Life Update

Our announcement t-shirts

My fifth grade class on Halloween - I was a basketball game

Halloween

Our pumpkins

Ok! I am really bad at keeping up with this thing!! Hopefully I will have more time soon.

SO! Here is the update:

Derek:

Derek is doing great. He is in his second-to-last semester at school. He is doing well (as usual). At this point he has been applying to lots of jobs and consequently he has been having lots of interviews! We were in Utah last weekend for an interview he had with BD medical. We are going to Austin, TX on Thursday because he has an interview with National Instruments - they are flying us both out! Then he leaves again next Wednesday for Ohio because he has an interview with Honda! We have been extremely blessed so far! We will see if anything comes from it!

He just registered for his last semester in school and among other things he is taking Bowling, Archery, and Weight Lifting. It should be pretty difficult.... :) His internship from the summer called him last week and asked him to come back. He was a hard worker over the summer and they felt the void! So, he will be working a couple of days a week. We are glad for the opportunity because we've got a baby coming! He will probably work till Christmas. He is still tutoring when he has time as well.

Amanda:

I have been student teaching in the 5th grade for the last 3 months! I only have a week and a half left! I can't even believe it. I have been going to school for the last 16 years of my life!! It is about to end! Student teaching has been WONDERFUL! I have the best class. I love my students and I have learned so much about myself as a person and as a teacher. It has been nothing short of a blast.

Oh yeah! I'm pretty sure anyone who reads this already knows, but I'm pregnant! I will be 24 weeks tomorrow! I am progressively getting bigger and it has been sooooo much fun!! I have had a wonderful pregnancy so far. I haven't ever been sick, I feel really great. As I get bigger my back has been hurting a little, and today my hips felt like they were about to pop out but that is just recently!

Derek and I were called to be Sunday School Teachers in the Marriage and Family Relations class. We had the same calling in our last ward so we know what we are doing! yay! We are extremely excited for the Holidays. We are spending Thanksgiving with my family here in Idaho and then we will head to Farmington for Christmas! It will be great!

Baby Whipple:

Our baby boy has been kicking up a storm. He knows how to move! I have been able to feel him for about a month now. Derek can feel him move too! It never gets old. It is so wonderful to be able to feel him moving together. I know that Derek feels more a part of the pregnancy now that he can feel our son moving too. It gets more and more real as his due date gets closer. February 28th doesn't seem too far away considering we've got the Holiday season to get through. After that its just 2 months away. We have started to buy things here and there for him. We've got some clothes and other random things. There is a lot to buy for someone so SMALL! We just got a cradle off of Craigslist today for 20 bucks! Worth it! We won't buy a crib until we know when and where we are moving after Derek graduates in April.

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