I feel as if more of a recap is in order after realizing after my last two posts were written that it has been well over 6 months since my last blog was written. Damn I really need to get better at this. Anyway, here goes a year or at least a half of a year in review!
Okay so first the easy part...Shane had his surgery and we did manage to have a great Christmas anyway. He did make a speedy recovery in just three months, back to full active duty...running, exercising, etc. He, as mentioned before, has now finished his three years on the Resolute, missing the last patrol due to his recovery of his knee. In the process he made chief and the rest is history...and the future.
As for Cameron, well I made mention of a few things in my previous post from earlier. He started crawling and standing holding on to things all in one day in January at 7 months. He was late with the cutting teeth thing. He had a great and utterly adorable toothless grin until just recently, about his 10th going on 11th month. He started with one tooth for a few weeks and then all of a sudden cut 4 more at once. Aside from TONS on drool he for the most part has been very pleasant during his teething experience. He was baptized to the Catholic faith in March. We chose my sister Sheila and Alfonso Ramirez, a fellow Coastie to Shane, as the godparents. Cameron has also been quite the traveler for a little man of his age. In his first year he has been on four vacations involving round trip travel on airplanes to Massachusetts to see his Grammie and Grandpa George and then to Houston to visit his Nino Alfonso. He also was lucky enough to spend one week in Disney World meeting Mickey, Minnie and their friends. He has also taken quite a few lengthy road trips mostly to visit his Memaw and Grandpa David in Georgia as well as a LONG road trip to Massachusetts. It goes without saying that Cameron truly is a beautiful blessing in our lives. He is the center of both of our worlds. His smile and his outgoing, happy, playful personality are enough to make any day brighter.
As for me, not much has changed on my end. Still putting in a shift here and there when I have someone to watch Cameron for me. In the meantime I find myself feeling very priveleged that I am even given the opportunity to spend so much time with my son, to watch him grow. With Shane being gone so much it means so much more to be at home with him. Sounds cheesy but its 100% true. Not to mention the fact that it helps he looks so much like his Daddy still with his Momma's eyes!! :)
Since mid March however we have unfortunately been dealing with the battle to sell our house. Due to the unfortunate turn of events in the real estate world we have seen a dramatic depreciation in the market value of our home. It has currently been on the market since May 1st with lots of activity for the first 6 weeks. We have also since hired an attorney to guide us in the short sale process which has been a huge relief to me. It has been a very frustrating and often complicated or confusing process that I hope no one ever has to go through again. And we are just currently in the middle of it...kind of in limbo...almost feeling hopeless like there is no end in sight. If anything this experience, I know, has made and will continue to make me stronger no matter how much I may not realize it now.
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