Oh the Sacrafices...

We all know the expression to see the glass half full or half empty. I was a little on the half empty side this past weekend. (Just a little.) Sunday was my absolute best friends bridal shower and I couldn't be there and it literally brought tears to my eyes. Luckily for me she is not at all the type person to hold anything against me...ever! But none the less I felt like a terrible maid of honor for not being there. I try very hard to stay on the half full side of things but there are just some days that I think you should just allow yourself to sit there and pause for a moment and just say to yourself "well this just sucks!" So all of that is what is going to get me going on all these sacrifices going on in the Robertson household. First I will start out by saying my husband is amazing and then Liam is even more amazing. (What did you think would happen when two amazing people reproduced? lol) I know that I have some closer and more distant friends that thought I was insane for leaving everything I've ever known for my husbands job half way across the country. (To add to that I was 3 months pregnant with our first during this.) I left behind my family, my friends, my job and the house we had made a home. All of those things may seem like they were huge sacrifices and some of them were but it was all necessary steps for me to have what my dream has always been. I've always known I wanted to be a mother and I've always known I wanted to stay home with my children. (Well until they go to school at least.) I grew up with my Mom at home with me and Dan grew up with his mother at home with him until he went to school. (She is actually a teacher so she was on Dans schedule even once she went back to work.) I know that not everyone can stay at home so I feel very lucky that I can. I can do this only because of that very job my husband has that I left everything for. When we were living on the Outer Banks we knew it just couldn't offer us what "we" wanted. Its a beautiful place and I loved growing up there and I love going back to visit but truth be known, I was ready to leave. (I just wish I could have packed up my extra loved ones with me!) Now I didn't ever think we would be moving to Oklahoma, but its only for a little while and I'm trying to take advantage of what it has to offer. Before we know it we will be moving again. Ideally I would like to live somewhere between Virginia and Georgia but my husbands opinion varies on that a little more. My husband has had an insane work schedule lately, let me correct that....insane work and work out schedule. He has been training non stop for something he wants to do through his job. Some days I get a little disappointed that he seems to only see Liam for a few minutes before its bed time. But then I remind myself he is doing all of that for us and it should only last a few more months. Its strange I can handle him being totally gone a lot better then in and out constantly. Dan works so hard for his family. He knows and wants for us to be closer to our family back east. He sacrifices his time with us to get us there. I can only imagine how hard that must be for him when he's only half way through a work out or run in the 90+ degree weather. I know that there are tons of other things he would much rather be doing but he makes his sacrifices for us. Sacrifices are the necessary steps to what you really want in life. Anything that is really worth having isn't easy. The blood, sweat and tears are just what makes what you've been working so hard for that much more worthwhile once you reach your goal. Unfortunately Dan and I like big goals so they can take a lot of sacrificing.