Nearing the end

We are starting to feel really settled in our new house. I love it. I couldn't be happier with the nice quiet neighborhood, the great wee parks that are so close by, and I really love our new ward too. I can't believe how friendly everyone has been to us. We've made some friends that have young kids too and spent memorial day with them enjoying a BBQ. Followed by another BBQ at Ryan's parents house in Salem. It was a very busy, but enjoyable day.
We bought some new furniture that should be arriving tomorrow morning. We bought a bedroom set and a sofa, love seat, ottoman set. I'll post some pics soon.

On Tuesday I had an appointment with my new OBGYN. I liked him even better than my previous doctor. He is such an easy going guy and made me feel very comfortable. Turns out that he has delivered tons of girls babies from my new ward. The hospital here in Newberg is only 3 years old and every room has a jacuzzi ... nice. Ryan seemed really excited when I told him, but who said anything about him using it!
The one downer is that they don't have a nursery. I loved that about Utah Valley Hospital. I could press a wee button when I wanted Jack taken away so I could sleep and then buzz it again when I wanted him back for a cuddle and feeding. This time the new wee guy will be right there all the time..hopefully he sleeps really well so we can both get some rest before heading home.
At my appointment I had dilated to a 2. I was surprised to have dilated at all, but I don't want to get my hopes up and think that that means he's coming early as my friend, Karen, was stuck at a 3 for like 3 weeks or something! So, I might have a while to go yet. I did finally pack a bag last night though and wash all of Jack's old newborn clothes. I can't believe how tiny they are. I am sure Jack is going to look massive next to the new wee guy.

We're in Newberg

We were able to close on our new home as scheduled; May 4th. It has been incredibly stressful and tiring on my pregnant self, but all in all totally worth it. I can't say how happy I am to be in the house prior to having this baby. I had been going to an OBGYN in Tualatin (about 10 mins from our apartment), but now the drive is about half an hour from the new house. It's still not bad, but we have a hospital literally 5 mins from our house here in Newberg. I went ahead and switched everything over to their Newberg clinic. People keep telling me that I'm brave changing my doctor this late in the game. But when I had Jack my doctor wasn't even on call, so Jack ended up being delivered by someone I had never met. I SO didn't care though...I was was just happy to have someone experienced deliver my child. And that's kind of how I feel about this delivery too.
I have my next appointment on the 26th of this month and then it's weekly till the due date. I am praying that I will have progressed somewhat by the next visit. I mean honestly, after all the chaos of the move I think I am entitled to another early baby! Plus I'm turning into one of those pregnant women who walk funny because I ache all over and it's just not attractive..ha.

As far as the house goes, we are loving it. Jack runs around like a wee nutter non-stop and loves his new room. We got a toddler bed for him, but haven't actually put it into his room yet... we need to get him out of his cot and into that this weekend. I hope he stays in it!

We painted the kitchen and one of the bathrooms the very night we got the keys to the house. It was a lot of work. The following day I had all the carpets cleaned....it looks great! And then by Wednesday the 6th we were totally moved in. It was fast. I only wanted to put up some pictures of the outside and the colour we painted the kitchen for now as the house is so bare and pathetic looking at this point. We don't have nearly enough furniture yet and the walls are very empty and sad looking. We are going furniture shopping this weekend. I'm sure it will take some time to get the house looking the way we want it though, especially with a new baby coming that will take up a lot of my time. So I'll put some pics of the inside up once it starts taking shape.

I really like our new ward, everyone is so friendly and it's half the size of our last ward. Hopefully we will get to know a lot more people here.