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Rambling Departure

Well, it's time for a career change for me yet once again. On Friday, July 25th, I accepted a job at Coca-Cola as an Account Manager. I really feel this position is more "Me" and that I will truly love the job and find it to be very rewarding. However, it was difficult for me to relay that news to my coworkers, managers, etc here at Indiana Business College. I have been at IBC a little over a year and have really developed some great relationships, so it will be difficult to depart from them, but I couldn't turn down the opportunity at Coca Cola. First, my hours are much better to where I will be home every evening with Justin and Jarrett, which is huge for me because 1-2 nights a week, I wouldn't get home from work until 8pm or so and my sweet little boy would already be in bed. (Thank you to my amazing husband for taking over Jarrett's bedtime routine on those nights..love you) I will also receive a company car and gas card, so we are finally going to be able to get rid of our HHR (thank heavens!), and be able to save that money each month! I'm really excited about this opportunity and look forward to joining the Coca Cola team next Monday!

What else are we up to? Well, Jarrett is just about walking..taking about 4-5 steps at a time, so the baby gates are up! I would think in the next couple weeks, he will on the run. Justin and I have been working on the house some more trying to get it finished before Jarrett's first birthday party! What! Our baby is going to be 1 already??? I can't believe how time flies. Stayed tuned for more info on his celebration. Anyway, back to the house, Justin has been working on our landscaping in the front and back yard (with a fountain and everything..woo!) and I have been scraping wallpaper (yuck!) in our downstairs bathroom so we can paint it. I want it painted by this Sunday because my sister and I are having an Uppercase Living open house at our house, so if you aren't doing anything, come on over! It is from 2-4pm and it is a come and go as you please. You will be able to take home a free expression too! If you need directions, let me know. Also, if you can't make it, but would like to see the catalog, let me know.

Justin and my dad have been golfing every week for a couple months now, and now they think its my turn to golf...oh goodness! I borrowed Morgan's golf clubs to try it out...I'll keep you posted on that one too! HA!

Well, I think I've rambled on long enough. Hope you all have a great day!

How could you not just eat him up?

Linda, Jarrett's wonderful babysitter, took this picture of him after he ate lunch. I just loved it, so I wanted to share.

P.S. (I think he looks like me in this picture.... ;) )

First Haircut! Well....kinda

We have been wanting to get Jarrett's haircut for a while now because his hair is out of control! This kid always has the worst case of bed head I've ever seen. Even when we wet it, brush it, gel it....it still seems to be everywhere 10 minutes afterwards. We haven't been able to find time to go get it cut, so Justin decided to give it a whirl last Saturday. Take a look...

Jarrett LOVES the sweeper. Everytime I vaccum, he chases me around trying to catch the sweeper...weird, I know. So, in these pictures, Jarrett was sitting next to the vaccum (while it was on, so he couldn't hear the trimmers). Everything was going great until Jarrett leaned back and SNIP! He know has a small shaved area at the back of his head! Ha! Just adds character, right? So, Justin decided to call it quits and we will just have his hair cut some other time!

Congratulations!

Now introducing...Mr. and Mrs. Rich and Nikki Gilman!

My college roommate, Nikki, got married this past weekend up in Lafayette. It was such a pretty ceremony and I've never seen Nikki so happy! Rich is the perfect guy for her. Congratulations Nikki and Rich!

Justin and I right before the wedding.

We have to say thank you to my parents for watching Jarrett overnight, so Justin and I could go to the wedding and enjoy a night out together!

Time to Catch Up!

How cute is he????

Well, I was on vacation last week, so didn't have much time to update everyone. Ha, yeah right! I had all the time in the world because I did absolutely nothing, and loved every minute of it! Jarrett and I spent the whole week together going on walks, playing, swimming, etc. Of course, we missed Justin terribly while he was at work, and we so glad to see him every night when he got home! I didn't get too many pictures this week, but snapped a few at Shadyside Park on Monday when I took Jarrett, Kassidy and Krystin to the park.

4th of July!

Well, we headed over to Justin's grandparents in Ohio on Thursday night for our annual family campout. We were interested in seeing how Jarrett would react to the campout and to sleeping in a tent. Let's just say by night two, Jarrett and I were sleeping in the house! He was up and down and very restless the whole first night. Teething hit him once again on Friday morning, so combined with not a lot of sleep, he was miserable. He ran a fever off and on until Sunday morning. Poor little guy, he just wasn't his usual self, which was unfortunate because his cousin Gracie was there too and was very active and playful. The few occasions that they did decide to play together, neither of them were wanting to share at all! Each wanted what the other had. Overall it was a pretty good weekend, we got to spend quality time with Justin's family and Jarrett got to go on his first tractor ride! We got home around 5pm on Sunday and Jarrett was out at 6:30pm and slept until 6am the next morning, he was tuckered out!

Oh yeah, Jarrett went to the doctor last Thursday and here are his stats:

Weight: 21lbs (75th percentile)

Height: 30 inches (95th percentile)

He is a healthy baby boy!

This is closest he got to the pool because it was too chilly!

1st tractor ride with Great Grandpa Cox. (He almost fell asleep on the ride)

One of his few smiles of the weekend

Jarrett and Gracie