hnelson's Journal

Talk about a whirlwind couple of months.  This has definitely been the most hectic, wonderful, crazy, exciting, scary, hopeful, thrilling, terrifying, blessed, blissful, exhausting, and fantastic few months in my entire life!  I've never been able to say this before, but my little family is definitely, without a doubt, starting a whole new chapter to our lives and it's showing itself to be filled with WONDERFUL new changes!

First and foremost at the top of my list of wonderful changes has been the birth of my now 8 week old son, Jackson.  He's been the most blessed gift I could have ever wanted and such a great great baby.  We are so enamoured with everything he does and all the little changes he's brought to our lives are just fabulous.  Are we tired, sure, but it's been so worth it and we could not have ever imagined that his arrival would be SO JOYFUL and SO LOVING.  We are blessed as parents and I still have moments of "I can't believe he's ours" that hit from time to time.  That alone would be enough to praise God every day forever...alas, more change has  come.

The next major change has been in the form of employment for my hubby.  In an economy that is all about eco-depression, job loss, etc, he has been offered a fantastic employment opportunity with a company that is showing growth and stability.  The office is filled with open and active Christians and several of the other men there have recently had new babies as well.  Kevin will be in a good working environment with other men in his age/stage of life!  What a great gift for him.  He likes the people and company, the benefits are going to be better for us and they have been SO supportive and encouraging to our little family.

If that weren't enough, we are now moving cross-country.  Kevin's job is based in Chattanooga Tennessee and part of his employment offer included a relo-pkg.  As big of a deal that this is, it's even more positive for us as my family is all located in the South and it'll put me closer to my father than I've EVER lived in my life! Not to mention just a teeny short flight from Dallas for the rest of my family.  This is a major plus for me and Jackson to be sure and the Chattanooga area is simply BEAUTIFUL and I'm so excited to live back in the South again.  Just the short time we've been here now (since last Wednesday) everyone has been so super polite and helpful.  I didn't realize just how MUCH I missed that.  Idaho has nice people in it, but just not THAT kind of nice...ya know???  Our realtor has been so supportive and understanding of our circumstances and was so patient and accessible with me house-hunting with Jackson.  Right down to diaper changes in the back of her SUV and bottle feeding while walking through houses!  We found a house in just 2 days and on the 3rd day made an offer which was accepted on the 4th day.  CRAZY FAST!  The house is perfect for us and has room for visitors and our family to grow!

And - if all of that wasn't enough - I now have a book deal.  I read over my contract during our flight here and typed over a long list of questions to my rep at the publisher Friday night.  As of 7am this morning, they had already emailed me back and answered my questions to my full satisfaction.  I couldn't be more at peace about their services.  I'll be signing the contract this afternoon and starting the process to FINISH my book and get it published.  I'll officially be a published author.  WAIT A SEC....let's see that again in slo-mo.....

I'll   Officially   Be   A   Published  AUTHOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is that freaking anyone else out like it is me!  I had an urge to help other Christian Couples going through Infertility and now BAM - it's coming to fruition.  I never expected this to happen so quickly much less so thoroughly!

God has simply overwhelmed us with blessings in the past few months and this list doesn't even count all the other minor miracles that have fallen into place that we didn't even expect or ask for!  My family life is going to forever change and the shape of the finished product is still unknown to us.  Lots of work to be done, to be sure, but we feel confident that God wouldn't have all this happen in this order and at this time if it wasn't going to be HIM pulling us through it and getting it all done.  I can't WAIT to see what the next few months will be like....and i can't WAIT to see the well-spring of energy God will give me to get it all done.  hahahah 

So here's to the most hectic, wonderful, crazy, exciting, scary, hopeful, thrilling, terrifying, blessed, blissful, exhausting, and fantastic time in our lives.  It really is true what they say... "God is good....ALL the time....it's just a matter of faith and trust!" -- AMEN!