Moving and big news

The past few months have been a flurry of activity for Karina and I. Since our return from the States, we have had quite a few things to do. We searched for and bought an apartment, closed with our apartment we were renting, and then spent three months renovating the new apartment. We painted the whole apartment, put new ceramic tile in the kitchen and ground floor, worked on restoring the living room floor, put a new floor down in the bedroom, and other such restoration. It was a lot of work, but we now have already hosted many people in our new apartment, even though it is small. Our apartment is a big blessing from God and we are very grateful to him for it. We have already been able to make such good use of it, and we expect to have many more people in our home in the future.
It was a big surprise to hear during the whole process of moving that Karina was pregnant! Karina found out the pregnancy test was positive when I was setting up our bed in the bedroom. She was so shocked that she went out and bought another one just to make sure. Positive again. It still took me a little while to completely convince her that she was pregnant, but after a doctor’s visit it was confirmed, Karina is pregnant.
On top of all this renovation, as a result of the pregnancy Karina spent her first trimester constantly sick all the time. It was rough on her, but now that she has emerged from the first trimester and she is doing much better. We feel so fortunate that, so far, both baby and Mom are healthy and doing great. We recently had an ultrasound and it looks very likely that the baby is a girl.
Karina and I now find ourselves preparing for the important task of being parents. We are both blessed and excited. God has given us many blessings together all at once. The due date for the baby is sometime in mid-June.
We have quite a bit of planning to do! Please pray for Karina’s pregnancy if you get a chance. We added some pictures to show you briefly with images with we’ve been up to.