been awhile

Yes, I know, it's been awhile, my apologies!

Life has been good! Been adjusting to being a homeowner and all the perks and responsibilities that come with it. I absolutely LOVE my house and feel completely at home there. It's amazing to me how quickly something can become home. I really want to use my house to entertain, A because I have the opportunity now that I didn't before and B because I have the space that I didn't before. I don't want to "hoard" my house, but I want to share it with others and use it whenever it's needed. I've had a few events there so far and I've loved having the opportunity to do so!

Sarah's baby shower was there the weekend after I moved in, and that was a lot of fun! It was crazy because I didn't necessarily have everything I needed, like punch bowls, serving trays, saran wrap for leftovers, but it was fun to have a scavenger hunt of sorts to find alternates for the missing essentials. Sarah had a great time and that is all that matters. We had about 20 people or so attend and Sarah (/Ben) received a lot of great gifts!

Contemplating having a house warming party, but I'm not really sure how I feel about it. I've been going back and forth for a few weeks and I just don't think I'm comfortable having one. I mean to me it's like "hey, come look at this great house I just built, give me compliments, and bring me a gift." and that isn't what I want it to be at all! I mean people have asked to see it, but I just don't know how to do it without it being arrogant/prideful/showy. Maybe I'm over-thinking it.

We are ready for baby!! So excited to meet my new nephew Caleb in a few weeks. Sarah is down for the count and we are all ready for him to come. Hard to believe on some level that it's almost time for him to be here, but at the same time it feels like a while since they told us they were pregnant.

My car door-handle on the inside of the driver side broke this past week. For my car to be 14 years old, 191,000 miles, I can handle a car door-handle breaking! Thankfully my dad is quite handy that he was able to fix it and everything is new again. Praying that my car holds on a few more years, but am anticipating that not happening.

I feel like the past two months have just flown by! I can't believe that today I have been in my house for 4 weeks! I have been so busy finalizing apartment info/adjusting/settling/getting new routines, hanging out with friends, planning things, going to church events, and spending time with family, that I kinda feel like the past few weeks have been a blur.