a place to call home....eventually

On Friday we closed on a home that we bought for $25,000.....yes, that is right.....$25,000! What a blessing! It is small and needs a lot of work but even with everything we are putting into it we will definitely get our money back and more when we go and sell it. It is probably not a house that we will be able to live in for a long time since it is so small but we are going to make due for as long as possible.

My grandpa is overseeing the project and doing various things that no one else knows how to do AND he is doing it all free of charge.....seriously, WHAT A BLESSING! My uncle and dad will be helping too along with Jeremiah and his brother Caleb. It doesn't look like we will have to pay much for labor, mostly just the materials to get it done. The Lord truly is blessing us and it is humbling because we are so undeserving!

There is a lot of work to do so it has been a struggle ALREADY (it has only been 3 days that we have owned it) not to get overwhelmed.....The Lord is reminding me though that this is a blessing from Him and that He is going take care of all the details AND that I just need to take it one day at a time!

Eventually, I will post before and after pics but not until I have the after pics:) We plan to be in the house by Christmas BUT HOPING to be in by November 1:) As exciting as all of this is, I have to remember to keep my focus on the Lord or else I am going to get sooo distracted. Lord, help me!!

belly popped....whoa!

I can't believe how much my belly has popped out since last week's picture below.....Last Thursday I woke up and it was like my belly grew overnight. When I was pregnant last time, it was a much more gradual process. I think my belly looks pretty big in this pic for 17 weeks....I hope I don't get huge this time:)

got some deals...woohoo!!

This morning I went to a couple of garage sales and boy did I get some cute, like new maternity clothes!! YAY! I don't need them yet so they were all fall/winter clothes and a few short sleeved shirts.....that I could probably wear in another month. I bought 10 shirts, 2 pair of jeans, and 1 pair of Gap courdoroy's for.....drumroll please.....$17.50!!! I am so excited b/c that is maybe enough to buy ONE NEW shirt....big time savings! They were all name brand and in my size....thank you Lord!! The lady I bought them from said, "I wish I would have only paid that much for my maternity clothes." When you are pregnant it is nice to have a few cute things to wear....but I just never want to pay the full price for them.

ONE healthy baby:)

Due date: January 22, 2011, so I am 16w 3d and the tech said it was still too early to determine the sex of the baby...so we will wait some more and hopefully the baby will fully cooperate when the sex organs are fully developed.

Here is a pic of my belly...still not very big but there is a lil pooch there! It seems like with this pregnancy I pooched out really early but since then it hasn't really grown a whole lot. I feel bad b/c when I was pregnant with Israel I took a pic of my belly every week starting at 8 weeks along...this is only my second pic, I am going to try and be better from here on out....at least one every 4 weeks :)

update

The appointment went well....I heard the heartbeat and tomorrow we go for an ultrasound at 1 p.m. Dr. Abate said we may even get to find out the sex depending on how far along I am and of course if baby cooperates!

1st Dr. appointment tomorrow!

Tomorrow morning I will have my first O.B. appointment.....I think I am 16.5 weeks along...so it will be interesting to find out if I am right. You ask, "Why so late with the appointment?".....well, I have been going crazy here b/c my pregnancy insurance wasn't effective until August 1 and my doctor's office wouldn't even let me make an appointment until they knew I had insurance. I know it seems silly but it has been tough to wait so long. For me, pregnancy just doesn't seem that real until you hear baby's heartbeat, see the baby on the sono, and feel the baby move. At least I have felt this little one move but he/she still doesn't move too much. I am hoping they will want to schedule an appointment right away to date the pregnancy like they did at my 1st appointment when I was pregnant with Israel....last time they tried to get one the same day but ended up being the following day. So, there is a possibility I could see baby tomorrow or the next and possibly find out the sex.....YAY!

On another FUN AND CRAZY to think about note, I haven't been able to get the idea out of my head that there could be two in my belly. I know I am not that big and it is more than likely NOT the case but.....there have been too many mentions of twins from random people throughout this whole pregnancy to make me wonder. That coupled with the fact that I read a random fact that you are 9 times more likely to conceive twins if you are breastfeeding at conception AND my grandma told me that her grandma was a twin but her twin died at birth (twins can run in the mother's side of the family), AND I prayed for twins when I was pregnant with Israel...yikes! I am not really hoping for twins this time unless it is God's will;)...actually the thought frightens me but I just thought I would record my thoughts on this BEFORE the ultrasound......just in case...haha!

Well, I will update tomorrow and tell how it all goes!