new year- new beginnings

whew! time is passing faster than ever! it feels like we're living in a bit of a whirlwind. at 5.5 months pregnant, chasing a 16 month old [who is 100% toddler], getting our house ready to sell, and teaching 2 days a week- i'm finding little time to sit at the computer & reflect on it all. 

the stager came yesterday to help us set up the house for selling, and tomorrow we're getting new appliances installed. friday the photographer comes, and our house officially goes on the market monday after the super bowl- february 3. 

we've put so much love into our first home that it's definitely bittersweet to have begun this process. we're beyond grateful and excited for the next chapter in our little nest's life though :)

but let's be honest. this baby is due in [less than] 18 weeks. that means 18 weeks to cram some serious life stressors in! selling our house, buying a new one, and moving all by [God willing] memorial day, when i'm due. we've prayed about it, and said multiple times that this is going to have to be the perfect storm in order for it to all pan out the way we're hoping. my goal is to have both girls' rooms done by may 15. i've never missed an end date- gotta keep up the streak. eeeeeeeeeek!

in the meantime, lucy is becoming more & more "toddler not baby" each day. this morning, as i'm hand-washing dishes while we wait for the new dishwasher to be installed, she took advantage of some downtime and ran into the bathroom, unraveled the toilet paper roll, ran into the living room and pulled out several files from the filing cabinet, then dumped a cup of ice on charlie's head- all in one minute's time [this following a quick rummaging of my bathroom drawers, and an innocent breaking of my favorite headband]. she's a quick one! and super spunky to boot. she reminds me of a tiny punky brewster- sweet, sneaky & stylish :)

i am so so so excited that jon & i have named lucy's little sister! names have always been one of my favorite topics :) we wanted the girls' names to compliment each other, so it was a bit of a process breaking down lucille jane & all of the reasons why we love and chose that name for our first-born. i can hardly WAIT to share it with the world, but jon loves surprises, and has asked me [like last time] to keep hush hush- not an easy task for a girl like me! 

i've begun to feel lots of sweet kicks & tumbles over the past few days, & we're counting down to our next ultrasound on the 31st! 

-ivy