Throughout my pregnancy so far I have not had too many cravings. There have been a few things I have wanted but nothing I could not live without. That is until today. It had been a long day of unpacking and organizing yet again and we ate ok but nothing that really hit the spot, that is probably because I am hungry all the time now. So anyways around 6 pm it just hit me, I wanted a shrimp burrito. It was not even funny how much I wanted one, the other day I had the same craving but at the time I did not consider it a craving I just thought nothing of it. Luckily each time I have had these cravings there was someone to fulfill them for me. The first time Ben got one for me and the second time my mom drove me all the way to 59th Ave by her house and back home just for my burrito. Let me tell you I was in heaven, not only did I have my delicious shrimp burrito, but Dancing with the Stars was on in high definition. Doesn’t it make you hungry for a shrimp burrito?
Today was a blast. First me and Ben started our morning off by making breakfast together. We had breakfast burritos, they were really yummy. Then we immediately got started on the house. By 12 o clock everyone was already over the new house with a ton of stuff. It is hard to believe we have as much stuff as we do, and people would say our house was not crowded it just needed to be organized. No way there was way too much and when you see it all spread out between two living rooms it seems crazy that it all fit at our old house. I actually heard my brother say our furniture looks tiny in the house. The packing pretty much lasted into the whole night on Sunday, at one point my mom and I were so tired we would just laugh at the stupidest things. An example would be when we were putting away the socks and my mom started making a game of GO FISH out of out, Do you have this black sock, no, GO FISH, so funny, we were having a blast. I remember looking at my grandma every time we would do something and she would just have this big smile on her face, it was a fun night.
Our new house is finally starting to feel like a home. It is so amazing being here and I feel so blessed with everything we have been given in our lives.
Today was a huge moving day. Friday we got some stuff moved in but no big furniture or anything really important. I was so impressed though, because I had to work so I did not get to the new house until 3 in the afternoon and already the house was coming together. My family brought a huge load of our couches, beds, dressers, tables, chairs, you name it. Since I am pregnant I really can not do a whole lot when it comes to lifting so instead I starting organizing everything. By Saturday the kitchen was completely done minus the new appliances, my closet was all put together and organized by colors, of course, and our master bedroom had all the furniture, and the bed was ready for us to share our first night together in our new home. Thank you to everyone who helped out on Saturday it was truly a team effort and we could not have done it without you.
See you all tomorrow for some more moving.
Tonight we began to move into our new home. We did not have everything to help tonight because it was a Friday and pretty late when we got started, but we did want to get something done. So we decided to move my closet, let me tell you this is not a small task what so ever. It took all of Bill’s truck to move all of my clothes and a small portion of Ben’s. After that we loaded up my parent’s truck with all the boxes we had packed the other night and headed over to the new house. All together it probably took us only 2 hours to empty all the boxes and find a place for them in the new house. Up to last night I thought my closet was massive and I would not even need drawers. Well boy was I wrong although the closet may be huge my wardrobe is just as big if not bigger and filled up the whole thing. I remember bill saying, it looked like a department store. 
I explained to him though that it was years of collecting, I think that made him feel better, maybe? After we finished in the closet we headed downstairs to the kitchen to start unpacking. It is crazy going from so a small kitchen to a larger one, because you really have no idea where to even start placing everything. Luckily I had my mom with me to show me the way; she pretty much decided where everything would work best for us. I remember at our old house we never had extra space and glasses were stacked on top of each other, now there is a ton of space and everything has a place. It feels so organized and anything one that knows me, knows I am a perfectionist who loves to organize all you have to do is look at my color coordinated closet. Can’t wait until tomorrow when we get to spend the night for the first time in our new home!!!
Today we got the call at 4:57 from the real estate agent Gina to come pick up the keys to our brand new home. I can not remember when I have even been so excited to receive a tiny metal key (actually like 6), but you get the point. That is probably because I have never had keys that opened the doors to a big house before. It was a pretty exciting time, I will post a pic of when we first opened the door, it was a very exciting moment. My real estate agent then presented us with a beautiful thank you card and some gift cards for dinner and the movies. Although yesterday was a very exciting day for us it was also a hard day as well. Ben picked me up from work around 3 o’clock which is when he told me he had been laid off. Immediately I was in shock Ben, the perfect example of everything a exemplary employee should be? I wasn’t sure what to say to him, I figured at this point he would be crushed and worried since he is the biggest part of our income. Instead though I was pleasantly surprised in his attitude and overall take on the unfortunate situation. His company has been struggling for quite some time, just like all others have, but we never thought it would happen so soon and especially not on the day we got the keys to our brand new home. But if there is one thing I know for sure it is that everything in life happens for a reason and it is when you give up and feel sorry for yourself that you allow things to change. So to us this is not a loss this is a gain. Ben is a wonderful man with unbelievable talents and I know opportunities will come flying in and he will finally be able to do everything he has always wanted to do. There is something Ben said to me that really stuck. He said “You know honey every time I pray, I never prayed for a secure job or money, I prayed for our unborn baby, our family, and our new home.” This meant so much to me because my mom has always said if you believe in God and you live your life for him he will always take care of you, and I truly believe that. I know when I married Ben I married the man of my dreams, a provider, a protector, a man of wisdom, strength, and a firm believer in GOD.
I feel so redundant in all my posts but what else is there to say besides that we are super excited and looking forward to continuing our life in our new home, welcoming a new baby addition to our family, and making many new family memories together.
So far my pregnancy has been very up and down. One minute I am sick and the next I am perfectly fine, but nothing compares to this. I have been hearing from day one that everything is going to start stretching. Well I had no idea what they were talking about until a few days ago, holy crept. I know it definitely does not help being so small, because they have been telling me everything has to stretch so much more, owe. Sometimes I wake up with these sharp piercing pains that feel like someone is punching me in the stomach. Today is especially bad though I am at work and they are in full force. I just keep getting up and walking around the office trying to relieve some of the pain. I can just see me on birthing day I am going to be a big ball of nerves and surely in a lot of pain.