This Christmas season has been unlike any other. I'll never suggest moving the weekend before Christmas to anyone ever...especially pregnant and with three kiddos!
It just doesn't feel like Christmas yet, although I love the decorations that our kids put up. They got the privilege of decorating because I knew I'd never get to it with all the chaos of moving two days before Christmas.
God has been gracious to us and we are very thankful to finally be moved and done with the whole process of selling and buying homes. God-willing we won't have to do this again until we are nearing retirement...please, Lord!
I think I've aged ten years in one. Both my hubby and I have gone to bed early the past several nights, it has just been an exhausting experience. Just getting here has been an extreme effort, and now that we're in our new home, the task of unpacking and organizing a whole house that is nothing like the old one seems too much. One box at a time...one day at a time.
I cooked supper for the first time in our new house tonight. It was an interesting experience. I had to unpack a box to find my whisk...all the other utensils were put away except those! Then I was making a pancake mix and realized that I neglected to put eggs on my grocery list. Thankfully we still had some gelatin powder left over with our pantry items and I could make some gelatin eggs to substitute. They were flat pancakes, but still tasted good.
The good news is that Christmas doesn't have to feel like Christmas to be here. The precious truth of God sending His Son to the world as a humble baby still remains. My fatigue doesn't change the beauty of His love for us, and that is something to be celebrated and remembered. Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 24, 2018
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Trusting God Update
The trusting in God challenge continues! We have our ups and downs and outright failures in this endeavor, but God continues to be gracious to us.
Our house was appraised for an adequate price -exactly the offer price we accepted. Kinda fishy in our thinking, but hey, it still works. The inspection was finished and we are in the process of negotiating the items the buyers want us to fix, so the deal isn't done, but I am still feeling good about the process thus far. I feel God's hand in all of this despite the challenges we've dealt with, and I continue to wait on Him to see us through to the end.
Our new home is nearly finished, we got to go on our first walk-through. It was great to see our home and start to really imagine what it might be like to live there. It is bigger than our current home with a full un-finished basement, so we have room for expanding and space for storage! Mostly I am just ready to be done with the packing and waiting process. I want to settle in and have a home again.
The only thing I'm unsure of is where I want to put all of our bookcases and homeschool supplies. I have to consider baby proofing needs again, so I'm thinking we'll just have our movers put everything in the basement until I decide how to set things up. Knowing me I'll change my mind twenty times before I settle on something I like.
We close on both homes soon enough. I'm starting to pack up the rest of our belongings and am attempting to use up the remaining food in our house before moving day. We've hired movers and this coming week I'll be contacting utility companies to switch over to the new house.
On the baby front, we've reached 12 weeks. Now it feels like time is flying. I am beginning to feel a bit better -less queasy and have increasing energy levels most days. As far as pregnancies go, this one has been the easiest on me as far as the first trimester symptoms. I've started to "show"...last pregnancy I popped out nearly right away. This time, I know most of the belly that shows is my jiggly belly that remained after my C-section. It doesn't feel right to say I'm showing a pregnancy when it really is mostly just my own belly fat! LOL! Either way, I've started the maternity pants. Thankfully, I can still wear my regular shirts.
A lot of people have been shocked when learning about our pregnancy, but we got the best reaction from our Builder's Foreman. When he found out we were pregnant unexpectedly, he said, "The man upstairs must think you are really good parents." It's the nicest comment we've received other than the normal "congrats". He went on to tell us his 'youngest' was 15 when he and his wife were surprised with an unexpected pregnancy. It was neat to share stories.
Our house was appraised for an adequate price -exactly the offer price we accepted. Kinda fishy in our thinking, but hey, it still works. The inspection was finished and we are in the process of negotiating the items the buyers want us to fix, so the deal isn't done, but I am still feeling good about the process thus far. I feel God's hand in all of this despite the challenges we've dealt with, and I continue to wait on Him to see us through to the end.
Our new home is nearly finished, we got to go on our first walk-through. It was great to see our home and start to really imagine what it might be like to live there. It is bigger than our current home with a full un-finished basement, so we have room for expanding and space for storage! Mostly I am just ready to be done with the packing and waiting process. I want to settle in and have a home again.
The only thing I'm unsure of is where I want to put all of our bookcases and homeschool supplies. I have to consider baby proofing needs again, so I'm thinking we'll just have our movers put everything in the basement until I decide how to set things up. Knowing me I'll change my mind twenty times before I settle on something I like.
We close on both homes soon enough. I'm starting to pack up the rest of our belongings and am attempting to use up the remaining food in our house before moving day. We've hired movers and this coming week I'll be contacting utility companies to switch over to the new house.
On the baby front, we've reached 12 weeks. Now it feels like time is flying. I am beginning to feel a bit better -less queasy and have increasing energy levels most days. As far as pregnancies go, this one has been the easiest on me as far as the first trimester symptoms. I've started to "show"...last pregnancy I popped out nearly right away. This time, I know most of the belly that shows is my jiggly belly that remained after my C-section. It doesn't feel right to say I'm showing a pregnancy when it really is mostly just my own belly fat! LOL! Either way, I've started the maternity pants. Thankfully, I can still wear my regular shirts.
A lot of people have been shocked when learning about our pregnancy, but we got the best reaction from our Builder's Foreman. When he found out we were pregnant unexpectedly, he said, "The man upstairs must think you are really good parents." It's the nicest comment we've received other than the normal "congrats". He went on to tell us his 'youngest' was 15 when he and his wife were surprised with an unexpected pregnancy. It was neat to share stories.
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