The Long Road Home: What, What?! Could Be Any Day!

Yep, you heard that right, we could meet our Bean #2 ANY DAY! God has done a wonderful thing in our hearts and worked to prepare them and excite them despite how full and maxed out both of our minds have been lately. I have been praying fervently over this. Our God is always so good.

For the most part, I have been so so tired. Like, pass out on the kitchen rug and just call it a night kind of tired. With managing all we have going on, taking care of a wild 21 month old boy that literally never sits still, and growing and carrying around a baby inside my body, I've been a little worn out. But, no rest for the weary, sleepless night here we come! :)

Kevin and I have worked and worked to have a TON accomplished before the baby arrives, and it has paid off. I can't even list the crazy number of wild and different things we have had to wade through in the last 3 months to get to where we are right now---finally just resting and waiting on our sweet boy.

Even just looking back at the highlights and skipping over all grunt work in the middle and all the unplanned stuff that comes up, it's kind of mind blowing.

We've:

(Kevin) has changed jobs

Moved out of state with a toddler while pregnant

Moved into temporary housing

Bought a new house

Moved into a new house

Moved our renters out of our property in Texas and listed the house for sale

Sold our house in Texas

Major damage to tons of furniture in our move, and it took two months to settle the claim with the moving company, which just happened this week---so now we can replace all the furniture that we lost

Prepared for the baby and set up his room

And now we're about to have a baby

so all the stressful major life events, plus, mudslides in our backyard, being audited by the IRS, brand new washers breaking, bad new mattresses, manufacturer defective wood floors, tons of brand new home warranty issues and service appointments, a stink bug infestation, lots of kidney stones, no sleep, and the list goes on. BUT, at the end of the day, I do not serve nor am I defined by this world or my circumstances. I am a daughter of the most high God, and I know all is for my good.

We are so overjoyed to meet this very special boy. Kevin is getting so antsy, he says, and just cant barely wait any longer. I have mixed feelings from day to day. Some days I can't wait, and others I can totally wait. I can wait because my Mamma heart hurts for Preston. He doesn't understand what is about to happen, and all he will know is that he has to share me all of the sudden. And, sadly, he already has been having to share me with this move and all the crap that's come with it. This really hurts me. So I'm being really cognizant of the time I have left and trying to really engage in each moment with him. I can wait also because I know the work, number of sleepless nights, and the level of pain and tired I'm about to experience all on the heels of this exhausting move. It's cute and lovely to have a newborn, but at the end of the day, IT'S WORK! And I do not romanticize that reality one bit. It's going to be a different type of hard for us in the very near future, at least for a bit. Two boys under two. :)

BUT, I also know as looooong and exhausting as the days will be, I will have something that is so sweet and beautiful, and something many take for granted and many long for. And it's just for a short, short season, and little ones do not keep. So I'll do my best to soak up every ounce as best I can.

So, to sum it all up: Kevin and I are as ready as we can be. And Preston has no idea. I'm trying not to let my excitement about the baby be marred by my worry and concern over Preston being home with either his sitter or Carter and Mary ( depending on when he decides to arrive--they will be here on the 28th). His routine will be thrown off, I will all the sudden be gone for a few days, and the next time he sees me he'll have a little brother to share his Mamma with. Hate those things for him. But I know this is all just normal Mamma worry stuff, and people have been having babies for ages, and all will be well. :) I'm having an " induction" acupuncture session this Saturday afternoon to help ensure a fast, smooth delivery. :)

Preston is doing super awesome and fabulous! He's beautiful and perfect in every way. This boy is wicked smart, and just blows us away daily! Seriously! He is so loving and fun and interactive and learns things in about a second---even things we aren't trying to teach him. What a sponge he is!! I love this age! Well, I've loved all his stages, I think. He is in LOVE with Trains, Tools, and Dinosaurs, and Tractors right now.

I hope to write again before Wicker Bean Dos shows up, but no promises. :) Trying to leave my plate super empty with no mental ' to dos'. But we love you all and will update as soon as he makes his arrival!

Here are some updated pictures--