The summer full of changes and additions...

I know that it is now September and kids have been in school for a few weeks, but I can not ~NOT write about this summer!! It was FULL of changes and surprises!! The day before we left on our fabulous vacation to W@lt Disney, we received and accepted a contract on our house!! That's right after 13 months, 2 failed contracts and a lot of prayers and some tears we had sold the house!! So we went on vacation technically "homeless". =) But God had it all planned out for us. So we went on vacation and did not worry about it. Our proposed move date was June 24th. So we knew that we had to get home and get packing. The day we got home, Aunt EJW came over and told us that she was ENGAGED!! CW had proposed to her early that morning when they were supposed to be running! They picked the date of July 23rd. So that meant find a house, move by June 24th and wedding (and all the festivities) July 23rd. WHEW!! I was already tired!!

God did not disappoint!! We had our eye on a house since the first contract we had accepted and continued to watch it during our entire ordeal. But as only in His way, we came across another house that had only been on the market for about 2 months. It was a little bit bigger and had more "extras" that we could benefit from. However, when we first saw it, it was little bit out of our price range so we did not pay TOO much attention to it. But once we accepted the contract, we looked back at it, and the price had already dropped!!! So after much prayer and talking, RDC and I decided we would "fish" and see what would happened. We agreed on a amount we would not go over and began the "back and forth". After just a day or two the couple agreed to our amount!!! After all was said and done, we ended up with a house 100 square feet bigger than the 1st house we liked and our mortgage is less than what it would have been had the first contract in November worked out and we moved then. God is good!!! =) Of course after all was said and done, we could see how and why God had allowed the 2 failed contracts!!!

Then comes the move and the in between houses. We had several days that we were officially "homeless!" But sweet Pop and Granny took us in and we lived with them for a few days. =) So the first weekend in July we moved into our NEW home! And we LOVE it!! And now onto July!!!! (where the REAL fun began!!) The 2nd week in July, I started not feeling so well. I had been tired, but who would not be, we had packed and moved a house!!! But one particular Monday, I was feeling REALLY puny!! Since I was not 100% better by Tuesday, RDC and I decided it was best that I go to the doctor and figure out what was going on. Since I did feel SO badly and he needed to work, BeBe said she would go with me the next day. MUCH to our surprise~~ we were 8 WEEKS PREGNANT!!! So many have asked (including my mom), did I not have a clue? Well, my thinking was, we had been to Disney, had VBS at church, packed a house, moved out, lived with RDC's parents for a few days, and moved into a new house~~having a baby was not exactly on our "to do" list for those few weeks. =) But God has blessed us SO much with this fun surprise!! We had discussed having a 3rd baby, but again, our schedule for those few weeks were full. I am now 15 weeks, due February 21st. MWC is BEYOND thrilled!! Even though we did not find out with the first 2~we are going to find out this time. So in just a couple of weeks, we will find out if we are adding a baby sister or a baby brother to our family. ........so stay tuned!!!! =)

Just a few pictures.....