Mr. Mom No More

So the exciting news in our neck of the woods is that Eric is starting a new job! Praise God! We know that we are very blessed to have Eric gainfully employed again only a short number of weeks after losing his job. It is something we do not take for granted and we see God’s sovereignty in all His dealings with us. Eric starts his new job on Monday so that would make today his last day as a stay at home parent. So many things have changed in the last five weeks for our family and I know we are still trying to absorb the reality of it all. Even though Eric has been reading through his employee handbook and signing paperwork, I know these realities are not going to hit us for a little while longer. With his new job, Eric will be traveling a fair amount and we both agreed that when he goes away for the first time, all of this will really start to settle in. Eric loves to travel (we both do actually) so I know he is as excited as a little kid to start this next venture in life. Obviously the boys and I will miss him when he is gone but all the positives of his new position far outweigh the inconvenience of him being gone on occasion.

So tomorrow we are going to have a family shopping day and go to Reno to get stuff for Eric’s new job. He needs steel toe boots, wool socks and some warmer clothing because he will be in the Nevada mining territory and it gets crazy cold in the mountains here in the winter. The boys are at an age that it is getting easier to take them places. This will be our first major shopping outing with the babies. We have done all of our major shopping independently sans babies since they were born so this should be interesting. Our thought was that the boys can nap on the drive to Reno and back which is a good amount of time. I am looking forward to spending the day with all of us together. Normally the only public place the boys go is church where most people are very familiar with them so I know tomorrow we will be fielding a lot of “Are they twins?” questions and all the ensuing comments. And I think I am up for that tomorrow because I am feeling so happy and positive about life and am so proud of my growing family. Yes, they are twins. Yes, I am very busy. They are almost seven months old. Yes, they are identical. I can tell them apart quite easily actually. No, they were not premature. No, they are quite different in their personalities. Oh, your son’s teacher’s cousin’s pastor and his wife have twins also? Oh, but they are fraternal boy/girl twins? Awesome. My MoM friends know exactly what I am talking about.

Thanks to those that prayed for us during Eric’s period of unemployment and that he would be able to get the job that he now has. We really do appreciate it. Please continue to pray for us because we have some big decisions coming up regarding my job and child care for our dear boys. The year 2011 is proving to be a really big year in the Guddat household and we are continuously excited about the future.