What else could happen?

I have done a terrible job with my blog and with my coupons lately. When life gets busy, some things just don't make the cut. The past month has been one of the craziest of my life!

About four weeks ago, I caught a really terrible virus that made me as sick as a dog. The doctor prescribed a Z Pack for me, and as soon as the virus started to clear up, I found out that my placenta was no longer providing nutrients to Raelyn and an emergency c-section was scheduled. Meanwhile, we were right in the middle of moving out of our rental house and getting our furniture situated in the garage of the new house. I didn't even have enough time to grab a sufficient amount of clothes from the closet to get me through the next three weeks that we would be living with my parents while our new home was  being renovated.

The night before the c-section, Colton had an asthma attack so Camron had to take him to the doctor the next morning and then drive like mad to get back in time for my c-section. Apparently Colton had caught my virus. Baby Raelyn was born and whisked off to the NICU. And so began a very difficult and exhausting 10 days of constantly pumping milk and driving back and forth to the hospital every day.

Back at home...Colton, my dad, Camron, and my sister were ALL sick with the virus. And our new home was still under renovation!!! At this point my parents had pretty much taken over all of the work. My mom went and picked out our granite, appliances, light fixtures, etc. My dad oversaw everything and in the meantime they did all of our laundry and took care of Colton full time.

Once the new house was nearly done, there was a VERY thick coat of dust EVERYWHERE from where we had the hard wood floors sanded. I wasn't able to help with any of the cleaning because I was recovering from surgery, had a newborn at home, and another child with asthma...so he couldn't be anywhere near all of that dust. Camron's family and my family both pitched in and worked lots of hours getting the house ready to be occupied!

Since then we have been trying to get everything unpacked...and still have a long way to go. We have one bathroom that we haven't even touched yet. Literally, there isn't even a light in there yet! I am still trying to take care of a little preemie that needs to stay at home for the next several weeks and Cam is working lots and lots of hours!

Three nights ago the basement flooded when I tried to do a load of laundry in the new house. I thought the washer was hooked up...and it was NOT! Then that very same night, Cam woke up because he was freezing. Guess what? Our furnace had completely gone out. We spent the rest of the night trying to keep the baby warm. The next morning my dad got a crew out here to put in a new furnace...and that was a $4,000 bill. Camron and I keep asking each other: "What else could possibly happen?"

One thing I have learned from all of this is how faithful God is. He provides for all of our needs and MORE. I can't wait to see what 2012 holds for our family. We trust in HIM. 

Another thing I am super duper thankful for are all of our friends and family and how awesome they have been at helping out with Colton, bringing TONS of food, and offering to run errands for us. We have the BEST family and friends and words really can't even express how grateful we are to them.

At some point, I plan to post some "before" and "after" pictures of our house...but that may have to wait a while.