The beginning of another month

I can't believe it's November already -- I know common cliche to start out a blog post, but really.

We've just been keepin on around here... wake up, go to work, come home, cook dinner, watch a show, and go to bed. Ok, our lives are that boring, but in all reality we have a pretty consistent schedule and there is some comfort in that.

We've found a great group of friends here in State College -- actually, they found us and I can't begin to tell you how thankful I am for them. Every Wednesday I go to a small group with girls around my age! Sure, on Wednesday when I'm driving home from work the last thing I want to do is go out again, but I'm always so happy coming home from just living life with these ladies. We're reading through Tim Keller's marriage book and I've loved all the different perspectives and the new things I'm learning. It's been a group of safety, vulnerability, and care -- something I've actually been praying for over the years.

We started building our crib...

Shortly after this picture we stopped our building of the crib because there were huge gashes on it! After tons of calls to target online, I finally put this crib on our registry at target, marked it as bought, and we drove to our local target to return it. Everything went smoothly (thank goodness) and we actually ended up getting a completely different crib.

Finished -- we totally had to build this twice because we did it wrong the first time

One more thing to add to the completed list. Every time there's another addition to that list I have to pause and stand in complete awe that our little girl is actually coming!

Speaking of coming... this past weekend we went to visit Jeff and Sarah again in Pittsburgh. Only this time they were a family of three instead of two! 

Sarah looks absolutely wonderful and Luke has given me unrealistic expectations for our little girl haha! He's 4 weeks old and literally did not make a peep unless he needed something. Other than that he slept or laid there completely content. 

Jeff and Sarah go to a Halloween party every year and since we were visiting we went with them. Cam and I are really bad at coming up with witty ideas for Halloween. I was so thankful when I ran into a friend and she gave us this idea. Meet Jim and Pam from the office. And to make it just a little more complicated, we were Jim and Pam dressed up for Halloween as a cat and three-hole punch Jim. Unfortunately, the party was full of hipsters who haven't watched the office yet. We still had a blast and enjoyed a weekend full of food with Jeff and Sarah. 

Other than that, life has carried on in its regular fashion. I'm growing each and every day which of course is a good thing for our child, yet a bad thing for my comfort level. I've been so thankful that sleep has come easy for me up until this point, but the complainer in me cries out "we have 7 more weeks!!!". So we take it a day at a time for now. Cam has been great at recognizing the things I'm just not very proficient at anymore. This definitely helps my pride and stubbornness of wanting to still do everything for myself. Truth is I need help and he provides it before I have to ask -- love him. 

Speaking of help, I found myself crying out to Jesus this weekend as we drove home from Pittsburgh. I feel like we already have so many decisions to make simply about how this child will enter this world -- forget about all the life choices following we will have to make for her. Lately I find myself praying that the Lord will give us hearts that quickly say I'm sorry and ask for forgiveness from our little girl. And somehow in that same vein I am able to anxiously rest knowing the Lord will provide with guidance, finances, community, and love. 

So pray for us friends in this big season of change! We couldn't be more excited for this little girl, but we need the Church -- we need YOU!