19 Weeks, Another Girl, 100 Days

Well about 3.5 weeks ago we found out we are having another girl!  I will be honest I was a little shocked and upset at the thought that we would not be adding a boy to our family.  You can judge all you want but any mom of the same sex would have to agree with me.  In a way you "mourn" the idea of having at least one of each.  I had to grieve the idea of having a boy since this baby will be our last.  Now that some time has passed and we are FINALLY set on a name I am excited about the idea of 3 princesses living in our house.  The slumber parties and them getting to play Cinderella and the step sisters as Lily would say (She would be Cinderella of course!)
We are also 100 Days out on closing on our new house.  We close just 18-25 Days before our sweet girl will get here.  This depends on whether I go at 36 weeks or 37 weeks.  Hoping she gives us another week to get somewhat settled into the new house before we bring her home.
I am patiently (maybe if I say that the feeling will actually come over me) waiting for the opportunity to set our interest rate and finalize what our payment will look like.  I am trying my best not to worry about it and to trust that God has the perfect plan for our finances with regards to this blessing we have in building our dream home.  He WILL take care of us and I should not worry.  It has been fun watching the progress happen at our house.  We finalized our exterior paint and stone colors and now we just need to get the developer to approve the paint choice.  Next we will need to decide on floor and tile.  This week they will hopefully put shingles on our roof and maybe start putting in the windows. Then it won't matter how often it rains!  So ready to be settled and to start having some normalcy.
Its hard to not want to start nesting when I have no where to nest.  No where to put anything that I'd like to start stocking up on.  I am even a little nervous about buying winter clothes since I don't know if she will need premie clothes like Lily did or if she will need newborn.  I guess we'd be safe with newborn because she would wear them eventually but then we'd still need something she can wear right away.
My next OB appointment is next friday and I will be 20 weeks.  I think she will start measuring my belly to see if I am measuring ahead or not. So far both recent ultrasounds has revealed a slightly larger baby which is good since I will be going early.  Just praying for a smooth next 16-17 weeks and no bedrest!!!  Here are some images of our sweet girl.  The 3D image is from yesterday 19weeks and the rest were from 15weeks 5Days.

13 weeks, 12 weeks- heart rate

So I looked back at my old blogs from my pregnancy with Charlee because I couldn't remember when I started feeling her move.  I thought 13 weeks was pretty early but I guess with her I felt the same way and probably felt her about then too.  Nothing real definite yet just certain moments where I'm like it could be but it's probably just an air bubble or gas or something.

So far I feel pretty good for the most part.  My cravings have varied from month to month.  I was needing Taco Bell or Goodcents every other day and about 3 weeks ago that stopped.  Now I want sherbet icecream at night and nothing food wise really gets me excited.

I've been eating chicken noodle soup for lunch because that's the only thing that sounds good.  Although, as I am typing this I did realize that I have wanted hot dogs or corndogs a lot too -- just in the last couple weeks.  So strange!

I have only made myself coffee in the morning a couple times and that was right after I found out I was pregnant and now I pretty much don't want it at all unless I am at church or someone else makes it for me.  Again strange.  All this makes me feel like I am having a boy because I drank coffee with both my girls.  I have had an aversion to ranch for about 6 weeks now too.

Last week at my 12 week appt I heard the heartbeat which was 170.  Dr ray said girl but Bekah told me that Graham was at 170 at this point too.  So we'll see!!  I think since my pre pregnancy weight I have gained about 3 lbs but the appt they got my first weight from was when I was sick with an awful sore throat and wasn't eating anything.

I started showing like the next week after we found out but I don't feel like I have gotten much bigger since then which is nice. 

Well that's it for now.

3rd Times Charm (hopefully ;-) )

Funny that the last post I made on here was about us getting ready to list our home for sale by owner - 13 months ago.  Now here we are living with Ryan's parents for almost a week now and waiting for our home to be finished 8/31/2013.  If you would have asked me about 4 months ago that we'd be in this position right now I don't know that I would have believed you.  That's because 4 months ago we hadn't sold our home yet and I was starting to get a little depressed about that and the fact that we hadn't heard anything about our possible move to North Dakota.
We found out in July 2012 that Ryan was going to take a job for a promotion that required us to move temporarily for 14-16 months starting this April.  This month that is.  At first we were actually excited about the adventure but as time went on it started to seem like it wasn't going to happen and I got frustrated that we had still not heard anything.  We basically put our lives on hold because of this news.
But God evidently knew better than I did that something much better was planned for us.  I just needed to be patient and to trust in Him.
This trust didn't come easy.  It came with a lot of prayer, tears, maybe a little depression, and finally relinquishing control over to God with the sale of our home and with our future of growing our family. We decided we were going to live life like we are staying in Spring Hill until we heard otherwise.  We decided to list our home with a realtor and before I could even think about that we got a phone call from the agent that represents Prairie Ridge subdivision where we have our lot reserved.  Turns out our lot reservation had expired and we were working to get it renewed and he wanted to check and make sure we were still interested in building there.  By the end of the conversation I knew he was the guy to sell our home for us.  He was very motivated because he knew that once he sold our house we would be buying a house in his subdivision.  So for him it was a win win and he was even willing to discount his commission to make the money work for us.  So by the last week in January we were up and running on the MLS!!  And during this time we finally heard that the North Dakota project was not going to use Ryan after all!!  What awesome news!   And confirmation of our steps of faith in living our lives like we already knew this news.  God is good!
After 3 days we had a showing that resulting in a 2nd showing and then an offer.  We accepted it - despite our feelings about where it left us compared to what we paid for our house originally - but we had an offer and our home was sold.  This peace about our situation was worth the not so super offer.
So we started packing and had our inspection which resulted in us putting in a Radon kit and we made it through the appraisal.  But 35 days into the 60 day closing period we were hit with a bomb - a denial for our buyers.  I immediately just ached and cried and did not even know what to think!  What are we going to do?  We just put $10,000 down on our lot to have our builder start building our home while we waited til closing.  And now no deal and we have to re-stage our home that I had just taken curtains down and photos/art off the walls.  I decided to take a break and I prayed- cried out to God.  As much as I was angry and confused I prayed aloud through tears for God to give me answers to give me a peace about what was happening and to help me to trust that He had a better plan for us.  And later that evening I had felt God's peace about the whole situation and was ready to move on and get our house back on the market.  This was a Friday.  By Monday we got our canceled contract from the buyers and we were back active on the MLS.  This was Monday March 4th.  We had several showings and a second showing to someone who liked our home but had a home to sell.  Then Spring break came along and we thought we'd get no traffic but it was the beginning of our craziest week yet!
The week of my birthday March 24th-29th we had a showing everyday and a couple days we had 2 showings.  By Thursday we had gotten an offer that we countered and then Friday morning we got another offer that was too good to pass up.
The buyer wanted our house in 2 weeks and was paying cash for the home!  We could not believe it!  I just knew God had a plan for us and it felt so good to trust Him through the process and to really sit back and watch Him work.  Friday March 29th was also the same day we got to see our baby and hear the heartbeat for the first time.  We were 7 weeks pregnant and got the best news the same day about our house!  We were in for a crazy week ahead, but this time it was going to be final.  This was the deal.  And with this deal we came out $6K ahead of our original offer and we are only 2 weeks off our original time line to be moved out.   God is so good!  It feels so good to trust Him and to look back and see how He orchestrated this whole thing perfectly.  Teaching me to trust Him and accept His peace during the process.  Especially since I am pregnant and the last thing I needed would have been the stress of what are we going to do because our buyer fell through.
So now we wait.  We wait as they will hopefully start digging our house this weekend or early next week.  Wait as we can't wait to know what we are having!   Both the girls want a baby brother but we have said that God is the one that decides which is best for us.  Its hard not to say we are kinda pulling for a boy.  Because that would certainly be the last piece to fall into place for us.  But either way all we really want is a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.  Can't wait to find out!!
I think that's about it for now.  Hopefully my next update won't be so long from now!!