujah for that!
-weight goals are a massive miss. I wound up gaining back 30 pounds of the 40 I had lost. depression sucks.
-finally, we DID make a decision on baby 3 and have decided to go for it!! After exploring adoption, at every turn we were getting blocked. I did a LOT of research, spoke with agencies, watched a lot of webinars etc....ultimately it didn't feel like it was the right path for us. About 2 months ago DH said we can have another once I hit my weight goals (which was a condition I placed on myself to get pregnant again, not him being a jerk)

This last year was a doozy. In my original post I said that DH had just gotten a defibrillator put in to protect against sudden cardiac arrest....well, last summer the worst happened and he went into cardiac arrest and died for 16 seconds before his device restarted his heart. He steadily declined over the back half of the year and this past January had open heart surgery at the Mayo Clinic to correct the excess muscle growth he had in his heart. He is doing amazing but that whole experience sent me into a tailspin. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I have PTSD from childhood that was triggered. This sent me into a pretty bad depression for about 6 months (hence the weight gain). All is well now but what a year.

So looking to the future, this is where I hope to be a year from now:

-lose 30-40 more pounds to get myself where i want to be
-have DS2 fully potty trained
-see more progress with DS1 speech
-be pregnant/TTC #3
-prioritize my mental health. the last month has been a big one as I've been diagnosed with emotional PTSD from two separate traumas. I'm only just beginning to work through this. This is probably my top priority for the next year.
-finally take that solo trip with DH!

Hope everyone is doing well!!

 

Wow, my last update was 3 years ago! My kids are 3, 4.5 and 7.5 now and all doing great As of September they'll be in nursery, reception and year 3 so just Dominic will be pre-school age. He'll be attending nursery 9-11:30 every morning, feels strange that my last baby is so close to being in full-time school! I'm still 100% certain that we're done with having kids, just wish OH would man up and get the snip
As far as plans for the next year go, the big one for me is losing weight. I started a month ago and have lost 10lbs so far. I want to lose another 55lbs before our holiday to Florida in May. Fingers crossed I can stay motivated, I feel so much better even 10lbs down and just wish I'd started sooner Other than that I want to make myself more employable so I can job hunt once Dominic starts fulltime school next year. Not sure if that will mean taking a course, volunteering or something else. After a very rough period with my mental health the past year or so I'm just generally trying to take care of myself more so I can be the mum/person I want to be.