House and baby update part 3

Well we are getting settled in nicely at the new house. We've had a lot of help getting in and settled. We are waiting for some furniture on Wednesday and then we'll be able to get even more things put away. I think then it will feel like home! The kids enjoy the space and really love their play room. It was so nice to have a 10 minute drive to church services yesterday instead of 30 minutes!

On the baby front...yes, I'm still around! I had an appointment this afternoon and I'm still at 4 cm. So...no baby yet. My next appointment is next Monday. (I'm only at 38 weeks so I guess it's now hurry but we'd really like to meet this new little bundle!)

Well that's it for now...we're here at the church using the computer to check e-mail and update you all. We still have to get our reeeaaaallly slow dial up service figured out...argh! I really miss our DSL. Oh well, I love our house and being in the country...it's a fair trade!

House and baby update -- part 2

Well things are coming along great. We've taken several loads to the new house in our van and a friend's van (his wife also sent along some delicious home made bread and other yummies!). I have a lot of kitchen items unpacked and in their new spots. (Thanks to our Rebekah lining drawers and Mom Hyde cleaning the kitchen cupboards and lining them for me!) Mom and Dad Hyde, a friend from church, and our dear friend (J.B.) painted the play room and two of the bedrooms. All carpets not being replaced have been cleaned and the hard wood floors are refinished. Our appliances are all delivered and in place. We're kind of at a stand still until the carpet in the bedrooms are installed...which should be tomorrow morning. Then at that point we can put some more things in the bedrooms...like clothes in the closets! Saturday is official moving day. We have another friend from church who is bringing over a humongous trailer early in the morning. We're not planning on being at the new house until after lunch time but we may be pleasantly surprised. We have had a lot of people offer to help. We have lots of furniture to move (a very heavy and very old piano included!), a ton of totes and "stuff" from the shed and lots of totes filled with seasonal decorations from the attic. So...we'll see how long it takes!

On the baby aspect of things...I had a check up yesterday and I'm dilated 4 cm. Since I'm not at 38 weeks yet they can't put me in the hospital and help the process along. So...I have an appointment on Monday (when I'll be officially 38 weeks) and if I want she said that I could go in and we could get things going (unless this baby decides to come on it's own!). So, maybe we'll have a baby Monday, maybe beforehand...we'll see what happens! Isaac's birthday was yesterday, Nathan's is tomorrow, Noah's is Tuesday (the 30th) and my mom's is May 1st. So...maybe we'll have a shared birthday here somewhere.

Well that's it for the updates. We won't have high speed internet access where we're moving so dial up will have to do. Argh!! We do live a little out in the country and have a lot of Amish neighbors, so I guess I don't expect high speed internet...it would just be nice. So...I'll try to keep you all updated as often as possible. Have a great weekend!

House and baby updates...

Well, much to my surprise I actually have friends that read this blog! : ) One of them took me out to lunch today -- thanks again, Lori! It was yummy! So, since she's updated already I thought I'd take a moment to update the rest of you! We close on the house Tuesday, the 15th as planned. Then the next day we have a company refinishing the office/den floor and the dining room floor. (The 100+ year old wood floor needs some love!) While they are doing that Nathan and anyone willing to help will paint the rec. room (actually the kid's play room and school room). The next night the carpet cleaning people will clean the rec. room, living room, the upstairs hallway and mom's bedroom. Then the following weekend and early the next week we will paint the kid's bedrooms and master bedroom. We also need to order the washer and dryer and refrigerator as well as getting some other items for the house such as a new back door, light for the dining room and room darkening shades for the bedrooms (gotta love those...even though the sun comes up at 5 am in the summer we can sleep peacefully!). Then on the 25th we should have the carpet installed in the bedrooms by a really neat company. They are actually a Christian owned company and they have a been a joy to work with. The carpet is actually made out of recycled soda bottles...and it looks, feels, and costs like regular 'ol carpet, too. It's more stain resistant -- gotta love that! Hopefully we can move in Saturday the 26th. Now, the move in date kind of depends on if our little bundle holds off on his/her entrance until May.

Speaking of new bundle...in the past I've had a wonderful nurse midwife that delivered Hannah, Isaac, Lydia and Elijah (at the hospital). (Noah and Bekah were born in Maryland.) Unfortunately, due to new (and irritating) hospital regulations she can't deliver this one since our first, Noah, was a c-section. So I've had to go to our family doctor. All visits have gone well but our family doctor is uncomfortable with those new regulations, too, so now I have to go to an Obstetrician. Friends at church highly recommended one so I visited him on Wednesday. That visit went well and he seems very confident that another non-cesarean birth will be very possible. I go again on Wednesday (16th) so please pray for a good visit...and pray for energy for packing and doing the day to day things that are very difficult for me right now. I haven't been this tired and sore with any of our other babies.

Thanks to all of you who read this and pray for us. We need it!