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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Just Updating...
Our FOURTH baby girl was born on July 2, at 11:59 pm...yay, she has her own birthday! My sis in law's is the 3rd. If only I could virtually stick out my tongue. She has dark hair with blond underneath, just like our 3rd daughter. She also has two dimples like our second daughter. She has her daddy's moouth (BIG!! Haha!), with beautiful full lips. She's gorgeous, just like her sissies.
We had ONE person that was interested in our house, but they had bad credit and couldn't get approved for a loan. We have shown the house 16 times and it's always "too small." Our real eastate contract is up in 5 weeks and we're stuck in a house that just isn't big enough anymore. It seems God has other plans for us.
Hubby has been at his new job for almost a year, now. He goes back and forth about whether he feels ok about it or not. So we're praying a lot about that, too. I keep thinking God has something different for us somewhere else. It's really hard for me to be so close to all of HIS family and far from mine. I'd rather be far from both, if I have to be far from mine. Even if it is only a half an hour, it's still too far in a Suburban with $4.00 a gallon gas.
Our second daughter turns 4 on Monday! It's unbelievable how fast time has gone since I got married. We look at each other and say, "Have I really been with you for THAT long??" SEVEN YEARS on August 21st. And it still kills us it isn't longer. We wish we could go back and meet when I was 15 and he was 18. If only God would grant that wish...ha! Who knows where we would be now, if that were the case.
Sarah Ann
We had ONE person that was interested in our house, but they had bad credit and couldn't get approved for a loan. We have shown the house 16 times and it's always "too small." Our real eastate contract is up in 5 weeks and we're stuck in a house that just isn't big enough anymore. It seems God has other plans for us.
Hubby has been at his new job for almost a year, now. He goes back and forth about whether he feels ok about it or not. So we're praying a lot about that, too. I keep thinking God has something different for us somewhere else. It's really hard for me to be so close to all of HIS family and far from mine. I'd rather be far from both, if I have to be far from mine. Even if it is only a half an hour, it's still too far in a Suburban with $4.00 a gallon gas.
Our second daughter turns 4 on Monday! It's unbelievable how fast time has gone since I got married. We look at each other and say, "Have I really been with you for THAT long??" SEVEN YEARS on August 21st. And it still kills us it isn't longer. We wish we could go back and meet when I was 15 and he was 18. If only God would grant that wish...ha! Who knows where we would be now, if that were the case.
Sarah Ann
Monday, May 23, 2011
I keep moving
No one wants our house still. I told my husband that I didn't think it was the Lord's will right now, and apparently, it's not. We've only had one look in the last 5 weeks. We keep getting told it's a nice house but there was something we normally couldn't fix. The little things we can do, we are, and it hasn't made a difference. It's depressing in a lot of ways, but there are positives, as well. Hopefully, praise God, if we stay here, we will soon be debt free!! The neighborhood we want to move to keeps getting new houses that we like on the market, and then they are soon sold. We don't even get a chance. I am looking forward to having the chance to homeschool, if we stay, as well, though.
I am still pregnant, at almost 33 weeks. The last I heard my outer cervix is dilating, but my inner cervix has not. While that is good news, and that means I SHOULDN'T have the baby too early, I don't want to be pregnant until July. I am done. I am tired of worrying about the baby's health and fighting with my husband. We still don't have a name picked out (that we can agree on), and I'm not fully convinced the baby is a girl. Maybe wishful thinking, but this baby has act so different when all the other three were so alike. The baby will probably come out, and she WILL be a she, but I'm still holding onto a little hope that I will get to be a mother to a son, too.
I turned 26 two weeks ago. Wahoo! I'm on the downside to 30. Not looking forward to that! We went to see "Furious Five." I LOVE these movies. I think this one was the best. "Thor" came out right after, and I thought it was awesome, too. I am such a guy sometimes :)
Sarah Ann
I am still pregnant, at almost 33 weeks. The last I heard my outer cervix is dilating, but my inner cervix has not. While that is good news, and that means I SHOULDN'T have the baby too early, I don't want to be pregnant until July. I am done. I am tired of worrying about the baby's health and fighting with my husband. We still don't have a name picked out (that we can agree on), and I'm not fully convinced the baby is a girl. Maybe wishful thinking, but this baby has act so different when all the other three were so alike. The baby will probably come out, and she WILL be a she, but I'm still holding onto a little hope that I will get to be a mother to a son, too.
I turned 26 two weeks ago. Wahoo! I'm on the downside to 30. Not looking forward to that! We went to see "Furious Five." I LOVE these movies. I think this one was the best. "Thor" came out right after, and I thought it was awesome, too. I am such a guy sometimes :)
Sarah Ann
Friday, May 6, 2011
I don't know what to call this one
So, almost 10 weeks later, we still own our house. NO ONE has even offered us money for it. We barely get feedback, it is just so discouraging. Still, people want to look at it. Grr.
I am 30 weeks now. I'm also 26, now. I've got about 40-54 days left, based on my history, and I feel OLD. I'm ready to not be tired and my eye not twitch. Yuck.
I took our oldest to kindergarten roundup and she knew EVERYTHING. That is good, but confirms my bored theory. My mother in law won't drop the public school thing. She is driving me more nuts than not selling the house. She just doesn't get that she has no say in our decision making. Ugh. If only I had an opportunity to scream at her, I would and feel so much better. THIS is why we need to move far, far away. She seemed offended when I said we took our daughter for kindergarten roundup and hadn't told her. Ya know what? We're adults, we don't have to tell you everything. They are not your kids. My mom is my best friend. That's why she is privileged. Get over it. She isn't going to get a second chance with my kids. She needs to quit trying. Done.
Sarah Ann
I am 30 weeks now. I'm also 26, now. I've got about 40-54 days left, based on my history, and I feel OLD. I'm ready to not be tired and my eye not twitch. Yuck.
I took our oldest to kindergarten roundup and she knew EVERYTHING. That is good, but confirms my bored theory. My mother in law won't drop the public school thing. She is driving me more nuts than not selling the house. She just doesn't get that she has no say in our decision making. Ugh. If only I had an opportunity to scream at her, I would and feel so much better. THIS is why we need to move far, far away. She seemed offended when I said we took our daughter for kindergarten roundup and hadn't told her. Ya know what? We're adults, we don't have to tell you everything. They are not your kids. My mom is my best friend. That's why she is privileged. Get over it. She isn't going to get a second chance with my kids. She needs to quit trying. Done.
Sarah Ann
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Am I moving in circles?
Some days I really feel like I am. I do the same things every day. I pick up the same toy off the floor, put the same clothes away in the same closets. I normally like having somewhat of a routine, but I do wish some things would change. I don't want to have to say "No!" and "Stop!"all the time. I don't want to feel like I'm worrying all the time. I don't want to live in the flipping city anymore!
The house we liked, on the cul de sac, has a contract on it. Hubby is discourged. I don't think our house will sell anyway, so I doubt we'll end up moving out there. I do and I don't want to move out there. I want to move south, not east. I want to do the Lord's will. Hubby won't even discuss homeschooling, because he doesn't want to consider that we will still be here. I think we are completely on the same page about our oldest NOT going to public school, if we are still here when school starts, because she would be going to a VERY bad area with pretty crappy tests scores. It's really sad. The worst part is, we will be met with a lot of opposition if we do homeschool. Hubby has 3 sisters and a brother in law that teach in the public school system. His mother is against it. We've already had the suggestion TWICE to use someone elses address, but we won't lie. BUT, he has a sister that homeschools, my sister does, and MY mom is all for it.
I'm already opposed to public school because, just from preschool this year, our oldest is already bored. I know what that is like. Been there, done that, I don't want that for her, for any of my girls. I want them to be challenged and to enjoy learning, because my husband and I hated school. I don't think it's fair to set up your own children to fail.
On another note, because of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, I had my glucose tolerance test at 24 weeks and I failed by 4 stinking points. So I had to take the 3 hour, which was closer to 4 hours. And I passed! Less than 2 weeks until my next appointment, for RHOgam, and then I go every two weeks! And then I turn 26 the next day. Time is going by fast. We still haven't confirmed a name for this little girl. I feel sorry for her. I can't call her by her name, I have no reason to buy more clothes than what we have already, I can't decorate or do anything to get ready for her because I don't know if we'll be here or not. I don't feel like I'm enjoying any of this very much because I WAS JUST PREGNANT and I still have a baby. I feel selfish, because I'm just ready to be done being pregnant forever and want to be thin again. I'm happy to have another baby but still have moments where I think she is a boy, and feel bad for our whole family, because we don't have a son and the girls don't have a brother. I feel bad for everyone because I'm not sleeping worth a darn at night and am SO tired, I end up taking naps at the same time as the baby. I feel like such a tired, cranky, absent momma and wife. See? I am moving in circles...This is where I was about a year and a half ago.
Sarah Ann
The house we liked, on the cul de sac, has a contract on it. Hubby is discourged. I don't think our house will sell anyway, so I doubt we'll end up moving out there. I do and I don't want to move out there. I want to move south, not east. I want to do the Lord's will. Hubby won't even discuss homeschooling, because he doesn't want to consider that we will still be here. I think we are completely on the same page about our oldest NOT going to public school, if we are still here when school starts, because she would be going to a VERY bad area with pretty crappy tests scores. It's really sad. The worst part is, we will be met with a lot of opposition if we do homeschool. Hubby has 3 sisters and a brother in law that teach in the public school system. His mother is against it. We've already had the suggestion TWICE to use someone elses address, but we won't lie. BUT, he has a sister that homeschools, my sister does, and MY mom is all for it.
I'm already opposed to public school because, just from preschool this year, our oldest is already bored. I know what that is like. Been there, done that, I don't want that for her, for any of my girls. I want them to be challenged and to enjoy learning, because my husband and I hated school. I don't think it's fair to set up your own children to fail.
On another note, because of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, I had my glucose tolerance test at 24 weeks and I failed by 4 stinking points. So I had to take the 3 hour, which was closer to 4 hours. And I passed! Less than 2 weeks until my next appointment, for RHOgam, and then I go every two weeks! And then I turn 26 the next day. Time is going by fast. We still haven't confirmed a name for this little girl. I feel sorry for her. I can't call her by her name, I have no reason to buy more clothes than what we have already, I can't decorate or do anything to get ready for her because I don't know if we'll be here or not. I don't feel like I'm enjoying any of this very much because I WAS JUST PREGNANT and I still have a baby. I feel selfish, because I'm just ready to be done being pregnant forever and want to be thin again. I'm happy to have another baby but still have moments where I think she is a boy, and feel bad for our whole family, because we don't have a son and the girls don't have a brother. I feel bad for everyone because I'm not sleeping worth a darn at night and am SO tired, I end up taking naps at the same time as the baby. I feel like such a tired, cranky, absent momma and wife. See? I am moving in circles...This is where I was about a year and a half ago.
Sarah Ann
Friday, March 18, 2011
I know I need patience, Lord...
But I really thought I was getting better! I know my better and God's better are way different, though, there is always room for improvement in "my better." What am I rambling about? Waiting to sell our house. After less than 3 weeks and (I think) 4 showings, we've only got feedback from ONE! And they said the kitchen was too small. I'm sorry, but in a less than 1000 sq. ft. home, do you think the kitchen is going to be BIG?? Mine is actually really good sized and open for such a small house. My sister-in-law's house is almost identical and her kitchen is HORRIBLE, compared to mine. She has one doorway, instead of two, and hers is smaller, my sink is under the window, hers is not, she barely has a walkway through hers, mine is quite wide, and the fridge is in a better place. You have to have her table shoved up against the wall to go out to the garage! I guess if they saw hers, they would understand how great this house really is, but they haven't, so I can't help that feel bad someone thinks there is something wrong with my house. I do love my house. It's just too small, in the wrong place, I would like another bathroom and the laundry upstairs. It's a great house for someone else! (That doesn't have almost 4 kids.)
We have found a house WE LOVE. It's pretty new, 3 bedroom, with HUGE rooms, in an awesome location. It was built practically, which I like. They didn't waste a wall with a gas fireplace that we would never use, or space with floor space and a whirlpool tub in the master bedroom. AND they didn't waste space with an actual laundry room, it's a closet in the hallway. So, in return, you get massive bedrooms (the master is bigger than our current living room, the other 2 rooms are almost twice the size of the girls current bedrooms.), and you can arrange the living room however you want. As much as I wanted a mantle, oh, well. That was way down the list of neseccities in a house. We want to move there so bad, I'm afraid our hearts are already there. If it's not the Lord's will, I understand there is something else for us. I know we will be happy, I just haven't found anything on my own that would work as well for us. It's only been on the market for a couple of weeks longer than ours, so I'm not anticipating it being sold rather quickly. It seems only the really good deals are being sold quickly in that neighborhood. This is a full priced house.
I am also waiting (again) on meeting my new baby, waiting on naming her, waiting on hearing her cry for the first time. It doesn't seem like it's been forever since I've been to the doctor, I go next Monday, but it seems like it's been a long time since we found out we're having another girl. I have, based on my previous experiences, about 13-15 more weeks left. Seventeen, if I ever went full term. The 13 weeks seems like tomorrow, 17 weeks seems like forever. Are we really going to get our house sold and us moved before then?? Only God knows. More waiting...
I did wait out the winter, though! Spring will be (officially) here on Sunday or Monday, I don't remember which day. I'm so excited for no more snow and bundling up the girls like marshmallows! Now they'll be able to put on their own sandles (except for one), and the truck won't have to be warmed up! I love seeing the grass and the trees turn green. We'll probably get flowers to pot to make the front look pretty again, since we're trying to sell this place.
I am struggling with eating my muffins. I'm SO tired of eating them, but I am SUCH a bad person when I don't. I'm impatient and mean. I don't want to be that mommy. I need help. Now, off to clean, I guess. I have to have showplace quality, just in case.
Sarah Ann
We have found a house WE LOVE. It's pretty new, 3 bedroom, with HUGE rooms, in an awesome location. It was built practically, which I like. They didn't waste a wall with a gas fireplace that we would never use, or space with floor space and a whirlpool tub in the master bedroom. AND they didn't waste space with an actual laundry room, it's a closet in the hallway. So, in return, you get massive bedrooms (the master is bigger than our current living room, the other 2 rooms are almost twice the size of the girls current bedrooms.), and you can arrange the living room however you want. As much as I wanted a mantle, oh, well. That was way down the list of neseccities in a house. We want to move there so bad, I'm afraid our hearts are already there. If it's not the Lord's will, I understand there is something else for us. I know we will be happy, I just haven't found anything on my own that would work as well for us. It's only been on the market for a couple of weeks longer than ours, so I'm not anticipating it being sold rather quickly. It seems only the really good deals are being sold quickly in that neighborhood. This is a full priced house.
I am also waiting (again) on meeting my new baby, waiting on naming her, waiting on hearing her cry for the first time. It doesn't seem like it's been forever since I've been to the doctor, I go next Monday, but it seems like it's been a long time since we found out we're having another girl. I have, based on my previous experiences, about 13-15 more weeks left. Seventeen, if I ever went full term. The 13 weeks seems like tomorrow, 17 weeks seems like forever. Are we really going to get our house sold and us moved before then?? Only God knows. More waiting...
I did wait out the winter, though! Spring will be (officially) here on Sunday or Monday, I don't remember which day. I'm so excited for no more snow and bundling up the girls like marshmallows! Now they'll be able to put on their own sandles (except for one), and the truck won't have to be warmed up! I love seeing the grass and the trees turn green. We'll probably get flowers to pot to make the front look pretty again, since we're trying to sell this place.
I am struggling with eating my muffins. I'm SO tired of eating them, but I am SUCH a bad person when I don't. I'm impatient and mean. I don't want to be that mommy. I need help. Now, off to clean, I guess. I have to have showplace quality, just in case.
Sarah Ann
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Times, they are a changing.
We are having our 4th daughter. Yep, our 4th. Hard for us to believe that out of four kids, we would only get one kind. It was actuallt pretty hard for me, I always thought I would have a son, too, so I feel kinda like I'm mourning a child I never had. We are discussing names, which SHOULD be fun, but it's not for me. Not when your husband doesn't like names you LOVE for absolutely no reason, or wants to use relatives names you don't like (the person AND the name). I have maybe 4 months left, which, right now, seems INSANE!! Way too fast, but not fast enough. I just want to know everything is okay. I want to see her face, and hear her cry and know she is perfectly healthy. The night before we found out we were having a girl, I had this moment where I just thought, "Her middle name should be after my aunt." This when I couldn't think I was having anything other than a boy. My aubt, my mom's sister, has meant SO much to me while I was growing up. She hasn't been well, I worry about her a lot. She will be 68 this year, and I just don't want to think about her not being around. She's a Christian and will be will Jesus, but I will miss her. I can't think of a better way to honor her, but by naming my daughter after her.
Our house is for sale now, too. We already have our first showing tomorrow night. It's crazy. I'm actually really surprised someone wants to see it already. I'll be working hard tomorrow, trying to make it perfect around my three crazy little girls. We found another house that we LOVE. It's great. Awesome room sizes, in a cul-de-sac, in the neighborhood we love. I just don't know the Lord's will for our lives, long term, of course, and it KILLS me. My mom will tell you, that's what I wanted more than anything growing up was to just KNOW who I was going to marry. Now I just want to know, will the house sell soon? Will that house be ours? Are we making a mistake by buying it? We pray so hard for the LORD'S will, not ours, be done. But even then, you still wonder, did we do the Lord's will? It's always completely obvious, at the time, and then if something goes wrong, it's harder to remember. But my husband is getting along with his job better now, speaking of all that...hopefully that continues, and eventually he'll be able to do something different in the company he enjoys more :)
Sarah Ann
Our house is for sale now, too. We already have our first showing tomorrow night. It's crazy. I'm actually really surprised someone wants to see it already. I'll be working hard tomorrow, trying to make it perfect around my three crazy little girls. We found another house that we LOVE. It's great. Awesome room sizes, in a cul-de-sac, in the neighborhood we love. I just don't know the Lord's will for our lives, long term, of course, and it KILLS me. My mom will tell you, that's what I wanted more than anything growing up was to just KNOW who I was going to marry. Now I just want to know, will the house sell soon? Will that house be ours? Are we making a mistake by buying it? We pray so hard for the LORD'S will, not ours, be done. But even then, you still wonder, did we do the Lord's will? It's always completely obvious, at the time, and then if something goes wrong, it's harder to remember. But my husband is getting along with his job better now, speaking of all that...hopefully that continues, and eventually he'll be able to do something different in the company he enjoys more :)
Sarah Ann
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