We are going home

Sat night I had a little bit of bleeding so Sunday morning I decided to go get it checked out at the hospital. I told the kids a nurse is just going to talk with me and then I'll be back in 30 mins. 3 days later and with a baby in my arms I'm coming home!! 

Family

My family is my life and that's just the way I like it. It's been the four of us for a long time. Almost 5 years. More than half our marriage it's been Weston and I each with our little buddies. Sometimes on our outings and trips we switch buddies but for the most part I have Haylee and Weston has Hunter. During the week mon thru friday it's me, Haylee and Hunter. I love when I get them both and I don't have to share one of them with Weston. The three of us! So many memories for the past 5 years with these two in tow. Before Hunter came along I had Haylee all to myself. Just her and I and man oh man we became instant best friends from the moment they placed her in my arms.

I loved those two and half years with her. Right before I had Hunter I almost became a little sad thinking our alone time would be gone. I didn't understand how my heart could expand anymore to love another child as much as I loved my little Haylee. Just like when they placed Haylee in my arms, my heart did grow that much more and I knew instantly when Hunter and I locked eyes for the first time that he was my little buddy. I just wanted to eat him up all the time. He makes me laugh more than anybody could and brings me so much happiness. I've been blessed and given a gift for the last two years while Haylee is at school to have Hunter all to myself.

I have been so blessed to be able to spend amazing quality one on one time with each of my children. It's a gift that I now cherish!! It's also been so fun seeing Haylee and Hunter become such close friends. All the time strangers in stores will approach me and say they can't believe how fun my kids seem to be having together. And it's true, they are the best of friends. They are lucky to have each other. I have loved being just the three of us these past few years. Nothing makes me happier than being their mom

In a couple of weeks our family is going to grow from 4 to 5. It's going to be a big change for us as we haven't had a baby in our family for a long time. I often wonder, what he will look like, how he will fit into our family, what will his personality be like? We all can't wait to meet him. We are ready for him. Although our house is still a bit of a disorganized mess, he has no place to sleep yet, or I haven't gone through any of our baby stuff yet, we are ready. We've been praying for him to come to our family for a long time. He may not have clean clothes to wear yet but he will have lots of little fingers and loving arms instantly surrounding him. I can't wait for my heart to expand and grow again. We are all so excited to gain a new little buddy!!

moving is hard work!

A little Family history post. We are on the move again. I've lost track of how many moves this will be for us. Somewhere between 16 and 18 in 9 years. Weston and I started our marriage out driving from Portland to DC. That was our first move. From DC we moved to Rexburg then onto Minnesota. So many of our moves were because Weston sold alarms where we moved to numerous places all over the country from April until August. From minnesota we moved to Boise. In Boise Weston was doing his finance internship with Wells Fargo. We had to live with my sister for a month while we figured out a place to live. Then we moved to Pittsburgh to do alarms again. We then moved to Portland where Weston worked for New York Life. We stayed there for a year and half. A very long time for us. Weston had a job opportunity in Arizona where he moved for a month trying to figure out if that was a good path for us. We decided against it and went back to selling alarms so we moved to Missouri. After that ended in August Weston stayed in missouri to sell alarms for a couple of months. We had Haylee who was 2 and Hunter who was 4 weeks old. I had to find somewhere to live while Weston stayed in Missouri. I decided to stay with my parents for a few weeks and then head back to live with my sister in boise for a few weeks as well. Weston and I lived in Boise for a few months until it was time to sell alarms again and we moved to Arkansas. While in Arkansas we moved to another area of Arkansas. After Arkansas we moved to Boise. Before we left for Arkansas Weston had some good job interviews for medical sales jobs that we were hoping would work out after we got back. Sure enough right we when we got back from Arkansas, Weston was hired to sell dental equipment for Henry Schein Dental. The job was for Spokane. We packed up after being in Boise for two months and headed to Spokane. We house hunted and found our first dream house in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. So moved again. We lived in our first house for 2 years. A record for us. A few offices with Henry Schein wanted Weston transfered there. We had some choices to make. Stay put, move to San Antonio, Tx or Seattle, WA. After many months and lots of praying we decided to move to Seattle, Wa. This move was tough, we had a house that we loved and had to sell and the kids were so happy there. They were involved in schools and had best friends to leave behind, but we felt it was right. Then low and behold a week before we were moving to Seattle, the Portland Henry Schein office called and wanted Weston to come there. So off to Portland. We have been here for 8 months while house hunting and building our second home. We are moving this weekend again but this time it's exciting. Our move 8 months ago was hard and we have felt in transition for a long time. We are so excited to get settled and make our new house our home again.

Portland children's museum

We had some fun at the children's museum last week! It's was so fun just being able to follow them around watching them play and explore. 

34 weeks!

This has been the fastest pregnancy. The trick? House hunt, then decide to build, and move in 4 weeks before your due date. I've been so pre occupied with the house that it's hard to believe I'm due in 6 weeks! All of the baby stuff has been in storage and since its been almost 5 yrs since I've had a baby I really don't even know what I have or don't have anymore. Getting anxious to move and start getting ready for our new little baby.