Changing roles again...

Hi all, sorry about such a delay in our posting lately! March was a busy month for us and we had a little lag in posting. Some good news has come into the Anderson household recently in the form of a real-life engineering job for Joel! He will be working for E 80 Plus engineers. Joel will be working as a design engineer and project manager for some of their projects. They design and repair railroad bridges (I think). The job is located in DeForest which is about 20 minutes from our house. Joel had applied for the job back in January, was told it was on hold but then was asked to interview for the position in March. He's excited to start working again and to start something new. The job does entail some travel (25-35%) during the week so that means that I will be solo-parenting at times. (I'll take any invites or outings during those times!:)

So that means that I quit my job, well somewhat. I am planning to stay on at Access for about a day a week and will be helping ACHC move towards becoming one of the first baby-friendly clinics in the country. It's a very exciting venture that focuses on the promotion of breast feeding and increasing that rate in our country. I will also be completing certification as a lactation consultant and will be applying for an internship in community-based lactation support. And of course, in addition to all this goodness I'll be taking care of our little squirt! I am excited to be with Eli at home and for all the creative projects I'll get to start (and complete, don't worry honey)! I've started a small list of projects that I have been dying to do but haven't had the time with working and being a mom. I'm also excited to go back to the weekly play group I attended during my maternity leave and I'm excited to start this journey in the summertime. Lucky me!

It's funny that all of this happened right now. Joel and I were getting settled into our life and roles for the time being and now it's going to change all over again! We're excited for the prospects that this change brings and were excited to take this bend on our family adventure.

My last full-time day at ACHC is April 23rd, I will then have my lactation consultant certification class for the last week in April and then we're taking a vacation to San Francisco. Joel's future employer is being very generous and giving us that time prior to his start date of May 10th. Thanks for joining us on this ride.... we'll make sure to update more often. I promise!