New House, New Haircut, One Cute Little Girl

I'm a little embarrassed that it has taken me this long to get pictures up of our new house! That being said, we were so busy working on the house to make it look nice that it was easy to let it slip my mind (besides, I didn't want to take pictures until we'd cleaned it up a little!).

So here is our home. We love it. We feel so blessed to be here. Our ward is amazing, our neighbors both have little girls close to Clara's age, and we have the most gorgeous view of Utah Lake and the valley I've ever seen. We want to stay here for a long time.
It feels a little surreal to have our own home after being in the basement for three years, but we knew it was time for our family to move on. It will be wonderful bringing our new addition back to a home instead of an apartment!
Speaking of the new addition, we've got 5 weeks left till D-Day and couldn't be more excited for her to arrive. I don't think that I've mentioned this before, but her name is Abigail. It's so funny to me that we were so hesitant to pick a name with Clara; with this one we just knew, this was our baby Abigail. It's been good for Clara to be able to associate a name with this mystery baby - not that it is any easier for her to understand, but at least "Abigail" isn't as abstract as "the baby." When she meet's Abigail, I think it might make the association that this is "our baby" a little easier.

I also got a new haircut! My hair was long when I had Clara and I couldn't bear the thought of having long hair this time around, especially when I break into a sweat in our mild 75 degree weather. So I chopped it. One of my neighbors cut my hair and she did a fabulous job. I love it! The weird thing is that my hair keeps getting darker even though we are spending more and more time out in the sun; just another bizarre quirk of pregnancy!

• My latest cravings have been Walmart brand fruit snacks - the tropical flavors. I go through four packs a day like it's nothing. I also have LOVED strawberry ice cream.
• I can't get enough peaches, strawberries, and grapes - something that Clara has been enjoying a great deal as well.
  
• Even though I get tired at 9:00, I don't end up going to bed until midnight because by then I am tired enough to sleep through the night.
  
• A bunch of pelvic pressure has made walking very interesting a times. It's a little scary when it feels like she's just going to fall out!
• Regular contractions have, yet again, become regular part of the regimen. I guess I just like making sure my body is really ready to go into labor.

Even though a lot of this sounds like I'm whining, I really love being pregnant. I'm really looking forward to having a newborn again, even though I'm sure it will be a challenge with a 2-year-old. Clara is a really good girl though, and I'm sure once we get through the drama phase she'll be an awesome helper with Abigail.
Speaking of, here is a picture of our gorgeous little girl. She is growing up so fast. I love to put her hair in pigtails. It just makes me and Joe happy.