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WOW.  It's been a while since I've updated everyone on our life.  To make a very long story short, I'll back track to September 8th.  That morning I was woken up by my apartment's maintenance man.  He was banging on the door, and when I answered it he told me I needed to get out of my house right away because my neighbors below were running a meth lab.  Chris was at work and wasn't able to get home, so I waited around for the Fairbanks PD and Fire Department to show up.  After going through the house, they said there was a cat that wasn't being properly taken care of so the ammonia smell was from them not taking care of it.  I spoke to a police officer, and she admitted that it was unsafe living conditions even to live above them, because the fumes were so strong.  That night, we packed up all of our things and moved in with our dear, WONDERFUL friends Kaylee and Jason.

The next day the Fairbanks Drug Task Force went through our neighbors home, and they determined they had been hoarding animals and that they house was unlivable.  Needless to say, we were unable to live in our home.  Eventually we bothered enough people to get moved on post, last Tuesday September 28th.  It has been extremely stressful for us lately, but there's no way we could have made it through the last three weeks without all the love, support, and help of the Cohen's.  I just love them so much and I'm so thankful for all of their help!  


Now, we are all moved in to our new home.  It is so much better than our old apartment. It's safe, clean, and a lot roomier.  Avery's room is all set up, and its adorable.  We're so much healthier and happier and are so grateful to everyone who helped us.  Members of our church stepped up beyond our wildest dreams, and helped us move all of our belongings to our new house and the Cerelli's helped us clean and move ALL day Tuesday.  It's so nice to feel loved even though we're so far from home and our friends and family.  


As for my pregnancy, Avery is doing great.  She's dropping and is in perfect position.  I'm feeling pretty ready to have this little lady, and being that she's full term this week it can happen any day now!  I've had a lot of braxton hicks contractions and they've escalated since Friday, but we'll see what happens.  Right now I'm just focusing on having this beautiful baby in my arms!  I cannot wait to meet her.  [:  She's so wonderful already.  


On a final note, I love my husband Christopher Pettriess.  He had to go to the field for deployment training, while I was staying at Jason and Kaylee's.  That just happened to be over our first Anniversary.  I was so sad that we couldn't spend our most important day of the year together.  But he was able to call me and just hearing his voice made my night.  Chris is so amazing and even though the last year has been absolutely crazy, and a lot harder than we ever expected, I'm so glad that I was able to go through all of it with him by my side.  [: