It is obvious from my lack of blogging that things are pretty busy around here. We are in full school mode and it is going well, just busy. It seems we have something every night of the week.
The thing that has really made me extra busy this fall is my class every Wednesday night from 6-10. It is a long time, but I have really enjoyed the class thus far even though it is a phonics class. I have little experience teaching phonics or reading so I am learning a lot and the 4 hours goes quite quickly. It’s the time outside of class that makes it busy. Tony and Zoe enjoy that evening together. They went to a movie the first night and spent much time walking around the dorm, which they both really enjoy.
Labor Day weekend we were able to drive to Pompton Plains New Jersey to visit some friends. It was great to connect with old friends. We went to NYC for an afternoon, which was my first time to the city. I am glad we went to experience the city and see some of the sites, but 4 hours was plenty for me. I am definitely not a big city girl.


Zoe is doing well these days. We are still working on potty training, which is very frustrating since she was completely trained before we left on our road trip in June. She usually stays dry throughout the day and has no trouble peeing on the potty. But when it comes time to poop, she refuses. She is learning more and more words everyday and using them in ways we don’t always appreciate :) She is very stubborn and would rather sit in a time out than quickly do something we ask of her. She still really enjoys going to daycare and tells us often that she has so many friends at Linda’s house. Tony brings her mid morning and Tony or I pick her up around 3:00 in the afternoon Monday-Thursday, so she is at daycare a fair amount, but not too much.
Tony continues to enjoy his work with the men of PGB. He hasn’t had hardly any discipline issues this year so that has been great. This year he is the staff advisor to the Celebration team, which is the campus praise and worship group. This has added a little extra work for him, but he has enjoyed getting to know these students and help them in their leadership roles.
I am still feeling really well during this pregnancy. I am very tired every evening when it is finally time to sit, but that is to be expected. This little boy has really been moving a lot, which is so fun. The C-section has been scheduled for Nov. 7, so unless something goes wrong, that will be his birthday! I plan on working until Nov. 4 and then returning to work on Jan.2. We were very blessed with the timing of this pregnancy as thanksgiving and Christmas break fall over my maternity leave, making it longer than is would have been otherwise.
We are still working on a name for this little one. We have a few that we both like but can’t seem to agree on anything, so this may end up being a last minute decision. We are working on getting everything ready for him. We just rearranged Zoe’s closet to make room for his future clothing and have a list started of thing we need to get in the next couple months. All of this is making it more real and we are getting very excited to meet this little boy!