Changes

I know I have ignored blogging for a while, honestly, the desire to write has been there, but there have been some major changes in our lives over the last few months. I'm still trying to wrap my head around a few of them. 

I had mentioned before that Derek had been deployed, and that I was counting days (hours and minutes is probably more acurate) until he got back. He finally came home on April 1st, and no, that's not an April fools! I don't think Emma let go of his hand for days.... 

In May of this year we had some pretty exciting (and pretty unexpected) news.....

We found out that we were expecting a baby, and my due date was Christmas Day no less. Extremely exciting, but it was a crazy time as I've had complications, losses, and all around issues with my last few pregnancies. It was an exciting but nerve-wracking time as we were almost afraid to get excited. I mean, what if we lost this baby too? God has been merciful, and I have been blessed with a mostly uncomplicated pregnancy. No ER trips or L&D trips thus far. 

After all this, we found out we were moving right over Emma's 4th birthday. I planned a small Frozen party for a few of her small friends before we left, and after the party, time seemed to speed up. 

We ended up with movers coming at the beginning of September, saying goodbye to our house, flying out to Colorado, and then driving 19 hours to see our families in California. It was wonderful to have some vacation time before we buckled back down to work and normal life. 

We celebrated Emma's 4th birthday in Colorado, and we also happened to pick up the new car God blessed us with that afternoon before dinner. Lots of phone calls and tiny details to attend to, but everything was starting to fall into place a little. 

God provided again, and we moved into our apartment the day our hotel reservation ended. House hunting was pretty stressful as the Army does a pretty poor job of being consistent with how they deal with finances and reimbursements, but God knew right where he wanted us. 

Our household goods were delivered on the Friday after we moved in, and Derek was shipped off to training the next Monday which made things a little interesting, but we have managed to make everything work so far. This pregnancy, although somewhat inconvenient at times because of the lifting restrictions I have, has been a blessing, and we can't wait to welcome Amelia Zoey into our family in few weeks. 

We have so many things to be thankful for this holiday season, it's overwhelming to think about. God is so good!