Well be brought J home yesterday early in the afternoon so we are happy to be all together as a family. E hadn't seen J in person before so it was cute to see how surprised she was when she finally met him.


It has been great to have mom here with us to watch E during our many trips to the hospital and to help around the house. She is going home early tomorrow so I need to get to bed so I can take her to the airport on time.

New Arrival

We are still on the fence about his name but won't be posting it on here any way we'll just call him J on here. It's not fun to see him with all the tubes and stuff but he is doing well so that is encouraging.



He has started to open his eyes and look around when we are visiting him to change his diaper and check his temperature and stuff like that. We only do that every four hours so he can get all the rest he needs.

We have been in the Midwest for a while now so I guess I should write with impressions. The heat has been the most notable thing for me followed closely by the humidity. Apparently we are having an uncharacteristically warm summer this year, lucky us. It is a far cry from the dry heat of Idaho's high desert. I notice people are pretty friendly for the most part and it seems like about 50% of the population smokes.

I have been working with an electrical contracting company called Frye Electric. Apparently I am getting pretty good pay at $11/hr, I guess that is because it is a cheap place to live. Currently I am taking some time off to study for the DAT, a test I was hoping I wouldn't have to retake.

All of our stuff got here a couple weeks back but we still have some random boxes laying around that we are working on. I think part of the problem is that this place isn't as big as the last one. Because our place is still a mess we haven't taken any pictures lately so here are the last few to get us caught up to the present.