Lots of changes

The Torres family to going though lots of changes these days. Let's start with Chris. Chris is finishing up his prerequisites for PA school. He is working on A&P II and Chemistry II. He is doing well with both so far. I know that Chemistry is going to be the hardest one and most time consuming for both of us. I know in the long run it will all be worth it. We did find out about PA school. Chris did not make the main list but he did make the alternate list. We just don't know were on the alternate list he is ranked. There are about 140 people on the list. So now we are in the waiting game. Chris also put in for an extension for us to stay in San Antonio one more year. We don't know what is going on with that either. If we get neither a spot in PA school or the extension, we will be leaving San Antonio in February/March. I really hate this unknown period. I am adjusting to him not being home on Tuesday night for school and some other days he is studying.

Liam has a lot going on too. He just started a preschool program at our Church. He loves it. He really loves having his two best friends, Lachlan and Isaiah in his class. Liam is also potty training. He is doing great. He still has a few accidents but they are few and few as the time goes on. I was worried about starting potty training. I had heard boys were very hard and can be stubborn. I think we timed it perfectly. We started the third week of August. He did great! We do have a reward system in place. We use a sticker chart and he gets a special surprise after 3, 5, & 7 days of no accidents. We are slowly getting there. The most he has gone is 5 days before we have to start the count all over again. He does love his underpants! He thinks they are great! Liam has hit his testing phase. He does try to test Chris and I. He tests me more than Chris. I think it is because I am home with him all day. I hope school will help him learn to follow directions more. He does well but he does push the limits some days. He doesn't fully know how to express himself yet. I know this leads to some crying and lashing out. I am working on patience and prayer. Chris and I are standing firm on our rules and disipline. I know it is a phase but I strongly dislike this phase. Thankfully, with some patience and lots of prayer I know this too shall pass.

Pete and Cathy are doing well. Cathy is in her third quarter of nursing school. She is doing so well and I am so excited for her! She is so close to being done. She graduates in January and then takes her NCLEX. I am so happy that things are going so well for her. Pete is having some more pain. We are meeting with the ortho doctor next week. We are hoping he will do the hip surgery. Pete's potassium levels are back to normal. He worked very hard on his diet to get there. We did see the kidney doctor a few weeks ago. Things are looking okay. His kidney function is still about 20%. We are trying to keep it there until we get his hips fixed. We are not sure where or when dialysis will start. We know we have a few options but right now we are focused on getting his hips replaced. Chris and I are so blessed to have them live with us. Liam just loves to see them and play with them. I am looking forward to the day Pete is feeling better and has much less pain. It will be a glorious day!

I am doing well. We have had a few struggles these past few months. We have been trying to get pregnant since last October.  We finally went to see a fertility specialist. We did lots of tests. Some not so great. After a couple months, we found out that I was not ovulating and they put us on clomid. It is a drug that stimulates ovulation. Well what do you know in May, I got pregnant. We were so excited. We told family and friends! At about five weeks we saw the doctor and so seemed concerned about a few things. So we scheduled another ultrasound for the following week. Well before appointment, I started to have some bleeding. We went to the ER and was told it could be normal and to see your doctor. So we went back to the doctor. After a few hours at test and the run around from some not nice doctors, we got the worst news we thought. We lost the baby. The next few weeks we not so great. Thankfully we had the support of our family and our friends. Our Church was amazing. They really helped with Liam and meals. It was amazing. It was a true show of Christ's love. Since then we have been on more fertility medication. I am not a hugh fan. I feel it makes me emotional and a little crazy. We are on our second round of 100mg of clomid, but it is our fourth round all together. We are hopeful that this will work this go around. We trust in God and know he has a plan for us. Somedays I am better at letting it go and trusting His plan but some days I stumble and fall. I am slowly coming to terms with our loss. There are days that I am okay but there are days I truly struggle. I know that with Liam being in school it will give me some more time to relax and focus on somethings I have let go. I am glad to have my family and friends around to help. I have taken on a few more things at Church. I am the Ladies Bible class child care coordinator. It is a bit more than I thought. I do love it. It gives me something to do. Chris and I are also teaching games for our K-3rd Wednesday night class at Church.  It is going to be interesting. We are helping with our high school youth group on Sunday evenings. We are teaching 11th and 12th graders. We are staying busy.

Well I think that is all of it in a nut shell.