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GIRL!!! It turns out that I was right and everyone else who voted boy was wrong. We had our ultrasound on Friday and saw our little baby girl on the screen. She kept putting her hands up by her face, so we didn't get a good picture of her profile or face, but it was definitely a girl. I have to admit that I was slightly disappointed for a few minutes, but then I got over it and I'm actually excited now. Most of you know that I had 4 girls in my family and no boys and we had a lot of fun together (and still do!) So, all is well. Girls are good and I don't need to buy any new clothes/baby stuff for this one. After the appointment, I looked at Brandon and said, "Well, now we have five months to pick a name!" It usually takes us the whole pregnancy to find/agree on a name, and it is getting more difficult with each girl. But, you will have to wait until she is born to know what her name will be anyway. We like to keep the name a surprise!

Well, we are somewhat settled in now to this house. Of course, there are boxes still all over the place, but I think we will be much happier here, and I have already noticed a difference in my allergies/asthma since we moved in. The kids and Ginger love having a yard to play in too. This is our first full week with Brandon gone though, so we'll see how it goes...

Anyway, thank you for all of your love and support. It means so much to our family! I hope you all had a great mother's day by the way. Have a fabulous week :)

Roller Coaster

Well, to sum up our last few weeks, the first phrase that comes to mind is: ROLLER COASTER. We moved into a rental house in Mesa on April 17th. We loved the house, the neighborhood, the ward, Avery's school, etc. The only problem was that our allergies and my asthma went haywire almost immediately upon move-in. We soon discovered that the previous tenants had let their cat(s) use the carpet throughout the house for a litter box. I had such a difficult time breathing that I had to go to the doctor and get a breathing treatment, as well as a new inhaler prescription. Prior to this, I had not used my inhaler for at least two years, but was using it every few hours during our first week in this house.

Anyway, I will spare you will all of the details, but to make a long story short, our property managers have been less than favorable to work with and the owners have refused to replace the carpets - despite being told by a professional carpet cleaner that they were beyond repair, and despite the fact that we are suffering with health problems and I am four months pregnant. So, we are now in the process of packing everything again and moving to a different house this Saturday. Thankfully, I had not unpacked everything yet (toys, books, misc.) because we thought they were going to replace the carpets and we would need to move it all again anyway. Unfortunately, I got rid of all of our boxes that I spent weeks collecting, so I'm back to square one. And, Brandon is now out of town until Thursday night, so I'm pretty much on my own to pack up the house.

OK, before I continue my Sally Sob Story, I have to say that it has been wonderful to be close to family and I know they will be helping a lot over the next few days. And the house we are moving to will be much cheaper for us, so there are definitely blessings we are receiving amongst the chaos. There are always so many things to be grateful for, and that is what I have tried to focus on lately. Everything happens for a reason, and we definitely learn things during our "trials."

On a happier note as well, we have three more days until we find out if our new little one will be a boy or a girl. The votes on the poll have definitely been outnumbered! 10 votes for BOY and 1 vote for GIRL. And guess who that one vote was from? Me! We'll find out soon, and we are really excited. Our computer will most likely be out of commission for the weekend during the move, but as soon as it is up and running again, I will post the results of the ultrasound! I hope you all have a fabulous day and again, forgive me of my whining. I just need to get it out sometimes, and then I feel better :)