Blessings in Disguise

Looking back on the last few weeks it is hard not to notice the blessings that have filled our life even with all of the craziness that is going on.  The main one being the incident with our apartment.  We love the apartment we are in right now.  Of course with an apartment there is always something that you wish was different or bigger, etc., but for the most part we love the apartment we live in right now.  The fact that it is a great price for how big it is really helps.  However, last week, we got a knock on our door and there standing in our doorway was a police officer with a foreclosure notice in hand.  To explain further, our apartment is basically a little house off of our landlords house, separated by a breezeway. However, since we are the same property as the landlords house, as of May, it was up in the air whether we were going to have a house to live in or not.  Of course this may not be that big of a deal for a married couple with no children, but for us, with the baby being only 8 weeks away, we decided that now would be the only good time to move for the next well, quite some time really.  So, we searched frantically for a new apartment and as it would turn out, we found a great 2 bedroom apartment in Rexburg a few blocks from our work and a few blocks from school and a few blocks from a park.  We had been wanting to get rid of stuff and just declutter our lives before the baby comes and it was perfect timing that we would have to move now because it is giving us a great opportunity to clean out pretty much our whole lives and get rid of a bunch of stuff!  Jared's parents are coming down to help us move and we always love visits from family and especially with me being as big as a whale and getting bigger by the day, it will be very helpful in the moving process.  We have plenty of wonderful friends down here too that have already volunteered to help us move as well which is such a blessing because I really don't want to go into labor while moving...not that I will, but who knows, it could happen.  So far this baby is a stubborn and single minded as both of its parents so if it is anything like either Jared or I in that way, who knows when this little baby will come into the world!!  I will be honest though, I really want to be done with this pregnancy...I know that it has been a very easy pregnancy in comparison to most pregnancies, but gaining 25 pounds in 7 1/2 months is not as fun as it looks.  I'm used to being relatively skinny and can't wait to get back into my cute pre-pregnancy jeans and all of the other cute clothes that I have hanging in my closet.  Plus the idea of being able to move around again like I used to makes me want to jump for joy!!  Jared has been so sweet about everything, and he even still thinks I'm beautiful and tells me all the time which makes each day much easier.  He also reminds me that I get a cute little baby out of the whole deal which makes me much happier about sacrificing my body until it is born, then back to being my skinny self shortly there after I hope!