Texas

Yee haw--we are here in Texas and loving it!  Everyone is still adjusting, and we are still organizing the house, but so far, so good.  Here is a quick recap of the past few weeks:

The girls and I bid farewell to the boys--Rhett, Homer, and Major--a few weekends ago as they trekked from VA to TX in my Suburban.  Our vet made it clear that Homer was not to fly and if we did put him on a plane, he would likely have a heart attack (!!!).  So the plan was made for Rhett to drive the three days to Texas with the dogs.  Rhett kept threatening to make a "Free Westie" t-shirt and let Major out somewhere before the Texas border, but somehow my little buddy made it--phew!  They stopped in Roanoke and Nashville before making a 12-hour drive to Texas, and they all seemed a little keyed up when they got to the house.  But, everyone made it.

The girls and I had it a little easier--we flew.  The plan was to stop in Charlotte, NC and have a nice layover so we could get lunch and meander over to our gate.  That was before the Charlotte airport SHUT DOWN for an hour in the middle of our flight, so we circled forever before finally landing.  I then had to haul my girls and everyone's suitcases and backpacks--they wouldn't carry them for more than five minutes and I had no time to argue--we had to get to the complete opposite side of the airport before our second flight took off.  But again, everyone made it.

Everyone's favorite in-flight activity--movies!

Our stuff arrived off the moving van a couple of days after we got to TX and we began the great unpacking.  Cate started school the day after that.  She was definitely overwhelmed at the size and volume of her new school since she was used to being at her little Kindergarten program with nine kids and two teachers.  Her new school has 20 kids and 1 teacher with a "humongous" (her word) cafeteria and gym.  But, Cate made a new friend quickly who also happens to live in our neighborhood, and it's been pretty smooth since then.  Her new friend is named Devon and he is apparently "so cute" and Cate "loves him."  I also witnessed them holding hands in school--poor Rhett is not thrilled about that.  Regardless, the girls LOVE the fact we can walk to school and they take every opportunity to do that.

First day!

Charlotte and I have found a little playground one neighborhood over, and we usually stop by on the way home from school.

Charlotte in her happy place :)

We very much like our house, even though, to us, it is pretty "Texas."  Rhett kindly gave me a decorating budget, which allowed me to paint a good chunk of the house ahead of time, and take away some of the Texas elements that I didn't necessarily love.

Giddy up--we're home!

The girls' room was the first thing to be settled.

Part of MY decorating budget was a new TV--funny how that happened?!?!  Not sure I wanted to account for that.  Rhett and Cate hooked it up for me, so that did help on installation costs though.

We've found the Target, Home Goods, a church, and a good pizza place, as well as a decent grocery store (RIP my visits to Wegmans--sooooo upsetting they don't have them here).  I also visited my new OBGYN who was refreshingly well versed in Lovenox.  Below is a picture of what I looked like last week.  At this point, I'm scheduled for a c-section on June 5 which is less than four weeks away.

It's so surreal to type "less than four weeks" when I'm talking about a new baby, and it also makes me realize how much I have left to do!  But I am pausing to enjoy our new (for now) normal, with wide, tree-lined streets and nice neighbors :)

Ahhhh...