He still loves to write music and sing, and he's really amazing at it too, he just doesn't have much time to write music nowadays, lol. *part of that is my fault because I just want to hang out with him ALL. THE. TIME. and I'm a little selfish with him*
He is an amazing Daddy, he is so good to be on the floor, playing with our boys. When he hasn't been home all day one of the first things he does is find the boys and get on the floor to play. :) They love it. They love to cuddle him at night after stories too.
He got called to be the Second Counselor in our new ward Bishopric the Sunday after Christmas...that was a huge surprise! We have only lived in this ward for about seven months now, and we didn't even know the ward was splitting until we met with the Stake President. We got a call on Tuesday afternoon asking if Jeremy and I could meet with the Stake President in like two hours, I said yes, and then we tried to figure out what it could be for, lol. Our best guess was that they were going to call us as Stake Preparedness Specialists or something like that. Well, we get our kids ready for bed and take them with us in their pjs, we were both nervous (who isn't when you think it's about a calling???). We got in to see him finally and he asked very direct, pointed questions and both Jeremy and I were just wondering what was going on, lol. He then found a chapter in the scriptures and started reading and it was about High Priests, at this point, Jeremy really started to focus. The Stake President told us the ward was splitting and he asked Jeremy to be Second Counselor in the new bishopric. He accepted (I can still see the look on his face, lol), and then the Stake President asked me if I believed that Heavenly Father would bless him with the time and talents he needed for this calling, and I said yes. :) I really do believe that, too. They released everyone from every calling, except for I think three people, so that first month was VERY crazy for them. He has been gone a lot, and very busy, on a regular week now the boys don't see him at all on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, so that has probably been the toughest part. I feel like I now have a lot more compassion for single parents. He works 10 hour days, 4 days a week, then has meetings Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, then he had drill Friday, Saturday and Sunday this last week (so that means 10 days straight of work), and still went to church after drill to help with tithing. I miss having him home more, but I have a sense of peace about it, it's definitely been difficult because the boys and I don't really get a break from each other and we start to drive each other crazy, but I know it's worth it because Heavenly Father wants him in this calling and I think it's good for him. Anyway, he was set apart as a High Priest the Sunday after Christmas, my Dad was able to ordain him and he was also able to have his Uncle Matt and Grandpa Steve in the circle with my Dad and the Stake Presidency. We were very grateful for the support of our families in this, it was a big step. :)
Ok, I have to just throw this in here. So, we each had our own separate "pillow styles," or so I thought! Jeremy told me he liked a puffier pillow, so he switched his flat one for the big one...I like the flat one, lol. We moved, and somewhere in there we forgot which pillow we both liked better, so when we finally got our bed put together and were sleeping in it we didn't really think about who had which one. I mentioned to Jeremy that I was pretty sure we had the wrong pillows and he was like, "no...this one is mine." WELL. I started getting these crazy neck aches (partly from sleeping on the couch in that nauseous stage of pregnancy) and partly from my dang pillow!! This goes on for about three months and I just can't figure out why I hate my pillow so much (since, you know, he had been so positive that he had the flat one), add in three chiropractor appointments to this as well. RANDOMLY, Jeremy says, "this pillow is so flat!!" as he is trying to like squish it and poof it up, and I was like, "there's another pillow in the closet, go try that one." So he gets the other puffy pillow and he says it is SO much better. I snatched my pillow back so fast. I was so happy to have my pillow back that I couldn't help but laugh at this husband of mine!! What a punk. lol. He got confused about his pillow and made me have this uncomfortable pillow for like four months...good thing I love him so much. :)
Another time I had a serious craving for a Jamba Juice smoothie (I crave slushies a lot when I'm pregnant). Well. We were in Hurricane, UT, and there is definitely NO Jamba Juice or any other smoothie place in that town besides McDonald's (which just wasn't going to cut it). He was so sweet and looked up a Jamba Juice recipe online, then he took me to Lin's and we got all the ingredients at like 11:00 PM. We got back to my parents house and he made me a delicious copycat smoothie...I honestly have to say that it tasted more amazing than anything because he went to so much effort to make it for me.
I am so grateful for him in my life, I try to tell him that every day. He does SO much for our family between work, drill, serving in his calling and still being the best Dad and husband ever...he doesn't get much time to himself, but he doesn't complain. He spoils me. I love him. Thanks for all you do, babelicious. You are the best.
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