February!

This month has been one for the books for us! It was really exciting at first then turned sour really fast. We got word from our renters that they had bought a house and would be moving out so we could move back on march 1st. We were excited about it because that meant we would be able to be on our own again and just in time for the baby to come into our lives. A few days later our renters had still not made their rent payment for the month of Feb. so I text her and asked where it was. She said that they weren't going to pay it because that's what our security deposit was for. Needless to say they went completely against the contract and now are taking them to court for the rent, plus damages. Plans were still in full swing for us to move in on the 1st of March so that was still really exciting and I have been really anxious because I just need my own space and privacy. In the mean time...

KaraLynn got really sick. She was throwing up for reasons we have no idea. It was all dry heaving and went on all night long. So I was one tired mommy the next day. She seemed to be Ok throughout the next day and slowly we started to let her eat here and there just to make sure she would not throw up a whole bunch of stuff. So She finally got past it and was fine. The next day Brynlee started to get really cranky and nothing seemed to calm her down. She started to get a fever, luckily without throwing up, and at first it was 101.5 then it went to 102. so that was a rough night too. she would get so hot she would sweat so I was constanly in there giving more tylenol to make the fever go down. Thus lasted for 2 days then finally subsided. THEN KaraLynn decided she wanted a fever too... Hers went from 100 to 101 to 102 to 103!!! Even though I was giving Tylenol to her it would not help. So Steve being wonderful took over for me and put her in a lukewarm bath which brought it back down to 102 and throughout the night with the help of a cold washrag to her head it went to normal by the next afternoon. Rough couple weeks that was. Little did I know it was just beginning...
Within the next few days I started to have lots of Braxton hicks contractions. They didn't seem to want to stop and suddenly I started to have hard cramping with it too which made me really nervous. So I got on the phone with my dr and told them what was going on. they had me come in for some tests to see if I had infections which were all negative. They told me to go straight to labor and delivery the next day if I was still experiencing them. So the next morning I got up and felt completely fine. did my normal stuff, dishes, breakfast, getting the girls dressed. About an hour into the day I started having them again hard so I went in. My doctor checked me and told me everything was fine and hoped it was just growing pains pulling things around, but that he wanted me on a strict bedrest the next week! I was not allowed to walk around very much, no stairs, no holding my baby, and I needed a babysitter to do it all for me. Luckily I had my mother in law (LIFESAVER) and she took good care of them for me. It eventually went away. Phewww...
the closer we came to march 1st the more stressed we became realizing we didn't have the funds for food when we moved out. The monthly income just wasn't all adding up and we were coming out short a lot! So we had some heart to hearts with our inlaws and decided that we would continue to rent out our home in Eagle Mountain until we knew if Steve would be getting the job in Idaho. It was a very hard decision and lots of tears were involved on my part because I didn't want to accept the fact that we could not do it. Now that it is all said and done and we have it back on the market we feel and know we made the right choice and are just grateful for family that can help us out so generously. We may not be where we want to be right now, but in the long term scheme of things we will be in a good spot and be able to do things on our own easily. I know if we keep making the right choices with our finances and continue to pay off things and eliminate the crud we got ourselves into we will be fine and come out on top! Life is good despite all that is going on because I have my wonderful husband and my beautiful CRAZY girls with me to help me through and soon I will have a precious miracle from heaven in a few short months. Life is crazy but good:)