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Holy Moly, I feel like my life is going a million miles an hour.  Some days I am thankful for it and then others I just want to sit down, fall asleep and not wake up for hours!  Today is a thankful day.  As a stay at home mom, I just gotta sit down sometimes and think about all of the things that I actually accomplish in a day.  After being a working girl for so long, it can be hard to just stop going to work and stay at home.  Today, my first big, HUGE accomplishment was getting my sorry bag of bones out of bed.  Being 11 weeks pregnant doesn't sound like the hardest thing in the world, but some days it is, and mornings can be THE WORST!!!  I folded two batches of laundry, started one more batch (which will complete the laundry pile that I started 4 days ago, go me!) got some hamburger out of the freezer so I can make spaghetti later, cleaned out our filing cabinet and re-organized it. . . . and hmmmmmm let's see. . . . I did take the dog outside twice and let Cora run around and play for almost an hour.  Now, she is napping and I am having this internal battle that I always do when she is napping.  Do I take a nap myself?  Do I clean something?  Do I start packing up some of our things (cause we are moving next week and it eventually does have to get done, booo!)? Do I watch another episode of Grey's Anatomy on Netflix (my new guilty pleasure)? Or do I sit and blog about everything and nothing?  Today, obviously I chose to blog, cause it has been so long and I've had a lot on my mind.

First thing that I've had on my mind for the past few days is General Conference.  I have loved watching Conference since I was baptized.  On my mission it was THE BEST!!!!!  But for some reason, I am overly excited about it this week!!!  Maybe it is because we've got so much going on and so many changes ahead, I'm hoping for something to really pick me up and give me a lot of motivation.  And it is the one thing (along with church every week) that we can expect to happen every 6 months.  It is an over load of spiritual power.  I'm super excited to watch it online and turn it up as loud as it will go so that Cora can hear it too.  Last conference she surprisingly watched very closely.  It will probably be a different story this time, she's walking and going all over the place she can't pay attention to anything for more than 5 seconds (unless it's Mickey Mouse)

Today we are signing all the final paper work to buy our house.  Talk about a long, stressful process.  But I am so excited to finally be moving into a home that we can call ours.  We have already talked about all of the fun things we want to do with it.  It'll probably take us a while, but hey, at least we know we can!!!  It's going to be a crazy adjustment living in such a small town, but I am excited to get to know all of the people there and become involved in the community! 

(Our new house, Yay!!!)

As I mentioned before, I am 11 weeks pregnant.  I have been a lot more tired and a little more sick this time around.  But things are starting to get better.  John and I choose the worst times to have babies.  Last time we moved I was 36 weeks pregnant with Cora, and this time I'll be 12 weeks pregnant.  I'm not much help in that condition, but at least this time around I'll have Cora to keep me busy and make me feel like I'm helping a little bit.  Baby #2 is due in October.  We are so excited for Cora to have a little baby brother/sister.  We feel so blessed that Heavenly Father has given us the great opportunity of being parents and raising His spirit children.  There is nothing more rewarding than being a parent.  I can't imagine not having Cora right now.  I would feel so incomplete.  Thank Heavens for little babies and their sweet spirits!!!

(10 weeks, and showing WAY too soon)

I am so thankful that I can stay at home with my baby girl.  It is hard at times, but it is so worth it.  Being able  to see her grow and learn has been such a blessing and I can't wait for all of the adventures that we are going to have together in the future!