3-month update

It's been over 3 months since I last blogged and of course a lot of things happened in the past 3 months. To sum it up, we moved to the house we bought even we haven't close on that yet in August, then we sold our beloved small Hyundai Accent together with our GPS as a freebie with the car then bought a used white minivan to accommodate the additional car seat and stroller.

On the evening of September 2nd, Caleb joined our family. We also finally closed on the house on September and starts feeling the reality of all the responsibilities that comes with it :) But we are more than thankful to God for all the experience and learning along the road.

We've been going to a new church at the beginning of this year and found warm welcome and fellowship in the home group lead by our senior Pastor Bigney. But the move to the new house made us decide to find a closer home group. So, we started going to a new home group just few minutes from our house. The group made us feel welcome and as though we've known them for a long time already. We look forward to learn, grow and be equip with our new home group. We're thankful for all these undeserved blessings!

Christmas is not far from this month so we started decorating for Christmas last weekend. I was so excited that my hubby allowed me to do that even before Thanksgiving as we normally do it early in the Philippines.

Last night, we met with a family that goes to our church and also new to the area of Northern Kentucky. Like my hubby, they are also from Indiana! The husband is a commercial photographer in Amazon.com and they both like coffee! What a common ground to start of friendship.

Waiting Room

I feel like we're in the waiting room once again. Now that we're done with looking for a house as we found the one we like, made an offer, and now just waiting for the closing date which is next month, we are trying to be patient waiting. A lot of things can happen in a month...but again, the "the waiting room" is a place for us to learn to be patient, strive to be creative (as we anticipate decorating the new house) and at the same time, be prepared of any unexpected events.

The amazing part is the contentment being in the "waiting room" . It's not always easy, but with God's grace, we can find peace just waiting. It's not like I'm being negative or not trusting God...but as I said, a lot of things can happen and as we continue to trust God with the closing of the house...we are thankful for going through the process from the beginning.

On the other note...as I tried to sell some stuffs away to unclutter our apartment...I want to share some home decor inspirations I truly dig.

Since we bought this cute Alta Baby "Dido" Bedding for our upcoming baby boy...

...I'm digging some elephant items for the baby/kid's room (the baby and our little toddler will share their room), like this Modern Retro Elephant by BabyBomb

This will definitely stimulate the baby's vision.

I wish I can get this one for their room also...so not just the baby will appreciate the elephant theme, but as well as my little toddler. Anyway, the baby will be with us with the cradle in our bedroom for quite a while before we completely transfer him to the their room. But my little toddler would definitely like this modern elephant decor for kid's room. Elefant by Richard Hutten

Out and About

I haven't posted in a while...and it's all because of the house hunting my husband has been doing since last month. We had the thought of buying a house earlier this year but put it on hold for a while as we're not really sure if we 're ready to be home owners. After a few months, much thought and prayers...with the help of our family and friend's encouragement as well and their prayers, we realized we can...we can buy a house! Of course, that includes the financial planning stuff.

By God's grace, now we are in the process of getting everything in place and hopes to close by mid-July. What's funny is...we are moving to a town in a Kentucky where Tim brought me few months ago, and I said..."this is the last place we'll live in Kentucky". Now, here we are...I think on the way to moving there. It is a small town not too far away from Covington and Cincinnati (OH), but I came to appreciate the small town feel of it after driving there several times.

I'm so excited as well with the decorating process of having a new home. We've been renters for the past 3 1/2 years and this is very new and exciting moment. Well, I'll just post next time the design process I'll do. And by the way, it's an almost brand new house because the house was just built last year. God provides...and when He does, it's more than what we can imagine!