Hit the pause button

Let me start by saying thank you to each and everyone of you that read my silly blog of rants.  I appreciate the support and the fact that you allow and support me and my nonsensical ramblings!  Without you I wouldn't have to courage to wear my heart on my sleeve.

So, lets just say that this last month has been kind of crazy!  Not too sure where to start but I think I'll start with some exciting news.  (Lets see who really reads this!)  It is my greatest pleasure to announce that my dear, sweet and longest friend; Marie is expecting her first baby this fall.  We've had talks about all of this great news and she knows my heart on this subject.  How awesome is it to be able to talk to your friend and be candid and still remain friends?  Awesome!!  For the longest time our emails to each other always started out: "So...any baby news?".  We both have been trying to expand our families and its nice to have someone to share the ups and downs of the process.  When I first heard, in all honesty it was a gut punch to me.  It wasn't because I wasn't happy for her...because I am totally over the moon happy for her, but it just makes the fact that I'm not a little more real.  But after shopping for baby clothing (Oh and yeah...I totally bought the first outfit for the baby!  Yay me!!), a nice long yummy lunch and then making her walk around Babies R Us for about an hour telling her what she needed and didn't need and all that jazz, I realized that I am so lucky to have a friend that is allowing me to come along with her on this journey.  That I get to be an Auntie to the world's most loved kid! 

So after all of that excitement, we decided to put an offer on a house.  LONG story short...we found a really cute one a week ago, its still a short sale (stink!) but its perfect for us.  Not too big, not too small; just perfect!  We will have to wait about 60 day's before we know if the seller's bank will accept the offer, but if they do then we will close on May 18th.  So stinking excited.  Not that I don't like living with Grandma, but I'm ready to have my own space again, to have my own kitchen and best of all a yard to garden in.  Not that my agent would see this, but I just wanted to shout out about how amazing she is.  She told us not to get our hopes up and we didn't, then she told us the original buyers walked away and that the seller wanted to work with us instead of the investors.  They wanted a family in the house.  That's nothing short of a miracle.  She's just the best.  The way she's been on top of everything, harassing the selling agent, working with a short sale broker and our bank to make sure every 'i' is dotted and every 't' is crossed.  Hopefully soon I will be able to let you know more about the house.  Keep your fingers and toes crossed...and say a few prayers!  God has totally moved on this and I am humbled by His Hand!

So in review of all of this exciting news; Jeff and I talked and we've decided that the best thing to do right now is to wait to start our family.  Yes that stinks, and yes I want a baby, but I want to be responsible too.  With getting the house and Jeff needing a new car, we think that the best thing to do is for me to work for another year.  (I've waited this long how bad can another year be?.)  Plus I'll have Marie's baby to love on...right? 

But all is not lost!!  I am happy to announce that our family will be growing too, just not in the baby way (yet).  We put a deposit down for a Westie puppy.  She should be born in the end of April and we would get her at the end of June.  I think that would be the best house warming gift ever!

So stay tuned as I will keep you posted to what this Mother's Intuition senses. 

Love you all.