How G got so lovely
me: G, why are you so beautiful?
G: Oh, Jesus maked me dat way.
me: Yes he did.
G: Yeah, he’s Grandma has a wand and she waved it all over and maked me like dat!
Predictions
1. I will spend the entire summer with a sunburned nose and sunglass tan.
2. While playing at the beach with my kids, I will be mistaken for a great white whale (with a sunburned nose and sunglass tan).
I know these things.
Filed under Me, me, me, me | Comment (0)I’m back
Well hello there! It has certainly been a while. Life got a little crazy but I’m ready to be back. I had so much that I couldn’t write here that I just had to stop. We have turned our lives upside down and inside out in the last few months and it’s only getting crazier everyday! The Readers Digest Version is this:
1. T started a new job (and what a great job it has turned out to be!) so that he can work from home because…
2. We are moving 3500km in 5 short weeks to live near my family because…
3. I am pregnant with our third little munchkin!
We have been thinking of moving closer to family for a while now. We love the city we live in but it’s a 7 hour drive from our nearest relative. Too far. We really feel like our kids have been missing out by not having their grandparents, aunts and uncles involved in their lives. This past Christmas we spent 3 weeks with my family with the intention of deciding whether we would move or not. While we were there we got a rather “positive” sign that we should move… a surprise baby! This pregnancy certainly was a shock (turns out that booking the “Big V” is a sure fire way to get knocked up!) but we are happy about our new little love. It has been a big mental adjustment, particularly for me. I was really sick for the first 14 or so weeks which made for a tough transition. I am now 24 weeks along and aside from a few weeks of stress over some complications (a tear in my placenta which has since healed), all is well!
In March we sold our home (so sad since it is the first home we owned and we have so many happy memories there) and bought a new one. We are moving to a smaller city where you can drive 5km in less than 45 minutes and shop at the local market for georgous local produce! With the crazy housing market we were able to buy a house that is almost double the size of our current one for less than we sold ours for. Crazy, no? We are feeling pretty blessed and know that this is happening in God’s timing. Our new house has everything we needed (4 bedrooms, office space, garage) and most of what we wanted (walk out basement, bigger yard, room for a home theatre) and it backs onto beautiful conservation land! The movers are coming on June 12. Is it a problem that we haven’t really started packing?
So that is the update. I’m hoping to post regularly now. Gotta release the crazy now and then!
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