When I wrote the last post, we were still in Texas and awaiting the move to Florida. Well, now we are in Florida, in our house and getting settled. It took us two days to get to Florida, which is a change for us since we usually just drive and drive until we get to our final destination. But the weather out of Texas on the day we left was bad, traffic was bad and weather never really got any better until day two. But on the flip side, we stopped in Mobile and stayed at a hotel. Olivia LOVED staying in the hotel, she thought that was high living :-). So anyway, we got to Florida and checked into our extended stay hotel. We stayed there for about 7 days. It was ok the first couple of days when Daniel was around to help take the dogs out or to drive us around to explore the city. But when Monday rolled around and he had to go to work, it was a different story. The hotel room got very cramped very quickly. Not to focus too much on the negative, we survived and probably came out a little stronger as a family because of it.
So, we closed on our house July 20. The movers showed up that day and worked like rock stars to have the truck unloaded by like 4. I think they wanted to get it done since they had to drive back to Orlando that night. Since that weekend, Daniel and I have worked our tails off and have gotten most of the boxes unpacked, put away and discarded. Our nursery is still in disarray but that will have to change fairly quickly. The girls are now sharing a bedroom upstairs and so far, so good. We ordered them new bedroom furniture which should be here middle to late August. Daniel and I treated ourselves(more for Daniel than for me ;-)) and bought new leather living room furniture. I like it, I just pray that it holds up under our dogs and kids. We have gotten the couch delivered and are waiting on the love seat. We also got some patio furniture on order, that will be nice when that gets delivered because we can enjoy our patio. Speaking of the patio, the pool is a HUGE hit. The girls are in love with swimming. They ask pretty much everyday if we can go swimming when Daniel gets home, and 9 times out of 10, they get their wish. Olivia has gotten really good at swimming since we swim almost every night. She can swim the whole length of the pool without any type of floatation. Also, she loves the water slide and can do that like a pro.
On a different note, before we left Texas I scheduled an appointment with an OB down here. I had an appointment with him last Monday. I was a bit nervous going in because I was worried that our personalities wouldn't mesh. But I was very happy when I left. He was very nice and listened to my concerns about L&D and just an all around good doctor. He was not worried about my blood pressure issues I have been having and just said we will take some extra precautions. This is a welcome change from my OB in Texas because it always seemed like a national crisis when I went in there for my BP and I kinda tend to think that that office made my BP go up. When I saw the OB here in FL, by BP was the best it has been all pregnancy. So after a quick check on the baby, we discussed any questions, concerns, etc. that I had. I explained to him our situation with having no family here, 2 little ones at home, etc. and my desire to schedule an induction so I can have all my ducks in a row. He was totally fine with that and said based on my complications with my last two deliveries and the fact that I have elevated BP, that scheduling an induction was no problem. So, I go back for an U/S next Friday and then to see him on 8/15. At that appointment, he said he would call the hospital and schedule the induction. So, it seems that things are moving along and in about 8 weeks we will have a new beautiful baby.
I went last week and registered Olivia for Kindergarten. It was a surreal moment for sure. We took her last weekend to get all her school supplies and she was excited to say the least. She is very ready to start school. She starts the week of August 20. I know the next three weeks will go quickly and I will soon be the mom of a full time Kindergartner.
Ok, enough rambling. I will try and post more frequently and keep everyone up to date on what the plan for baby Regenhardt is.
