Change anyone?

There's a lot going on in the Long household these days. We've had our house on the market, and since we have dogs it involves lots of appointments and running around with the dogs so that we aren't in the house. The dogs don't seem to mind:

The good news is, we have a contract! Hopefully all goes well and we will close on the 30th. Ironically, our we found out our water heater was kaput today, so we have to replace and repair it before we move. I'd be lying if I said it didn't irk me a little, but such is life.

In baby long news, we're growing on schedule. We're at 25.5 weeks, and still doing well so far. Still no first name decided, but his middle name will be McKinley after Brian's PawPaw. We may need to see him to figure out what name fit's him best. Pregnancy hormones have made me a wee bit on the emotional side. During the offer/counter offer stage of selling our house, I definitely cried over giving up our fridge. Yup, the fridge. Hubby thought I was loosing my mind, and later on, I realized it wasn't quite as big a deal as it seemed.

We will head toward GA on April 24th for a quick rest, and then off to settle in New York. Brian will start on May 1st. We have a townhouse we've rented for four months, and then we'll find another place to live. Since Ithaca is a college town, it is easier to find a place to live during the summer we've been told.



Please keep us in your prayers as we close on our house, move, and find a new doctor in NY.

We have a doctor in our house!!

A doctor of Philosophy that is! I'm very proud to say that Brian had his defense yesterday and received approval from his committee. PhD down, Post Doctoral Fellowship to go. It's been a busy year so far, Brian was preparing for his dissertation, we finished up things around the house so we could put it on the market, and if all goes as planned we'll both be headed to NY. Until the house sells I'll be sticking around Austin, so please pray it sells soon.

In baby news, I can officially feel him moving! It's mostly at night, but I love to lay down and feel him kicking around. I've been told it's not so friendly fire towards the end, so for now I'm going to enjoy it =). Brian actually felt him the other night too. He had his hand on my belly and went, 'Holy crap, son!'. I laughed and said 'Did you feel him move?'. He said 'he didn't move, that was a donkey kick!'. It's nice to be able to share it together!

I'd have a picture to show, but my self-portrait session didn't go so well. It did give me a good laugh though.

While I'm thinking about it, all you moms out there, what are the things you are glad you purchased and what do you wish you skipped out on? I can't promise I will follow everyone's advise, but I will definitely take it to heart. You will know better than I will!!