Great news and big life changes..

So Thursday flashback:

We get home and go to the mailbox like we do everyday to see if Tanner has gotten any letters from med schools. We open it up expecting the usual nothing and there is a letter from the U. We tentatively open it and to our dismay find that Tanner did not get accepted. We are numb. We don't know what more he could have done, I'm going to brag and say that his application was amazing, he's been told that at all his interviews, and we were pretty devastated. So we go in the house and sit sadly on the couch for a few minutes. Tanner goes to check his email and begins yelling; to our utter amazement we find out some great news, Tanner has been accepted to the Medical College of Wisconsin!! In two minutes, we went from miserable to ecstatic. It hadn't even been a week since his interview there, but he is in!! He is still waiting to hear from a couple other schools, so it could still be a different place, but not the U. It is sad that we will have to move away, but we are more happy and grateful that he got in and his dream to become a doctor is now possible.
Our families were pretty sad when we told them, but we are just excited. The more we have thought and talked about it, the more we are grateful for this opportunity and know that this is what the Lord meant for us. It will be a great experience, even though it will be difficult to be so far from family, it will be so good for us and I know we will learn so much. And we will really rely on the church and each other. I know I will need the Lord's help, but I am optimistic and can't feel anything but happy about our new adventure together. And thankfully we have blogs and fb to stay in touch. Change is a good thing. This will be a huge change, far from friends and family, starting med school, a new little baby, and leaving my job that I absolutely love. There is the fear of the unknown, but everyone I know that has lived out of state has said it has been a great experience, and we have actually always wanted to. I'm just nervous for the -10 degree winters. Otherwise, I just know this is going to be great. Tanner laughed when I said I hoped we could take our dishwasher with us. Also, all you friends who have been just dying to visit Milwaukee in your lifetime, now you can come and visit us!
We won't be leaving for school until the end of next summer, so we'll still be here a while. It is nice to at least know where he is going and be able to prepare ourselves for it. So this Thanksgiving, you'll know one thing we're especially grateful for. The other thing we're grateful for is little Eric! He's growing and giving me that nice basketball look. He's kicking and strong. I had my appointment this week and sadly I was barely over on my glucose test, so I have to retake it this week to make sure I don't have gestational diabetes. Did you know for that second test you have to eat a candy bar every day for 3 days before you take it again? If they're making me, I guess I'll have to force it down. :) So we're hoping that comes back negative, my doctor said it was so borderline, she thinks I'll be okay. Also, I've gotten a little too anemic so I have to take extra iron, mmm. Tanner and I haven't been able to find a time that works for both of us for a birth class, so we have a class on DVD. We started watching it today, it was so funny practicing breathing together in our living room. I was proud, he was very interested in all the info and excited to try out everything she was teaching. He's so cute, I just love him so much. Here is the latest shot of the baby bump:


28 weeks