Where have I been??

Here I sit at 36 weeks pregnant and my last post was at 28.  I know I need to get better about posting. I am probably going to now have to break up all updates into several different posts.  I do have good excuses though!!  Since the last post, we have moved into the new house.  YAY!!!!  It has been pretty much constant going since then.  We moved into the house on August 10th.  It was about two weeks after our expected move in date. Not too bad.  We had several people help us move, which made things a lot easier.  Weston and I closed on the new house on August 8th, a Thursday.  It was great to make this official.  Friday, we decided to take off work and start moving ourselves.  He rented a U-Haul trailer.  We actually moved a lot of stuff on Friday..most of the boxes.  Then the heavy stuff was held off until we had the help on Saturday.  I wasn't much help being 32 weeks.  I basically helped packed up things, unpack things, and clean up the old house.  It rained pretty much the whole time we were moving.  Pretty miserable.  We finally finished about 7 that night.  My feet were like pancakes. It was the first time I had any swelling.  They were throbbing. I stayed in slippers because they had all that padding that helped.

Saying goodbye to the old house was bittersweet. I will miss that first house, but I think we moved at a perfect time. We have had time to settle into the new house and get ready for your arrival.  It will be wonderful to start at the very beginning with you in the new house creating new memories.  Plus this is our dream home. I love every aspect of this house. It was built for us. The only complaint I have has nothing to do even with the house.  It is the roads around our house are two lane. I am used to a four lane road going to work.  I always get stuck behind slow people now going places.  So really, that is not a huge complaint.  I love our neighborhood too. We do not have many neighbors, but the ones we have seen so far have been really nice.  Our next door neighbor is cool.  They are from Cali. His wife has been in Cali since we moved helping her daughter with her wedding at the beg of Oct.  We haven't seen him since we moved in either, but I am sure once they are settled after the wedding that we will see them more often.  There are only 10 houses in the neighborhood, so plenty of room for us.  The back of our house faces a wide open field. I LOVEEE that!! I feel like I am in the country, but still in the city. We have horses that roam the fields.  In the morning, the sunrise is gorgeous. We often have fog rolling through the fields. The combination of the sunrise with the fog is breathtaking.  I feel like I am in the country with really being in the city.  I am hoping that it takes them lots of years before developing that land.  You will be able to enjoy the peacefulness that comes with not having neighbors behind us.  Also, with the neighborhood not being all the way developed, it will be safe for you to play.  A catch and release pond is in the subdivision. I am sure your Daddy will be taking you fishing.  Also, the subdivision next to us has a playground.  It is within walking distance. I know we will be spending a lot of time there.  My good friend Emily Corzine lives in that neighborhood, so I am sure we will have play dates with her kids at the playground.  It seems like the dogs have adjusted to it now.  We had some problems with Nakita behaving badly at first. I think she was rebelling.  She has been acting better recently though. We have been walking them more often, which I think helps.  Maximus does not like how he doesn't have much activity as the other house, but he is able to sit and look at the whole neighborhood from a certain spot in the yard. I think he enjoys it mostly. He will really enjoy it when I am on maternity leave and he gets to stay inside with us all day.  He just love being around people. I hope they both love you.

I thought driving by the old house would be hard, but it really is not that hard. I guess because I love our new house so much.  I have to say that living far from my parents is hard on me, but maybe one of these days we can move Gigi and Pop out our way :)  I have been nesting a whole lot recently.  I thought that I wasn't going to go into that nesting phase.  I think I am in full blown nesting. All I do is pick up. I have become an OCD person when it comes to making sure the house is all organized.  Your nursery is pretty much done. We still have a couple of items to hang, but that will probably come after your arrival. I still haven't figured out what I am going to do in the nursery. I am having a mental block on where I should put all the items to hang. I know eventually I will figure it out.  I am looking forward to introducing you to your room and your crib.