I've said it before… and I am sure it won't even be the last time. Life is chaos, full of crazy twists and turns, you never know where you are going to end up. That is exactly what happened since my last blog post. I guess I won't be one of those people that makes a huge following based on my blog. I am amazed at the blogs I follow and how they are able to put a post up daily/weekly. Ideally I'd love to be able to get to it weekly. Perhaps in my future I will be that organized. My last post was Thanksgiving! Can you imagine all that has happened in that time… well I know. Christmas came and went, and we were very blessed to have family and friends to love us and spend the day with us, but also presents! I had mentioned in my last post a brief struggle I was experiencing with my health. The struggle lasted almost a year, but is for the most part fixed up, more about that in a minute. John and I were able to be on the house hunt for almost two years! Finally, finally we stumbled across a diamond in the rough. When I say rough I mean it. January we looked at this house, and it just spoke to me. Over 100 years old, overgrown and needing love. My wonderful husband doesn't doubt me at all, and put in a bid on the house that will probably be his nightmare for the next several years! Just one week later the doctor calls about my tests… they are irregular results, but he'd like to have me take a pregnancy test. Ok, I know I have not been pregnant for the last year… I am not an elephant. That test comes back positive though… hmm. I was a little perplexed, and scared. We scheduled an ultrasound, and as soon as the tech put an image up on the screen there was indeed a tiny person in there! I didn't have one of those little blobs with a heart beat… oh no, a full person. 14 weeks pregnant! I don't know how I missed it. All I know is the first time you see your child's heartbeat with your first child your heart grows. But, if you lose your first child and you know exactly how precious that little beat is… your second child's heart beat makes your heart swell with joy, tears, and happiness… in a way that I can never explain. That same week they accepted our bid on the house. Didn't I just mention how it was going to be John's worse nightmare. The house has tremendous potential, but it needs A LOT of love. Since we closed on the house we were able to have the whole inside painted. John tore the bathroom completely out and down to studs and we reconfigured it so it was more functional. John re-did all the waste lines and water lines in the house. Then the basement filled with clean water… So we found out the waste line to the main in the road was done for. So we had a company come in and dig out our front yard and replace those lines. We had a small issue with the dogs and existing fence, so John has had to put in a temporary fence until we can get the wood fence we want. Because we are not only giving this house love we are making a baby, which will come home very soon! Now we are having the furnace replaced. It all has to slow down some time. In all of the house buying and home making we also hit another problem. Despite my check to make sure I had internet at the new house before putting in a bid… there was actually not internet here. So from March til recently I was without internet and without my computer for the most part. Does any one realize how much we rely on these things?! How does a graphic designer finish any design these days without a computer! Thankfully patience has paid off, and we are back! I think I am starting all over again. So if you go back and read my blog We got here how? I am right back there again. This time I am starting as a 35 week pregnant woman! Who is a C-Mama expecting to have a baby in less than 4 weeks now! I tell myself over and over, This life is chaos, full of crazy twists and turns, but I am in control, and I can do anything! I'll keep repeating that until it comes true.Planning to be back sooner than later,Amber
