Blubber

It has been awhile. Yes, this is me, the mom. We are alive. And well, in fact. I title this post blubber because I have been neglecting my blogging for so many reasons, that I want to blubber on and on about why, so that I might find peace in resuming the posts. As in tomorrow. New pictures, new cute sayings from the kids, etc.

I keep wanting to post, but those that know me know that I like order and to do things in order. The fact that I have not blogged in so long has prevented me from blogging...how CAN I blog about today when I have not reported for weeks, almost months??? Well, neglectful no more I will be. Why have we been absent you might ask? Hmm, let me start...

Putting a house on the market takes a TON of work...for all you out that do it often, God Bless You. I am not you. Jason has been working a lot as of late, and so with his absent support, but his support nonetheless...I started to tackle project....after project after project. We hired out a lot (the kitchen, the pressure washing, etc...) but still, I painted, A LOT. And cleaned, A LOT. and packed up 6 years worth of stuff I had no clue we had accumulated. We redid shutters and doors, walls, cleaned carpets, painted shed, etc. And yes, I still had the thrilling threesome. My poor kids. I have truley tried not to ignore them through this all. I don't have much of a choice. I did neglect them a tad, but mostly just worked from their bedtime until 1 or 2 in the morning. I am grateful it is all done though, for now, because I am 32 weeks pregnant and feeling it!

Garrett being all short and cute (he has skeletal displasia....dwarfism) in my belly means lots of doctor appointments. Thank goodness for YaYa! Going to the doctor more often than normal is draining....and in the next few weeks it will be twice a week. It might not seem like a lot, but getting childcare for the 3 year old, 2 year old, and 1 year old is. I still have to buy groceries and stuff, and DON"T do that with them...

OK, is that enough of a reason? To be absent that is? Make up some more and I am sure they are true too...hehe.

On to the celebrations:
Garrett is healthy and strong. I feel honored to have him joining our family. I am truthfully still worried he might not, and if it be so, then I provided his sweet spirit a body for a time, and will be at peace. It is getting close though til when we will meet him, and am EXCITED! I have had two close friends recently have babies, and I CANNOT WAIT to have a newborn. Yes, it is exhausting, and tiring, and exhausting, and did I mention tiring? But those first few precious weeks go so fast, and there is nothing like them. Those weeks with the other three I currently claim might not be so sweet, but I vow to do my best to make it so...

Jason is wonderful. While he is working a lot to support our growing brood, he is supportive, loving, playful, and peaceful. I couldn't do this life without his calmness and solidarity. His children adore him, as do everyone i know...including me. I love walking next to him through this life.

Our house is under contract! After less than two weeks on the market, a HARD market, we have a contract! I do not doubt this is the Lord's hand, watching out for me and my family. I worry that the day we will move (we DO have to find a house first) will be when I am in the hospital in labor...but pray my friends and family will still love us and help, even if what we are doing sounds crazy. Because it is. Now, onto finding that house.....(yet another reason i can't blog...i am looking at houses every moment I am on the computer).

Life. I have great friends. I have a great family. I have a great life. I feel blessed to walk in the shoes I do everyday, and sorrow for those whose lives are not as blessed as I seem to be. I truely do feel this way. There are many days I might gripe and complain (haha...about that 11 year old Durango)...but mostly i want to pinch myself and really ask "is this really my life, my kids, my husband, my family...?" The richness of the gospel in our lives makes it all the much sweeter, and my appreciation for my Savior is full. My life now is possible because of the atonement, and for this I will always be indebted.

Hm. So, now I can blog...how does that sound? OR, my KIDS can blog. About grandma, and grandpa, and their days of dancing, and cooking, and being yelled at if they touch the walls. :)

It is time to get on with LIFE.