changes

In case yall aren't keeping count, I will be 31 weeks pregnant tomorrow. I still can't believe how fast it's gone by. We are in the single digits for weeks left until we have a beautiful baby girl. I am still doing good. Working is getting harder each time, but I'll be okay. I'm getting more and more uncomfortable as Grace grows and takes up more and more space. It's getting even harder to sleep than before. I woke up in the middle of the night one night with a terrible charlie horse in my calf and woke Avery up yelling that something was wrong. He of course thought it was slightly more important than a charlie (since we had just learned about preterm labor in childbirth class) so he was a little freaked out, but then massaged it till it was gone. He's a keeper! My stomach is getting tighter and tighter and I can't imagine it getting bigger, but I know it will!

The nursery is coming along really well!! Paint is done, furniture is done, and now im just trying to be crafty with all the details and get everything set up. We have enought clothes for her through 9 months thanks to friends giving us their kids' clothes after they grew out of them. Here are a few pictures!

Here is the paint done!! Excuse the mess, trying to figure out where I want everything!!

Here is her closet! And that's only newborn - 3 months worth of clothes. Those two totes are stuffed full of 3-6 and 6-9 months that we will switch out! So when I say we really dont need clothes...we really dont need clothes until 9 months! Definitely blessed with friends and family!!

Thanksgiving was this past Thursday and of course I loved having time with family, but times are changing and that makes me so sad. I am not a fan of change. AT ALL. I thankfully got called off work thanks to my coworkers turning down the chance to be off, I really wasn't expecting to be off. We went to brunch at my dad's parents house and most of us were there, so that was okay. My other grandma (my mom's mom) has been sick with allergy/sinus stuff for awhile so she was not feeling up to cooking a big dinner for the tons of people for that side of the family. So my aunt decided she wanted to branch off and cook for her immediate/partially extended family and do her own thanksgiving. my fam wasn't included in this. So my thanksgiving dinner that I was sooo looking forward to with my ENTIRE family didn't happen. Instead it was my mom, dad, me and avery. that's it. my mom did awesome and made every single thanksgiving dish that I typically expect to try and make us all feel better about basically being alone. It was really really good. but I still missed seeing my entire family, especially since this is Avery's fam's year for Christmas.

All this holiday stuff brought up the thoughts and conversations that me and avery are going to have a child next year for the holidays and in the next couple years, things are definitely going to change. I'll want to do some stuff at my own house for Christmas with Grace and then we have all the different family things to think about. My mom is kinda getting to the point where she wants to do her own thanksgiving/christmas meals and stuff, but my grandparents are still involved (not that I want that to change), so that adds nights/meals and more time and scheduling problems. I wish everything could just stay the same. but oh well. ill get over it. one day.

Prayers would be appreciated for Avery's job ordeal, for God's guidance in what Avery is supposed to do with his life. I want him to have time to figure it out and for God to make His will known, but at the same time, our savings is dwindling every month and we need to figure something out quickly. Needless to say, Christmas presents are slim pickings this year. Sorry fam and friends. We are doing our best :)

Hope you all had a fabulous thanksgiving holiday and are looking forward to Christmas!!! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!! and christmas trees and christmas lights and christmas decorations!!!