Fall!

I'm very much looking forward to fall this year. I love fall anyway, but being pregnant and always feeling warm, I just really love the cool crisp air! Char and I have been trying to take early morning walks while it's still cool outside. Once the sun warms up we're indoors.

A lot has happened in the last 5 weeks! I just found my camera yesterday in Charlotte's room, so hopefully we can begin posting pictures again.

Nate's parents visited from Michigan for a week. It was great to see them again and to have Charlotte get acquainted with them again too. I've been showing her pictures of Michigan family on the fridge, but it's one thing to see a picture and then to see them in real life. She now waves at their picture on the fridge when I show it to her. It's very cute.

Following their visit, we took a 2 week vacation!!! I love vacations!! The first week was just down time at home. We had a few house projects we wanted to get done to help winterize the house before the rains started. We did take a few day trips to the coast and to Portland. That was a nice change of pace for me to get out of the house.

The second week was spent with extended family. We took 3 days with our immediate Stuewe family at the coast. It was perfect weather! Carm wanted to cook gourmet meals for us...and we all gladly accepted! The boys went on a deep sea fishing trip and caught fish and crab for another meal. They had some good adventures to share when they got home.

The last part of the vacation was spent in Sisters with the Stuewe family. It was my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary weekend celebration. Everyone was in attendance. We even had most of the great aunts there too! The weekend was packed with great activities. Non-stop visiting and eating great food. We even snuck in a bike ride and stroller ride here and there. It's been a long time since everyone was together like this. I'm not sure how many years. It was great to be there and enjoy everyone's company.

We are back home now and slowly getting back to our routine...for now.
Nate made a decision to resign at his current job due to feeling burned out and needing a change of pace. It was just time for him to move on to something new. He had a great 5 years there and wonderful memories. I'm glad he is able to leave with good memories and good relationships. He will start at my parents business at the beginning of October. The commute will be longer than what he's used to, but it will be a good down time for him.

I'm rushing around going to some last minute doctors apts before we switch insurance. I'll find out the gender of the baby at the end of the month!! So exciting! Also, I found out from my doctor that they are planning on inducing me at 39 weeks due to my blood clot situation. So it looks like the due date keeps moving. We're looking at February as the due date now. I may even shoot for Leap Day. =)

That's us in a nut shell....like I said...a lot happened in 5 weeks. =)