Exciting News!!!!!!!!

Why is Mr. Loveland so excited??? It might have something to do with what is on his shirt....
Let's get a closer look:

Wait! Why would the Cincinnati Bearcats make him so happy???

Oh because he is going to be one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He got accepted into the Family Nurse Practitioner program at the University of Cincinnati!!! He is going to start this fall. And yes, we will finally be moving out of my parents house....I am a little sad about that, but I guess by the time I am 24 years old, it is time ;)

I am so grateful for Ryan and how hard he works for us. He is amazing! This is going to be a difficult program for him, but I know he can do it! He is so smart and compassionate. I am so happy for him!

Exciting news #2

Ryan and I have made a big decision that I thought I had made a long time ago, but had to do some serious rethinking over.

I have always wanted to be a stay at home mom, but I struggled with this after I became a nurse. Not only did I spent long hard hours going through nursing school but I found delivering babies and working with the women and families was so satisfying that part of me was thinking maybe I could work out being a mom and working part time. Ryan, being wonderful as always, whenever I would talk to him about it, he would just say, "Jeni, I know we will do the right thing, we just don't need to stress about it when Claire is so young."

Well, I was agonizing over this when one of my friends, who is a nurse, called me up. For some reason we started talking about it. We brought up the fact that back in the day, the General Authorities would actually say that women should not work but now they have backed off from saying that so firmly because so many women get offended. She said, "You know, I have never heard anyone say, 'I wish I would have spent more time away for my children.' No, they always say the opposite..." I knew that, but for some reason after having Claire, it just struck home more." I told my friend I just felt sick when I thought about working, but it was a hard thing for me to think about giving up. She said, "Jeni, you know that is the answer. If you feel that bad about something, it is not right." She was so right. I decided right then and there, that I was not going to work at all, as being a mother.

This maybe something silly to blog about, but I just cannot express how free and happy I feel when I say, "I am going to be a stay at home mom!!" Every time I look down at Claire and see her smile or goo or just sleep, I know this is the right decision for us.

Ryan is incredible. With Ryan going into graduate school maybe people would say it is excusable to work right now, and some people even judge me and think I am crazy for not working when money will be tight. Ryan is so in love with Claire and so supportive of me, he wants me to stay home, too, so Claire can get the best care possible. I love him so much. He is exactly the kind of Dad I prayed my future kids would get :)

****Disclaimer**** I am not judging ANY mom out there. This is our decision for our family and if others moms want to, or need to work, then that is there decision, not mine. I felt this was important to put for my children and there children to read in our blog book. Please, no negative comments. Thanks !!