We bought a ZOO!

When we decided we were going to be staying in Pocatello we started immediately to find a permanent home. All the homes we looked at we just were not in love with.We had long lists of what we would want to do to change the houses we looked at so we could love one. Our Realtor walked us through a new build and we immediately had a list of things we wanted to change, but liked the house and the price. The builder told us our changes would be easy to incorporate in a new build and encouraged us to go check out a lot. We fell in LOVE with the lot and before we knew it we were signing papers with an offer. Things with the house are moving along quickly. The house should be done shortly after our baby girl comes. We love driving by our lot and seeing the daily changes. We are now trying to pick out all the details of our home. 

Our lot is right next to a large grass area the city owns. 

Our hole

The basement will be unfinished so we will be able to grow into our home. 

We are so excited to finally have a home, and have even more room for visitors, and our growing family.

Hooray for jobs!

Sadly Joe's clerkship is coming to an end. He has loved him time with the Judge and we both think it was a wise career move to not take a job at a law firm last year and work as a clerk for a year instead. He has been able to learn what to do and what not to do as an attorney.  But as his year mark with the judge was coming to an end he needed to look to jobs at a law firm. He has worked so hard getting job applications, and doing lots of interviews. We both had a feeling all along that even though we were applying where we would love to end up that we needed to stay here in Pocatello or as many call it, "the armpit of Idaho".  He got a job offer from a firm here in town, and we both knew that it was the job he should take. 

So we are going to make Pocatello home. I promise that I can think of dozens of other cities in Idaho that I would truly call "The armpit of Idaho." and Pocatello is not one of them. Be warned that we do however have more trailer homes per capita than any other city in the world (just my observation). If you don't believe me come up and see for yourself (we LOVE visitors!)

Congratulations Joe on a new Job!

Today I finished a project I have literally been working on for YEARS! About 2 years ago I found this cross stitch for a new baby name and I instantly knew that I needed it. My mom had done cross stitch for each of her kids, but none were as huge of a project as this one was. I think at that time my Mom was living with us and "babysitting me" because I was passing out so much. I became very discouraged at the time and working on this project reminded me of one of the many reasons why I was going to such great lengths to fix my heart and not give up. So here is a picture of my finished project. I am quite happy with how it turned out. 

Now all I have left to do is put her name, birth date and weight when she arrives.  

My next project is to crochet a white blanket to go with her blessing outfit. 

I'm not a fan of pregnancy pictures. But I feel like I am still "cute and small" and want to document that while I can.  Here I am this morning about 21 weeks pregnant. I am so happy Gap has a maternity department. I literally own most of the Spring line. I don't think I will ever put my stretchy waist jeans in storage, they are SO comfortable. So if you hate maternity clothes you are not shopping at the right store. I love GAP and desperately miss my discount.

21 weeks