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.