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Preparing A Place

This week I have been working on the nursery.  I really should have taken a "before" picture to contrast with the "afters."  For a few months the room was basically a catchall for all things baby.  No order to anything at all.  After being totally blessed at three different showers, Justin and I went out and bought the rest of the stuff we need to have a baby.  Now that we had all the stuff, it was time to get it together.  My favorite part!

As I was preparing the nursery this week I kept thinking about Jesus' words in John 14:2, "I go to prepare a place for you."  Even though Via will only be in her Branson nursery for a very short time, it's important to me to have a place for her - to have a functional space where we are equipped to care for her needs.  It was so fun for me to do everything.  As I was enjoying arranging furniture, washing cloth diapers, and folding blankets, I couldn't help but wonder what kinds of things Jesus is doing to prepare a place for us, His children.  I hadn't really considered this before, but I bet that He loves getting our eternal homes ready for us.  

I'm pretty anxious about the upcoming changes in our life.  Having a baby, moving, finding a place to live, and starting a new job in a matter of just a few weeks is a lot to juggle.  Again, I am reminded of the same verse, "I go to prepare a place for you."  I don't want to take this verse out of context, because Jesus was clearly referring to our eternal home, but knowing that Jesus cares so much about our eternal home gives me great comfort about our temporary home.  I believe He is preparing a place for us in Minnesota, just as He is preparing a place for us in Heaven.

I'm excited to hopefully own a house some time in the near future.  When we own a house I know I will really enjoy putting together a nursery for Via that is more permanent in nature, but for our time in Branson she won't suffer a bit in her temporary home.


 


Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with some lovely ladies.  We enjoyed some chocolate fondue.  Every time I prepare fondue I have to ask myself why I don't bust out my fondue pot more often.  So delicious!





I have mentioned a couple of times that I want to make a cupcake hat for my little cupcake and this week I made my first attempt.  I think it's pretty cute, but I might try another pattern as well.  Can one really have too many cupcake hats?

 
 
Via is quite an active little baby, but she always stops moving as soon as I point it out to people.  This week I caught a bit of the action on video. 
 

 
Hard to believe we're in the final stretch.  Less than a month until our due date!

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