Apken Update

Lots going on in the Apken household as of late and we wanted to bring you all into the loop.

Brynn turned two last week...she is our dress-up loving, pink loving, emotionally tricky, trying-to-break the binky habit, snuggly little girl. I can't believe two years has flown by so quickly!

Paige turns five in ten days. She is our soccer-loving, sports watching, loves to stay up late, big girl. She is back in her same preschool for another year and enjoying her time to socialize. She is still signing her name "PaigeL4"...I will keep you posted if she changes that to "PaigeL5" with her upcoming birthday.

For those that have been aware of Chris' unique work situation the past six months know it's been the strain of the year...or maybe decade. Chris' boss has now been formally charged with nine counts of wire fraud and money laundering. He was operating a "ponzi" scheme on the other side of the company (outside the scope of Chris' responsibility) and has stolen close to $100 million over the last ten years. The boss is obviously facing the rest of his life in in prison, but Chris has spent the past six months dealing with investigations, interviews and cooperating with the FBI and US Attorney's office. He's working with potential buyers to sell off the one legitimate company (the bus company) and is in the job market if you have any leads! We will move for a job!

For me, I've been trying to cope with the emotional stress of the job situation. In April when Chris came to me with suspicions he had about his boss, we had some very anxious times. And, to add to that, at the end of July, shortly after returning from our Pine Valley trip, we had some other unexpected news...one that has brought on some physical changes...

Yes...that's baby #3 in there! Surprise! We were equally shocked and have spent the past almost three months adjusting to the idea and dealing with the all-day sickness of that horrid first trimester (plus a few extra weeks). I am 17 weeks, due March 29, 2011, and feeling MUCH better the past two weeks. We will find out the sex of the baby in three weeks. I have an inkling it's a girl, but we will be happy with either (although the mere thought of a boy totally freaks me out). 

We haven't been too public about this baby on our personal blog or Facebook, but that's mostly because this has been a hard concept to wrap our brains around (well mine mostly...Chris has been fine). We will probably be more public once we know the sex of the baby, but it's not super secret, so it's not a hush hush thing. Does that make sense??? Sorry...I've been emotionally weird about announcing this pregnancy.

We hope you are all enjoying the fall weather and prepping for your Halloween festivities! We look forward to hearing about all the spooky costumes and pumpkin carving fun! Keep updating your blogs! We love and miss you all!

Love - Chris, Reese, Paige and Brynn