It's time for the 10 week countdown!

Finals week starts 10 weeks from today. That is a crazy scary thought. I have taken two High Acuity tests, one Community and one Management. I have passed all of them. That is great news. There are still 11 tests on the board (including finals). Six in High Acuity, three in Community and two in Management. Rumor has it that the first four tests in High Acuity are the worst, so if I can survive the next two I'll breathe a little easier. One of those is next Monday, the other is on the 26th. In case you're wondering, finals will be over in 10 weeks and 2 days. Graduation is in 10 weeks and 3 days!

Life has been busy! Between classes, clinicals and my work schedule I've been driving to Salt Lake 4 days a week. Sometimes I have had to make two trips in one day because of Aaron's schedule and Maddie's follow-up appointments on her hand. She also started physical therapy three days a week. That has been fun to fit in to our crazy schedule!

Maddie has started reading the first Harry Potter book on her own. She also has set the goal to read the Book of Mormon by her 8th birthday, and we've been trying to read a chapter a night for the last two months. This has been great for me as well because I find myself taking the time to explain things to her which is helping me focus and understand things better.

Cami and Brie are wearing big girl panties!!!! I am so thrilled about this one. Brie has been doing this for almost 2 months, Cami was more reluctant. She threw a big screaming fit for about an hour one day when Aaron told her no more pull-ups. She kept sobbing "I don't want to be a big girl! I want to be a little girl! I want to wear pull-ups!" We just sent her upstairs so she could have her meltdown in privacy. She eventually came downstairs in panties. It was a fight for a couple of days but she now takes her nighttime pull-up off first thing in the morning and puts on panties. Yay!

Aaron has been working hard at keeping things under control at home. The twins don't make that part easy. We're all surviving and really looking forward to December when I can actually be present at home.