It's Been Too Long!

I kind of gave up on blogging for awhile there. It's hard to find time to turn the computer on, sit down, come up with something thoughtful to say and try to post it before the baby needs me. I have to say that I miss blogging though! Since the last time I posted I've had a renewal of my Christian faith. I've always been a Christian and my faith has had its ups and downs. I go through phases where I am feeling incredibly faithful and then I guess a bit of the "excitement" wears off and my faith and prayer life take a back seat. Becoming a mother and seeing the miracle of birth and life has been a life changing experience for me (well, duh! It should be and is for almost every mother.) and since bringing my baby into the world, I've thanked God every day for the blessing that she is. It truly has opened my eyes to how wonderful my life is and has renewed my faith in God.

Here's a little back story about my faith journey starting a bit before my marriage last October:

Rob and I got engaged Christmas day, 2009. I have to say that during that time I wasn't particularly invested in my faith. Somewhere along the line I started watching the Duggar show on TLC and purchased their book.  Rob and I knew we wanted to have children pretty quickly into our marriage but after reading the Duggars' story I felt convicted to go off birth control, practice abstinence (meaning abstinence with Rob, but how I wish I could have saved that part of me just for him prior to our marriage!) until the wedding and leave the conceiving of children in God's hands. It was a bit scary because I honestly wasn't sure I was ready to have a baby straight away but that's what faith is all about: trust. I knew it could take a few months or even a year or two to conceive and I had been on the pill for quite awhile so I didn't know how that would affect my fertility. I'm happy to say we concieved on our honeymoon!

I was a bit worried that maybe it was too soon into our marriage to have a baby and I was so used to going out with my girlfriends and having fun that it was a big change to leave that season of my life behind but God is good and knows what he is doing and his plan for my life was better than anything I could've hoped for! I've always known I wanted to be a homemaker and mother and when asked what I wanted to do with myself after school that's what I would always answer with. Some people saw it as a waste of my education (I have a Bachelor's in Asian Studies/Chinese and a Master's in Elementary Education) but now that Annabelle is here I know in my heart homeschooling is right for us and my education degree will be so useful!

I can't wait to have more children. I wish I could've started my family and life with Rob years ago so we'd have more time (not that 30 is old but it would have been nice to start in my earlier 20s). We thought we'd wait until at least 6 months to try for another baby but now it seems we might be waiting a bit longer. We aren't using any birth control though so we'll see what happens! I would be so happy to be pregnant again and can't wait!

I've realized since the last time I posted that the direction of this blog is probably going to change a bit. I am still wholeheartedly in agreeance with natural and attachment parenting: breastfeeding until baby weans herself, cosleeping, babywearing, etc but now the blog with have more homemaking and faith-related articles as well and I'm very excited about this. Homemaking and motherhood are definitely my domains and my callings and I can't wait to share more about both with you!