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* You guys, Danny and I are now home owners! Crazy, right! I still don't think it has sunk in yet, particularly because we haven't moved in yet. However, the past couple of weeks have been filled with painting, cleaning and packing, oh so much packing as well as other home owner stuff I'm learning about. (Special thanks to my parents and older brothers who helped with taping/painting, since I can't be around paint fumes and shout out to my mom who scrubbed the inside of that new house of ours in lightening time while I dusted. She is one hard worker. And of course thanks to Danny who has been working hard and been taking care of so much stuff!) 

*The baby is doing pretty good, for those who are wondering. He moves a lot, which is fun. Every doc appointment I go to, she tells me everything is measuring perfectly and baby's heart beat and such are right on, which I'm most grateful for. We have a little less than 2 months now until baby time, which is incredibly exciting. I'm also down to one pair of shoes and one pair of flip flops that still fit. My swollen feet just won't squeeze into anything else. Now all my outfits have to some how go with pink boat shoes, but at least they are cute pink boat shoes.

*I really liked this article. It has psychological studies, which you know I love. The article takes a look at happiness in marriage. After the findings in the studies, the psychologists could predict with 94% accuracy if a couple would be happily married or divorced/chronically unhappily married within 6 years. A lot of it comes down to kindness, which I know sounds obvious. But they found how you are kind is what makes all the difference. Anyway, really interesting stuff. I'm grateful I married someone who is naturally kind and thoughtful.

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  1. yay for a new house! and a new baby! and a kind husband! :)

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  2. Congratulations on your new house; can't wait to see it, but what I really am excited to see is that new baby when the appropriate time comes.
    That article reminded me of the Primary Song "A Special Gift is Kindness". Yes it is.

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