We've moved!

So we are in our new home! Yay! Still sick...not so yay...We are still getting stuff out of our apartment but most of everything is at the house already. We have till Feb 1st to get everything out of the apt. and cleaned, luckily it was so small it was easy to keep pretty clean. Now I have this big house to keep clean. It's pretty daunting but we don't have a lot of stuff so hopefully we'll be able to live mostly clutter free.

It's surprisingly hard to get used to so much living space when you've lived in apartments for the majority of your life, but as we get unpacked it becomes more personalized it's really cool. I'm very excited to see how Ali's room is going to look when it's all finished. Alex and my brother started painting it and now we just need to put together the crib and get it all decorate. Very exciting! I can't wait to start nesting. It will be so nice when I'm not sick anymore, and Ali is here and I don't bump into walls with my belly, lol! Oh and being able to bend over and touch my toes will be nice too;).

In other words, we are so ready for her. About 4 weeks, I will technically be full term...which means she can come at anytime, I just hope she's not super late...I'm not sure I can go too much longer, it is so much physical strain, it is pretty amazing that God made our bodies to withstand this process...I don't think anyone really can grasp it fully until they've been through it, the ways your skin stretch and changes, just holding up my pre pregnancy clothes makes me wonder how I ever fit into them, but then I remember I didn't always have this giant tummy;). Well thats my update for now.

Please Pray...

We have one day left to finish cleaning the house and getting it ready to move into and we are sick and exhausted and then tomorrow we have to move all of our furniture. Pray for health for our bodies please and pray that we get enough help with moving so we don't kill ourselves and pray that we get an oven that works.

Thanks!

Oh my Goodness!

So the house is officially ours! I was about ready to rip out our Realtors throat but it all worked out and he brought us a nifty clock...They wouldn't give us our keys until like 5pm today but the house was funded yesterday...all the papers were signed...I think they just wanted to dangle it in front of us one last time like playing catch with a dog, "am I gonna throw the ball now? nope." I was about to get rabid, lol! But like I said, it's done. The house is ours. It's official! We move in on Saturday! Craziness huh?

We spent a few hours this evening cleaning, we got a good amount done, now we have the other half to do, lol! and some touch up paint, and shampooing the carpet, etc. hopefully it will be done by Saturday. Tomorrow Alex and I are going to Ikea to get some shelves because our kitchen has no pantry...I'm excited we always have fun at Ikea! Well, I'm probably covered in dust so I need to go get clean. I'll update more later, ta ta for now.

Baby Shower!

So we had our baby shower this weekend! Boy was it tiring but so much fun! I can't believe how many people came! We were so blessed! I was going to plan this baby shower my self and my friends stepped in and saved the day, it was truly awesome!

Thanks so much to Suzie, Jenna, and Christy! You women rocked my socks off! You truly made my baby shower happen! I love you guys!

We got so blessed with gifts for baby Ali! She is going to be well taken care of! Also the diaper raffle was such a good idea! We have so many diapers!

And my friend Kristen made the yummy punch! Thanks Kristen! It was cute, pink to go in the red punch bowl. I loved it, we almost ran out! People were drinking punch like they lived in the desert, lol!
People always say to go to Costco to get a cake but Costco has nothing on Sams Club, they made the cake exactly how i wanted it and it tasted delicious. We decided to blow up our baby pics for decoration (mines on the left his is on the right).
These were the favors I made, life savers! They were really easy and fun to do, the girls came over and helped put them together. See the cute little lady bug! Overall my baby shower was beautiful and fun and it was so nice to see how many people came to bless us and Ali. Thank everyone!

Another Update...

It seems these days it's always update after update, no deep thoughts on life, no notes on pondering the wonders of the world, well hopefully pretty soon we'll get some of that back. For now, I have another update, which should be followed shortly by yet another update.

I am now 7 months pregnant! Can you believe it? It's almost over! She is getting huge! I've started to notice a trend of when she is doing some heavy duty growth spurts I get extremely exhausted and want to nothing but eat and sleep. So, now comes my baby shower, which I'm very excited for, some of my dear friends have been helping or have volunteered to help and it has been a huge load off my shoulders, there for a minute I thought I was on my own for this one. I'm very excited about the theme, Lady Bugs! I'll have to post pictures afterwards. I know it's going to be so cute! I'm so excited to just have everyone together and celebrate Ali coming and have a little party for her. We are so ready for her to be here! March 10th...and counting...

We should find out tomorrow about the loan for the house, so that is very exciting! I am so ready to get in that house and start preparing it for us and for Ali! It will be so nice to have space to stretch out in and have a place to call home, a place we know we'll be in for years to come. It really is an amazing thing. Our Realtor and our lady at Country Wide have been absolutely fabulous to us bending over backwards and helping us anyway they can. It's been a rollercoaster of a process but well worth it! We have all appliance but an oven! Ahhh! But I'm not freaking out, I'm sure we'll find one eventually, I swear all the used ones are almost as pricey as the new ones. Until then I guess we'll just grill all our food, lol!

I guess thats it for this update, I'm sure there will be more very soon!