Last night I really thought might be "the night." I couldn't sleep because she was so active and I was having incredible pain in all the right places, but by 1 a.m. she settled down and the pain stopped and I was able to sleep. It felt like she was literally trying to hatch her way out of me! I think she's just as uncomfortable as I am!
So, I've hesitated to write anything about our house until it's all a done deal, but I can't hold back any longer! We have sold our house and have been house hunting all in the past week! We got a deposit from our buyer on Friday and went out looking for houses on Sat. We were completely discouraged by our trip on Sat, but when we looked again Monday night we found two homes that we fell in love with. We took my parents back to see them last night and they loved them both too! They like the one the best that we like the best (although Stephen has his own opinion, he likes the one by the pool the best of course!) and we all agreed the other one was probably too small for our growing family. They came back for brownies afterwards and we had fun discussing the potential of this amazing house! I'll post pictures when it's official... we have a long way to go before that though!
I have to write about how good God has been to us in this whole process. Last week I was a wreck with worry... I couldn't imagine moving in 5 weeks (we have until May 1st) with a newborn. I was really anxious about even the process of us finding a house together and agreeing on something. Instead of rejoicing in God's good timing, I was questioning His wisdom for our family. But God has surrounded us with people to care for our souls. Our caregroup prayed for us on Wed. night and by God's grace, so many of those prayers have already been answered! Jake's mom and I pray together every Thurs. and she's been so encouraging and she is such a prayer warrior! I shared with her how I was anxious just about Jake and I not agreeing on what's a priority in a home, and I know she's been praying for us because we've walked out of every single house with the exact same thoughts about it! Jake has prayed that we wouldn't look back on these next 6 weeks as the craziest and darkest time in our family and a time we'd want to forget, but a time that we would enjoy remembering God's goodness to us and a time we drew even closer as a couple. So far, so good... but I know that is a work of God's grace! We haven't added a new baby to the picture yet, and the sleepless nights that come with a new born, but I have so much more faith for that just seeing how much God has worked in the past week!
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