Jason
1. In July he got hired at Bridgeborn through Pinpoint IT, and is currently employed there as a 3 month contract-to-hire. On Oct 29th, he was told his contract was up and that they were letting him go. Quite stunning, especially with a baby due on October 31st. He prayed, shared and coveted the prayers of others to Jesus that he be employed - and Jesus took care of the needs, supplying the exact same job not 15 hours later. He is currently awaiting a full-time position.
2. Is currently engaged to complete NaNoWriMo (link). He is currently posting both his entry (here) and a narrative on his efforts (here). As of this entry he has written just around 5,000 words for his entry and another 5,000 words for his narrative.
3. He is working with the Home Educators Association of Virginia on their website. (link)
4. Finished his undergraduate with God's help and received the certificate!
5. Survived a staph infection - likely caused by too tight shoes, foot bleeding, and walking in the rain.
Ruth
1. Recently gave birth to an amazing baby boy; his name is MichaelAndrew Isaac, he was born Nov 02 (2 days "late"), weighed 10.5 lbs, was 21 in long (with 15.5" head), and the labor took upwards of 10 hours.
3. She is currently engaged in planning out the epilogue of her book "Wanting Nothing", which will be a rewrite of the last third - the book up to this point is what happened in her courtship with Jason up to where she was at the time of her writing and the remainder covered her hopes and dreams; God had a much better plan.
Peter
1. Is very, very close to both running and speaking. He has been seen stumbling forward in a less-than-controlled manner and speaks words at random. It is clear he has an ever-increasing vocabulary, but usually only "speaks" during calmer circumstances, predominantly curiosity.
2. Spent the anniversary of his parents at Ruth's parent's house and enjoyed massive visiting time.
3. Has not mastered multi-variable calculus. Although his parents are not worried, more evaluation testing might be in order.
4. Still getting used to being a brother. Is still young so the transition should (hopefully) be relatively easy.
Michael
1. Was born 11/02/09 (less than a week ago).
2. Is single, according to FaceBook. Look out ladies, charm personified is out and about! His parents have their work cut out for them.
3. Is mostly feeding on a schedule - the times of which are getting progressively further apart ... to the satisfaction of both parties involved.
4. Has not mastered the uneven bars and thus has worried his parents over his apathetic attitude toward gymnastics.
Other
As always, this kind of sparse documentation always leaves out sooo many details. Here is a summary of some stuffs:
* Midwife came and was a blessing - especially since the baby was born 2 days "late"
* We finished refinancing the house - and because of God's providence had to pay little towards it
* During the two months in which Jason was unemployed - the cupboards were NEVER bare.
* The screened-in porch in the house has been mostly (90%) converted to an office with lots of windows!
* Massive family/friend help has been integral to keeping efforts to improve the general feel of the house - special massive "props" go out to God and Ruth's father.
* David (Jason's friend) has given us two couches - so no sitting in chair-only for visitors!
* A high-chair, training potty, double-stroller, and alphabet foam floor mats all showed up ... blessings toward raising our children! In particular, the high-chair has redefined how we feed Peter.
* Swagbucks no longer offers the acoustic guitar (as mentioned previously). In love and with planning, Ruth bought Jason an acoustic guitar for their anniversary - it came with an electronic tuner, spare strings, and a primer book.
