Still Alive!

Yes, we are still alive and well here in Colorado.  Just over a week ago, Nate asked me about the blog...HE asked me!  That must really mean I've gotten behind on it if he even mentions the fact that I haven't been posting lately.  Didn't really know he even looked at it!

We have been busy!  Nate's job is going well.  He is on my least favorite rotation right now, surgical pathology, which he usually puts in about 12 hour days.  He's been on call a couple of times and has to work 12 days straight when he is on call.  I can't complain too much though, because while he does have to work the weekend, if he gets paged once he's home he can usually take care of it over the phone and doesn't have to go back to the hospital.   Other than work, he has a pretty big list of things to do in the yard and house that keep him busy on the weekends.  The kids and I don't see him much during the week, so we are grateful for the weekend when it comes!

Brynlee is loving school!  She is such a smart girl and I love how quickly she is learning things.  A few weeks ago, we had parent teacher conferences and her teacher had nothing but good things to say about her!  She is really good at math, does great in reading and was above average with most of her work.  She is on the honor roll for her school, she said there were only 8 in her class that received a certificate, so we celebrated with ice cream sundaes to let her know we are proud of her for working so hard.  Brynlee has also been taking gymnastics at her school for the last few weeks.  I've gone in and watched a couple of times and it just seems like complete chaos to me (picture about 50 or so little girls running around a small gym with only about 4-5 adults helping), but she enjoys it.  

Gracen is still a little monkey.  It's been a lot of fun having one on one time with him.  He loves to help me with chores, I think his favorite is laundry.  He loves to run and play in our back yard, usually refuses to wear a jacket or coat, even if it's only in the 30's out there.  He is getting more and more independent and I love it!  He loves it when Brynlee gets home from school and usually gets a little too excited and out of control.  He is excited for for our baby to be here.  He usually spends time talking to, kissing and rubbing baby, aka my belly each day.  He is so sweet when he talks to it and says, "Hi, baby."  The other day, I had a weird sharp pain in my side and had to sit down for a few minutes to get it to go away.  He was a little concerned and wanted to know what was wrong, so I explained it to him after which he told the baby, "Baby, you hurt mommy, now you need to tell her your sorry!"  I kinda laughed at him, then a few seconds later he said, "Baby says sorry mommy."  He is going to be a great big brother!

We finally closed on our house (Hooray!!) at the end of October.  So I have been busy organizing and painting.  Painting is on my list as one of my least favorite things to do right now, but I love the results we have so far!  Before and after pictures *might* make it on here when I finish.  I am just about 32 weeks pregnant, things are going pretty well with the pregnancy most days.  I *might* post a picture of my huge belly one of these days, we'll see!  Mostly I am excited to get past these next 8 weeks and meet this sweet little baby.  He or she is my most active.  I've been woken up once or twice in the middle of the night with it's wild movements.  It's hard to believe we are so close to having another one!  Hmmm, what else have I been doing??  I have been working in Brynlee's class 2 times a month and I love it!  It is so fun to see Brynlee at school and also to get to know the kids in her class.  Gracen and I go to toddler time at the library most weeks, he calls it "his class day."  Otherwise just the normal day to day things here.


There you have it!  Another long post with no pictures!  I am hoping to back track over the next few days and get a few posts (with pictures!) up about some of the fun things we've done over the past 2 months.  Mostly for my benefit, but feel free to read them!