We're Moving!

Okay, so it is just two houses down from where we currently live, but it is still great. We knew that we needed a bigger place for when the baby comes, and this place is just wonderful. The best part is that included in the rent is gas and utilities! We will definitely be saving money, since paying for gas and utilities at our current apartment has been hard during these cold winter months! We were going tot have a basement apartment directly under the one that we now will be living in, but I will freely admit that I really wanted the upper apartment. It just so happened that the family that is moving out came over to our house and mentioned that they were possibly moving and that the couple who had wanted it had decided against it. We went and looked at it and came home praying to get it. The next day we heard through the grapevine that everything had worked out for the couple to move out, and Marc didn't waste any time. He called the landlord and we met with them that evening. They assured us that the place was ours, and that we could move in after the carpets were cleaned. YAY!!!

A little about the place. It is a portion of the upstairs of an old red brick house. Marc does better in the winter with lots of light, and this apartment has a lot of windows. My favorite part is the large built-in bookshelves! We also like the layout, which seems so roomy compared to where we are living now. I think that it will be less awkward to have people visit now. Many places are a step or two above where we are living, so we are happy with a little improvement. I like to joke that anything is amazing to us because our standards are low. We plan to move on April 1st, and I have already started gearing up for it. I try to clean and organize at least two things/areas a day. It is going to be mostly my job, as Marc is in school and has work and I have the time lately.

The most important part about this news is that I know that it is a blessing that came from Marc and I paying our tithing. With the economy how it has been, my hours at Kohl's department store have been reduced. Marc and I have had financial struggles as a result. Things were already tight, and this made them even tighter. We had forgotten to pay our tithing for a few weeks, mostly due to my pregnant brain. I would remember on Saturday, but forget by the time church rolled around at 1:30 on Sunday. Marc decided that we really needed to remember, so he put the check right next to the front door. We paid tithing even though things are really tight, and we felt happy that we had finally remembered. The very next day is when we found out about our new apartment. It is as if our Heavenly Father was just waiting to bless us and got the chance when we paid our tithing. I am so grateful!

Wow, have I been getting behind on this blog thing! I have been pretty busy lately. I will try to be better, but no promises. Besides, how could I follow a post like Marc's? Isn't he just the greatest?

I think that one thing I need to post is my new haircut picture, which is above. I am so happy with it! Marc was the one that got me to finally do it by setting up the appointment for me. It is fun and different and SO EASY to maintain. This will be good when the baby comes.

Speaking of our baby, he is getting more and more active every day it seems. And he kicks quite hard! Yesterday it seemed like he was doing flips or something. He really got going when I was at my friend Nic's performance. He played piano in a performance of the Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor. It was very good. I guess my son thought so too!