Hi everyone! Sounds like your all doing well. All the talks of housing, baby kicks and such.
Not much going on here right now. Still having issues with sleep but I'm starting to get a bit more when not interupted by the need to pee every hour. I have another scan on Friday which will put me at 16wks 5dys and I'm REALLY praying that being almost 17 wks we'll be able to tell the gender. I want a private scan but would like to do it at 28 wks when the baby has filled out some for keepsakes as well as to closely monitor how many vessels there are from the umbilical cord as my last pregnancy our little guy had only one which didn't really seem to matter that much, but I'd still like to monitor closely just in case. May not even be an issue this pregnancy either.
As for housing, we were going to buy last year when our landlord foreclosed on all his properties and everyone of us lost our sizeable downpayments. The bank demanded we move so we had to use our savings for movers as well as first/last months rent with a pet deposit. Wasn't happy but at least the place we're in right now was literally built from the studs up and we picked out what we wanted. We have hardwood floors, all stainless appliances, an island, etc. They're putting a new roof on and building a deck for us to. This landlord is AWESOME thus far.
We've decided to wait a couple years and save our money before we buy. The winters here are long, hard and dreary in central NY. While our family lives here, there are issues with high taxes, like everyone else probably the housing market stinks because the owners want what they paid for their homes, however their homes aren't worth what they paid. Don't even get me into the local medical care here. Maybe in New York City (5 hours away) they have great healthcare practitioners, but here they stink!!! The only thing keeping us here is our family, our church family and Doug actually loves his job and the people he works with. It's a stable job too in an economy that's not so stable.
Our dream home is a small homestead out in the country. We love to garden with veggies, fruits, and flowers. We've also wanted chickens for farm fresh eggs as well as some goats and sheep. Our friends have a small homestead and while we get to experience it first-hand, we'd honestly love that peace and quiet to bring our children up in.
I also have a dream of building on some land in the back for a housing unit for young girls who are pregnant. We were fosterparents for so long that my heart goes out to the kids and mothers. I'd like to see the mothers continue their education while their babies are safe at home with care. Teaching the girls basic skills so they can move forward with their lives and break those generational bonds they've had from their own families. It's a dream, one never knows if it will happen or not but it's still good to dream.
At any rate, my attitude is getting better. The past couple of days I've been feeling much more happy. I too don't feel like I'm as pregnant and though because of my last pregnancy I panic, I try not to worry and just cough it up to a beautiful second trimester.
Glad your all doing well. Love to you all!!
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Sounds like it'll be pretty boring, but that'll be fantastic if I can hear the heartbeat again!!
