About time

Snuggle time with Dad

33 weeks and growing...

After playing outside

Got out of shower to find this:"Soy una bruja" ("I'm a witch"), she said.

We've had a lot going on the last few months:

-packing and moving

-family babies

-family weddings

-doing lots of house rennovations

-work changes for Arthur

-not to mention growing a baby and taking care of a 2 year old

and while I could have found some time to post, I just didn't have the motivation.

We're 33 weeks along now, due June 12, but we think Thomas (Arthur's middle name) will come a little closer to Arthur's birthday (the 5th). I have so many mixed feelings about his arrival (will the house be ready, how will I adjust to two kids, how will Astrid adjust) but I know that once he's here my worries and concerns will dissipate and I'll just love having a little baby around. (I was quite nervous prior to Astrid's birth, too, and now I can't imagine life without her.)

In December we became homeowners but didn't actually move in until March. Everything about it so far has been hard... from being landlords for two months, to not receiving our IRS money yet to do the big projects our house needs. It's been a little slowgoing, but we're doing it and there's no turing back for 3-4 years (that's how long we say we'll be here.) It's a good little house (rented and abused for the last 4 years--8 tenants in the last 4 years, all forcibly removed by the cops, except the ones we kicked out) in a humble neighborhood in a humble ward (think a ward you would visit in Southern Utah while camping). It's so different from where we were but like Arthur and I have discussed, it is what we make it, though that's a lot easier said than done. I do have to say it's been so nice to have a yard for Astrid to play and explore in. She could play in dirt and flowers searching for ants all day if I let her. Little house projects (think orange, green and purple rooms) are making this house look more and more like our (my) home. Astrid and Thomas' room is coming along nicely and I can't help but think of cute it will be when they're playing in there together.

All in all, life is so good. Though there have been a lot of big changes, there's nothing better than going through it with the people you love most.