waiting for the rain to pass

i keep thinking that i need to make these posts more organized ... like, be more of an official blogger instead of rambling on about my feelings and posting a hodgepodge of photos. but then i decided that wouldn't be me. that isn't who i am. 

this past week has been a little nuts. we are officially in the packing up our house mode and this place is a wreck. it is driving. me. crazy. our move out date is june 30, so we have two weeks to go through all of our belongings with a fine tooth comb, organize what is left and box it up. it is such an exhausting process ... especially when you are trying to do so while very pregnant and chasing two kids around. also, i just love a clean, sparkly, organized house and knowing that we will be living in this chaos for the remainder of the month makes me all kinds of restless and emotional. as a result, i am left feeling completely and dreadfully uninspired. there hasn't been many photos taken around here lately ... but it's okay because we are moving! we are finally selling our house after fifteen months on the market and moving on. i am so, so happy about that and whenever i find myself weeping in the corner ... i just remind myself of all the good things ahead. a new home to bring a new baby to. it will be SO good. 

... yesterday was my birthday. i turned thirty. officially. i thought maybe when the day came to an end i would feel it, but i didn't. i felt like me. just me. i had a really sweet day with my family. we spent the day loafing around the house and in the afternoon i went to the grocery store alone. i brought home an easy dinner and a strawberry cake with whipped icing. i sat there thinking that i wouldn't change a thing about my life as a thirty year old woman. i thought ... i am thirty. i am thirty one weeks pregnant with my third baby. that realization alone made me smile and feel oh so content. what more could i really ask for? i didn't take any photos of the day and that's just fine. i didn't need to. it was perfect. 

... so here is to waiting for the rain to pass. to living in chaos for a bit until we are settled in our new home... holding our third baby in my arms. feeling nothing but love and thankfulness for this chapter of my life.