Update

We've really been slacking on the blog lately. For those interested, we are well into framing our home which is really exciting to see things moving along so quickly now. Kyle went by the site yesterday morning and again after work and was impressed to see how much got done in one day. We will be posting pictures soon. Although we don't know the exact day, our home will be done in July.

In other news, we sold our house last week! We really were blessed with it too. A neighbor down the street sold their home to a national company buying up homes to turn into rentals. They paid them a generous offer, so we looked into it and they offered us more than what we felt we would get selling it publicly. Although we would have preferred selling to a family, there were definitely some benefits to this deal that we couldn't ignore and not having to be stressed about showing our house was a huge plus. Two of the homes adjacent to ours are already rentals, so I don't feel as bad about it. I only wish I could take my peach and apricot trees, and my raspberry bushes with me. (I'm also still grieving the fact that I won't have a garden this year.)

We will be moving out May 18th (which is the day after Ethan finishes Kindergarten). We are renting a storage unit for our stuff and will be staying at Kyle's parents' house until our home is complete. Kyle works M-Th, so he'll be able to stay with us for 4 nights a week and stay with friends and family in the Salt Lake area for the other 3 nights a week (or become a hobo). The kids are beyond excited to spend summer in Logan and we are excited to plan a fun summer with them hiking, camping, swimming, fishing, playing with cousins, etc.

As stressful exciting as building and selling our houses have been we feel beyond excited and blessed to be the recipients of a tender mercy from our Heavenly Father. After over two-years of disappointment and heartache, fasting and prayer, countless tests and Dr. appointments we are expecting a baby in October. Although we were told that it was possible, the odds of us conceiving without IVF with ICSI were not likely. We knew we didn't want to undergo the procedure while building, (and we knew the time was right for us to build) we hadn't received a definite answer about IVF yet so we decided to put the deciding on hold until after we were in our new home. We found out we were expecting a few days after our building permit was approved (February). I've had two appointments so far, seen the baby in an ultrasound and heard its miraculous, wonderful heartbeat. We've never felt more excited or blessed. The kids love the baby so much and pray for it multiple times a day and are constantly kissing my belly. Although we already have a boy and a girl we will still find out what we are having. After facing the possibility of not being able to give birth again and not knowing if we'll have the opportunity again I want to make the most of it this time and do all the things I never got to do before, but wanted to do: make a baby quilt myself, decorate a nursery, make baby clothing, crochet for my own baby, etc. My ultrasound appointment is scheduled for May 29.

We will try to keep the updates coming . . .