More Adventures!

Now lets see, what has happened in the last little bit? Not much but there are a few interesting things.

We finally had the maintenance come and fill the holes in the house right before thanksgiving. Boy was that a night. But, they didn't redo the weather stripping in the doors. Apparently that does not qualify as a hole or gap. Now I'm pretty sure we have to do it ourselves. The guy got most of the holes filled and was working on the last one by our  water heater. I was holding the flashlight while he was filling the hole. He was using a can of spray foam. He was using it and continuously filling the hole without letting the can have a break. Next thing I know there was flames.... William grabbed water, turned off the gas to it and helped him put it out while I got the kids out. They did get it out. I asked the guy if we should call 911 cause he was looking at his arm cautiously. He said no, he was ok. What about the house do I need to call for that? Then the guy just left. I ended up calling 911 to make sure the fire was out and we were safe to be here. They advised me to call the management company and have them come and fix it because we had no water heater and no idea what shape it was in. So I did. The person I called was surprised, apparently the guy never told his boss. So the guy called the contractor and told him, I was to expect him out first thing the next morning, granted this was two days before Thanksgiving. He was not here first thing but I shrugged it off, maybe there was a traffic issue since he was coming from a good distance. All said and done the water heater was turned back on with no issues and able to heat just fine. No problems since.

Then we had Thanksgiving. William did the turkey all by himself. We were able to use the roaster that I got for Christmas last year. It cooks fast! We had all the traditional dishes and ate like royalty. And we even had leftovers for a couple days afterward. I used some leftover turkey for a couple family size pot pies and William had lunch for school the following week. I even made William his favorite pie his mom would make from scratch. He loved it!

We had parent teacher conferences for the older kids. They are doing very well. There was some concern that they were not, but teachers reassured us that they were. Ashleigh is reading very well compared to what we were seeing at home. I think she plays a game with us and thinks she can get away with it. Spencer is adjusting to his new glasses. He rotates between three classrooms during the day for different subjects. He does need some work on writing and giving more details. Trying to work on this. He isn't too thrilled tho. Patrick is cute as ever and getting smarter by the day. We have been working on him practice writing his numbers and letters. Kids are doing great!

I am now 30 weeks pregnant as I write this. I have had a couple doctors visits. There was a concern about me having excessive Braxton hicks contractions. But no change to my cervix so all seems ok. They are still watching my placenta to make sure is doesn't cover my cervix, as it is close. Baby girl is gaining about a pound a month now. She is gonna be huge! Thriving and happy. She is pretty mellow like the others which could be a good thing once she is here. I was able to go over to Parker university and help out the sonography class and have an ultrasound. They were out on clinical but, they don't get many pregnancy ones. So the school tries to help them. I was able to see baby girl again! She has those chubby cheeks and cute little nose already! This made me more excited to meet her. To finally see a face of some sort. I have been slowly working on getting ready. I have been working on her blessing dress and getting close to being done. I made a cute canopy to hang above the crib and finally got that hung. I also started putting clothes in the girls closet. I need more hangers! I think I have finally accepted this pregnancy and excited to meet this sweet girl that is going to come to us. The kids are super excited as well! Ashleigh more so than the boys because she sees the changes in the room as I get stuff ready.

William is finishing up his first trimester of undergrad. Its been a struggle at times but I think he has come out very well. He is so excited to continue this road ahead. Next Trimester starts January 7th and he will be taking Physics and Organic Chem. He has also started to doing deliveries for Shipt, a company where you basically go shop for people and then deliver their orders to them. He has gotten a couple ward members, which is always fun.

We have set up for Christmas and the kids love it! This year I made a cardboard fireplace to put up and its not to bad. We finally have room for one. I have one of my lighted pine garlands on it and the stockings hung on it as well.

Everyone has been healthy for the most part. Had a a week or so of hacking and coughing a couple weeks ago but, nothing serious.

All in all I think things are finally settling and we can enjoy more of our time here. Ill have the rest of the year with William out of school and kids get out the 21st and until the 7th of January when William and the older two go back.