house

We gotta house. We gotta house.

WE GOTTA HOUSE!

I am sooooo excited.

We move in six days.

SIX!

moving.breast cancer.insanely busy.

We are moving next weekend. We have to go to Waco this weekend to nail down a rental property to lease. We were on the path to buying a house but then quickly realized how long that process can be. We didn't want to rush into anything we didn't absolutely love so we decided renting for 6-12 months would be best...although I REALLY do NOT want to be moving again in 6 months. Oh well. I'm just thankful to be getting back to the place we love.

My mom found out about a week and a half ago that she has breast cancer. It has been a barrage of doctor appointments and decisions and stressful moments. I find it no surprise that God provided my husband a job literally a week before we found this out. There are many other things happening that might involve myself having a genetics test done very soon.

In all my madness I took some time today to photograph a friends little family. I don't know what would make me volunteer such a project with all the mess I have going on in my house right now but I'm glad I could do it before we leave.

(Isabelle offering her payment of gratitude :))

(P.S. wouldn't that make a great album name? Will Play for Rocks. Hehehe.)

I am close to 34 weeks now. Insane how time has flown by.

The girls are growing so big every day. Not sure how this all happened either.

Hope everyone out there in blogger land it doing well.

Say a prayer for us if you think about it.

Thanks!

life in cell phone pics

^packing :D^

^growing^

^maturing^

^going to the library for story time with friends^

^cheesing really big^

^tea timing it up in the princess castle^

^learning a little someone is apparently allergic to bandaids^

^being silly^

^being grateful that, indeed!, three kids and their carseats can fit in the backseat of my car. whew.^

^being adorable!!!^

I feel so horrible that I hardly ever touch my Canon anymore. It's just so much easier to use my phone. I need to stop doing that. I go through seasons where my camera is attached to my face and then seasons where it collects dust. I bet you once Hudson makes his appearance it might make it to my face again :).

Party pics

AK's fourth birthday party was held at the YMCA in my hometown. It was the perfect place where children and parents could partake in the water fun if they chose to. I know I did. The water felt amazing. Texas summer is nothing to mess with. I cannot believe how many days we've seen three digit heat this year but it has been ridiculous. And I cannot believe I managed to be very pregnant during the hottest summer on record. Even more ridiculous.

Anyways, back to the party. AK had so much fun. She loves the water and loves to swim. It was perfect for her.

^^^my sweet water baby^^^

^^^Anna-Kate & her cousin Kylee who will be four in December^^^

^^^very happy about a princess tent^^^

^^^it was so sweet to see the look on her face while everyone made it all about her^^^

^^^little princess post-party all decked out in her princess gear^^^

^^^taking sister for a ride in her new set of wheels :)^^^

we are moving...

Things are crazy.

That might be an understatement.

Yesterday my husband got offered a job in Waco. We've been trying to find him a job there for about six months. We have wanted to move back for a while now. We told ourselves what hourly pay we could settle for and absolutely couldn't go any less that this minimum number. NO ONE was hiring, calling back or remotely interested. It was getting beyond frustrating. A month ago we finally decided we would pray about it until September 15th and then we would decide if we will move before or after the baby if he still doesn't have a job. So, yesterday.........he gets a call from this amazing company, they gave him a choice to start September 12th or October 10th. And SO, with that, we are moving in 23 days. He will finish his last day at his current job on September 29th and will have off until October 10th. I am very excited to have him home for almost 2 weeks. That will be a HUGE help with trying to unpack and organize before the baby comes. I will start seeing a new doctor around 35 weeks. I have to pack, find a house, move, unpack and settle children approximately a month before our son arrives. It sounds a little overwhelming but I know it can be done and WILL be done. OH, and the BEST part, this job pays more than his current one. So there is NO settling with a minimum wage of what we can barely live off of. It has all turned out to be pretty amazing. I am so excited. I cannot wait to be back with our family and friends...and our CHURCH! Yay!

On another note, Anna-Kate's party was super fun. It was a bit chaotic and unorganized but still fun for the kids...and heck, even the parents who chose to participate :). I know I did! She got lots of fun goodies and was so happy to see her cousins and friends.

I don't know how often I'll be updating over the next few weeks or months. I have even considered doing away with this blog and starting from scratch when I feel like it can be done. I don't know. We'll see. But for now this is what's going on in our life.

And I can't wait to meet my son.