Tanganyika

We got to spend the day at Tanganyika Wildlife park in Wichita for Molly's 9th birthday. What a cool park. We enjoyed how accessible all the animals were and got to feed and pet some of the animals. Molly rode a horse, although I think she wished she would have saved her money to ride the camel! My dad fed a lemur before we left. Cool!

Taking a stroll through the kangaroo exhibit

Linkan, petting bunnies and turtles

Feeding the goats

Molly's horse ride

Check out the lemur hanging out behind "Tam-Pa" and Linkan

My dad, feeding a lemur a cranberry

MoMo's Birthday & Aquatic Center Fun

Molly's birthday is tomorrow so I took Molly, one of her best buds Maya, and Linkan swimming this afternoon. Got the kids slathered up with lotion and forgot about myself. A bit charred this evening! Gotta love summertime. :) We celebrated Molly's 9th birthday with a yummy meal made by mom along with cake and presents for the special girl.

Home Sweet Home

This weekend, we went to Lawrence to take a second look at two houses that we had liked during previous visits. We wanted to compare them back-to-back. Both were very nice houses...but it was immediately clear to us that the second house was a better fit for our little (yet quickly expanding) family. As of tonight, we are officially under contract with the sellers. Yipppeee! If you refer to my earlier post, Big n' Lil Posts: SOLD, then you know that it was difficult for me to come to terms with the fact that I would not be in my own home when baby #2 arrived. I am still pinching myself...because our close/move in date is 2 weeks before the baby is due. I know that anything can happen and the baby could come early, but I'm so thankful that we have the opportunity to be in our home and somewhat unpacked and settled before the baby is SUPPOSED :) to come. God is good...and He knew the plan all along. All He wanted is for me to trust him regardless of the outcome.

Of course, we still have the inspection to get through but the home is 8 years old so we are hoping that nothing major will come of it. I've gotten a little misty-eyed as I have been thinking about saying goodbye to our Colorado home next week when we travel home to move out. Having a new home to look forward to sure is good for our souls. :)

Here is a pic of the new Postlethwait casa. Had to crop it to get rid of the address that the realtor plastered on the photo.

8 Month Belly Shot

Since I totally forgot about the 7 month belly shot (gonna use the PG brain excuse), I figured I better hurry up and get 8 months on the books! It's amazing to me how much my belly has grown in that past two months. Check out the last picture/post: Big n' Lil Posts: 6 Month Belly Shot.

Wow, time is really flying now. Last week's OB appointment revealed that I'm 131 pounds and the baby's heart rate was in the 150's. I have lost weight since my last appointment. The ole tumm is getting a little crowded! I can't shove it down the pie hole as easily as I'm used to. ha! I'm feeling pretty darn good. I get a little uncomfortable sitting for any length of time and insomnia has started to set in a little. I can't really complain, though! I'm nearing the end and that's just how it goes. We're in Lawrence this weekend, staying at a hotel and doing some more house hunting. Hope to have something under contract before this baby is born!

SOLD

Thanks to our wonderful realtor in Denver, we had our house under contract within two weeks of listing it. That was back in May. We've been sweating bullets ever since, over the appraisal. We were pretty worried that it was going to come in much lower than the price that the buyer offered to us. If you're confused, don't feel bad. We were too. Apparently, the lending climate has changed quite a bit since the banks and economy tanked a few years ago. Big shock. If the appraisal came in too low, the bank would have asked the buyer to pony up the difference with their own cash...and we knew the buyer wouldn't be able to do that.

Yesterday was a rough day for me, mentally. Just feeling down about not finding a house in Lawrence yet...and part of that was due to the fact that we didn't know how much equity we would be bringing over with us. I have been feeling much better today...usually only lasts a day for me and a new morning is always therapeutic. This is a crazy time for me...I'm 59 days from my due date, I haven't lived with my husband for 7 1/2 weeks now, I haven't been home in that long, in a few weeks I won't even have a "home" to call my own and I don't have one in the works either, OH and I won't have one when I have this baby. After re-reading that last sentence, I think I'm doing pretty good to have only had a couple "bad days" so far! :) I'm blessed to NOT have psycho pregnancy hormones or mood swings. I am the same Kacy, pregnant or not...thank goodness. I keep telling God that I completely trust Him and telling myself that I have nothing to complain about! Sometimes I have to do this "telling" stuff multiple times a day!

After yesterday, I needed some good news. The inspection last week went really well and tonight we received word that the appraisal was AWESOME. No issues with our buyer getting financed. Whew...what a stinkin' relief! With the appraisal done, we know the answer to the equity question and it's as good as we had hoped. Granted, we lost 25K in equity by default (when we listed the house) due to the downturn in real estate market...but at least we weren't upside down in our house, thank the Lord. It's so hard to see the big picture sometimes...well, most of the time for me. Man, am I glad that I'm not in control of my life... I would royally screw it up. I think the control is in the right hands. I fully expect to have more bad days over the next few months where I question God and everything that is going on around me. I'm thankful that I can wake up the next morning with a renewed mind as I reflect on all the times that He has proven to me over and over that He has my back.