a journey in motherhood

Back in April we decided to put our Condo up for sale….originally expecting to buy a home in another county and commute…because we really wanted a house. Alas, we still couldn’t afford to buy on one income - but a brilliant idea of my husbands (which really credit goes to God’s sovereignty) we decided to sell anyway - and rent!

We made alot of cash on the condo - most of which is safetly tucked away in investments for another house purchase one day. But one thing we did spend some money on was a family car. While we were in escrow we went on a test drive for a Toyota Highlander. While in the car I mentioned to Charlie to look for houses for rent - our salesman asked if we were serious - we were of course & incredibly on the test drive we went to his house - where the house next door (owned by his landlord) had just been vacated. Long story short - we moved in a month and a half later and bought the car a month after that. It was an amazing provision from above - and the price was incredible!

We love our new home - it’s a spacious 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with an enclosed porch (play) area and a great grassy side yard with what we could only describe as a small orchard for a back yard. It’s located on an adorable street just a block from a cozy downtown area and 1/2 block from a great park. It couldn’t be more perfect for our family. 

Yep, that’s right Elliot should be a big brother sometime in the middle of April next year. I’m 15 weeks along and things are going well. 

We wanted to have them approx 2 years apart and I feel very blessed that will likely happen, however just like last time the journey to having a baby was not without it’s bumps. We had a miscarriage in June and the pain was fierce. Somehow I supposed we might not have to endure that again after Elliot, but it wasn’t true and it left us both wondering if we were up to doing this at all….but obviously we were because here we are and praise God things are fine with this little one. more to come on the pregnancy….

you know how guilt can settle in and it makes you less and less likely to do what you know you should do? That’s what has happened w/ my blog. The longer I’ve left it alone, the more guilty I’ve felt - but also the more reluctant to start again. But alas, I’ve been reminded of it by a few people lately, as well as my own desire to get back to it - so here I am.