Crazy summer adventures...

Well, considering I haven't really posted anything since Lilly was born, there is a lot to catch up on. Might break it up in to a few posts just to avoid rambling and blabbing on all in one sitting. Things have been... interesting since Lilly's birth to say the least. We've made some huge life changing decisions, on top of adjusting to being a family of four.

I guess it all started about a year ago when my wonderful husband started working on his... I don't know like 100th idea. I knew before I married him that he was an entrepreneur at heart destined to work for himself with the life motto of 'retire at 26', but never could have imaged how true to life that motto would become. He spent all the free time he could on the new idea and enlisted the help of a good friend of his from school. Together, they were doing all they could to get this idea off the ground, going to various conferences and talking to anyone that would listen to make sure they were headed in the right direction.

They finally caught their first break when they were asked to present their business idea at a conference done locally in the area to promote new businesses called Launchup. This really got the ball rolling with various companies interested in using their product. Long story short, they applied and were accepted in to a seed funding program called BoomStartup. They were given a sum of money to spend the summer working full time on this project and seeing what they could do with it. Of course, all of the application deadlines and interviews and what not were right about the time Lilly was due. I spent the application process telling Jason I was going to pretend none of it existed until it was all really happening.

Low and behold, they were accepted and Jason put in his 2 week notice at work and the crazy started. We planned and planned all we could without really knowing what was coming. Without truly knowing what was coming, we got things as prepared as we could. I found us health insurance, we budgeted, and I tried to stay as calm and stress free as possible, a much easier task in the start without knowing the full truth of what was coming.

I learned quickly as this whole thing began how different our lives would be and just didn't know if they'd ever be back to the way they were before. Jason is such a hard worker and so dedicated, I like to joke that I became a single parent during the week. He leaves for work around 7 in the morning and gets home between 630 and 7 at night, just in time to eat dinner and get the girls ready for bed. He has met some amazing people and has an amazing mentor working with them at Boomstartup.

Here we are now, technically on the last day of the program with just a few weeks to prepare for the day they bring in investors from all over to hear presentations from all the companies that were accepted in to boomstartup. It has been such an adventure. Crazy, exciting, fun, rewarding, scary, stressful, and probably one of the biggest adventures we've faced yet. We've had our fair share of ups and downs for sure, but I know in the end it'll all be worth it. It has been such an amazing experience and Jason has made some wonderful business connections.

Who knows what this will bring in our future and if Jason will be back at a normal 9-5 job in a year, but either way, I am SO proud of him. He is pretty dang amazing and has had this dream for himself for so long. I knew he'd get it at some point, but never could have imagined that he'd actually be able to achieve it in the crazy short time frame he set for himself. Just goes to show how wonderfully amazing he really is. In the start, I was worried that stress would make our relationship hard, but in truth, we've worked through it all together and supporting each other through it has made things even better than ever. Can't wait to see what excitement comes next from all of this.