Yes, I'm still alive. Life has been quite full to say the least. I hope you can enjoy my insanity. LOL!
Jer and I had been looking for a house to buy since this past spring and had been talking about it even before that. In one night we looked at 9 houses- we're not exactly the easiest buyers to please. At the end of Sept we finally came down to two houses and the day we went to place a bid on our final choice, I found out I'm pregnant. Truthfully, it was a bit of a shock but a happy one.
Our bid was accepted and we began the process of closing on the loan as well as packing and keeping up with our regular day jobs. Right smack in the middle of it all my pregnancy fatigue and hormones have given me the ride of my life (to put it lightly). Didn't really struggle with much morning sickness but surpisingly, I suffered with depression at first, that moved into wild mood swings of weepiness and anger over the silliest reasons possible. All things I'm not used to struggling with. Good Lord, I've felt crazy at points. I'm not used to not being in control of my own personal moods and feelings as I believe you can set your own weather but I felt completely uncontrollable and un-consolable. Our loan finally closed at 5:00 in the evening on a Friday, even though we had been told just earlier at 11:00 in the morn, we wouldn't. It was crazy. We had a bunch of friends over on Sunday after church and they (not me cause I'm prego and it's a big NO NO) painted our house. :) We moved in the next evening (with the help of many of those same, incredible friends). My dear friend, Crystal sat me down that night and the next and had me direct her as she unpacked my kitchen, dining room and spare room . What would I have done without her? That Wednesday evening (after moving in on Monday) my sister and her family came to visit (a pre-planned event before we knew we would have the house or not).
She worried she was overwhelming me but honestly, it made me slow down and relax as I spent a wonderful time with them. It was heaven as she made supper every night and I got loved on by family.
I was so relieved when I finished my first 3 months of pregnancy (and so was my husband!). True to how it's supposed to go, my hormones calmed down, my energy came back and I began to feel like myself again. Then I got sick and it seemed to bring with it morning sickness. I could hardly sleep at night. Through much prayer, the small amount of drugs I can take as a pregnant woman to relieve pain, and many visits to the porcelein god, I'm over it!
And that my friends, is why you haven't heard much from me. I would have fallen asleep or puked on you!
Jer, the Baby and I, are finally being able to settle into our new home and ever changing lives peacefully.
The Holidays are here and I'm loving them. Snow is finally falling on the ground and I've been giggling like a school girl over it. My heart is happy with where we are and what is coming. I'm so grateful for life and where God has us. :)
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