When Life Gives You Lemons

"When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye" 

"When life gives you lemons, throw them right back" 

"When life gives you lemons, make a margarita"

These are just a few variations, but the one I prefer is "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade". We can learn a lot from the lemons we receive sometimes in life, and hopefully, if you're optimistic, you can grow and become a stronger person. 

I don't think we realized how different it would be to move with a toddler and a dog into my parents house. We were too excited and overwhelmed about our new beginning, but somewhere along the line that excitement faded and now my brain feels like scrambled eggs sometimes. I miss our bed. I miss our bed soooooooo much. I hate that Lilly doesn't have her own little girl room with purple walls and prissy curtains. Every kid should have that! I worry about bringing a new baby into this house if we are still here and where we will put all of the new baby things. Those are the top three stressors that sometimes keep me up at night. And also not really having a definite plan about where we will go when we do sell our house. Lots of stuff to think about. 

But, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Yes, all of the things above do worry me, but I know that this part of our journey isn't forever, and I am excited about so many other things in our future that make those other three stressors seem silly. Like the fact that we have a new realtor! She sent us a huge list of things to do to the house (very small things thank goodness) so my wonderful husband went up there this past weekend and knocked them all out. He said he threw away so much stuff in our attic (thank goodness!!!!!) and everything looks more "staged". Hubby up!!! I'm excited that we have her and I'm excited to sell this house! 

In baby news, he or she is now the size of... You guessed it... A lemon!! I went to the dr last Wednesday and the heartbeat was almost 170! Lilly's heartbeat was always in the 140/150 range. We will find out at the end of January if Lilly will have a little brother or sister. I am so glad to be in the 2nd trimester! No more morning sickness!! But I'm still very tired. That's probably because I have an active two year old. A very active two year old! 

Lilly has become miss prissy pants. Everyday when we get home from school she takes all of her clothes off at the door, runs upstairs and puts on her "pingo" dress (it has flamingos on it) or her Christmas dress, complete with her ruby red shoes. She would wear these two dresses everyday if she could. And it's probably all she will wear over Christmas break. But Santa is bringing her some new dresses too so she will have more options! And holy moly, I don't think we have ever been so excited for Christmas!!!! It's the most wonderful time of the year! 

So, all in all, life is still good. It's not perfect. We are missing several pieces of the puzzle, but it is still good. I'm going to continue to drink my lemonade, and maybe a margarita in about 6 more months.