Valentine's Day

This is a very late post...but I guess February isn't officially over yet! We had a great low-key Valentine's Day. The boys and I along with a friend made and frosted cookies to share with people. The boys picked out a Batman shirt for Steve at Target on a Sunday when Steve was gone for the weekend and as soon as Steve came in the door Henry asked him if he got his new shirt yet. He was too excited! Steve got his present a little early...we gave the boys each a pair of swim goggles since Henry is starting swimming lessons. Steve bought us donuts for the morning and we ended up eating at Jimmy Johns for supper because of a house showing. Hopefully sometime when our lives calm down a bit Steve and I can sneak out for an evening out or something!

Jack also got to celebrate with a party at preschool. Last year he was sick so he wasn't able to go so he was beyond excited to use his box that him and Grammy made last year!

Here's the Valentine's he made:

house sold!

Our house went on the market on Super Bowl Sunday and on Valentine's Day we were presented with an offer we couldn't refuse! We couldn't believe it. God is amazing! The other really awesome thing about it is we're not closing until June 5th, which means I can stay and finish out the school year should the baby come before his/her due date! Not really looking forward to that part, so hopefully the timing will all work out so I don't have to go back.

So now we've officially started house hunting in Albert City. We will see what happens, in a small town you really don't have too many choices. We both really like 1 house, which is a foreclosure which means more hoops to jump through before we know if we even have a chance. I know it will all work out how it's suppose to but it's hard not to get a little anxious about it.

changes at the Stepec house...

Albert City here we come!

Over the next couple months are lives are going to be changing a lot! I am due with #3 at the beginning of May (which will probably mean sometime in April)...and Steve got a job in northwestern Iowa! He is working part-time now, which means he is working a couple weekends a month. It's about 3 hours from here to our new town.

We are moving before June since Steve starts full-time June 1st. All the while I am finishing the school year here, hoping the timing of the maternity leave will all work out so I don't have to go back at the end of the year. Oh yes, and we need to sell our house and look for another one! Needless to say, I think the rest of my pregnancy is going to go really fast! :)

The name of the neighboring town is Pocahontas, we stayed here during the interviews, etc. Here's a picture of Pocahontas and Steve! Seriously, I know you all want to come and visit and see this! :)

Henry is 3!

We have celebrated Henry's 3rd birthday all month it seems like. The 4 of us celebrated on the 10th (his real birthday) and then Grammy watched them for a weekend and they celebrated again, and then just this morning we had his "party" with the Bolands, Knuckles and Bapa. Here are some pictures of all the fun!

Birthday breakfast at the bakery! Yum!

present time...

birthday cupcakes at home...

cake Steve made for his breakfast birthday party this morning...

We love you Henry!

New Stepec!

In May we're expecting #3! We couldn't be more thrilled to be able to welcome another member into our family. Here's a video I made to tell my students...enjoy!

Christmas 2011

After many months of not blogging I am finally updating about Christmas. It's been a really weird winter here in Iowa. We have no snow and haven't had any snow all year. The kids are wondering when it's going to come so they can play in the snow. This year we had a quiet, relaxing Christmas here in Marshalltown.

Here are the boys on Christmas Morning: (yes, I still buy them matching pjs)

My dad and brother came down for the weekend, and then on Christmas Day we traveled to Iowa City to spend Christmas with family. We stayed there until Wednesday, and then came home for a night before heading to Missouri to visit my grandparents. The boys had fun staying at a hotel and swimming in the pool, so it was a great overnight!

I apologize for how long it took me to post and how few pictures I have. I keep forgetting to carry around my camera. One more thing to work on I guess...

Fall Fun!

We went to the Oktemberfest parade:

Jack ran in the Fun Run (1/4 mile):

Trip to Carol's Pumpkin Patch for a preschool field trip:


Oh yes, and a not so fun part....a shelf in the bathroom that was up high that just so happen to have my basket of nail polish on it went crashing to the floor in the bathroom. It will require sanding, priming and repainting part of the bathroom. Did I mention this happened 20 minutes before my in-laws came for the weekend?

Never a dull moment here in Iowa!