Amazing Man

I love this guy so very, very much. and I would like to take a moment to talk about a few of the reasons why.

• He never judges me for my shortcomings.
• He helps me in so many ways.
• He is loving.
• He is understanding.
• He is considerate of my feelings.
• He listens to me when I'm talking.
• He never would purposely hurt my feelings.
• I can be completely vulnerable with him, which I love.
• He picks up my slack.
• He has done the laundry for the majority of our marriage.
• He does the dishes.
• He helps me clean.
• He puts up with my mood swings.
• He comes up with ideas to relieve some of my stress.

Okay so this is a small list of the many amazing things Nate does for me, but I needed to write down how fantastic I feel my husband is. I have been nesting lately and have been an insane person. :) Not really, but I have felt that our incredibly clean house is disgusting. I wanted to de-junk and organize everything and Nate was excited. We have a schedule and we are getting through everything. I want to have things pretty much done once the baby gets here. Anyway a few of the things on my list that Nate hadn't thought about were things like washing the baseboards (see a little insane). Well to my surprise I came home last night walked in and the Living Room had been dusted and vacuumed, the dishes were done, everything in the kitchen had been wiped down and was oh so clean and he had cleaned out the 4 things that were in our garage that had been driving me insane. Then to my great enjoyment he said, 'You'll never guess what I cleaned, you've been complaining about them for awhile.' I thought about it and I believe it was the second thing I guessed, it was the baseboards. He had gotten down and gone through 4 rags scrubbing them clean for me. I can't explain how thoughtful this was. It's a hard task and though our house isn't huge it's still an undertaking. After he told me I looked at them and they looked fantastic, seriously fantastic! I sat down to dinner, and then to do my homework with a greater sense of peace and relaxation knowing that my house was so clean. and he had done it for me. Because he loves me and wants me to be happy and he thought about it and didn't want his pregnant wife to have to crawl through the house. What a fantastic man I have married, who will not only love me unconditionally, but will clean my baseboards to help me feel more comfortable.

A Little Update with a lot of Good News

First off, I love my life. I really truly do. Everything seems to be gong swimmingly. I am very blessed. The pregnancy is going incredibly well. Little Ele's kicking so often and I adore it. I woke up in the middle of the night last night to her just kicking away and I was so excited. I haven't slept well in the past anyways so I'd much rather wake up to my little baby kicking me than severe back pain or something like that. I have also been doing great in regards to my health throughout the pregnancy. I am almost 25 weeks along and I still have yet to gain weight in fact I am continually getting smaller. I love this fact and even more importantly so do my midwives. :) They are so proud of me for eating really healthy and enough for the baby. (I would never try and lose weight while pregnant) But when you have more to loose and your eating habits change because a. I want to be healthy for my baby, and b. because that's what the baby likes and wants, It basically threw me into fantastic eating habits. Multiple meals a day lots of lean protein, fruits, and veggies. I am loving every moment of it.
I for the first time in a very long time looked at myself in the mirror and was excited about what I saw. I felt beautiful and that hasn't happened in awhile. I am slowing transforming, I would say getting smaller (parts of me are) but basically I'm transforming from an overweight person into a beautiful pregnant woman. I love that my belly is starting to truly look like a pregnant belly instead of a fat belly. I wanted so badly to look pregnant and be a cute pregnant lady and I truly feel I'm getting there.
My sister Anna got married and it was a wonderful sealing. I cried like a baby (again pregnant remember ;) ) She looked wonderful and I really like Matt he treats her the way she should be treated. It was a nice relaxing day and I got to do the flowers. I'll try and get pics up later... I'm also working on getting my website up and going. If you know anyone who would like to have me do flowers for their wedding or small funeral arrangements, I'm looking for some to do, at cost, to build my portfolio.
Alright so this isn't the shortest post ever but there's your update. Oh and as far as my nesting is going. We have officially finished our main floor. And we're on to the bathrooms and bedrooms next. Our pantry looks amazing! and so does our front room. :)

Month at the Museum

Post #2 for the day, I'm on a roll! I have to put in another little plug. They have extended the deadline to notify the semi-finalists. there were so many applications. So we are waiting patiently... well I think Nathan more than me. I want this for him SO bad! I can't even explain it. So I'm crossing my fingers and praying that we will get notified in the next few days. He would be so good! Seriously I can't imagine someone who would have more fun doing this than Nathan. And I would have a celebrity for a husband.

We Finally Know!

We are having a little GIRL! I'm so excited I can't even explain it. We will name her Elenor Marie Gross, but we'll call her Ele (Ellie) for short. I have such a greater connection with my baby now. I have cried all morning every time I call her by name and tell her I love her. It's such an amazing thing and I'm so grateful I have been given this opportunity. Also a big thanks to my wonderful husband, who is so supportive and excited about this baby. I love you Nathan, you are SO amazing.

MATM! Month at the Museum

Alright there is such a cool contest that Nathan has applied for. I mentioned it in passing but I really want to go in depth and send you over to his blog posts about the contest as well. To read about it from his point of view check it out here and here. He would get to live in the museum for a month! Seriously what a fantastic job. And it's perfect timing, we don't have kids yet, it's well before my due date, and I haven't seen him so happy about something in a long time. I'm not going to go into the details because his blogs do it so well but I am going to say why I think he'd be perfect and why I want this for him.

Nathan always wants to learn. He is always reading, for example that's how he found the contest in the first place by seeing it in Popsci online. Where they show you new and cool things in the science world. He is so personable and truly has a love for helping others and being friendly. When we started dating he asked me if I was an introvert or an extrovert... we both had the same answer, we are introverts by nature but extroverts by choice. And that pretty much sums it up. Nate chooses to go out and meet people. And he has become very good at it.

I have married the most fantastic man in the world. Nathan is incredibly giving and loving and I know that this would be perfect for him. So when people ask if I can handle not having much to any contact with him over a month I won't lie I know it will be hard because he is my best friend. But he has never wanted something more than this, and honestly I have never wanted something more for him than this. I think it would be the most amazing experience and I couldn't let him pass it up. In fact I was the one that told him to apply. I hope that somehow this blog might make it to the decision committee so they can see that even though Nathan does have a wife at home that I am so supportive of his decision to apply and that I have been praying that he will be allowed this opportunity. So if he becomes a finalist and needs votes for his video you had better believe I will be calling out the reserves to get him every single vote I can.

Good Luck Honey! I want this for you more than anything!