One down...14 more to go!

I finished my first week back at school with students yesterday. Only 14 more weeks to go until summer. :) I didn't even bother counting down to spring break.

Kerry did great at home with the boys. I'm sure it had it's stressful moments, but I couldn't tell. :) Tuesday and Thursdays are going to be my really long days.

We had our first "young marrieds" bible study this last week too. We had two other couples come, not so much young marrieds, but sometimes God puts people in our lives for a reason. We'll pray that He blesses our time together.

There's really not a lot to update this weekend. We're making it. The boys are doing well. Zeke has his 2 month check up on Wednesday. It'll be great to see how much he weighs, I'm dreading his shots though. That's the worst part of well child checks.

I hope everyone is doing well. We'll update with pictures later. Hopefully we can catch a smile from our little guy. It's adorable.

Love,
Erin

I survived

Well, I survived my first day back at work since Zeke was born. I was pretty proud of myself and the fact that I made it out of the house without crying. :) I think it was easier than I thought because I was leaving him in the capable hands of my husband and not a child care. How blessed we are!!

It was a long day, but we all survived. Every time I called home, Kerry sounded very calm and happy so that made it easier too. It's going to be tough getting back into the swing of things as I have a lot to do, but I'll get there. :)

Thanks for all your prayers today. I'm sure I'll still need them this semester as the days I work will be long ones. Have a great week!

--Erin

Maternity leave ending...:(

Well, my maternity leave is ending this week and man am I bummed! The last 6 weeks went so fast. Our faculty week back starts Monday and then students come the following week. I'm sure I'm going to be a wreck and calling home at every break. I've really enjoyed my time off to be a mom! I loved having the energy to cook, homeschool, cuddle, play and be here. :) It seems like when I work (at least teaching) that I'm so drained by the end of the day that it's hard for me to come home and give as much as I'd like to. I even enjoying being able to do laundry while I was on break!
(Ok, enough of the pity party. But prayers are appreciated!)

We had a nice Christmas visit in Kansas with family. Zeke got to meet his cousins, aunts and uncles. He tolerated being passed around pretty well. We were all exhausted by the time we came home. A few of us (me, dad and Otto) got to bring the flu home with us. Thankfully it was short lived and Gabe didn't get it.

The boys are still enjoying a break from school until next week. Kerry has had projects all break for school and is working on a sermon for tomorrow. He enrolled in his classes for this spring. The end is in sight! I've been working some on getting ready for this spring semester. Not as much as I should have been, but it's too hard not to use every minute cuddling with my boys. :)

Wishing everyone a happy New Year! Love you all!

--Erin

One month old!

Zeke is one month old today. It's gone really fast, even faster when I think about how quickly my maternity leave is coming to an end. I'm so not ready to go back to work!

Kerry made it home safely from Grand Junction, in the snow last week. He drove over on Monday, spent the night and drove back home on Tuesday. It was fun to be able to spend that much time with the boys, but we were glad to see him walk through the door! He's done with work now until early February. Of course, he's still working hard at school! Getting closer to being done...

The boys are now on "Christmas break" from homeschool while we got back to Kansas for a visit. We're looking forward to heading back that direction, praying that the weather holds out. I have a doctor appointment on Monday and then we'll head back after that.

I'll post a couple of pictures of Zeke at 1 month old. Enjoy! See you (some of you) when we're back there. Love you all! If we don't get to see you, have a Merry Christmas and safe break!

--Erin

3 week update and first smile!

Hello all!
Things here are going well. I've posted a couple new slideshows of some recent pictures. Enjoy!

Gabe and Otto are getting back into the swing of things with school, just in time to take a Christmas break. :) We've been baking some sugar cookies and frosting them. I'm afraid they'll all be gone before we come back to Kansas, so we won't have many to share. Sorry! Otto has had a little bit of a cold this week, he's still got the energy to play, but a stuffy nose so he's kind of crabby.

Kerry is working a couple days here and there. He was in Denver on Wednesday and will be driving to Grand Junction on Monday or Tuesday. It's supposed to get colder and snow some more here so hopefully the weather will hold out before he goes. He's still plugging away at school. Finishing up some projects and such.

I've been doing okay too. My break is going by too fast! I have been trying to get a few things done for next semester so I don't have so much to do after school starts. I'm also teaching a few classes online over break so that's keeping me busy enough.

Zeke is doing great. Still waking every 3-4 hours or so during the night. Growing well. He's got a plugged tear duct like Gabe did so we're doing massage to try to get it to open. He also smiled at us for the first time this week, and we knew it wasn't gas. We actually thought he smiled on Wednesday, but you know how it is, Kerry and I were both "was that a smile?" But this morning he definitely smiled at me while I was talking to him. Kerry was holding him so we both saw it. It was really great because we could see it in his eyes first, they lit up! It was great!!

We'll be heading back to Kansas around the 22nd after my OB check up in Colorado Springs. I think we're going to take I-70 back, but we probably won't be in until later in the evening.

I think that's it for us. We love you!

--Erin

Zeke 3 weeks

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Our first snow

Make a Smilebox scrapbook