Oh boy, here we go. So we accepted an offer on the house today and should be closing our chapter here by the end of the month! We are trying to get into this charming little home in Gilbert, Arizona. Johnathan and I are going to head out a week early and take our dear sweet time crawling down south so we can visit with everyone along the way. Ben is going to load up the truck on that last day and shoot right through, stopping only for gas and coffee I’m sure. Send a travel safety prayer our way!
Also, Ben and I celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary today! We spent it at the hospital looking at the ultrasound for our third baby! Nadeje measures only a little under half an inch, and is almost 7 weeks along. (s)he has a heartbeat, and is expected to arrive March 22, 2008.
So strange, the sonographer took one look at me and said, “seven weeks.” When he pulled the image up on the screen he said, “Oh, maybe a little earlier. I’m going to guess about 6 weeks, 4 days.” He joked that he was “way off” when the measurements proved to be one day’s difference.
Showing only a dark circle with a tiny white spot in it, Johnathan walked out of the hospital with the photo facing outward. “This is my baby,” he told people we walked by. He is a very proud big brother.
Nadeje, our little one’s in-utero name, is Czech for hope, something we must hold on to after the tragic events that occurred this spring. We will always love and miss Jeremy and this child in no way replaces him or our sadness, but it will add some love and joy to our home.
So much excitement my head is spinning.
Desert ho!
