I decided to go and look back to see how long it had been since we had written a real blog on how our lives were going and realized that we hadn't written since the beginning of November. I know lame-o's. We have very much enjoyed all the blogs and such in the last couple months but really have been so incredibly busy with other things that we just haven't found the time to sit down and blog.

School is over forever for both Peter and I. Peter turned in his thesis in November and it is officially finished. What a stress it had been and we are so glad for it to be over with. I graduated on the 21st of December as most of you know and I am so glad it is over even though it hasn't quite hit me yet. I am sure it will soon. I ended with a 3.3 gpa overall and I am pretty happy with that.

Volleyball started up and we are in full swing with practices and our first tournament being this weekend in SLC. The team looks good and I am getting lots of comments from other kids in the club that the team is looking like they will be really good. I am excited to have it going again even though from now on I can't do much at practices until after the baby is born. We will be heading to both Reno and Spokane for tournaments this season as well as the tournaments in Salt Lake City and would love to have anyone come and join us for the fun.

Pregnancy is going well. I am in my 35th week now and I am so ready for this baby to be here. More because my ribs are to the point that I feel like ripping them out. He likes to live in my ribs like Andrew did but even more than Andrew did. It feels like he may have kicked me so hard once that he borke one of my ribs and it gets really agitated especially after a long day of sitting in a car. No official name yet but we will have one before we hit the hospital. We are in the process of narrowing down our choices. Believe me I wish we would come to a decision right now, I am kind of sick of calling him Nancy. Yes Nancy, Peter decided a while back to start calling him Nancy because that was one name that no one would believe that we would actually use as a name. When we would pray at night, I would use whatever name we were liking at the time and it got Peter upset everytime so he came up with Nancy and it has kind of stuck for now until we have a real name for him.

Christmas was nice. We headed to Spokane to spend Christmas with Peter's brother David and his family. It was really low key and Andrew definitely enjoyed playing with his cousin Christian who turns four this month. Andrew didn't sleep well so Sunday we decided that we had had enough and we headed home. We have just been relaxing at home by ourselves for the New Year's celebration. Yesterday morning, Peter and I headed out to breakfast at The Original Pancake house to celebrate our 4th anniversary which was on Sunday. It was very nice to spend a meal by ourselves.

Andrew is getting bigger by the day and is getting to be more like a little boy. He is imitating Peter constantly which is now making Peter self-concisous of what he is doing. He hasn't quite gotten that there will be a new baby soon but he is now learning to say "baby" and we are working on that. He loves to wrestle with Peter and is now in a phase that he loves to roar and growl like a lion. It is pretty funny to watch.

We got rid of our dog Sully write before Christmas break. He had broken our blinds and was continuing to pee and poo in the house and I realized that I really just could not do it anymore especially with a new baby coming. It was fun while we had him but we learned our lesson and it will probably be a while before we get another dog.

Thank you all for the gifts, they will go to good use. Buffy I got the scarf and Thank you, I had totally forgotten you said you would make one for me and I was very excited when I opened it. We love you all and wish we could have seen you all these holidays but we know it isn't always possible. I am so grateful to be a part of this wonderful loving family and hope to see many if not all of you in 2008.

Love,
Anne