Chaos

Our lives have been in a state of complete chaos for the past few months. We decided to put our home on the market in February. There were a few reasons to sell our home, but the most important is because we are expecting our fourth child... another little girl. We need more space and another bathroom. With three girls (not counting Mom) one bathroom is going to quickly become a point of contention for our household. As part of selling our home we were selected by HGTV for a new TV show called My First Sale. So in addition to all the work that goes into selling your home, we have also had our lives filmed for a TV show, while pregnant. We were fortunate to have sold our home very quickly, but we were also unfortunate that we had not yet found a home to purchase. Panic started to set in about 4 days prior to the closing of the sale of our home when I realized that in a very short period of time we were going to be homeless! We have three children to provide for and no where to live... did this make any sense? NO! We had a back up plan or two, but I did not realize how difficult it was going to be to find temporary housing. I quickly learned that unless you were able to pay a fortune for housing, or commit to a long term stay, finding temporary housing for a family is not easy. Fortunately, because of the TV show and my connections as a Realtor, I was able to make arrangements for us to stay in a wonderfully luxurious condo that is very well appointed and much nicer than our family could ever afford. In the meantime we also found a home that met all of our needs! We only need to stay in temporary housing for 30 days... I can do anything for 30 days! Even though this condo is beautiful, it is not easy to have three kids in a multi-family building. The fights over who is going to push the elevator buttons and trying to keep a 5 year old boy from jumping and running are getting old very quicky. I have realized that it is much easier to do smaller loads of laundry daily (the stackable can only hold one outfit each) than spending all day on Saturday doing laundry and that we do not need the tons of toys and clothes as we are doing fine without.
With all of this chaos in our lives, I often forget about the new life that is growing inside me. It is usually only when one of the kids tells the waitress at a restaurant "my mommy has a baby in her tummy" or when one of them comes up to give my belly a kiss and a hug that I am reminded of the new family member that we are going to have soon. We have had lots of discussion about the baby's name... the kids come up with some very interesting names! Hashabag, Ritti, Lampshade... all very popular names according to an 8, 5, and 3 year old.
In the very near future we will have the journey of selling our home viewed by millions on national television, we will have a new home and a new daughter. At each turn I feel a huge weigh lifted and am very anxious to get back to "normal", only to await the next obstacle or challenge!