not much longer now!

Well I need to seriously be journaling some of the crazy emotions and planning surrounding around our family home these days. Thing are so drastically about to change (as if this year hasn't changed us enough) we've saved the best change for last. As mommy's 'dary' large belly is displaying so proudly these days Miss Chloe bird is coming...and soon! Er go I'm up post taking of sleeping aid with excitement and thoughts that I want to put down soon before she spits out and I'm too busy to blog again for a while. The fam is ready for the arrival of our latest addition. Most of all , I think I can safely say that Abigail Grace is beyond ready for her baby sister to arrive. She speaks of her non stop, she shuffles past me and pats my belly as she holds her orange juice/coffee in the other and utters "sweet baby Cwhowee" and keeps on walking. She's been an enormous support to her hormonal and slow mommy. Daddy has been our tower of strength as we ride the ups and downs of my moods and needs through it all. He's ready to meet this wild thing #2 and see what she brings to the family table. For the record we are 37 and 2 days pregnant, just over 2 months into our new home, pooped from hours of mutual overtime spent on both mine and Brian's jobs to prepare for sed baby on the way and one 3 yr old keeping us all grounded w/ priorities of the simple joys of just getting here and getting into what's coming. A changing family life, a new addition is a wonderful joyous thing and we are all ready to focus on her now. We've not been able to focus like we would have liked this year full of so many trials. From hey baby we're having another baby to, oh we'll need to treat that whole brain tumor thing first, to we really need to get the house sold before the baby comes to moving around 7 mo pregnant and oh by the way Aunti Dee is taking the wedding vows in the middle of it all too. Now....as Abigail loves to declare with her arms outstretched in her princess fashion...."it's Octooooober now mommy". As if to say we got here mommy, you said we would. Now can we focus on the coolest thing of all, another life, another family member, you promised it would be in Octoooober!! We couldn't be anymore excited for it to finally be October. And what a beautiful one it's been. Our leaves look beautiful outside our new windows. We had corn chowder on the stove and hot spiced up apple cider simmering all afternoon. The temperatures tell us each day, this trying long hot summer is finally ending for this pooped out family and a new season is opening up for us all. Some much needed family time, some rest. Some long dinners and bring out the blankets to snuggle together on the couch together w/ popcorn and watch them make cakes on food network. We are anticipating that this little bird will show herself soon. Not too soon, but when she's ready. Her nursery may not have all her red polka dots finished yet. But all we really need is a mommy's arms and a good milk supply, a daddy to keep the rest going while we remember how to schedule and listen to the demands of the newest opinion to the group. Some family to stop in and remind a tired Bit that she too is still special amidst a lot of changes. And a realization that God has done it once again. He's grown His kingdom and what an awesome priviledge and joy to be a part of. Brian and I accept the challange with a team spirit and deep love for what we have started and will finish. Just on the heels of our 7 yr wedding anniversary we know from experience, hard times test us on so many levels, children bless us on so many other levels, and amidst it all I still adore the man I chose to do this with and he's pretty ok w/ being my partner through it all too. :) We pray together that as these events unfold over the next weeks that God's will be done. I want Abigail to visit me in the hospital, we WILL get her past security guards with the help of our beloved 007 Aunti Dee and her knowledge of the inner structures of the hospital. I will put the safety of Chloe, the Bit and me first before I get worked up at what it means to have a baby during a pandemic. In the grand scheme of things I just want my family safe happy and home as soon as possible. God is so good cause He's worked out the details already for us. I can sleep on that truth. He "knows the plans he has for us".. doesn't He!? Such an amazing time in the life of our family. I'm glad we're on this end not back in January when it all seemed so terrifying and uncertain. God got us through, he got us over so many obsticals. Pretty much Brian's and my life have been some pretty good obsticals. Like my favorite quote from a wise and Godly woman Beth Moore once said, "after all, He's not interested in our comfort, only our calling". To some it's comfort, for us it's been a calling. But there's so much joy in the rest after the storm and the roads he leads us down. Praise God for his faithfullness, pray to God for his conitnued faithfullness. We have a long way to go yet. We're excited to start the next chapter with this new life right now though. Wonder what she'll be like, who she'll take after, and if she has a clue how ready her sister, mother and father are ready to love her as she is. We can't wait to meet her. We love her already!!! Bring it on Chloe Brianne, we're ready when you are!