And so it begins.

So, what does this pregnant mama do, just a few days before she hosts a mama blessing in her home? Naturally, she decides to pull up the carpet, yes? From the entire house, yes? The floors are CLEAN now! I mean, I can live with paint splatter for a while, but clean floors, oh my! I'm in love! Oh, man, I don't know if the "nesting" every left after I had E, but it's totally on high alert these days.

See what I mean? I cannot stop making, cleaning, organizing, and just doing. At all.  :)

(Also, the carpet was coming up sometime during the summer, as we are getting it professionally refinished. I could not stand how it would never get clean and did not want a tiny baby rolling around all over it, come December.) ((Also, just realized I already had a tag for "nesting." It really hasn't left, has it?))

Stolen Craft:

A few weeks ago I got to visit with my friend Carrie and got to admire all of her pretty things in her home. She likes linens as much as I do and we have made plans to go thrifting together- soon! 

I noticed she had some paper dolls framed. While looking closer at them, I realized they were Alice and the White Rabbit and fell in love. Then she told me that she had picked them up at the general store in the Ward Meade park right down the street from me. 

So, the next time we walked down there, I brought some cash and purchased this little set of paper dolls. The girls were very upset at me that I wouldn't share the dolls with them.  I flat out copied exactly what Carrie did :) I found an oval frame at Goodwill for a few dollars and went home and put this little collage together. 

The dining room has been going under a sort of make over lately, so I'll share more about that this week. This Alice collage now hangs in the corner, fitting in quite well with all of our pretties in there. 

And there will be three!

The silence over here has been purposeful, as I wanted to wait a while to come out and say it in person to my family and close friends. I'm pregnant again!! This baby was a complete and utter surprise back a few months ago. Addy actually prompted me to go check the calendar after she told me she wanted to be my doula when I have another baby. Um, another baby?! I thought, then ran to the calendar to check my dates and sure enough, she knew already. I was a few weeks late by that point, but couldn't even fathom another baby until I had taken the test. Sure enough, that second line popped right up as soon as the stick was wet!

Well, whoa. After all the crazy in February with Aaron and buying the RV, selling a ton of stuff, and mentally saying goodbye to the house, I had to completely switch gears! No, I did not want to give birth in the RV. No, I did not want to move an hour away from my amazing tribe of women here in Topeka.    It really helped that the very next day after we found out about this pregnancy, Aaron received his first job offer! Thank you, Jesus! Yes, we could now stay since Aaron's new job is a lot closer than his old one!

So, yeah. We took the house off the market and put the RV up for sale. (Someone, buy our RV!!)  We bought a couch. We bought a car!  (Thank you, Kim, for the help with that!) I planted flowers! & potatoes! Because, I can garden again and not have to worry about moving! I started knitting again for this baby. Omygoodness, these tiny projects that finish up so fast!  We accepted our new normal with grins and hugs and began to move through everything.

That's what has been going on over the last two months in our world. Lots of changes and figuring stuff out. But, such is life, eh? Some day, I still hope to have an RV, (or even a house boat!) and travel with my family.   Right now, I'm focusing on growing another life with my body, taking care of my girls and my love, and changing as a woman again! A mom of three!! Holy moly. I'm excited. Christmas is going to be amazing this year :)

Mother's Day 2012

{this moment}

Enjoying little silly moments with this big girl today. Happy Friday!

Oh, hey there! Thank you!!

Has it really been almost two months since I last posted? Wow! So much life has happened in these few months. After Aaron's episode we ended up selling a bunch of our stuff with plans to move closer to school. Then we bought an RV, and remodeled the entire thing. Then we found out that not only could Aaron not work anymore, he could not transfer work either. Then we set out job hunting. By that point, Aaron had been out of work for over a month and we were starting to worry a little bit. Every day, he was applying to countless jobs, hearing nothing back! He then had a few interviews, some phone calls, then he got a call back! This was about a month ago, so almost two months after the seizures. After that call back, he had another, then a job offer!  Although this new job is not in the town we were originally going to move to, he took it! And we decided that we are now NOT going to move!

So, after all of that, we have one RV to sell, and a few book cases and a couch to buy :)  Right after the Aaron quit working, we sold one of our two cars and that worked for a while. But now that he will be working anywhere from 40-60 hours a week over the summer, we knew it was time for another vehicle. So, we took care of that last week and I am happy to report that I will be taking the girls on a little trip back to Illinois in June. (I have been missing my family for a while now! I'm very excited to get to see everyone!)

Other than what I mentioned above, not much has changed. I had mentally let go of the house already, so coming to terms with the fact that we will be staying in it has been a little hard.   I did sell both of the girls' dressers but I also downsized a lot of their clothes. I'm hoping that one dresser will suffice for both of their clothes when I find one.

These last few months have been completely crazy, but also have been wonderful to have Aaron home more. The girls love playing with him, (more than me, I think,) and have really been in daddy heaven. We've had a lot of fun as a family, just hanging out at home, in the RV, and outside.  Aaron even started running regularly. The little shift has been a blessing and I know he needed to be off of work for some bigger reason than I can think of.

Over the last weekend, A and Aaron both had birthdays! We went to Worlds of Fun yesterday, but I forgot to bring my camera. Aaron's dad came to celebrate with us and we had a great time! It was so cute to see A and E go on rides together. They even did mini bumper cars and I thought, wow, only about 11 more years and they will be off driving together for real! Agh!

There will be some exciting stuff coming this summer, like gardening, chickens, (yes!) and another big one that I can't tell just yet!  I just wanted to post to say thank you to all of my supportive family and friends over these last intense few months.  You all have kept us sane and we know that we are loved very much!!

A on Easter riding a camel named Lisa.

{this moment}

This moment- joining soulemama today :)