Well I've finally after 13 hours of working yesterday planted flowers in the yard while my husband mulched and helped and did edging. Then I went on inside to tackle the upstairs guest room since we've only been moved in for a few weeks and the movers idea of unpacking and my own were very different it's been a bear of a chore. Did I mention I am having a baby in 6 more weeks. Yes, I am very pregnant to boot.

Anyway, my mother and father in law are coming this weekend to visit us at our new abode so things had to kick into high speed. The piles of clothes throw everywhere and stacks of books had to find a home and the beds had to be made and and it basically had to turn itself into an actual room but with the good Lord's help and prayer yesterday it was finally transformed!!

I am so excited. Now all I have to do is find a cherry dresser for the baby to be and I can have her room all fixed as well.

My friend was talking about getting ready for the baby they are adopting from Kazastan and how she was nesting so bad even though it wasn't a biological child (she has to biological children two boys they're adopting a girl) she still couldn't pass by a junk drawer without cleaning it out. I thought how wonderful to just have junk drawers to oragnize b/c at the moment I had junk Rooms to organize.

It's overwhelming when I stop to think about all everything that is about to change our lives in just a short time because I have so much to do. My husband says okay tell me what you have to do and I'll help.. oh if it were only that simple.. you see first I have to organize the choas in my mind before I can even verbally begin to tell others what even needs to be done. I need to finish Ava's room before she gets here. I need to wash some of her clothes and figure out where to put all the toys. I need to pay attention to my three year old who misses all of her freinds and playing at the park. (did I mention they aren't very public park friendly here in good ole TN? there's not one park in our whole town I can take her to to play) I need to find a dresser for the baby's room and a matching dresser for Anna in her room. I need to organize and clean the garage and just plain old clean the house. I also need to make some more food for the hummingbirds who've sucked the entire feeder dry in 3 days.

I have accomplished organizing the downstairs and hanging all the pictures except for one mirror that was to heavy to lift. Now I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks all who prayed for me to find a good church and make some mommy friends. We went to a church Sunday and to the Sunday School class and my husband and I both loved the teacher. The people were very welcoming in the churches we've been to in the past it takes weeks to even learn peoples names. Here people invited us to sit with them told us their names. After class several girl came to me and gave a quick synopsis of thier story and invited me to sit with them at church and then exchanged numbers. After church it was the same thing girls from all over came introduced themselves and invited me to the different ministries. I signed up for the Lisa Whelchel's My story (scrapbooking biblestudy) I had actually just bought the whole thing because I loved the creative correction one so much. Only hopefully if my mom is here during that I will be able to attend. It doesn't provide childcare but God works in mysterious ways I am going to wait a bit before I take my name off the list. I am very excited that soon I will have others to talk to other than the builders, painters, and drywall men. I will actually have some women to talk to..!! LOL Hey it's lonely being a mommy sometimes but it's worth it. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Obviously I liked it so much I am trying it again. God is so good.

Above are some pictures I took after I cleaned up enough stuff to get into the rooms to take a picture. This was what we paid Allied to do the unpacking service. Like I said their idea of unpacking and my were totally different.

Many of you probably know who Beth Moore is but did you know that just like us she has her very own blog spot? She does, and like a proud grandma you can tell as she blogs pictures and adventures of her and her grandbaby. You can check it out at
http://livingproofministries.blogspot.com/ enjoy!

This is our new blessing. TN is a lot cheaper than Tampa so we got this for a cheaper price than the townhome we had in Tampa. It's hard to believe and Anna is thrilled with the big back yard but we both miss our friends from FL. We were walking through Target the other day and she saw a cars lamp and she said Oh mommy we should get that for Aidan he would love it. She remembers everything.

Her favorite pasttime is picking flowers. In tampa we never had flowers in between our neighbors house and ours because she picked all she saw. Her she is picking mommy some flowers at Nana's house. I must have been really good to get such a pretty bouquet.

While we were home my mom took Anna to a place like Libby Lou and had a princess makeover. She loved it. She still reenacts the entire salon experience letting you pick out your nail polish, glitter, eyeshadow, and face tatoos. She was too cute!

I had a wonderful mothers day. My husband surprised me with the journey necklace. I LOVED it. It was so sweet. At sunday school Anna made me a Mothers day flower pot with cute little flowers inside. It was too cute and she was soooo proud. She's growing so much. She misses all her friends in FL and remembers each of there names. We haven't met anyone here in TN yet and have yet to get a neighbor with kids yet. There is no mom's club here so I try not to think about it all so I don't get overwhelmed. I miss my friends in FL too. It's hard not knowing anyone and I hate to say it but it seems for me church is the hardest place to find a friend at. I went to a church for a year and a half in Tampa and noone ever even knew my name and we went every sunday. Here I am trying to get more involved with sunday school in hopes of meeting someone my age but so far all the churches we visit put us in classes with people our parents age. We haven't figured that one out yet but I am still looking for the 3 year old mommmies!!! Well I apprecaite all the prayers I can get as my due date approaches I am growing increasingly more emotional and scared. I dread it more this time b/c I know whats coming last time ignorance was bliss!!