Home

Well, the move is complete. Not the unpacking, but the moving part at least - and it feels good to have that behind us! We got everything out of our old house today just in time to have it cleaned and ready for the renters to move in tomorrow. Our new house feels wonderful and I'm starting to accept the fact that there will be boxes left unpacked for months. Barb, if you know any good elves please send them my way! I definetely did not follow my doctors orders with the whole "moderate rest" thing, but now my body hurts enough that I'm forcing myself to not unpack constantly. The kiddos are loving their new house and especially the backyard. Thomas has found about 30 balls hidden in the landscaping and Sophie dug up a "hidden treasure" (play pirate coins) left by the little boy who lived here before us. Other than having to remove part of the banister up our stairs in order to get our wardrobe up, the move went pretty smooth.

A few Sophie quotes from the past few days...

"This is a great house, I'm really glad we moved in before somebody tried stealing it"

"I love our new house and I love Jesus"

We were preparing to go to a friend's dance recital last night when she said:
"I can't wait to go to Ruthie's recycling" - I had been talking on the phone earlier with the trash company about setting up our recycling, so I think thats were she got a little confused:)


Way to late for me to still be awake. Love and hugs....

Moving and the Babe

We move this Saturday. Yikes. I'm excited, sad, overwhelmed, and tired! Had my 20 week ultrasound done on Monday. Baby looks great and we found out what we are having a...

Bummer though is that I have Placenta Previa (a low lying placenta) and I'm having frequent uterine contractions. I had the contractions starting at 18 weeks with Thomas but didn't have the Placenta Previa. So, I've been put on "moderate rest" meaning no excercise, no lifting, no constant activity, and the list goes on. Hmmm, I'm pretty sure the boxes are not going to pack themselves nor are Sophie and Thomas going to sit still all day! We have lots of help on moving day, but in terms of packing I'm getting a bit nervous that even if I stayed up for the next 48 hours things would still not be totally packed up. We would greatly appreciate your prayers this week and weekend!

Tangelos

Thanks to Michelle I've had a hankering for Minneolas. Fortunately for me, they were on sale yesterday at our local market for 10 lbs for 10 dollars. No, I did not buy ten dollars worth - but almost:) They are soooo yummy!

Today was not the best day for me as a mother. I was distracted with phone calls and a what seemed like a million little things that had to be taken care of now. Sophie and Thomas were bored despite my many attempts to provide them with projects and offers of DVD's. They fed off my frustration/distraction and used it to try and get away with inappropriate behavior. I didn't give into their attempts of disobedience or whininess (for the most part), but my responses to them were less than loving. I was short and unjoyful. The house was (still is) a mess and my patience running thin. We had family movie night tonight which was fun and relaxing but even that felt rushed. The Avs are in the NHL playoffs, so we hurried through dinner to start the movie in order to be able to watch most of the game after the movie and bedtime routines. (This isn't flowing quite as well as I'd like, but again, just one of those days!) I'm sure we all have those days because lets face it, we are fallen, but for some reason I really felt alone today and certainly felt like a bad mom. Thank God his mercies are new every morning (and always). Today really could not have been a more "perfect" day to precede reading this on A Wise Woman Builds her Home.

p.s.
I also enjoyed the author's strategy for spring cleaning in one of her more recent posts.

Childhood

I walked outside fairly early this morning to get the newspaper and the air smelled exactly as I remember while walking to elementry school during the spring in Austin, TX. The air in Colorado pretty much never smells humid like it did this morning - it was a really odd moment considering that last night I dreamt about my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Chandler. Strange, but kind of fun:)
We close on our new house today and I'm starting to feel a little nervous. We've been thinking about moving for awhile, but now that it is really happening reality is setting in that we will actually have to MOVE. While we have totally outgrown our house, I'm feeling a little sad at the thought of leaving the place where we've had two babies and made so many wonderful memories together.

The garden we built over several summers