Big Sister Jade

Yes, that's right...Jade is going to be a big sister in March! We couldn't be more excited to add to our family. Jade is going to be the best big sister, I can already tell. She loves to help Mommy and I can just about imagine how much in love with the baby she is going to be!

Overall this pregnancy has been going just about as easy as the last one. I feel a little more dizzy/nauseous this time than I did the last time. Still at 17 weeks, I get nauseous feelings most days. I seem to be more hungry this time too, but have gained no weight like I did last time. I ended up loosing weight before gaining again with this one. I have started showing more again. I "popped" a little earlier this time, but really didn't start growing until recently. I don't think I thought I actually looked pregnant with Jade until about 21-22 weeks. I think I'm a little ahead with this one, but not much. I also think I've been feeling movement, but different than what I felt with Jade. This feels more like rolling where Jade felt more like kicks. Either way, being pregnant is such a miracle and so fun to go through even if there are days of pure torture.

We have also finally broke ground on our house in Fergus Falls. The weather has not cooperated as much as we would have liked with all the rain we've had, but are still happy that something is going on on our lot other than weeds growing. I think we are hoping at this point to moved in to our home in January. We ended up selling our house in West Fargo to a couple who is willing to let us pay them rent until our house is done. How we landed that sale is still a shock to me, but are so glad that we didn't even have to list our house! We also don't have to find a place to stay until our house is done. Nate and I are trying our hardest to stay ahead of the game in picking everything out for the house. So far we have a dark green siding I think it's called blue ivy, white trim, carriage style garage doors, and windows are ordered. As far as the interior goes, we have decided to go with hickory wood. Our kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities will all be hickory. We are trying to find flooring to go with the hickory cabinets now and looking into stone for the outside. This is quite the process to say the least. We sure do hope that all this pays off in the end and we LOVE our house!

Just had to add one more picture of Jade. We took her tailgating and to part of a football game for the second year in a row. She loved it this year! I think She could have stayed longer, but Grandma Noland was ready to leave :).