Just been Tough!

Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait for a new post. Things have been tough. I'll try to explain as much as I can.

We have been dealing with the owners not coming and doing maintenance on the house. Since we have moved, we have slowly had roaches move into the house. So gross! I want to burn the house down, but I can't and won't. We sent in a service request for them to take care of the roaches. They sent a pest guy to come. He came and said we have holes all over the house that need to be fixed and he was going to put a barrier around the outside, since the roaches we have been getting are outside type. So after that I had to do another request for the holes, Its been two weeks with no word. These owners have been difficult to get anything done. I have to keep bugging the poor management company since I don't have a number for them. It's all a new ballgame for us, but apparently just life in Texas. Ewwww!!

The kids school is a very nice school. Its a more in depth school compared to what we are used to so it has been a struggle to get used to it. As children are not wanting to do homework and reading as required. I also have not gotten all the info at the beginning like I should have, so it's harder to know everything I should know. It wasn't all laid out for me, but we did arrive shortly before classes began. We have parent teacher conferences coming up and I'll be asking all my questions then.

We have been trying to prepare for baby girl. Finally got our new crib and got it set up! Also trying to sew a few projects for her as well and my machine seized up. Thankful for my mother who is understanding and kind and sending me a new one. The few projects I have been working on are nursing covers, a boppy cover, a canopy to go over the crib, and I have chosen to challenge myself and try to sew a blessing dress. I am excited! I have never done this and its an opportunity for me to take as this will possibly be our last. We also wanted to have William's mother sew the blessing outfit for the next baby, but since she has passed this opportunity is unfortunately gone. We are pretty sure we have a first name picked out! We are still working on a middle or two middle names. We have not decided. I love being pregnant, but this time its just hard for me to get connected because of several reasons. Just trying to take it one day at a time.

This is the first time in several years we will be doing the holidays by ourselves. Its tough. We are used to having family close and celebrating with them. I'll be scouring Pinterest and family for recipes since I now have more mouths to feed and I would like to make our holiday dinners the best and most enjoyable for my family as I can.  Halloween was great! I made all the costumes. I posted the pictures on Facebook. I gotta say I'm proud of how they turned out. Spencer was Ash from Pokemon, Ashleigh was a kitty cat, and Patrick was a scary ghost. They were all happy with them as well.

William is still in Tri 1 of undergrad. But in the second sub term. Each Tri has two sub terms. The end of the Tri is Dec 11th I believe. Super early. He is taking A&P II at the campus, Chem II online and Trig online. He is starting to find his flow in each of his classes. Had to call my brother a few times to help with trig, such a blessing to have that resource. He has finally found a good lab group for Chem that he can actually meet up with and work together on.

It has been colder than usual lately apparently. Just feels like home. Last night it got down into the 30's and been in the 50's during the day.  So nice!

I am thankful for this journey to improve ourselves and do better for ourselves as well. We knew it was going to be hard but it will be worth it in the end. We will be greatly blessed in the end, I know this. I love my little family and everything that each of them bring to it. I am grateful for William and the decision we have made to go on this adventure.