Checklist

House sold: Check

Being a renter in your old home: weird, but check

Still pregnant?: CHECK!

Vericose veins still thriving on left leg: Check (ouch!)

Baby kicking the crap out of my abdomen: Check

Baby low enough to want me to walk around naked to avoid any pressure on my pelvis: Check
(not that I do but it sure would be nice :)

Acquired all baby items needed before move: Check

Conned people into coming to help before, during, and after said baby is born: triple Check

Can't sleep because of various aches, pains, potty breaks, and baby movement: Check

Packed up house for move on April 10th: ummm...I did a lot before January...not really a check

Rented living arrangements in Dover, OH: Check

Signed Aidan up for preschool there: Check

Signed both boys up for soccer there: Check


It sounds like I have accomplished quite a bit but not really. Nathan graduates in two weeks. I have a baby in two weeks, though I am due in three. I don't think I can really wait for nature on this delivery since I'm notoriously 5 days over due and that would be on the exact day of when we move...thank goodness for midwives who'll work with my crazy schedule.

Both boys have been doing great. They really enjoyed the insanely snowy winter we endured and I have to say that it wasn't that bad. They would play after school for hours outside building snowmen(and knocking them down), having snowball fights, sledding off the back deck, and generally just enjoying themselves.

My amazing husband has completed his thesis, defended it, submitted it to the graduate school, presented it in Washington D.C., and is now going to submit it electronically to the journal it will be published in. He has worked so hard and done a very good job of trying to balance time with the kiddos and completing all projects at school.

We have been married 9 1/2 years, been going to school that whole time and in two short weeks we'll be done with that. I actually can't even fathom living and working and not going to school. I'm sure since the private loans come due the day after he graduates I'll wise up really fast to the fact that we can't/don't have to live off of loans anymore but it's a little surreal.

Speaking of surreal, did I mention it's 5:19am and I'm awake? Because of this monster baby inside of me? I can't believe that I'm going to have a newborn in the house again. My youngest is 4 1/2! It's been a loooong time in the Springer household since we've had to survive a newborn and I can't believe that he's almost here. The boys are way excited, especially Aidan. He's been asking for a baby in the family for about two years now.

And then of course I have to adjust to moving less than two weeks after he's born, and re-establish myself in a new city/town though this one will be permanent. It's a small town but very charming, great schools, and only two hours away so hopefully I'll still be able to see my amazing friends here in Columbus every now and then.

I'll have to wrap my brain around my husband having every Wednesday off, not having night clinics or surgical meetings every Monday evening, or having him home until about 8:30am instead of him leaving at 7am. Normal life. What is that?

I can't wait until I can bend over though and put socks and shoes on without cutting off my air supply. I can't wait to be able to wear comfortable clothes and have them feel comfortable instead of just enduring the pressure on my pelvis. This baby is lower than my other two and his head and body are putting great amounts of pressure in uncomfortable places.

Well, I'll wrap this novel up. And hopefully post some fun pics soon of my sweet boys in all their goofiness. But don't hold your breath it will be tomorrow because we both know I'm a little scattered when it comes to posting. ;)