A First Father's Day

I think George really had a good first Father's day. He celebrated early with Kyle on Friday, because we went out of town to New Braunsfels for our annual Coaches Outreach Marriage Conference. Kyle got George some black Crocks and a new comedy CD (both things he had asked for). We had a great time on our weekend and it was nice to focus on us and our marriage for awhile. I hadn't realized how much "us" had become centered around the baby. We want to be good role models for him and one thing we have to do is to remember to take time for us. It was difficult being away from Kyle for two nights, but he was with people we trusted (both sets of grandparents), so we didn't have to worry. Plus, two nights of uninterrupted sleep was a Godsend for Mommy. That is probably the best I have slept in like 10 months! Here are some pics from the weekend.

Our cute boy! Just had to post some of these.....

More pics from Vacation...

Here we are on our deck off the back of the condo. You can't really see it, but the bay was right behind us. We had a good time fishing off the pier and I even jumped in the bay on a float and let the waves carry me back. It was a very needed getaway for us!

Our Vacation

We just got back from taking a family vacation to Rockport, Tx. When I say family I mean my whole family....there was 18 of us. This was my Mom's side of the family. We got a condo on the bay and we had a great time! Kyle loved it. He wanted to be in the water 24/7. This was the first time he had ever been to the beach and of course, he loved it. He thought the waves were fun and would splash his little arms up and down everytime a wave would come. He also enjoyed the sand and I had a tough time keeping it out of his mouth! He is getting so big so fast! We can't believe he will be six months old on the 15th of this month! Check out his totsite if you wanna see more pics of him and learn more about what he is doing these days. Here are some pics from vacation....

Oh...The life of a Coach

Heres an update for ya! George and I went to Diboll and met with Coach Martell. He recruited us hard and we were really impressed. The town was georgeous, the jobs sounded wonderful (especially the school nursing job), the house market was in our range, the people were nice, it sounded to good to be true. Then.....ba ba buuummmm.... we talked numbers. I knew going from a hospital nurse to school nursing would be a cut, but this was ridiculous. Both of us would have been taking pay cuts, which would be a total of about 20K less a year! We prayed and crunched numbers as much as we could, but in the end we just didn't think we could afford to do it.

So, what are we gonna do now? We aren't sure. We have many options still to play out. George has interviews at Spring ISD and Austin High School, and he has applications at Conroe ISD and College Station Middle School. So, I guess we will see what we get offered and go from there. There is always the option to stay here also. This would give us more equity in our house and we wouldn't have to move (something I don't love to do). This is just risky because we don't know what kind of AD might be coming in and what he might decide to assign George to.

Also, I really really really want to get out of hospital nursing unless I can get back into my love-working on the postpartum, L&D, Nursery, or the NICU floor. My grand plan is to for sure be out of hospital nursing by the time Kyle starts school. Working holidays and weekends is really getting old already and I don't plan to miss important times with my family. Plus, I feel I am already experiencing some signs of nurse burnout and I don't want to become one of those "old, mean, eat your young" nurses. I guess the main thing is for us to just let go and let God...something I am working on trying to get better at. Just please keep our family in your prayers as we try to make these important decisions that affect our futures. Thanks!!!!
~The Taylors