packing up

i absolutely hate packing, moving & unpacking! it's got to be the worst part of buying a house--worse than all the paperwork even! i've worked on boxing things up today...got the baby stuff sorted and boxed--outfits that we've picked up here and there, toys, yard sale finds, etc, mike worked on boxing the office this morning, & i got most of the picture frames & knick-knack stuff wrapped and packed. that said, i look around and feel like my house is more of a mess now then when i started & i think it looks like i haven't actually packed a thing! bleck...what a disaster. i also keep thinking about the classroom that needs put together but push it out of my mind, telling myself that august will be soon enough (hopefully).

our lancaster house is coming along...we got paperwork in the mail yesterday to read over and sign. i'm a little frustrated b/c i'm tired of this thing dragging on, but it seems that our agent is out of the office b/c when i call & e-mail to ask a few questions regarding the paperwork i can't get ahold of her. we've gotten most of the painting done--a little touch-up to do--& mike is laying new flooring in the nursery & downstairs bathroom this weekend before he leaves for colorado. if he can get that done & i can get the rest of it cleaned to my specifications (mostly just bathrooms & kitchen) then i think i'll feel better with him leaving for 2 weeks. i don't want to move things in until we have an insurance policy on it..just in case something would happen..but i'm anxious to get home to lancaster. hopefully by mid-august we'll close & get in..pray for that to go smoothly while we're both also starting new jobs. we'd like new carpet in our bedroom but it's such a big space that it'll be quite an investment, so it looks like we may have to hold off on that for awhile, but that's okay--at least the baby has fresh walls & new, clean wood flooring.

okay, on an off note..had a few people say, "where are your belly pictures?"...i'm not a naked belly person, but mike did take a couple the other night...i'm sure in 3 or 4 more months i'll wish to be back to this size, but right now i'm already hot and a little cramped & uncomfortable! tomorrow i'm exactly 20 weeks...half way there!!!

(anybody else concerned that my husband cut off my head in both pics?)