Nigel's 1st Graduation!

Nigel had 1 of his 2 graduations last Friday. It was so fun and exciting. Now, the countdown is really on because he'll be done before we know it! He went back to school on Sunday and will be there for 2 weeks, and then he has just 2 more weeks after that. So, March 7th, he'll be officially graduating and finished with Academy and ready to get working! Just in time to have the baby :) We'll have about 1 1/2 months of him working before the baby comes, so it'll be nice for him to have a break (from school). I'm so proud of him and can't wait for this to be finished so that we can enjoy his new career and start seeing much more of him. Caden and I have really been missing him, but are so proud of him and all of his accomplishments. Speaking of accomplishments, Nigel also got an award at graduation - he was awarded the Defensive Tactics award. They have classes called Defensive Tactics where they learn how to "fight" basically, and protect themselves. He was picked the best in the class, so that's wonderful! Especially considering that during one "DT" session, Nigel actually broke another guy's nose :) I guess he's a good fighter! Hopefully at the next graduation, I won't be having the camera problems that I was having at this graduation, that's why there aren't many pictures. Enjoy!

Nigel was in the color guard, just like in the Coast Guard :) In the picture of the whole class, you can't see Nigel. He's in the very back, they were seated alphabetically.


This is Nigel and Chris, his roommate for the last 16 weeks. They're trying to look pretty tough.

And finally, a nice smile! Chris was the best roommate that Nigel could have asked for and they made eachother's time in Academy much more enjoyable!

And then, we throw Officer Caden into the mix. Behind his hand is his very own police badge, again. He wants to be tough just like Daddy and Chris :)

P.S. In baby news: My glucose tolerance test came back normal!!! Woo-hoo!! I have started seeing my new OB and she's wonderful. I only had one appointment, but I'm thrilled with my decision so far. Also, the due date for the baby will stay the same - April 20th. I'm actually more comfortable with this date, since it's past Caden's birthday! Hopefully this little one will come a little late rather than early, to keep these 2 kids' birthdays as separated as we can :)

In Caden news: Our poor baby boy has developed asthma. I knew that he probably would, since he's had eczema since he was born and the two are related, plus Hans and I had such bad asthma as kids, but his came on a lot earlier than I thought it would. We're currently fighting a little pneumonia in him, too, that was caused by the mucus build up from the asthma. Now, just to find out what's triggering his asthma. I have to take him to the lab for some allergy tests and find out if it's the dog or a food or what that's making his asthma so bad. So, we'll see. If it's Byron, we might have to say goodbye to our crazy dog. We'll cross that bridge when we get there!