Joe and I barely moved into our new home a few days before they arrived. I was so excited to share my first home with them and, it was extremely important to me that they help me get ready for Baby Schroeder. Being so far away from family hasn't been easy on me and living in a city has likely exacerbated this so having a slice of family and home at the same time with so many life changing events was just what the doctor ordered.
In addition, as I've said, my nieces and nephews have been my life for a long time now and I really thought it would be cool to have them help in the transitional process from auntie to mommy by decorating the nursery and shopping for Quinn with me.
So, the morning of their arrival, like I said, I was super excited. My deadline for moving into a new house was to be in it before Grace and the kids came. I don't know why but it was really important for me to, after all these years, actually host them like they have for me time after time, in a real home - not a cramped apartment, with a real husband, and real cooked meals for them, and real beds for them to sleep in, and and real driveway for them to pull into with a real door bell for them to ring. But then...the morning of the day they were finally supposed to arrive, it was freezing and snowing outside, which wasn't a huge deal but, the heat quit working in the house and the hot water heater was barely producing hot water. I wanted everything to be perfect and of course the house was in disarray as we had literally just moved in days earlier and now it was freezing inside. May not seem like a big deal but I had been planning their arrival for months so I was really bummed when it wasn't going to be perfect. Thank goodness for a perfect husband though, because when he got home from work he fixed the heater in a jiffy and the hot water heater started producing more hot water so, I was able to put those things aside and just enjoy my time with family.
Grace bought one of my favorite books from when I was a little girl (A Fly Went By) and gave it to Quinny as a present. This was such a special moment.
We had a great time fellowshipping, and laughing, and playing boggle, and shopping, and decorating the nursery. Not only that but I had also been stressing excessively about cleaning our old apartment out so we could get our security deposit back. Holy smokes was it a blessing when Grace volunteered to clean the apartment to take the burden off my shoulders. What a relief. It was literally such a blessing to not have to worry about getting that done. Pregnancy is no joke and the dread of trying to muster up the energy to clean that whole apartment was daunting. Thank God for Grace's giving heart!
Here is a before picture of Quincey's nursery.
Afton and I decorating together. She was such a big help and loves interior design so it was really great to have her ideas and input. Couldn't ask for a better helper to put together my baby's nursery.
This is as far as we could get. We didn't have any furniture for the room yet, but, I already felt so much better knowing that we were moving in the right direction.
My sweet and handsome nephew getting put to work in the new house.
On the sabbath we went to the National Park to see the petroglyphs. Was so nice to be in the sun with my family on such a beautiful day. My back was killing me though!
All in all, it was a much needed trip from such a special family. We were just missing two of them that couldn't come. I has been so special for me to see how excited they are for my little girl to arrive. Again, I can't believe that it's finally my turn to have the cute baby everyone wants to hold. She is going to be so loved... especially by the Logans. What a lucky girl she is already!
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