The New and Final Plan

I'm not sure anyone is going to care about this anymore....since we have changed plans at least three times now, but this blog is a little online journal for me as well, so I am going to explain anyway:)

This year, as I have expressed before, I have felt like my life has literally been shaken upside down. Not necessarily in a bad way, though it's had/having it's challenges. The main struggle has been trying to figure out where to have this baby. Bryant's first 10 week internship starts in Oregon about 3 weeks before I am due. My Mom and Dad and Sister are all unavailable since they are all on full time missions, and won't even see this baby until she is between 13 and 16 months old. So, not wanting to be by myself 9 months pregnant and having a toddler, we have tried to decide the best way to go about this.

At first, we decided we would move to Boise after Bryant finishes his summer classes and comprehensive exam, and then when he has to leave for his internship, at least Bryant's family would be around to help me out. But, since our insurance doesn't work in Idaho, and getting insurance in Idaho is either too long of a process or way to expensive for us, we had to change that plan.

So then we decided it would be best for me just to have the baby here in Spokane. I like my Dr, the hospital is just a few blocks away, it just seemed easier. Plus, Bryant's mom has been so flexible about coming to help wherever we are. However, both of these plans do leave Bryant and I separated for a good 5-6 weeks. We would have to schedule to be induced (which I want to do anyway), but hope I don't go into labor before that so Bryant can fly back to be with me while I have the baby and get back to Eugene so he can fulfil his internship requirements. What a stressful pain in the butt!

So, after trying to figure everything out, I finally thought I needed to call the wonderful couple that we got in contact with last fall who said we could stay with them, to let them know about our plans, and also that we would have a newborn for the last month we were there. A newborn can be tricky because you never know if they will be fussy, if they will sleep good at night, etc. After explaining everything to this couple, and learning that they need a house-sitter starting September 1, the wheels started turning in my head.

I was able to find out that insurance is not such a big hassle in Oregon (at least thats what they told me), and that puts me far enough away from my due date that traveling isn't a huge issue. We worked it out with this couple, so Bryant, Gracie and I will be leaving Spokane August 27. I will get insurance worked out as soon as we get there, get a Dr and we get to stay together as a family....which is really the most important thing to me. Gracie has a hard time when we are away from Bryant for too long, and so do I to be honest. I still feel really good about this decision though, and we are excited to move on with things.

The internship in Eugene goes until right around Thanksgiving time. Then we will head over to Boise for the last two internships and then.....GRADUATION!

So, as much as I have felt like my life has been turned upside down these past 6 months or so, things are working out better than I could have ever planned given the circumstances. See, I always knew Heavenly Father was taking care of the details in my life (even if I did complain about things a little!)

My goal now is to be able to stay put, wherever we are when we have baby #3! So far we have made a tradition of having babies and moving at exactly the same time!