Update...again!

I am obviously not doing well at updating the blog so every time I go to update it I have a lot to say...sorry! First of all the big news is that STEPHEN GOT INTO SCHOOL!!! This means we will literally be moving across the country. Stephen could not be more excited. He is so happy to have been accepted and I am super proud of him. I am excited for a new part to our lives and this crazy journey we will be starting but I am also very nervous. I am nervous about a lot of things but mostly about my ability to care for a three year old and a new born in a place where the only person I know is my husband who will be incredibly busy! I am also not thrilled about all the debt we will be incurring. Stephen tells me (almost daily) that it will be worth it in the long run and that we will be financially better off.... I hope he is right! The program is 27 months long. We don't really know where in the country we will end up for the last 12 months of that 27 months because that is when he will be doing his residency and it could be in a number of locations. The big dilemma now is that classes for Stephen start the same week of my due date. So it is unclear weather or not Stephen will be present for the baby's birth but hopefully it will all work out! I am so worried about Katie making this adjustment. Her entire world is about to be turned upside down and then shaken! Not only will she move away from her house, room, grandma and grandpa, Ellie (her cousin/best friend), many other cousins that she loves, her routine (like library and story time), but she will also be adjusting to a new baby sister and a dad who has gone MIA! I hope and pray that she will do okay during this difficult adjustment! Overall we feel very blessed and lucky that Stephen got accepted and it will be a great opportunity for our little family. I am going to post some random recent pictures. Stephen's birthday was yesterday and I simply can't believe how old we are getting. Katie also enjoyed a great St. Patrick's day where a mischievous leprechaun left green footprints all over her room and messed it up while she was asleep! He also left her some of his special Cereal (the kind mom hardly ever lets her have) and some candy! It is such a blast to have a child who believes in the magic of these holidays! I am also going to post some pictures of Katie helping her Daddy out in the yard. My parents recently re-landscapped their front yard and Steve and Katie were big helpers! I think that about covers everything sorry for being so so wordy!