For a long, long time I’ve dreamt of having a home office / library, a place to call my own.  It doesn’t have to be large or even fancy but bigger than the closet I attempted to work out of for a while and with doors that close, a wall of bookshelves and a comfortable desk chair, sturdy office furniture, and a sense of home, yet a sense of work as well, an atmosphere to help me stay focused and organized.

I dream of a cozy space with light walls, a large window for letting in light, surrounded by items that are all “me” and tons of pictures of my family.  All that things that help it to be both a sense of home but yet as I mentioned prior a sense of a place to “get the job done”.

Right now, my office desk still remains in the living room, which works for now, but I long for the day its in an actual office.  Where one day when I have loud teenagers instead of toddlers and babies I can go there to “get away”.  I probably won’t have other office furniture, though I would like an office table, something small so if anyone ever comes in to chat we can sit there and carry on a conversation.

The good news is, just before Brady was born, my husband and I made the decision to do some work on our home.  We have a 2 car garage for which we only use for one car, and we only have 3 bedrooms and 3 kids so we want Brady to have his own room, so we’ve decided to close in the garage to make our Master bedroom, adding a bathroom and walk in closet to create a “suite”.  Then, we will also add on a small  office, as well as an open air one-car carport on the back.  All in all the additional space besides the garage will only amount to 200 square feet, but it should help and I am excited.

My dad who is a home designer is doing the plans now and we should get started on it sometime this fall.  I will keep you updated as I pick out office furniture, wall colors, etc. I will also be redoing the bedroom since it will move I though why not get new bedding and decor.  If you have ideas, send them my way.

How about you do you have a home office?

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A week ago today I gave birth to my third child. For the first time ever I journaled just before being induced. Here is my journal entry:

This is the first time I’ve ever journaled or written anything down just before giving birth. With my oldest, I was young and scared only 23 and had no clue what awaited me. It proved to be 2 long days in a hospital bed before giving birth to my firstborn, a rambunctious little one.

With my baby girl, I was so excited and anxious to see her I had planned out everything in detail for her, clothes, nursery theme, none of which I thought much about with my son.

With Brady, whose mere existence caught me by surprise I feel so different. Anxious yet in a new way, I’m more prepared more aware and therefore more reflective and introspective. This is after all in my plans the last time I’ll ever experience this. I do not plan to birth anymore children. After all this one took me by surprise. I believe that God has something planned, bigger than my plans for this child, because it was HIS plan. And, his plan are always greater than ours.

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I have so much to say I honestly don’t know where to begin. I’m sure this little update on my family will turn into a series of blog posts since I tend to be long winded.  I am amazed at how I feel today. First day home alone with a new baby, a 16 month old and a 4 year old nad I’m actually not freaking out, I have had a shower and the kids have been bathed, I have actually checked email, eaten and am now blogging, but the best part….. I squeezed into my favorite pre-pregnancy Old Navy Flirt jeans!!! I am rockin’ , but no seriously I am blessed. I fully expected to be a blithering bundle of nerves hiding under the bed by the time my husband arrived here at 4:30 pm today, however it is 2pm and I am sooooo happy and feeling soooo blessed.

Readers of my blog, let me tell you what I am attributing this to.  The power of prayer.  It’s funny, the other morning, in fact the first morning I woke up in  my own bed after spending days at the hospital God put a quote in my mind.  Where else would it have come from? I’ve never read this anywhere that I recall, though for the purpose of not plagarizing I won’t say it is 100% original.  But the quote was

“I do not believe in the power of despair, but I do believe in the power of prayer.”

I didnt’ know at the time what that meant or why I had just all of a sudden had it put into  my mind, but now I do.  God put it there and I prayed that I’d be able to handle all this.  Now, sitting here I feel as though I can. I know I can because PRAYER WORKS and even if I’m the only one praying for me, which I know isnt’ the case, I will NOT despair.

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