Wow, first of all, I am sorry for not posting in a while!\u00a0 In the last 3 weeks, my life has gone from hectic to downright crazy, and my blog has unfortunately been neglected.\u00a0 Outside of work, sessions, meeting with clients, and preparing for the busy wedding season ahead, my personal life has exploded in activity.<\/p>\n
First, baby update – we are 27 weeks along, and now going to the doctor every two weeks.\u00a0 My belly is growing immensely, and baby boy is moving like crazy.\u00a0 Well, most days.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 He is responding to voices, now, which fascinates me.\u00a0 He doesn’t respond to mine, but that is probably because he hears it all day long (I’m a talker), but when my husband is talking, or even a doctor or nurse, he will start kicking up a storm.\u00a0 I love this part of the pregnancy!<\/p>\n
Second, houses are exhausting!!!\u00a0 Many of you know that we have our beautiful little 2 bedroom on the market, but we haven’t been looking too hard for a new house, and weren’t planning to buy until ours sold.\u00a0 We have been going to open houses on weekends, and lo-and-behold, 2 1\/2 weeks ago we walked into a house and fell in love.\u00a0 The next night we made an offer, and after a whirlwind of activity, we are closing next week (two weeks early!).\u00a0 It is a beautiful 2000 square foot, 4 bedroom with a walkup attic that could easily be two more bedrooms, a nice sized front room that I’ll use to meet with clients, and a huge sunroom with lots of natural light.\u00a0 Since I don’t forsee, or even particularly need a storefront location due to the type of photography I do, it is a perfect house to set up shop in, given the layout and space.\u00a0 The yard is perfect for our dogs and cat, and the neighbors seem nice.\u00a0 We are going to take our time moving in, but hope to be moved by the second week of June.\u00a0 We have a lot that we want to do to make it our own, though I feel a little useless since I can’t paint or do heavy lifting at this point.\u00a0 Fortunately, we have a lot of family and some wonderful friends to help out where I can’t!<\/p>\n
Third, I love furniture shopping!\u00a0 I have a new desk suite coming to keep me more organized, a bedroom suite for our master bedroom (now that we will have the space!), and our crib will be delivered for the nursery in a couple of weeks.\u00a0 I am most excited about that room.\u00a0 The crib is a beautiful cherry colored sleigh-back.\u00a0 I have found a changing table to match and just need to order it.\u00a0 For a dresser, we are using one that was handed down to me from my dad.\u00a0 We will refinish it to match the other furniture, put new knobs on the drawers, and make it a third generation dresser, which excites me.\u00a0 Now, I just need to decide on bedding for both our room and the baby’s! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I am also doing my childcare search, working with a new realtor to get our house sold, and a dozen other things that are keeping me running around, so unfortunately haven’t gotten a chance to blog about the recent sessions or weddings I’ve shot, and my Mexico images have taken the backseat once again.\u00a0 One of these days, I promise!\u00a0 And I’ll get some house pics up soon to share as well, but likely after we are moved and settled.\u00a0 That might be after the baby gets here, though.\u00a0 Ah well! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I’ll try to update more often!\u00a0 In the meantime, take care of yourselves, don’t let life get too overwhelming, and keep a smile on your face!<\/p>\n
Love,<\/p>\n