Wow, been a while since I checked in, there's a good reason for that. Waylon was born in the end of January and now I have three boys and were down a parent so it's a bit crazy. The hubs has been coming home every other weekend, since we figured out once a month was way too long. Now that I have an almost three month old, I'm crawling out of my hole and starting to rejoin society.Thank you to so many friends and family that have come to my rescue with dinner, or coffee creamer or shuttling the boys to school/baseball or driving me to a breastfeeding support group. Who would've thought there was more to learn by the time you have three. I am so grateful to you all. Big news here, I may have lost my marbles because I've agreed to take the family on the road, starting in June, and follow Ian in his apprenticeship. So we will be moving from our two bedroom beach cottage in sunny Oceanside. California and moving into a fifth wheel starting out by Salt Lake City and going wherever we are called. The territory the apprenticeship covers is Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. The kids are so excited, we've camped before in our old trailer in the desert and they think it's just an extended camping trip. Lets hope they stay this optimistic after the move! This is something I never saw myself doing. Sure, maybe if it was just me and my man but with kids? Well, it turns out I miss him more than I thought I would, there's a good reason we got married almost ten years ago. I knew he would travel and I thought "well he works 6 days a week 12 hour days, I don't really see him now!" There is a big difference between that and seeing him for 48 hours every other week. The kids miss him terribly and he is crushed by missing these early days in Waylon's life. We all know this first year in a childs life flies by so fast and then its gone forever. Well we got to thinking, there will be a day soon when my kids may protest a trip like this. When junior high starts homeschooling will be much more difficult, I expect. Also, the bigger the kids, the more cramped the trailer will get right? Not everyone has this opportunity either, many couldn't if they wanted to because of jobs, commitments and the list goes on. For us, things have fallen into place and we're going to seize the day and be a family on the road for the next year. We plan on meeting new people, experiencing new things and allowing ourselves to enjoy life's adventure. I am actually very excited. I have discovered that we are by no means the first family in this trade to try this, I feel lucky that I can ask others about their experiences and pick their brains, I'm so grateful I found powerlinewives.com what an amazing support for wives of lineman. I expect to blog about our adventures, how convenient to have already started this blog, guess I should actually tell my friends and family that it exists. Can you believe I typed this all one handed with Waylon in my arms...yeah I'm talented.
