This time last year...

The other day, my wife and I were just talking about "this time last year." Such a wild thought. This time last year, she and I were only responsible for ourselves. This time last year, we were counting down the days until the arrival of our little boy. This time last year, we were expecting the baby to come early (listening to doctors on that kind of messed us up). This time last year, life as we now know it was different. But, it's not as different as we were expecting.

The whole time Courtney was pregnant, people kept telling us that life was going to change. As workout fanatics, we were told our schedules would not allow time for extra stuff. As runners, we were told we wouldn't have time to run for hours at a time. As a couple, we were told we would say good-bye to date night. There were a lot of things told to us that we wrestled through as a family. Before Romey's birth, we decided we would not allow a child to change "us."

Obviously, our schedule has changed a little bit. Romey keeps a different sleeping schedule. Romey determines a lot of what we do or do not do. However, we still keep our priorities. We still workout. We've both done P90X and Insanity. We still run. Since Romey's birth, Courtney has run a half-marathon and I have run a half and a full. We still have date night. We bring Romey with us. We've gone to Chick-Fil-A so many times with him, he now says, "yummy, yummy, yummy" when we pull into the parking lot. We haven't changed. We've brought him into our lives and had him adapt to us.

Are there trying times? Of course, but that doesn't change who we are or what we do. We still run errands together. We still go shopping together. We still go running together. Romey sits in his stroller that is now labelled 13.1 on one side and 26.2 on the other. We watch TV together. We pay bills together. We go to church together. We schedule our "dates" on my busy nights to still have time together. We still make each other a priority. We understand there will be interruptions. We understand that sometimes we're going to have to go home early because he's tired. We understand that we have to order more food because he's still hungry. We undersand that we have to be adaptable. However, we know even more that he has to be adaptable. We don't change for him, he's learning to adjust to us.

I must say, we are very blessed to have such a calm baby. Romey is an absolute joy and so easy. He stays very flexible to our ever changing schedule. This time last year, we could not have imagined such a wonderful life. Things haven't been perfect. Jobs haven't been perfect. Our relationship hasn't been perfect. However, things truly are great. I have a wonderful family, a wonderful wife, and a wonderful son. This time last year, I had no idea that I was going to be so incredibly blessed.

-Just my thoughts...