Yay! Found my way here

[mel]

Hello everyone! I found my way over here. This is Melissa, formally jennandmel1024 but now just Mel. Well Mel plus the sweetest 7 month old little guy, C. I read everyday over on the bump but it's a pain to post from my phone so I never do. This seems easier to post from so I hope to be around more!

[twotrue]

Hello! Tell us about your little guy :-)

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[thiswillbe]

Hey! Glad you made it over! I've been wondering how you've been. Wow, 7 months?!!

The "just Mel" part-- is that in life, or just your screen name (if you don't mind me asking)?

[bluedaisyus]

Hey lady! Glad to see you over here. :-)


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[mel]

I have been doing well! Between work, school (going for my Nurse Practitioner), and the little guy, I tend to stay pretty busy. C is wonderful. It is so hard to believe he is already 7 months old. He is really at that stage where he is becoming more interactive and is getting into really playing. He is a big boy! 22lbs and 28.5 inches at the pedi today. He has to have surgery on his ear soon and that is stressing me out. He had an ear pit in his ear lobe that keeps getting infected. He is such a joy. I never knew that you could love someone so much. He isn't crawling yet but will be soon and no teeth yet. I keep saying he will walk before he crawls because he loves standing and holding on to furniture. I could go on and on for days about him!

As for Jenn and I, we have been through so much since he was born. Her step-dad was killed in a very tragic accident shortly after C was born. He never got to meet him. I had postpartum depression and am still somewhat dealing with it. Plus my school started picking up more, we were working opposite shifts and getting no time together. She was traveling quite a bit to spend time with her mom and honestly our relationship really suffered. Under the stress of it all, we started arguing constantly and got really nasty towards each other. We separated for a short period of time but now we are really trying to work things out as neither one of us can imagine life without each other. It's not going to be easy or a quick fix. There are some deep issues that we have just let go without addressing and that's all coming to surface now. But each day we just really try to make it better than the one before. We just have to get used to a new normal

It is so good to be able to post and interact again. I can't believe it's been 5 years since I joined this group way back when we were all planning weddings on the knot!

[twotrue]

Mel - I'm sorry to hear you and Jenn are having a rough patch. Everything you have been through would test any couple. I hope you are able to work through everything.