The difference in a year...

[Girly922]

I remember doing one of these a couple of years back when we were wtt#1. Makes me want to scour through to find it

This time last year I was 5 months pregnant. We'd been in our house 6 months are were still slowing getting there with the redecoration. We were also saving every penny we could for once my maternity leave started. Both in steady careers and extremely happy with where life was taking us.

This year, DD is 7 months and she's just amazing. I am loving being a mummy, I see so many of both mine and OH's personality traits coming out in DD. She's definitely got my stubbornness. I'm enjoying being on maternity leave, not looking forward to leaving DD when I have to go back, luckily I'll only be returning part time. Our house is decorated to as much as we can do, we can't afford to fit a new bathroom just yet. OH is climbing the career ladder in his respective field, and he's happy in his job.

This time next year I'll be back at work, DD will be in nursery. Hopefully OH will be getting more credits for his work, and we'll be preparing to ttc#2. I would like to think OH might've popped the question by then too.

Wow! I had completely forgotten about this. Two and a bit years has gone by. DD has just celebrated her 3rd birthday, OH did finally pop the question (18 months ago) and we got married 6 weeks ago. It was beyond perfect! We put off ttc #2 until the wedding night, we are now just into cycle 3 of trying, I'm hoping it won't take us too long. DD is desperate for a sibling!

I'm in a different job, still part time while DD attends nursery, and I'm so much happier in this job. DH has done very well in his field and is continuing to progress. Our house is very much a cosy home now, although we still have a couple of projects on the cards.

So, this time next year I hope to have a new little squishee, and a very happy and healthy 4 year old. We will have just celebrated our first anniversary, and hopefully we'll be closer to getting our loft conversion started.

 

[jaspie]

What a great idea for a thread! Mellipaige i read your first post in this thread and so happy for you that you are now a mum! Just liked you hoped

This time last year I was living in London and working a fixed term contract in a job I really enjoyed. I also had no real idea when we would be able to ttc as there was no way in London and we wanted to move home but had to wait fir OH to progress in his job and then get a promotion that would lead us back home. A year on we have now moved home due to OH getting his promotion! And I am now job hunting. We are starting to ttc in December so the rest of this year will be spent enjoying time together and with our friends and going to festivals and holidays plus training for my first marathon in October.
This time next year I hope to be pregnant! If we are very lucky and are successful first time I will be almost 6 months! I will come back and update next year

So we actually started ttc in November last year and caught first try but unfortunately had a mmc discovered at the 12 week scan and then a d&c. OH then needed spinal surgery so we couldn't try for a while after which was really hard but then we fell pregnant with our rainbow baby boy in June and I'm now 25 weeks. Due date is 23rd Feb! So excited to meet him!

Wow it's funny reading back. Like another lifetime! Our almost 8 month old baby boy is the centre of our world! I love him so much! He arrived on 9th March, 2 weeks late after eventually being induced. He's crawling and pulling himself up and starting to cruise around holding onto the sofa. He has 5 teeth He is a joy and has the most amazing laugh. Also, OH and I get married in 5 days (!!) on our 8 year anniversary on Bonfire Night weekend!!! So exciting!
Also I'm looking into going back to work options for Feb 2017 and have applied for a part time job a grade higher than my current role but in the same university.
No plans to ttc #2 yet as I'm too wrapped up in Josh to contemplate another atm but I am thinking late next year so we have about a 2/3 year age gap. I loved being pregnant and am looking forward to it again!

 

[loeylo]

This time last year I was not getting very good grades at uni, I was totally demotivated with my degree, we both lived with our parents and spent literally every penny we had on ourselves for short term satisfaction. I fell pregnant this time last year, and it totally made me get my finger out and improve my grades.
We now have our own flat and have managed to get all furniture and appliances within a month, we have more money than we did before, and last night he brought our ttc date by a whole year!

Here is my update. This time last year we had just moved into rented accommodation and I had just found out I had a job in my dream school, and I hoped I would be made permanent. Now, we have just bought a house, we got a dog, and we are totally skint! Plus, I still don't have a permanent job. Boo! Oh, and that year earlier ttc thing - probably not happening now!

Here's my update. Last year we had just bought and renovated our first house, I was working and I had just had our third loss (a very scary ectopic)

Now we are still in the same property, I have worked in a few schools and switched to part time in August as I was heavily pregnant. I now am on maternity leave with a four week old baby!
I will be going back to work three days per week after my leave, so we are having to be far more careful with money. I feel more content with my life than I ever have before.

This time next year I hope to have a permanent job, either part of full time, my baby will be just over a year, and I hope to at least have a date to TTC a sibling for her! I also want to have passed my driving test which is ridiculous as I am 26 and still not done so yet. I also hope my OH will have proposed but we will see ...

Okay so yet another update!

I finally got a full time permanent job, I'm struggling a bit adjusting to having two full time working parents and a kid, so we have decided that my partner will go part-time and we are in the process of sorting that out.

Gracie has just turned 1 and starts nursery this week. So far she isn't enjoying it! She is so strong willed and determined.

Still in the same home but beginning to think about moving as it seems to have shrunk since Gracie arrived!

Our "pup" is so tolerant of Gracie, she is really bad for hitting him si we are trying to stop that. She makes up for it by feeding him whatever she is eating!

Still not even had a driving lesson ... And no proposal! Also, not TTC yet but my pill runs out after the new year so we will wait and see how things pan out.

By this time next year I want to be pregnant with #2 and maybe working on driving. I want us to be in a better routine too. Maybe a proposal would be nice but I have said that every year haha!

 

[MUMOF5]

This time last year I was just completing my Access course at college and had failed to secure a place at Uni to study Midwifery , instead I had just been offered a job as a Neonatal Support Worker in a local hospital . Had no intention of planning for another baby (although had always regretted my sterilisation op).

Now I am in uni studying Midwifery (got a last minute offer from a uni that had originally rejected me) . I have almost completed my first year and I love it . Me and DH also had THE conversation where he admitted that he too regretted the sterilization and so we recently decided to have the reversal and try for our last baby .

This time next year I hope to be about to complete my second year of uni and to have had my reversal operation and be getting myself in tip top condition for ttc around November time

Oh wow glad I found this thread again

It's been almost a year exactly since I posted, I am nearing the end of the second year of my degree (it's been quite a journey), and although I haven't had my reversal operation yet, I have an appt with the surgeon at the end of the month

So to update.....
Graduated with a 2:1 honours degree and have been practising as a midwife for almost a year to the day ❤️.

Also had the reversal op, was a success and our last little bubba is due later this month 👌.

 

[tverb84]

At this time next year I hope to be accepted into the Early Childhood Education program and hopefully live on my own soon. I love my mom and living with her but I don't want to live with her forever.

Last year at this time I realized I wanted to work with children so I took a grade 12 english class last September. It's the only mark I need to get into the ECE program but my final mark wasn't high enough so this September I'm taking it again. I was hoping to do the ECE this fall but I guess it wasn't meant to be.

Hopefully in a few years when I have children I'll come along this post.

I never applied for the ECE program because I discovered another program called Educational Assistant.It's a program that you can take to become an educational assistant in schools.I did take the English class again this past January and after the holiday's I'm going to look into how I apply for the EA program.

This September I was in a pre-apprenticeship for cooking which I really liked and I'm glad I did it!! I gained experience working in a kitchen that I didn't have before.

I still live at home with my mom and not sure when I'll move out. I don't want to live with her forever.

I also have a niece who was born on July 15th that I love with all my heart!!! I never thought I would love someone this much!!!

I can't believe it's almost been a year since I posted this!! I an now in the ES program and I love it!!! I didn't think that I would like it this much! My niece is almost 16 months old and is growing fast!!

 

[MelliPaige]

Love the updates ladies

 

[Buttercup84]

A year ago my first DD was 18 months old and I was desperate to start TTC #2 but OH wasn't quite on board, though we did actually start at the end of July! We were still in our 2 bedroom flat but preparing to house hunt shortly.
Currently i'm 28 weeks pregnant with our second DD and we got the keys to our 3 bedroom house at the end of May. We're renovating at the moment with plans to move in early July
In a year's time i'll have a 3.5 year old and a 9 month old (wow!) and i'll have just gone back to work after maternity leave. Hoping to start TTC our third and last baby at that point or in the following few months.

Just saw this pop back up in my subscriptions
My youngest is 14 months now and oldest is 4 next month... I didn't end up returning to my old job after maternity leave as my youngest was diagnosed with hip dysplasia at 3 months old and my ex employer wouldn't allow me to reduce my hours to care for her. She's had 2 operations and 6 months in a spica cast so far: Comes out of it mid December and we find out if it's worked or not or if she'll need another operation/stint in a cast, fingers crossed it has!! We still decided to start TTC #3 as planned and ended up falling pregnant first cycle, baby is due on leap day I've been working for my dad's business 2 days a week doing admin and helping renovate 2 flats he owns and intends to rent out in the new year.
In another year i'll have an almost 5 year old, a 2 year old and an 8-9 month old and will be coming to the end of my maternity pay with baby #3 so I imagine i'll be jobhunting if DD2 doesn't need any further surgery at that point or anytime soon. I want to do around 16 hours a week like I do now with a view to increasing my hours as the children get older (we don't plan on having any more children) I'm really interested in caring for those who are elderly or have special needs so i'll likely be looking to gain experience in one or both of these areas in the hope of taking steps towards a future career for me

Well i'm now a busy mum of 3! We stayed team yellow for our third and final baby and after 2 girls had a boy who we named Dominic So far I haven't returned to work outside the home and i'm not sure when I will due to difficulties with childcare but luckily i've been able to continue doing a little admin for my dad's business to earn some money. We're still as certain as we can be about not having any more children and are just embracing the madness of having 3 under 5 lol! In a year's time my children will be nearly 6, 3 and 20 months so all will be past the 'baby stage' and just Dominic will be in a stroller. DD2 starts pre-school in January 2018 and i'm guessing she'll be more than ready for it by then OH is starting a new job in January so hopefully this time next year he'll be well settled in there and maybe looking to progress within the company. Not much else really other than hopefully we can go on holiday abroad and get some house renovations done in the next year. First ones on the list are our bathroom and kitchen floor!

 

[purplespecs]

Last year - We had just found out I was pregnant with our first! We were also getting excited about our holiday to Greece and Albania, and our first wedding anniversary.

Now - We have a beautiful 4 month old son We are struggling with sleep deprivation but loving having him in our lives. We are excited about our holidays to Hungary and Lanzarote. I'm at Slimming World trying to lose some of my baby weight so that I'm in good shape to TTC number 2 next year.

Next year - We will have just come back from China and Hong Kong, and we are hoping to be pregnant with number 2, or still TTC. Hopefully DH will have had a promotion which will mean I can be a SAHM for a few years.

Wow I can't believe its been a year since I wrote this!!

Well... our son is now 16 months old, we had fantastic holidays to Hungary and Lanzarote and I managed to lost 3 and a half stone at Slimming World. We never did make it to China as I fell pregnant much sooner than expected and I'm now 32w pregnant with another boy who is due on the 17th August We are going to call him Benjamin. DH never did get a promotion but we did figure out our finances enough so that I'm only working part time which fab.

In a years time... I should have a 2 and a half year old and an almost 1 year old so I imagine my hands will be very full! I will have just gone back to work from maternity leave and will hopefully be getting ready for a summer holiday somewhere warm and sunny I say we won't be trying for #3... but its a case of never say never!!!

Wow! So its been 2 years since I last updated this! Now my boys are 3 and 2 and growing up fast. We did say never again to another baby after a very complicated and high-risk pregnancy and labour with Ben, which saw me transferred 230 miles away to be able to give birth safely. DH has subsequently had the snip so no more baby Specs for us!

Since my last update we have travelled a lot and I did get my nice sunny holiday! We've been to Hungary (x3 visits), France, Belgium, Iceland and Las Vegas. DH did get his promotion (and is about to get another) but I am still working very part time for my own sanity!

By this time next year, Daniel will have started school and we'll be in the process of applying for Ben. Fingers crossed DH will be a duty manager if all goes well. We've got holidays planned next year: camping in North Devon, long weekend to NYC and a weekend in Tuscany, Italy. If I get my way we might squeeze a trip to Disneyland Paris in for the boys Oh and I hope to have passed my driving test by this time next year!!

 

[purplespecs]

This time last year I was just completing my Access course at college and had failed to secure a place at Uni to study Midwifery , instead I had just been offered a job as a Neonatal Support Worker in a local hospital . Had no intention of planning for another baby (although had always regretted my sterilisation op).

Now I am in uni studying Midwifery (got a last minute offer from a uni that had originally rejected me) . I have almost completed my first year and I love it . Me and DH also had THE conversation where he admitted that he too regretted the sterilization and so we recently decided to have the reversal and try for our last baby .

This time next year I hope to be about to complete my second year of uni and to have had my reversal operation and be getting myself in tip top condition for ttc around November time

Oh wow glad I found this thread again

It's been almost a year exactly since I posted, I am nearing the end of the second year of my degree (it's been quite a journey), and although I haven't had my reversal operation yet, I have an appt with the surgeon at the end of the month

So to update.....
Graduated with a 2:1 honours degree and have been practising as a midwife for almost a year to the day ❤️.

Also had the reversal op, was a success and our last little bubba is due later this month 👌.

Ahhhh I was thinking of you a little while ago wondering if all went well. I'm hardly ever on BnB these days but I'm really glad to have checked in and seen your update. Congratulations!

 

[mrs.bee]

Wow this thread is fun! It's amazing to see how quickly things have changed for everyone in only a few years!

Care if I jump in this year? I realize I am a few years late, so I could add a timeline of my last few years to catch up.

 

[kksy9b]

Whoops! Stumbled on this and realized its been over 2 years since I updated so best get to it!

These were my previous updates:

Let's see...I'll go grab my reply from last year:

Fun thread!

Let's see...a year ago my DH and I were in our second month of TTC (and would get preggo the next month), I was pretty dissatisfied with work and was learning to let go of a very stressful and complicated situation with my brother.

Now, I have my beautiful 9 week old son in my arms, I'm a SAHM and I am the happiest I've ever been (also the most sleep deprived but its getting better lol).

This time next year, my DS will be a little over a year old. Hopefully we have our house sold and are living in a rental while out dream house is being built. My husband will be at the one year mark of having heart surgery to install a defibrillator to protect against sudden cardiac arrest (genetic heart condition that we just found out or son doesn't have!!). We will be around a year out from TTC #2, which will be our last. Hopefully life remains as wonderful as it is now, just in a bigger house lol

Well, we wound up not building our dream house because we found the perfect one already made! We sold our old house and moved straight into this one, so no rental. Ridiculously happy with our home and plan on being here for a long long time (read: until we can't climb stairs anymore ) My husband is getting ready to change jobs in January so that is the next big thing happening. My DS is amazing and continues to impress me everyday with his curiosity, loving and sweet disposition, wit and patience. I have taken an unexpected journey in the last year and have lost 60 pounds! Still have about 10 to go but feeling great so far!

In a year from now, I want to be pregnant with the next baby!! We are going to start trying right after Charles' 2nd birthday in April and I'm hoping for another sweet baby boy (but would also be happy with a girl ). I would like to try and run a half marathon before getting preggo.

I want to be fully adjusted to my husbands new schedule (will be traveling a lot). Im hoping we will have our house paid off, or at least be on track to do so within the next few months. I would also like to have a few house projects done, the biggest being repainting the main level.

For Charles, I am hopeful that he will start talking finally- whether it be on his own or working with a speech therapist. I would like to transition him to a big bed and possibly begin potty training.

Looking at my last update and seeing where we are now is a lot of fun!

To update off my last post: In the last TWO years we have had a lot of changes. the biggest being we had another baby! Our sweet baby Calvin was born in January of 2017. He just turned one and is such a happy wild child and makes my heart full. I did not run a half marathon but I did run several 5k's and made a decision at one point to not do a half as I kept injuring my foot during the long training runs. My husband did change jobs and while its stressful with a lot of travel, it has also been such a blessing to us. We are fully adjusted to our life now and things are going great. We haven't been able to do a ton of house projects but we did just get a new fireplace so I'm happy with that! We transitioned my oldest to a bed at 2.5 yrs old and he is fully potty trained which is awesome. We found out he has a speech disorder but has been making amazing progress since we put him in preschool with an IEP. All in all I feel like we accomplished what I had hoped to!

In a year from now I hope to have our house paid off and be starting discussions on whether we want to renovate or build as a next step (though neither option would be happening for a couple years). I want to be doing regular date nights with DH again and have our first trip booked for the summer of 2019 alone since our oldest was born.

For DS1, I just want to see his speech and language skills continue to grow and expand.

For DS2, I want him to be fully weaned and more consistently STTN.

For myself, in my last update I had lost 60 pounds. By the time I got pregnant that number was 71 pounds lost....and then I gained back 68 in my pregnancy...sigh. I've lost about 40 of it so a year from now I would love to have the remaining 28 GONE! I also would like to pick up a new hobby of some kind and intentionally make time for myself.

Finally, the last HUGE thing that I want to accomplish a year from now is to have a decision made on another baby! I think both DH and I feel like we have one more to add to our crazy crew. But we are both leaning towards adoption vs. biological. I'm hopeful in the next year we can make our final decision and either have a TTC date set for 2019ish or be in process of paperwork for adoption (and decide domestic or international!)

 

[Symphony7]

This time last year I was three days away from my wedding!

I was frantically finishing up last minute details and worrying about the huge hurricane running up the east coast. Luckily, it cleared up beautifully for our big day! We are going to our venue on Sunday (anniversary) and having a nice picnic lunch to celebrate one year together. ^_^ Weather is supposed to be beautiful again June 8th this year.

This time next year I will be finishing up my Masters degree in Elementary Education. I hope to have a job for the fall lined up already but was told by my professor the county can't announce any new hires until July. So very shortly after hopefully.

Wow this was 4 years ago! I must have posted on the other post last year. I finished my masters, got a job in 6th grade, switched schools to 1st grade, then got pregnant. Now my baby is 9 months and I've been home with her this whole time. Loving life! Going to be staying home next year too. Not much else besides vacations coming up in the next year, that and watching my girl grow.

 

[babycrazy1706]

Love the idea of this thread. I'm going to read through it all later xx

 

[KalonKiki]

At this time last year...

I was 23 weeks pregnant with DS.

SIL was living with us and driving me absolutely bonkers.

I was excited for our first anniversary coming up that Father's Day.

I was working towards my medical billing and coding certificate.

I felt like I was in pregnancy limbo and couldn't wait to meet my son. I was so done with being pregnant, it was a very uncomfortable pregnancy the whole way through.

Our finances were awful and we were really worried about them.

At this time this year...

We have a beautiful DS that is crawling around and starting to talk.

SIL is no longer living with us and it's nice to have our home to ourselves again.

I'm excited for our 2nd anniversary in 3 more days.

I'm procrastinating on my medical billing and coding certification.

I'm feeling broody for #2 and hopeful that we'll be able to start trying when I'd like to after we get married next year.

Our finances still aren't great but they're getting on the right track. All of our credit cards are paid off, we're down to one car payment, and we're moving to a more affordable place at the end of July/start of August.

This time next year...

DS will be nearly 2 years old, walking and talking, and I will probably be impatient to be able to start potty training him, lol.

I hope to be married. If all goes according to plan, we will be. Our wedding date is June 6, 2015 and our deposit for our wedding package is paid and my dress is completely paid for.

I'll be excited to celebrate our 3rd anniversary as a married couple instead of an engaged one.

I hope to have finished my medical billing and coding certificate and at least have a part time job, from home if necessary.

I hope to have enough space for a second baby. Renting a 3 bedroom house would be nice.

I hope to have our debt mostly paid off if not all the way.

I hope to be full on TTC baby #2.

I completely forgot to update this back in June. It was a really busy month for me and it just completely slipped my mind. There's still a little bit of 2015 left though so I'm going to go ahead and update now!

This time this year...

My DS is now a little over 2 years old and is doing extremely well. He is the sweetest little boy ever and he is too smart for his own good. He is nowhere near ready to potty train yet but I'm a lot more okay with that than I thought I would be for the time being. Our pediatrician confirmed at his 2 year wellness check-up that he is cognitively gifted. I'm extremely proud of him and I can't wait to witness another year of his growth.

We did get married on June 6, 2015. The wedding was beautiful and was definitely one of the best days of my life. We had a great honeymoon in St. Charles, Missouri and DS stayed with my dad while we were on our honeymoon so it was nice to get that time together alone.

Our 3rd dating anniversary went well too. It was nice to actually be married when we reached it.

I have given up on Medical Billing & Coding. It's just not for me. I did however decide that I would like to be on the same schedule as DH with a career when the kids are in school and I don't need to be at home anymore. I've decided that I'm going to get my degree in Education to become a high school foreign language teacher.

We have been renting a 3 bedroom house since August 2014 and we really like it here. There is plenty of room for another baby and we'll probably be here for a while.

We still have some debt but our finances are doing considerably better and we are getting closer to our goal of being debt free.

After we got married we waited for my next period since I knew that I was already past my fertile time for that cycle when our wedding day arrived and then we decided to start full on TTC baby #2. My LMP was June 13, 2015 and I'm happy to report that we got pregnant on the very 1st cycle TTC! I am currently 22 weeks and 1 day pregnant with our much desired baby girl. Thea Denise is due to arrive March 19, 2016 so whether I go early or late I'm pretty much guaranteed to give birth in March either way. If I go into labor at the exact same gestation I did with DS then she will be here March 5th but I'm sure that won't actually happen, haha. We're very excited to meet her though and are trying to be as patient as we can for March to arrive while we get everything ready for her arrival.

This time next year...

I hope to have a healthy 3 year old DS and a healthy 7 or 8 month old DD. I hope to at least be getting started on potty training with DS and to be still breastfeeding DD.

I hope to be still happily married and have celebrated our 1st anniversary as a married couple on June 6, 2016.

I hope to possibly be attending my first semester of college but that will really all depend on DS and DD's needs at the time. I hope to be starting no later than Fall 2017.

I hope to have an even better handle on our finances than we already do. It would be nice to have our car completely paid off with 2016's tax returns that we'll receive in early 2017.

Is it this time of year again already?! It always goes by so quickly.

We do indeed have both a healthy 3 year old DS and almost 8 month DD. DD was born March 3, 2016 at 37+5 weeks, just 2 gestational days sooner than DS was born. She was 6 lbs 4 oz and perfect. She's crawling, saying da-da, and has 2 teeth. She's really enjoying solid food. DS is in Parents as Teachers now and loves it. He really likes to learn and be around other kids, he's a social butterfly. He also absolutely adores DD, not a hint of jealousy or sibling rivalry between them.

DH and I are still happily married, I can't believe it's been over a year already!

I'm currently planning to start classes next Fall and want to substitute teach after I get the required 60 credit hours.

We still have some debt but not a staggering amount. We're planning to use most of our tax return next year to put into the car to help pay it off.

Next Year...

I hope to have a happy and healthy 4 year old DS and 1 year 8 month DD.

I hope to still be happily married.

I hope to be enrolled in classes to work on getting my degree and preparing for my career.

I hope to no longer have a car payment.

And last but not least I hope for my husband to decide for sure if he wants another baby or not. He's undecided and it's killing me, I either want to be WTT and getting excited about the idea of another baby or grieving the end of the baby stage of my parental life, getting over it, and moving on. I don't like being in limbo unsure of what to do and feel about my future.

Oops! I accidentally skipped 2017.
Unfortunately I won't be able to enroll in classes this year but I'm hoping for sometime next year. We also haven't paid the car off because we need to build our credit a little more before we can buy a house so we need all the credit boosters we can get. We will have the car paid off next year either way though.

My DS is now 4 years old and entering preschool this Fall shortly before he turns 5 and my DD is now 2 years old. My DD is now speaking in full sentences and learning shapes, colors, letters and numbers. My DS is learning to read and basic math skills.

My DH is still undecided about a 3rd baby and it's driving me crazy because I desperately want just one more. We are still happily married though, 3 years this June.

Next Year...

I hope to either be enrolling in college courses, buying a house, or pregnant with my 3rd child (preferably giving birth in June 2019 but I'd settle for even a at pretty much any point next year if not this year). Any one of those 3 things would be great but of course all 3 of them would be best case scenario.

I hope to still be happily married of course.

I hope to have a healthy 5/6 year old in Kindergarten and a healthy 3 year old enjoying her 1 on 1 time with Mommy until baby #3 arrives (if baby #3 happens).

I hope to have the car paid off and for our credit to be good enough to buy our first home and have enough money saved for a down payment. If baby #3 happens I hope to trade in our car for a bigger one and not still need to pay a car payment for more than a couple of years after.

Also I hope for my husband to finally have tenure at his job as a high school teacher.

 

[tverb84]

At this time next year I hope to be accepted into the Early Childhood Education program and hopefully live on my own soon. I love my mom and living with her but I don't want to live with her forever.

Last year at this time I realized I wanted to work with children so I took a grade 12 english class last September. It's the only mark I need to get into the ECE program but my final mark wasn't high enough so this September I'm taking it again. I was hoping to do the ECE this fall but I guess it wasn't meant to be.

Hopefully in a few years when I have children I'll come along this post.

I never applied for the ECE program because I discovered another program called Educational Assistant.It's a program that you can take to become an educational assistant in schools.I did take the English class again this past January and after the holiday's I'm going to look into how I apply for the EA program.

This September I was in a pre-apprenticeship for cooking which I really liked and I'm glad I did it!! I gained experience working in a kitchen that I didn't have before.

I still live at home with my mom and not sure when I'll move out. I don't want to live with her forever.

I also have a niece who was born on July 15th that I love with all my heart!!! I never thought I would love someone this much!!!

I can't believe it's almost been a year since I posted this!! I an now in the ES program and I love it!!! I didn't think that I would like it this much! My niece is almost 16 months old and is growing fast!!

I'm still in the EA program! Currently I'm retaking math in order to do second year this fall which I'm really excited about!! I do have a bit of a hard time with math but next week we're starting literacy.

Roxy is going to be three in July and she's becoming her own person. I love watching her grow up!

 

[MelliPaige]

This last was forgotten about again lol
This year has been crazy, I had little boy #2 and got just what I wanted again! He looks identical to me, I love it! We didn't get our room addition but done debt has been paid off. Leo is out of our room and in his own bed but he still wakes through the night. DH got a new job and I find a new pain and I'm going back to school to become an occupational therapist!

Hope everyone else had good years, too. I may update more later but right now the baby just woke and is hungry.

Wow it has been a while since I updated! I feel like I'm not even the same person I was in the first post. My boys are 5 and (almost) 3! I still didn't get a room addition because in 2017 I decided to go back to school and have been doing my general education and prerequisites. Now that all that is over I have been accepted into a competitive Occupational Therapy program! I still have 4 years before graduation, and 2 years before I know if I get into the graduate program but the undergraduate program is a great first step!

This time next year I hope I have 2 smart little boys, maybe I'll get that room addition I've been wanting for years. And a beach vacation with my loves (my boys and my husband) I hope these boys continue to grow and my baby grows out of his dairy allergy so we can all have cake again lol I also hope the year goes great in school and I don't feel overwhelmed and our family stays in this little patch of stability after years of sudden job losses (from either downsizing, seasonal jobs, or closing businesses)

I can't wait to read all of your updates! Hope you are all doing well!

 

[Pineberry]

Love this thread!!

This time last year life wasn’t all that great.

I worked a mentally exhausting Customer Service job that I loathed, had gained quite a lot of weight (I wasn’t obese but went from my normal ~130lbs to over 180 lbs) & my poor nutrition + stress was giving me anxiety and unstable moods.

I was already having baby-fever but knew I wasn’t physically or emotionally in the right place to bring a child into the world. Also, my boyfriend definitely wasn’t ready for that step at the time either.

Now 1 year later and things have improved in literally every aspect of my life!
Let me see:

• I switched jobs at the beginning of this year & landed a position at Google, and I absolutely LOVE it there! Totally different atmosphere and vibe at work now. My stress levels have dramatically decreased since starting that new job. I am never truly exhausted anymore & actually look forward to going to work in the morning!

• I started really getting into Intermittent Fasting & the ketogenic diet. Already after only 2 months of consistently doing these, I had lost all of my excess weight. I am in the best shape I have ever been. Actually down to a jeans size 6 (after being size 12 for the almost 2 years prior). Also been very consistent with the gym and got myself a bit of a booty!

• Cut out carbs, grains and sugar for the most part & have never felt better ever since.

• We are now VERY close to TTC and by this time next year, if all goes well, my baby will be born or have just been born!

 

[Symphony7]

Wow this was 4 years ago! I must have posted on the other post last year. I finished my masters, got a job in 6th grade, switched schools to 1st grade, then got pregnant. Now my baby is 9 months and I've been home with her this whole time. Loving life! Going to be staying home next year too. Not much else besides vacations coming up in the next year, that and watching my girl grow.

A year and some change later and we are getting ready to TTC #2! I really can’t believe it because I thought for a while I was one and done. But once we made the decision to try I am now super super broody. Already started painting the nursery! I got so sick with my first so I was hoping to get some stuff done before that happens.

This time next year I hope to have my second baby and be adjusting well to life with two.

 

[kksy9b]

Whoops! Stumbled on this and realized its been over 2 years since I updated so best get to it!

These were my previous updates:



Looking at my last update and seeing where we are now is a lot of fun!

To update off my last post: In the last TWO years we have had a lot of changes. the biggest being we had another baby! Our sweet baby Calvin was born in January of 2017. He just turned one and is such a happy wild child and makes my heart full. I did not run a half marathon but I did run several 5k's and made a decision at one point to not do a half as I kept injuring my foot during the long training runs. My husband did change jobs and while its stressful with a lot of travel, it has also been such a blessing to us. We are fully adjusted to our life now and things are going great. We haven't been able to do a ton of house projects but we did just get a new fireplace so I'm happy with that! We transitioned my oldest to a bed at 2.5 yrs old and he is fully potty trained which is awesome. We found out he has a speech disorder but has been making amazing progress since we put him in preschool with an IEP. All in all I feel like we accomplished what I had hoped to!

In a year from now I hope to have our house paid off and be starting discussions on whether we want to renovate or build as a next step (though neither option would be happening for a couple years). I want to be doing regular date nights with DH again and have our first trip booked for the summer of 2019 alone since our oldest was born.

For DS1, I just want to see his speech and language skills continue to grow and expand.

For DS2, I want him to be fully weaned and more consistently STTN.

For myself, in my last update I had lost 60 pounds. By the time I got pregnant that number was 71 pounds lost....and then I gained back 68 in my pregnancy...sigh. I've lost about 40 of it so a year from now I would love to have the remaining 28 GONE! I also would like to pick up a new hobby of some kind and intentionally make time for myself.

Finally, the last HUGE thing that I want to accomplish a year from now is to have a decision made on another baby! I think both DH and I feel like we have one more to add to our crazy crew. But we are both leaning towards adoption vs. biological. I'm hopeful in the next year we can make our final decision and either have a TTC date set for 2019ish or be in process of paperwork for adoption (and decide domestic or international!)

Loving reading everyones updates!

Hey, I'm not so far behind in this update...i think for the first time I just have one year in between instead of two lol

Well, not so bad this time around off my goals from last year but also huge updates in the last 12 months. So, to update from last year:
-We are paying our house off this summer so that's a big check off our goal list.
-We have our first solo vacation booked for summer of 2020 instead of this year so really looking forward to that!
-DS1 is doing amazing in his speech and getting ready to start Kindergarten next month.
-DS2 has been fully weaned and STTN for a year so hallelujah for that!
-weight goals are a massive miss. I wound up gaining back 30 pounds of the 40 I had lost. depression sucks.
-finally, we DID make a decision on baby 3 and have decided to go for it!! After exploring adoption, at every turn we were getting blocked. I did a LOT of research, spoke with agencies, watched a lot of webinars etc....ultimately it didn't feel like it was the right path for us. About 2 months ago DH said we can have another once I hit my weight goals (which was a condition I placed on myself to get pregnant again, not him being a jerk)

This last year was a doozy. In my original post I said that DH had just gotten a defibrillator put in to protect against sudden cardiac arrest....well, last summer the worst happened and he went into cardiac arrest and died for 16 seconds before his device restarted his heart. He steadily declined over the back half of the year and this past January had open heart surgery at the Mayo Clinic to correct the excess muscle growth he had in his heart. He is doing amazing but that whole experience sent me into a tailspin. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I have PTSD from childhood that was triggered. This sent me into a pretty bad depression for about 6 months (hence the weight gain). All is well now but what a year.

So looking to the future, this is where I hope to be a year from now:

-lose 30-40 more pounds to get myself where i want to be
-have DS2 fully potty trained
-see more progress with DS1 speech
-be pregnant/TTC #3
-prioritize my mental health. the last month has been a big one as I've been diagnosed with emotional PTSD from two separate traumas. I'm only just beginning to work through this. This is probably my top priority for the next year.
-finally take that solo trip with DH!

Hope everyone is doing well!!

 

[Buttercup84]

Well i'm now a busy mum of 3! We stayed team yellow for our third and final baby and after 2 girls had a boy who we named Dominic So far I haven't returned to work outside the home and i'm not sure when I will due to difficulties with childcare but luckily i've been able to continue doing a little admin for my dad's business to earn some money. We're still as certain as we can be about not having any more children and are just embracing the madness of having 3 under 5 lol! In a year's time my children will be nearly 6, 3 and 20 months so all will be past the 'baby stage' and just Dominic will be in a stroller. DD2 starts pre-school in January 2018 and i'm guessing she'll be more than ready for it by then OH is starting a new job in January so hopefully this time next year he'll be well settled in there and maybe looking to progress within the company. Not much else really other than hopefully we can go on holiday abroad and get some house renovations done in the next year. First ones on the list are our bathroom and kitchen floor!

Wow, my last update was 3 years ago! My kids are 3, 4.5 and 7.5 now and all doing great As of September they'll be in nursery, reception and year 3 so just Dominic will be pre-school age. He'll be attending nursery 9-11:30 every morning, feels strange that my last baby is so close to being in full-time school! I'm still 100% certain that we're done with having kids, just wish OH would man up and get the snip
As far as plans for the next year go, the big one for me is losing weight. I started a month ago and have lost 10lbs so far. I want to lose another 55lbs before our holiday to Florida in May. Fingers crossed I can stay motivated, I feel so much better even 10lbs down and just wish I'd started sooner Other than that I want to make myself more employable so I can job hunt once Dominic starts fulltime school next year. Not sure if that will mean taking a course, volunteering or something else. After a very rough period with my mental health the past year or so I'm just generally trying to take care of myself more so I can be the mum/person I want to be.