Isn't that the truth! God's timing is always so perfect and sometimes I find it really hard to put aside my feelings/worries and completely trust that God will take care of us. Since my last blog, Luke and I are already seeing several blessings, and I'll admit that I had very little faith 5 days ago. I can totally picture God smiling and thinking "Ashley, I knew you would be taken care of, why didn't you?" He always provides for us, and I tend to always gravitate toward the 'woe is me-self pity party' and not that I am good with resolutions, but I'm definately going to work harder on trusting God with everything this year. So, your probably wondering what happened....well after writing the blog, Luke and I discussed looking at purchasing a new car. We knew it was something that needed to be done, especially with the baby coming, but our biggest concern was how will we afford it. Our hopeful, fingers-crossed, game plan became: refinance the truck for a lower payment, find someone to either buy or take my car as a trade-in for what I owed, and get me a reliable vehicle (SUV) that was AWD (to deal with the snowy hill to Tieton and Snoqualmie pass), spacious for our growing family and affordable. On New Years Day we went looking at vehicles. It was so great because most dealerships were closed and we weren't being badgered to buy, but free to browse. We decided to stop at Trucks Plus USA, and thankfully we found the perfect fit for us. I wanted to stick with Honda or Toyota but their SUV's weren't within our price range, however the 2006 Mitsubishi Endeavor met all the specific details/price that we were looking for. Oh, I forgot to mention that randomly my car started the next day (blessing to our savings account)...anyway, trying to keep this short but with the sweet details, we ended up purchasing the Endeavor. The awesome/total God part was that we were paying $550 for the truck and my Honda, and now we are paying $400 for the truck and my new Endeavor. The dealership took my car for $3300 which was more than I expected, it paid off my loan and rolled over some money for a down payment. Who knew that God would put us in such a better situation financially and reliably (as far as the car goes). If that wasn't dandy enough, we were expecting a payment of $275 for the new car because we added the extended warrenty, but when we went in to sign papers with the credit union, they let us know that we qualified for a better rate than she had originally quoted and it dropped our payment to $250, which is exactly what we wanted. All in all, God is so so good! His hand was totally over this situation. Honestly, every number that came out of our mouths (as far as what we hoped we would pay for: price for the car, warrenty, trade-in, payment) was matched to almost the exact dollar amount. That's God for ya! Since I'm 28 weeks today, I thought it was only fitting to post my pregnancy picture (since my awesome husband has been taking them weekly for me) with the new car. 
