December 2010
Steve accepted a new position within Synthes and was to begin working in San Antonio on Jan 1st! That meant we had to sell our house in Victoria and praise the Lord it sold in less than 2 months! We received and accepted an offer for it on December 22 .
We spent Christmas Eve in Nixon for the annual get-together and had a great time visiting with everyone. Sydnee was excited to see some of her cousins and she enjoyed playing with them and opening presents. That night when we got home, we all opened up one present: Matching PJ's!
Christmas Day was very unusual. We woke up that morning in our matching PJ's and opened presents. Sydnee got a play kitchen with lots of food and fun accessories to go along with it. Steve and I agreed to keep it simple this year since there was so much going on, so we both spent $50 at the mall earlier in the week and got what we needed/wanted. Then, we spent the remainder of Christmas Day packing the trailer with our stuff to move to SA. (Half of our house was already packed in a POD...it was things that we could live without for a few months while we lived in an apartment.)
We moved to San Antonio on Dec 26th. We rented an apartment for a few months to give us time to figure out whether to build or buy. Callee and Isaiah came along to help us move in. Sydnee enjoyed having the company of a friend to entertain her while Callee and I unpacked. Lisa and Chad also came over to help and within a few hours, it was mostly complete!
We looked at a few houses that some builders had in inventory and were eager to get rid of by December 31st or they would take a loss on them for the year. We fell in love with a house that was out of our price range, but decided to try and low-ball them to see if they would accept an offer in our price range since it was so close to the end of the year. We sent in our offer on December 30th and they called us back and asked if we could sign an agreement on December 31 so we did. We were shocked that they even entertained our offer!!! It was truly a God thing and we praise HIM for this blessing!!!
January 2011
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| Our NEW House! |
New Years weekend we had a late Christmas celebration with Michelle's side of the family since everyone was out of town on Christmas day. We had good food and great fun with everyone! We rang in the New Year at our apartment in SA with Scott & Tina. It was quiet but we still enjoyed watching the fire works together from our patio. I think by 12:30am we were all in bed...times have changed!
We moved into our new house at the end of January and we were thrilled to be out of the apartment! Sydnee loved running up and down the stairs and all around her new playroom!
February 2011
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| Part of our group at Prospect Bowl |
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| Steve and I at top of Prospect Bowl |
Steve and I left Sydnee for a few days to go skiing in Telluride, CO with the McDaniel family. It was a nice break from the craziness of moving and unpacking! Our trip was great, however we had a few minor problems...it was -18 degrees when we arrived, our heater in the house was broken, and the sewer line was frozen so no water could be run (that meant no showers & no toilets for 13 people!!!! YIKES!) So, not only were we stinky but anytime a bathroom was needed, we would strap on our skis and ski down to the gondola area to use the public restrooms...a little inconvenient but definitely an adventure!) Since the house was in the 20's because our heater was out, we took the mattresses off the beds and all piled into the living room next to the fire place for some warmth...it was quite cozy! Finally after a day and a half of these conditions, the maintenance man came and fixed the heater and the plumbing so everything was GRAND after that!
March 2011
We are excited to announce to the world that Michelle is pregnant and due in late October!!! We found out in February but waited to share the news with the rest of the world until we felt things were safe (given miscarriage history).
Steve accepted a new job with a new company, Covidien! This means NO MORE CALL! Since he has been with Synthes for the past 4 years, he has been on call 24/7, which made it very hard for us to plan ANYTHING! He now is home by 5 pm and doesn't have to work on weekends! We love this new schedule and feel blessed that God brought us to SA and opened up doors for Steve in this new company!
April 2011
We enjoyed several days at Sea World now that we have season passes and Sydnee LOVES the new "Sesame Street Bay of Play". Each time we pull into the parking lot, she get SO excited and claps her hands and shouts "YEA!!! Shamu, Elmo!" It's so cute to watch her get so excited over something! Her favorite thing as of now is the "horse" (carousel) ride in the Bay of Play. She usually wants to ride a purple one and has to pet it and say "neigh, neigh" as she's on it. However, waiting in line is a little difficult for her, especially when we finally make it to the front of the line and they close the gate until the next ride. She doesn't quite grasp "waiting for our turn" yet, but we are working on it!
Somewhere, somehow, I've misplaced our camera cable that allows me to download pics to our computer so I will hopefully post additional pics soon to this blog, but for now this is all I have. Whew!!!
