Two weeks ago I had my last doctor’s appointment and I was down another 5 lbs from the week before. I had now hit the point of loosing 25 lbs. Both my doctor and I agreed that this trend has got to change. I told her I thought I should get another IV to see if I could get my body back in balance. The choices were the ER or outpatient hospital visit the following day. I opted for the outpatient visit.
I am happy to say the IV is just what I needed. I have been able to eat more food and my energy has improved. I still throw up every few days (for various reasons), but things are headed on the upswing. I have also gained two pounds in the past two weeks.
One week from tomorrow we have an appointment to find out the sex of the baby. For most of my pregnancy I have felt like I am having a girl. Now I am having second thoughts. So really I don’t know. I am excited to find out though.
I have been feeling the baby move over the past couple weeks. I wasn’t sure what it was supposed to feel like initially. I have had so many stomach issues I didn’t know if it was the baby or my stomach being crazy. Now I have a better idea, although my stomach is still sometimes crazy.
House hunt.
Brinton and I have been house hunting for about 2 ½ weeks. We started looking on the Boise Bench so we could be close to his work and on a bus route. Most of the homes on the bench are older and charming, and close to schools but either need updating or are missing something we really would like in a home like a garage or a dishwasher.
Last Sunday was Fast Sunday and since we have been house hunting, my prayers on Sunday were that we would be guided to a home where we can raise our family and be where the Lord would want us to be. Also taking into consideration all the little things on our list. I didn’t realize everything would happen so quickly. I had a strong impression that I needed to look at one of my sister’s friends houses. The home has been for sale for well over a year and I know that the family is probably ready to get rid of it. I got a hold of our realtor on Monday and made an appointment to see the house on Tuesday afternoon. We loved the house. We wanted to go home and think about it before we put in an offer. The next day I got a call from our realtor and she told us there was another offer on the house and if we wanted to have a chance at it we would have to move on it that night.
So by 10:30 that night we had an offer prepared to submit the following morning at 8am. It turns out that the other offer was a higher offer but a lease-purchase. They countered our offer and we raised to our cap in budget. We knew they wanted more, but if this is the house the Lord wants us in, somehow our offer would work for the sellers. To shorten the long story, the ended up accepting our offer and it looks like things are going to work out. Kind of crazy.
We feel blessed and grateful. We are a block from my school and will be moving next door to some friends we met in our branch. The house has everything we hope for on our list, plus more. I just hope I can keep enough energy to pack and prepare for the move with out getting too sick. The Lord is aware of each of our wants and needs, and I am grateful for that.
