We're going to give it a shot!!

We decided to start this blog so that our family and friends that are far away from us can stay posted on the news! It's hard to make that many phone calls to stay in touch with my growing litter of children.

So, here it is, our first of many...
We'll start with the baby news. I'm getting scared & anxious and Jer couldn't be more excited! He can't wait to be a Daddy! The nursery is almost done!!! I really want to paint the walls, but it's just not worth it when you're renting... plus, I'm not going to want to paint it back.
Things have been going really great with the medication to stop the contractions. The plan is to stop taking it once I hit 36 weeks, which will be October 20th. So any day after that, we could be meeting our new JerBear!! I'm betting that it doesn't go past October... November 1st at the latest. Anyone want to start a pool??
Nicole and Elise are throwing us a baby shower on October 4th!! Thank you so much, girlies! And thanks ahead of time for all of you that are coming!

Collin has been doing outstanding in first grade! He says he doesn't like it and has finally stopped giving me so much crap about doing his homework... but as much as he fights it, he's succeeding! We couldn't be more proud of him. He got 100% on his very first spelling test, then came home with his 2nd progress report of the year. It was all straight A's, of course-- he's my son. All but one subject was 100% and the other had increased from a 92% to a 94%-- so nothing but improvement. Then he comes home with an award that named him a "Super Eagle." (That's his school mascot.) It's for the student in the class that is showing excellence. He got to go to the first principal's luncheon!! The teacher had to choose one boy and one girl from the class.... so it was Collin and his Kindergarten girlfriend, Aubree. She's so damn cute and a brain, too. My baby has good taste!!

Austin is my little sweetheart. He helps me all day long and just cannot wait to be a big brother! He's always hugging and kissing the baby in my stomach and talking to him! He asked me a couple of weeks ago to take him to his school.... my little guy wants to go to pre-school. It's so dang cute. He does his homework everyday when Collin is doing his. So if anyone knows of a good pre-school, let me know!!

We got together at the Taylor's last night for Jer's Dad's 50th birthday! It's so nice to get everyone together and have family come in from out of town for the occasion. I adore the Taylor family!! I couldn't ask for better in-laws. It really makes me miss the rest of my family that I never get to see!!!
It was a special night. Everyone got through it with absolutely no arguments or frustration! Jer's Mom even told him that she liked his new tattoo--- she hates tattoos, but the artwork looked really good! It was awesome, really! Such a huge step!
Nicole and I somehow brought up Christmas... which is right around the corner!!!! I can't wait! I love the spirit of Christmas and how it brings the fam together.

That should catch everyone up.... I love you all and miss you tons!