A Post Long Overdu

I have wanted to write this post for a rather long time now, and am finally just sitting down with only that as my purpose. We have a little updating to do.

I am feeling overwhelmed with gratitude. Josh was offered a position in the misdemeanors department as an attorney at the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association - Just 2 days before my birthday. What a gift right? It was actually quite amazing because we knew a position may be opening up at the time, but were under the impression that an attorney was going to be brought in and put in the felony department making it so that a misdemeanor attorney would not have the opportunity to move up and a spot would then not actually be vacant for Josh. Well, we struggled for almost 2 weeks with frustration from being passed up again by an attorney that had just a year or two on Josh. Well, what a surprise when my sweet husband called me on Tuesday afternoon to ask why I wasnt checking my texts, and then proceeded to tell me "I start full time on Monday" - Uh...what? Just like that. "I start full time on Monday" I then went on to ask if they were going to allow him to work full time as a clerk thinking, well...that's a good sign, and very nice of them. "No," he says, "They are putting me in the misdemeanors dept." ...
I wont go on to tell you the entire conversation, but I did tell him that I didnt think it was nice to play jokes on his very pregnant, emotional wife. That is simply wasnt funny. I was CONVINCED he was just messing with me, and when I finally realized that this LONG awaited moment was HERE... I cried. And cried and cried and cried. I could barely mutter a "congratulations sweetheart, I'm very proud of you" and I hung up.
I dont write this post to brag in any way about the opportunity Josh has now to finally work full time in the field he has studied so hard - I only write to express my gratitude to a higher power who has blessed our family with the means to allow us to move across the country so that Josh could study at GW. I am so grateful for Josh, who worked, and studied and studied and worked - well almost 2 months later he is enjoying the time he spends working with his many clients and the time he spends in the courtroom, and I am especially enjoying that he is able to practice law and do what he was wanted to do for over ten years!

We sold our little blue car. Because of the time I spend at school we are transferring Henry's car seat every day of the week and decided with us adding another car seat to the arrangement a slightly bigger car would be nice to have. We decided to place our little blue online for sale late friday night just to see what would happen, as I was convinced it would never sell. By midnight we had over 150 people look at it and by 11am the next day it was sold. We asked a little lower the what blue book said it was worth with the body damage but about 800 more then we would have taken for it. The buyer didnt haggle and seemed very happy with the car, and we were THRILLED to have it sell so quickly! So... two weeks later we are still in limbo between cars, but Josh's mom has been gracious enough to let us test drive Lynn's Ford Escape to see if we would like to purchase it from her. Well, it's slightly more expensive to drive, but anything would be after driving our tiny 2 door hyundai for 6 years so we are soon going to be the proud new owners of a much roomier car!

PREGNANCY UPDATE

This is my most recent prego pic. I am 37 weeks exactly in the picture and feel like I am overdue... but as I write this I am alomst 38 weeks and feel like I have so much to do before she gets here and am hoping for some nesting energy because I just feel tired. All THE TIME. I do feel blessed however to have had such an easy pregnancy. Yes, I have experienced all the regular symptoms, heartburn, charlie horses, exhaustion, round ligament pain, sciatic never pain...but nothing major.
I have gained 25 pounds with this chicklet thus far - (28 with Henry)
I don't feel like I have had many crazy cravings. I am grateful this little girl is a wiggly one. That some how seems to comfort me each day. I am still in school 4 nights a week from 5-10pm and have one friday afternoon class - It's a little much, and Im not entirely sure what I was thinking, but if I can get through this week and next, and 8 tests in the meantime I will have survived. Counting down the days!
I do have a C-section scheduled for baby girl for May 1st, as I am not progressing any - and while it's early my Dr really only feels comfortable letting me labor if I dilate quickly. No sense in laboring for 20+ hours only to have another C-section. I will let you know what happens in a couple weeks! Its a little crazy to think that it wont just be Henry and I here very soon, and then I wont be pregnant in just a couple weeks time. I do wish that I had more in me to make these last couple weeks with Henry really count, but thank goodness toddlers are very forgiving. He is still the sweetest boy, although much much more independent that I would prefer :)
Henry LOVES to read, and color more and more each day. We have found a story time at the local library that he enjoys each week, and starts on a little soccer team with his cousin this next week. Uniform and all! I have enrolled him in Pre-school for this coming fall with a teacher I think he will adore. It is CRAZY to think he will be starting kindergarten next year! Henry LOVES to ride his bike and we are sure the training wheels will come off by his birthday. He is practicing balancing on two wheels already. He is constantly coloring pictures for his buddies Finn, Alex, Gabriella, and Paige. I find them all over the house...Sorry we dont send them more often! :)

Anyway, life is going well for the Snow family and we are grateful for all our blessings.