Week 43 went fairly well, nothing to exciting. Tobias and I went to a friends 1st birthday. Toby had a blast. He enjoyed picking out the gift, and had a hard time giving it up! He loved the balloons and snacks, it was quite a fun day for him. I'm really looking forward to planning Tobias' 1st birthday party! I am hoping we can google video with Thomas for Toby's first bite of cake! I am planning on being a bit of a health nut and making an apple sauce based cake with a cream cheese frosting. It should still taste great and Toby will like it! Tobias and I have enjoyed some great walks, lots of sunshine and visits to the zoo. Seeing life through my little man's eyes has been such a joy for me this summer! I've been taking pictures like crazy, and Thomas has been soaking it up as well. I thank God for technology, it's amazing!
So week 42 came, and I was on pins and needles until Wednesday arrived. I was itching to know the gender of our next baby! I had truly been hoping for a girl, but was happy to get a boy as well. I was very torn and just needed to know (but I didn't want to find out before Thomas, I wanted to find out with him)! So my mom joined me at my appointment and wrote on a piece of paper the gender. I looked away from the ultra sound screen during this time and tried to analyze my mom's response to the tech's comments. It was driving me crazy! I finally got home and waited an hour for Thomas to get online! As we videoed I opened the envelope and let him read me the gender! It was so exciting to hear him say "Ummm, it says GIRL!" I was ecstatic! Aubrieta Ruth is our babies name, and I just love her already! Her ultra sound picture is below and you can see how beautiful she is! Tobias is going to be the best big brother. Thomas and I both teared up as we talked about our new baby girl and our growing family. I truly love this time in my life. I love being pregnant, and growing a family with the love of my life. Thomas is an amazing husband and daddy even from thousands of miles away. I'm a blessed woman!
So during this week, week 42, I found a house for rent in Eagle River that I thought Thomas would like. I honestly had no intention of moving, but Thomas and I had been talking about renting off base eventually, so I had been leisurely looking at craig's list and a real-estate company's website. I sent the link to this house to Thomas and his response was "I like it go check it out!" I was surprised he liked it so quickly, so Thursday I called the real-estate company and the lady said she'd be happy to show it to me, but warned me that 4 single military guys had been living there. She said she had shown it 3 times and no one could get past the mess. I was a bit disappointed and so was Thomas, but he told me to check it out anyway and see how bad it really was. So Thursday afternoon I went to see the house. I fully expected to walk into a trashed house; it wasn't bad at all. It looked like 4 guys lived there but it just needed some elbow grease and a lick of paint! I instantly fell in love with the floor plan and I knew Thomas would love the two car over-sized garage for his "man cave"! I took pictures and sent them to Thomas that night. We talked about the house for an hour on Friday, Thomas told me to go ahead and pursue renting the house. We got approved Friday afternoon and I signed the lease Friday night! Talk about a whorl wind day, or a whorl wind week; new baby girl, new house! Crazy!
We are so excited to have more room and space in this 3 bed room, 2 bath, big back yard, all one level home! I have recruited help with packing and moving and have already started the packing process! We move in September 22-24. We hope to live there for a while as we transition out of the military and into the civilian world. Thomas and I are thrilled and so thankful for our friends and family and church family that are reaching out to us and helping us through this time. Once again, the Lord is good, and not just during times of great blessing and beautiful surprises, but during the tough times too. The times that make us cling to Him, and build our character, endurance, and dependance on Him. He's good my friends, He's good all the time!
Enjoy the pictures below, and I look forward to writing more soon. HOPEFULLY this Sunday! Ha ha, we shall see!
Much Love
~Iris
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