preparing to nest...

Hallelujah! Things are starting to move around here. We're getting more and more legal here - just spent all morning getting fingerprinted and notifying the police we're here, we have a rental car so we can get around this crazy town (although we get lost a few times a day), found a doctor - a woman who speaks Eglish AND has an office within 3 blocks of our new home, and speaking of home - I got to actually SEE it today! The rental contract has been taking forever, and we're hoping and praying to get the keys officially tomorrow. And good golly it is gorgeous!! Filthy and messy (it has been uninhabited for a few months now) but huge, with lots of rooms and space for potential. Oh, and the biggest jacuzzi tub I've ever seen - WITH a waterfall. That was a big selling point for me, I must say:)

I'm now at 37 weeks and ready to pop. I feel pretty huge, although people still don't believe I'm in my 9th month. I'm getting a lot of sympathy from Jared though, that helps! So what does a couple decide to do for a wild and crazy weekend when the mom-to-be is within weeks of delivering her first bebe? Last weekend, we hopped on an 8 hour bus ride to visit Jared's old mission on the other side of the state of Sao Paulo. The drive was positively miserable, but the visit was fabulous. We saw a couple Jared baptised 10 years ago! They had pictures of him as a hearty young missionary, and could barely recognize him now. They stuffed us with food and filled me with stories of Jared 10 years ago. Completely wonderful and worth the drive, although I doubt we will be hopping on a bus any time soon!

We'll hopefully get to start nesting in our new home very soon and I'll throw some pictures up of just how ginormous it all is. It will most likely be empty for the most part, but it just means there's more space for Baby Paget and I to dance around in. Have a loverly day!