I'm back!

I'm sad to say that I have been absolutely terrible at documenting our family over the past 6 months. Mostly I'm sad because the first half of this year has been very exciting and life changing for us and it stinks that I didn't write things down as they were happening. But, better late than never! Let me back track:

Right as last year came to a close we found out that I was pregnant! I am due with a second baby boy at the beginning of September. Seeing a positive pregnancy test was a lot different the second time around. I was late, but I wasn't totally sure that I was pregnant. But then I was still late four days later and finally decided to take a test. When we found out I was pregnant with Lincoln I peed on the test and then Sean took it and looked at it first. Then after 2 minutes he showed it to me. This time we did the exact same thing. When I saw the positive test I immediately squealed and broke into tears as we gave each other a hug. I was so happy! When I found out I was pregnant with Lincoln I didn't cry (sorry, buddy). This time I knew exactly how much love and joy and happiness awaited us that I was so thrilled to be able to experience all of it again. Throughout the first 16 weeks of this pregnancy I had a total of five dreams that I was expecting another boy. Kinda weird, right?  A few of these dreams also included Lincoln, and in the dream I had two boys together. Of course when we went to the ultrasound appointment we found out that he was indeed a little boy. Looking back I feel like I never didn't know, and I am so excited for Lincoln to be able to have a little brother to play with and terrorize the house with. :) Not to mention I will be able to reuse all of my little boy clothes and other baby stuff. Added bonus! I have felt fantastic my whole pregnancy. I got tired with this one, but not as tired as I remember being with Lincoln. The second trimester has been great, but I'm only a week shy of 28 weeks and I'm fully expecting things to change a little. This little guy is also extremely active. I started being able to feel him around 16 weeks and Sean was able to feel my belly move at 18 weeks. He's a wiggly little guy. I'm getting really excited to meet him!

Fast forward a few weeks and zoom in on mid February. We found out that the kitchen manager Sean was working with in Orem received an offer to become a managing partner at a new Texas Roadhouse being built in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. A week or so later he offered Sean and I jobs to come work for him there. He gave Sean a really great raise with added bonuses and offered to have me work as his office administrator. I had always told Sean that we would take the first great offer we got in terms of his job, pretty much no matter what. Although, I never once considered that this type of offer would potentially move us to the opposite end of the country. The more we thought about it the more we felt like we couldn't pass it up and that it was our time to go ahead and make a change and take a risk in hopes of something great. We have been here two months, and I am so glad we came. Turns out Florida is currently the fastest growing market for Texas Roadhouse in the country. Just in the Tampa area alone they are looking to build a new restaurant every year for the next several years. The Utah market had kinda been tapped out, and now it is so obvious that was the case. Within an hours drive across the Wasatch Front there were 9 Texas Roadhouses. Here the closest ones are both an hour away or more. This really was such a good decision for the future of Sean's career. I am so grateful that he has been able to develop such a strong work relationship with his manager over the past few years because he is really what got us to this point. He has been such a great leader and mentor to Sean and at this point it is really awesome to have someone who is totally Sean's advocate in every way. The new restaurant has been open for about 10 days and so far it is doing extremely well. Sean has been able to do some more extensive training required for management, and he is also enjoying being able to lead and train the new employees that have been hired.  We have been extremely busy working since we got here, but I'm glad because it has kept us focused and prevented me and Lincoln from getting bored at home since we are still have to much to explore in the area.

Well, those are the big changes! Lincoln has also grown so much, but I want to take a whole separate post to write about him...so stay tuned for that! :)