4 months old!!

Silas is four months young and looking beautiful!!

Apparently this is the time of mental growth spurts. While he gets to enjoy a whole new vision of the world unfolding before him we get to deal with the arduous task of making sure he eats and sleeps enough. Naps are now typically 20 minutes long most of the time, eating is for a few minutes at a time with frequent stops to smile at a fan or light or because someone dared to speak. We are excited for what all of this growth means for him!!

It has been one hell of a week for this household! I was offered admission to NC State's Veterinary school...finally....after YEARS of applications, work, education, and volunteering. They gave us 48 hours to decide. How kind of them. So Andrew and I in our classic style said carpe diem!!!! To hell with everything else!

We quit our PhD programs, Andrew placed a resignation for his job and we began looking at housing and jobs in Raleigh....all in a 48 hour period. As the dust was settling and our stress levels becoming abundantly clear, we realized as exciting as the prospect was after so many dedicated years, it didn't feel right. We both had a sick feeling about the whole situation. Everything had fallen so perfectly into place in Charlotte and here we were going against what seemed the best energy we had going for our entire family. 

Asleep on one of our runs while discussing our future

It took less than an hour, once we were honest about it all, to email everyone in hopes that 24 hours had not ruined what we had established here in Charlotte.

Luckily no damage was done, other than us looking a little bi-polar. All parties were happy to take us back and all funding was still in place!! 

I wish a sad and heart wrenching fair well to my love, veterinary medicine. She doesn't hold a shadow to my beautiful family, my love for academia and the mystery science is sure to offer me for the rest of my life.

On a lighter note, disc golf is awesome!