Updates...

Just a few updates for our family...

Gabe has started flag football and is really enjoying it this season. He had his second game today and scored a touchdown! (Talk about a proud dad and mom!) He had a week off school this past week because Kerry had some work to get done at the cabin. They'll get back at it this week. That's the beauty of homeschooling! They can take breaks and then start back in, had he been in public school Kerry wouldn't have been able to go up to work.

Otto is still Otto. :) He's enjoyed his week off from school too. We are working on getting him into gymnastics either this fall or early next year. He seems to really have a talent for tumbling and balance. Kerry came downstairs the other day to find him standing on the rocker arm balancing on it like a surf board. No fear!!

Kerry is still hard at school work and doing all the things great dads do. He's finishing one class this week and starting another one. He's getting so close to being done and I'm so proud of him! He's also coaching Gabe's football team and doing a great job. He works so well with the kids, even without a consistent assistant coach. I look at all the things he's doing and count myself lucky to have him. He works hard at everything he does. The other day in the car the boys used a word like "huge" and he asked what some other words were for huge. They came up with gigantic, massive, big, and Goliath! :) I was so impressed not only with them, but with Kerry for coming up with neat ways for them to learn and expand their little brains. He's so awesome!

I'm doing okay. Keeping busy with school during the week and clinicals on Sundays. I only have 3 more weeks left of the 12 hours clinicals on Sunday. I enjoy this group, but it is very exhausting. The students graduating in December have asked me to speak at their pinning on Dec. 5th, which makes me feel like they maybe don't all hate me. :) I have two more weeks of med/surg lecture, but have lots of tutoring as well, which I enjoy. I'm getting more uncomfortable, but trying hard not to complain (although I know I do). The baby seems to be high, so it's hard for me to catch my breath a lot of the time.

I saw the midwife at my last appointment because my doctor was out of town. The baby is growing well, I'm measuring ahead which is good because I've been a little concerned with how poorly I've gained weight. I know, I know, I should be thankful, but I lost again last month (so now instead of being up 4lbs I'm only up 2lbs from when I started). I want to make sure the baby is getting what he needs to grow and develop. They assured me that my body will feed him before it feeds me, so he should have what he needs. The did tell me to eat more though, I already feel like I eat all the time! He's moving around well. The midwife thought he was probably breech, which wouldn't surprise me with as active as he is. It doesn't really matter too much since I'm having a c/s and there is plenty of time for him to flip back around. No names yet. We're still debating. We have it narrowed down to about 2 or 3, but haven't looked at the baby name book for a while so we might add a couple more before it's all over. :)

We've had some visitors over the last couple of weeks, which has been lots of fun! Mom and Dad came to visit and then Luke and Jenna stopped in with Adalynn on their way to the cabin. They got to see Gabe play in his game today, and he was really proud to have them there. It was also nice to see such a cute baby! My grandparents came down for Gabe's first game too, which was nice. He didn't play as well, but he called them today to tell them about his touchdown! He can't wait for them to come watch him play again because he says "now I know what I'm doing."

Well, I think that's about it for us. We start going to the doctor every 2 weeks, so my next appt is the 17th. Then we'll start every week until baby day, which is still scheduled for the 19th of November. It's *only* 6 weeks from Wednesday, although it doesn't seem long to everyone else, it seems like forever to me! We'll be sure to keep you updated and as soon as Kerry uploads the pictures from the football game and the trees changing we'll post them.

--Erin