Almost There
You guys… I feel SO out of shape. It’s hard getting off the couch these days. Rolling over in bed HURTS. EVERY. TIME. I’m out of breath when I make it half way up the stairs. This third pregnancy is really taking it out of me! Sometimes I feel like she’s trying to kick her way out of my navel. Yikes. Yet, here I am… almost at the end… and not sure if I’m ready to make that leap from two to three children. So much of my sanity will depend on this tiny human inside of me. Will she be a wild and crazy newborn with so much to say like her eldest sister. OR, will she sleep and snuggle in her car seat or swing for hours at a time like Emma? Only time will tell. I’ll be 37 weeks tomorrow, so the countdown is on!
Either way, I know God will give me the grace that I need. Both of my girls have lived up to their names in their first year of life.
Lily Grace taught me daily to draw from the well of God’s graciousness. I needed his grace EVERY DAY to make it through the screaming and fits of rage. Not that I don’t still need his grace every day, but he chose to make it plainly clear every hour of the first 3-6 months of motherhood with my Lily Grace. It was a very refining season to say the least.
Emma Joy was just that. She was God’s way of bringing pure joy into our hearts and lives through a smiley faced sweet heart. My snuggle bug. My happy girl. My thumb sucker. My content newborn.
The cards are pretty evenly stacked now as they’re almost two and three and a half, but that first six months… whew. We shall see how Cary Hope lives up to her name in her first months of life. I’m curious and also very nervous, but I know and trust that God is sovereign and in complete control.
These last few weeks and months I’ve been in full-on nesting mode. I think I’m even exhausting my husband with all the projects I’ve done and am currently doing! Here are a few examples:
- Sanded and painted a bookshelf for the living room, then added contact paper to the backing
- Added contact paper to the glass portions of our existing TV stand
- Painted and put together a bunk bed for the girls’ room
- Sanded, painted and changed hardware on the girls’ existing dresser
- Cleaned and swapped out cribs and changing table in the girls’ room (white theme)
- Put together a small bookshelf from Target for the girls’ room
- Changed the color scheme and theme of the girls’ room to include a homemade sign and multiple craft projects
- Tracked down new curtains, sheets, comforter, and changing pad cover to match theme (mostly on Facebook marketplace!)
- Sewed curtains for the laundry room window
- Sewed new pillow cases for the mini pillows in the girls’ room
- Painted letters for one final craft I need to put up in the girls’ room
- Created a hallway photo gallery to the downstairs (and sliced my finger in the process)
- Purged some toys from the playroom to make things a little less crazy
- Framed some pictures I have yet to hang
Just sitting down and writing it all out makes me feel more accomplished! This weekend we plan to start getting a few things out of the attic that need to come down. Things like the car seat, mama roo and swing. And I still need to track down a bassinet to borrow for a few months too. Funny how I’m not as worried about it this time around.
Welp. That’s all for now. It’s been a while since I’ve posted and I’ve kind of missed it. Yet as you can see… I’ve been busy. I’m sure I’ll be back on at least once before the big day.
Happy November Everyone!
April 
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