A Little Update

Just the other day, I realized how long it's been since I've posted a pregnancy picture. The weeks are FLYING by, and time is completely getting away from me, so in the last seven weeks I only have three pictures to show. But here they are anyway, and holy cow, I've gotten bigger!

belt: cozy fashions

scarf: gift from my mom, altered to be an infinity scarf

necklace: c/o dainty deals (shop)

I'm now less than four weeks from my due date, and I'm shocked at how fast this pregnancy has gone! It does seem like February, when we got our positive test, was ages ago, but suddenly it's October and here we are. Crazy how fast this year has flown.

I went in for my first weekly doctor checkup on Tuesday, and because of our imminent move to California, and the fact that I'm already progressing (1 cm dilated and 50% effaced) they are willing to induce me early so Philip will be here for the birth (thank goodness). So although I haven't scheduled an induction date, I can guarantee that I'll have a baby by October 26th at the latest, and that's only three. weeks. away!!!  I'm hoping I can get myself to naturally go into labor and avoid an induction, but I'm so grateful to have an induction as a backup to put my mind at ease. The last thing I want is to have a baby alone, or for Philip to be forced to move when the baby is only a day or two old.  Grateful, grateful, grateful for modern medicine and helpful doctors.

Despite the imminent arrival of baby #2 and our upcoming move, I'm feeling really relaxed and calm. For me, nesting kicked in around 12 weeks, so the house has been turned upside down, everything has been weeded through and re-organized, and everything has been deep cleaned multiple times.  So moving should go really smoothly, even with a newborn, because Philip's company is doing everything for us, including packing our boxes. Now our biggest hurdle is finding a place to live, and once that's taken care of, we will hardly have a care in the world :)

So now it's just a waiting game for the next three weeks -- we are all so excited to meet this little man!

Change

You guys, we have some big news.

Four and a half weeks ago, we found out about a job opening within Philip's company. Three and a half weeks ago, we found out that Philip would be able to apply for this position. Two weeks ago Philip had a phone interview, and then one week ago he flew out for a second interview. And finally, the day after he returned from that second interview, after five torturously long and stressful weeks, we found out he got the job. And so....

we're moving to Southern California!!

After eight years in Provo, six of which have been spent as a married couple in our tiny condo, we are so sad to move away. This is the place where we met, where we fell in love, where we were married and started our life together, and where we brought (and will bring) our babies home, and it will be so hard to say goodbye to all of that. But by far, the thing we will miss the most here is the people -- in fact, I have a growing list of people I'm planning to smuggle out in my suitcase. The only thing that makes me feel a bit better is that because Provo is a college town, they'll all be graduated and gone within a few years too.

But despite any sadness in moving away, we are so, so excited for this new adventure in our lives, especially as a family of four!

Things might be a little crazy over the next two months with a move and a new baby, but we feel so good about this change, and already so many things are falling into place. We couldn't be more thrilled, and I couldn't be more proud of that husband of mine.

Southern California, here we come!