You are a delay fish

So I found myself telling my 5 year old in exasperation because no matter how early we put him to bed or wake him (or even how late), he is NEVER ready for school until 5 minutes before the bus is supposed to come which means he usually doesn't get much of a breakfast. On that day it took 35 minutes for him to get dressed, even I'm not sure how. I realized two things as this quote popped into my head. 1- I've watched way too many pixar movies, especially Finding Nemo which is my kids favorite. 2- Kids are delay fish in general. Before I had kids I remember going to a class at education week where the lady was telling everyone to plan for it to take 10 minutes to get out the door per child and 20 per infant. I didn't believe her until Jacob was born and all the sudden you needed to bring half the baby room to go anywhere and he was inevitabley hungry or blown out by the time we were ready to go out the door. Despite all that, I'm still so thankful to be a mom and have my little delay fish. Despite the fact I would be on time without them, life wouldn't be nearly so entertaining or full of color.

The real world

So perhaps more college isn't the only route open to us right now (I can't tell you how much I like that idea). The company that funds Jon's research and he works for through the university is talking about hiring him on full time- like a real job. What a great opportunity in this economy. They came up to him and talked about interviewing him this week. Then we found out that they meant switching his hours at the university and hiring him right away. His professor told them that it wouldn't be a good idea until his classes are done this semester. So maybe, just maybe, cross our fingers, at the end of this semester- which is April- Jon will start working full time for this company while he works on finishing his masters by the end of the summer or December. This job is exactly what he wants to do with his degree, he loves the people who work there, and it means we get to stay in the area instead of planning a huge move soon. As Jon says- it sounds almost too good to be true. We could get off of assistance and start being grown-ups instead of college students which are like between grown ups and teenagers despite the fact we have three and a half kids. It would be wonderful! Sigh... Another thing to be found and figured out in the near future. We've prayed a lot about it and it feels good so we'll just have to see where we are lead.

16 weeks

Today I had my 16 week appt. Everything seems to be going well. They laid all these tests on me that I have to decide to take or not- things that don't really matter for the most part, but might. I am starting to look pregnant now and be past the fatty stage. My coat is fitting tight and I decided that winter has to be done before I out grow it completely. I scheduled my 20 week ultrasound. We should find out the gender of the baby and other exciting things on March 18! As a warning, this appt has ALWAYS been rescheduled in the past so if it doesn't happen on the 18th, don't be dissappointed folks. That's just how it works for me. It's a curse.

Jacob's first math problem

This was so cute. I overheard the following conversation just now and had to share. It went something like this:

Jacob: When I grow up I'll be a dad.
Sam: When I grow up I'll be a dad too.
Katie: When I grow up I'll be a mommy.
Jacob: So when we all grow up there will be three dads and two moms (he is counting his parents).

Then a little later:

Jacob: Wait a minute! When we are dads we can just share with our dad and we won't have to work! (um..... I think we are going to have to work on that one).

A "sunny" move on the horizon?

So to make a long story short, Jon will not be able to complete his PhD here at BYU. He will graduate with his Masters in Physics either at the end of this summer or in December. He still wants a PhD, but now in Materials Science which would give him a better education for a job in industry and product testing and development which he would like to pursue. So there is a good possibility that by the end of this year we will be moving to Tempe, AZ - Home of Arizona State University- which has a great materials science program. But, oh I'm scared. I hate moving and it is such a big move. Not to mention we will be moving with 4 kids this time and Jacob will be uprooted from kindergarten. On the other hand, given the cold front that moved in today after a week of temperatures around 50 degrees maybe it is not such a bad thing to try a new adventure. Now don't think I am so shallow that I would move over the weather, but it does perk me up to think I wouldn't have to drive in the snow anymore which I absolutley hate (given how some Utah drivers drive that shouldn't be surprising). Anyway, it will be interesting to see where life takes us from here.

Draper Temple Open House

It was very cold that day, and it didn't help the temple was in the foothills- so that is why the kids look uncomfortable. We tried to be really quick. The open house itself was warm and great though. We went with my sisters and had a good time. Afterward, I asked Samuel what his favorite part was and he immediately said "The elevator". We got a good laugh out of that.

Preztal Letters

Jacob has been writing his name for a month or two now thanks to preschool! The other day we had pretzals for snacks and he decided to get creative and spell his name with the preztals (with just a little help from mom forming some of the letters). Since he did it mostly by himself I'll go ahead and post a picture. What a smartie!