In January we found out much to our surprise that we are expecting again! Now this was a wonderful surprise, but still... a surprise. We were not trying to get pregnant (yes, we do know how it happens though, as many people have asked if we needed a refresher since we seemed so shocked). It took us both a little while to come to terms with the fact that we are going to have 2 children 18 months apart. That means 2 kids under 2 for almost 6 months. Talk about wild. Luckily, my mom is always my voice of reason and she told me not to worry. My two oldest brothers are 18 months apart and she said it was the best time she has ever had in her entire life. Now I'm not sure if it is the best time only in retrospect or if she would have said that 30 years ago. So, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Although, I was extremely excited after the initial shock wore off, I was also terrified. I did not know how we were going to handle day care costs for 2 kids. I also hate the fact that I'm not able to stay home and raise my babies, something I have always wanted to do.
Then, in early February Aaron got a call from his old company that he worked for a couple years ago. They asked if he would be willing to move to San Antonio and come back to work for them. He said he would need to talk about it with me but that he thought this was something we might be interested in. After a lot of discussion and a lot of prayer, he called them back and said that depending on what the offer was he would be interested. Well, does God listen or what. They made him such a wonderful offer, that I will not have to work anymore!!! I could not believe it. All of that worrying and stressing was gone in an instant. I was going to be the stay at home wife and mom that I have always dreamed of being.
So, we quickly put our house on the market and started trying to make plans for moving to San Antonio. The house is still currently on the market and we are patiently waiting an offer. We are praying that it comes quickly as Aaron's last day as a Midlander will be March 20th. He starts work March 21st in San Antonio.
Many people have mentioned to me how wonderful this must be for my parents since they are in Houston and instead of being 8 hours away we will be a mere 3 hours from them. Not So fast there. A week ago Dad found out that they will be moving from Houston to Pittsburgh, PA for his job with Chevron. Yes, you read that right. They are going from 3 hours from us, to 24 HOURS (drive time of course) from us. Can you believe it? I do have to say, I am extremely excited for them. They will be able to buy a house very close to the office (in either Moon Town Ship or Corapolis, PA) and he will not have to get up at 3:30 in the morning any more to make it to work by 6:00. He will not have to spend hours on a bus every day going in and out of downtown, and he will hopefully be able to spend much more time with my Mom. They will also only be about 6 hours from South Bend, Indiana, which means we might have to get Dad some tickets to a Notre Dame football game (his dream). This will be a big change for all of us to not have Mom and Dad within a distance that they can come at the drop of a hat for anything we need, but it will only be temporary (probably about 5 years) and then we will be back together in Texas again. I only hope that I can learn something from how my mom is handling this transition and how she has handled every other move that they have had to make due to Dad working in the oil business. She is such a wonderful example of a supportive loving wife. I only hope that I can be the same for my sweet husband who is making such a sacrifice so that our family can do the things that we would like to do.
Lena is doing wonderful. She is now 13 months old. I cant believe it. She is walking/running everywhere and is constantly busy. She sure does keep us on our toes. She is talking up a storm and tries to repeat everything we say. Its such a joy every morning when she wakes up to hear her call for her "Da Da" or "Ma Ma". I cant even remember what our life was like before we had this sweet angel in it. Its hard to believe that in 5 more months there will be another one living in our house. They are taking over!
Well that's all for now. Once we get a better idea of when Lena and I will be moving down to San Antonio I will let everyone know. For now Aaron will be down there working and Lena and I will stay behind and try to sell this house! :)
