What's New With The Stewart's: March 2013

Way back in the summer (July? September? Now my months are running together) Mike put in for a transfer at work to move to San Antonio. We, especially Mike, were tired of Corpus and nothing else was panning out and we wanted to leave. We also wanted to be closer to my mom. We NEVER thought he would get approved for the transfer but we found out sometime in October that he was approved for a voluntary move to San Antonio! So we put our house on the market and started packing up to move. We got an offer on our house in Corpus in December and started looking at houses in San Antonio right before Christmas. We ended up putting an offer on a house in a neighborhood we love and we went under contract a few days after Christmas. We closed on Febrary 8 and moved in that weekend! We actually moved to San Antonio at the beginning of January and stayed with my mom for 5 weeks while we were waiting to close. The whole time was stressful, but exciting, and I'm glad it's over. We are so thankful for all the people who helped us move out of our old house and into our new house. Since we moved ourselves luckily we knew people who were able and willing to help on both ends. Almost immediately after we moved into our new house we started working on it. There was a mad dash to unpack and start doing work that was needed because by this point I was feeling the pressure that a baby was coming in a couple of months! Mike started painting basically every room in the house and we had laminate put down in the dining room, living room, and our bedroom. We then realized how gross the carpet was so we ended up replacing all the carpet in the house. So now the downstairs has no carpet and the upstairs is nice, new, clean carpet. Just the flooring took the first couple of weeks when all was said and done. So after unpacking I started nesting and really needed to start washing baby clothes and getting his room set up. That was fun for me but as I progressed in pregnancy I got more and more tired. Fast forward to now about 6 weeks later...Mike is just about done painting, we still have some boxes but nothing too important, the boys' room is done minus a couple pictures, the baby's room is almost done, and I'm attempting to relax as much as possible. It's easier said that done!

The boys both started at a new preschool. They go on Monday and Wednesday and both really like it. It gives them a good social outlet because we don't know anyone here and don't have friends like they did in Corpus. I also joined MOPS and we go to meetings once a month where the boys have a class and I go do "mom stuff." We also try to go to playdates through the group. Even though we're not as socially busy as were were before we moved, they have kept themselves entertained very well and have been so good through the whole moving/working on the house process. They have an enormous playroom upstairs that they spend most of their time in. They were happy to see all their toys after coming out of storage.

So now Baby Stewart is coming in 1 1/2 weeks! My due date is April 7, but my c-section is scheduled for April 2 at 8:00am. We are all very excited and ready to meet him. Every time I go to the doctor one of the kids asks me if I am going to have the baby. I'm feeling pretty good, but have my uncomfortable days and moments. I can tell when I've done too much so the past few days I've been allowing myself to rest more and not feel guilty about it.

Looking at Christmas lights