HE'S HERE; and I'm finaly writing about it!

On July 24th we welcomed Grady Phillip into our family. He was 8lbs 12oz and 20.5 inches long. It was a really terrible delivery and that's why it's taken me a while to write about it. Things were really rough there for a minute, but everything turned out to be okay. Nothing happened with Grady, he was perfect. So I'm very grateful for that. Jared just almost became a single parent, and that wouldn't have been good, cause he doesn't know how to clean the fish tank with out getting fish water everywhere. SICK!!!! I made my sister Anna promise me she would either clean it for him, or make him get rid of the fish. I'm sure that they would be flushed because she has a phobia of fish. Well good thing I'm okay, cause it saved the lives of those fish. I wonder if they appreciate it? Anyway, he's beautiful, and we're so happy to have him in our family. He's a great baby. Other than his hour of grumpy time that all infants have, he's very happy. I have to thank my Mom and Dad for being in the delivery room, and helping to keep me calm even though they were scared to death of things not turning out the way they did. You're always saving me!!!! Thanks to my man for staying calm and cool as well! He never panics. He's just always reassuring. It's just what I always need. Love you all!!!!

You Are Pocahantas!

Free-spirited and wise. You have a strong passionate spirit that touches and changes all who know you. The wisdom and common sense that you have is really what guides you through life. Even so, you also have a very playful side that loves adventure and excitement.

Which Disney Princess Are You?
That was fun. I guess it fits.

BUTTERFLY

We went to my work party and they had a clown there doing face paintings. Emma was the only brave one out of our group to go up to the clown. I guess I've past my fear of clowns onto Ethan and my niece Chloe. Whoops. Oh well I hate when people are dressed up as anything, but especially clowns, they're just creepy. Anyway, she actually did an amazing job on Emma's face as you can see from the pictures. Emma was upset when we had to wash the makeup off. But really how long can you walk around with a butterfly drawn on your face?

JOB

So last week ended up being a really good week. On Friday Jared got an offer from England Logistics, and he will start on July 29th. This trial could not have turned out better. He wanted this job really bad. It was his first choice. England Logistics is a sister company of CR England, a trucking company. Jared will be negotiating with truckers on the amount of money they want to move a load. He will be making about the same as he was and then he will get commission on top of that. After the first year he could be making double what he was with his salary and commission. He applied with CR England about a year ago and didn't get the job. Ever since then the disappointment of not getting that job hasn't left his mind. He really wanted to work for them for several reasons, but most of all their cooperate offices are here in Salt Lake. So that makes the potential of long term employment greater. I'm so proud of him. He did everything he was counseled to do. We see all the many blessings that came from this terrifying experience now and understand why things worked out the way they did. If he hadn't gotten laid off he wouldn't have gone to the church's networking group. If he hadn't gone to the networking group he would have never heard of this job because they didn't post it. They send a recruiter to these meetings to find potential employees. So all is well, and we're better off than we ever could have hoped for. Thank you to everyone who cried, prayed, fasted, and begged with us. We can never express how thankful we are for all that support.

Ethans Heart

We went to the cardiologist for Ethan last Tuesday. She listened and said she thought she heard two murmurs as well. So she had him get an ultrasound. He was so brave and sat still for over 4o minutes. After the ultrasound results came back she came in a told us that everything was okay. He has a murmur but it's an innocent one, which means they don't do anything for it. He could even grow out of it. YEAH!!!! We were so relieved he's totally fine and we have nothing to worry about. She told us that sometimes in little kids they can hear things better than in adults. So his body just transmits sound really well. I love primary children's hospital. They were so good to him. He got a sucker, chips, and tokens to buy some little toys. He had fun, which seems strange for being at a hospital. Thank you for all your prayers, and for the priesthood blessing he was given. I believe that's what made him whole and okay. Also a big thanks to my Mom for coming with us. I wasn't sure I'd be any good at making decisions if it came to that, so she came with us so Jared would have someone who wasn't sobbing to help him. Thanks Mom!!!

TEETH

Emma lost her first tooth. We were late to church trying to get the thing out. We finally gave up and then during sacrament Jared got it out. Just the thing the people behind us wanted to see, a bloody mouth. She was really excited and the tooth fairy came. She gave her $2, and left a note letting Emma know that she got so much money because it was her first tooth. Other teeth would not be worth as much. She looks really cute, and now has a slight lisp. She has 5 other loose teeth, so soon she wont be able to eat anything.

OUT OF A JOB

Yesterday Jared and I made one of the biggest faith based decisions I've ever had to make in my entire life. Things have been going down hill at his job, to make a long story short. Yesterday he was laid off. He took a severance package that will last us a little while, but with a baby on the way and Ethan having heart issues, you can imagine the stress we're under as we have now lost our insurance. We amazingly feel at peace with our decision, but we are scared out of our minds. If that makes any sense. Anyway, we could really use all the prayers we can get right now. Thank you to my parents for talking us through this logically, and for my Dad giving us the strength to make this choice. Thank you to everyone else as well for your love and support.