2017 was a year filled with good and some bad for our family. We got pregnant with baby number two. My husband transferred to a new duty station on land (meaning no more long deployments at sea away from us !!!), we moved to a new city leaving behind many great friends. We got baby chickens and did some small-scale late season backyard farming. The last few months of 2017 have been a whirlwind of emotions for our family. In the very early morning hours of October 9th 2017 the city we live in was in flames and we evacuated while I was 39 weeks pregnant, while evacuated our team green baby decided to join us (a story for another post). At two months our baby got a high fever and we had a 3 day hospital stay and I spent my 32nd birthday in the hospital with my sweet baby girl. We canceled our holiday plans and stayed home to ensure that our baby girl was fully well and so we could all recuperate from the stress of the hospital stay. We are hopeful for a great year in 2018, I learned a lot in 2017 like to never take tomorrow for granted and kindness is still alive. The fires that raged through our city while everyone was sleeping were unexpected and no one thought something like that could happen before they went to bed that night. I learned that I am beyond blessed to have so many loving and caring family members and friends. So many people helped us out and offered to take our family in or lend a helping hand during the time we were evacuated. So as we head into this New Year I am going to make sure to be present in each day find the joy in everything (even the small things because some days those are the most important) and remember to be kind to others (you never know what struggles others are facing). So we started off 2018 with crafts and a fun party at home just the family. Bring on 2018!!!
Beautiful Mess Mama 