New Year... New Start!

So this new year has been kicked off to be an awesome new start!
Jared got a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was the best present ever. Yes he had a job beforehand, but it was temp work and it sucked! We wanted something that we could afford to live on our own again, and pay off bills.
We are in luck. We found a townhouse to live in West Valley. We are hoping to move within the next month. If circumstances permit of course. We are SO EXCITED!!! :)
Thank you everyone for the prayers and love through this rough year. I think we are going to do much better this year!

More family pictures!

So we have more family pictures! Yay! I sure do love pictures. If I would have known we were doing these shoots with our families, I wouldn't have gotten ours done the other month. But these do look awesome! Thanks aunt Julie!! Your work is awesome! The whole fam-from left to right-

Quinn, Jared, Shari, Jack, Mom (Valisa), Dad (Dan), Annie, Kailey and Josh

8 months old and CHRISTMAS!!

Christmas was fantastic! Jack got SO much stuff from both sets of grandparents. I think we have enough toys to last him until his 18th Birthday... He got Looney Tunes on DVD, a cute little chair, clothes, and seriously a TON of toys!
Jared got clothes, new work boots that he wanted, and tons of food/treats. Nothing else pleases the man like food does.
I got a kitchenaid, a foodprocessor (that crapped on me after 2 days of using, so I got a different one), and clothes. Which was desperately needed. My clothes are all looking a little big since I have lost all of the weight I gained while pregnant with Jack, and then some. :)
Jared's parents and sister got us a gift card to The Cheesecake Factory and Cinemark for a nice date night.
I love Christmas time, it is definitely one of my favorite times of the year. It was great to spend it with both families.
Jack turned 8 months on Christmas day... some fun facts about him....

• He LOVES food (he is his father's child)
• He loves to MOVE.. still
• He hates to sleep. Always has.
• He loves to be in the tub. And if your in the shower or tub and he finds out, he is pissed. He will try to climb into the shower with you. Little stinker.
• He loves to be naked.
• He likes to go for drives, as long as he is not in the car for more than an hour, or he will let you know he wants to get out!
• He loves animals. He chases the cat almost all day long and laughs at her as soon as he catches up.
• He pulls himself up to everything and enjoys pulling everything off of shelves, tables, the coffee table, and destroying the barbie house.
• I love to hear him laugh, and he loves to play with his daddy.
• He loves to dance with mommy to music. He thinks its great!
• He loves him grandma and grandpa Dilworth. He has rock-a-bye time with them almost everyday.
• He got his first tooth on 1/5/2011. Bottom left tooth.
• He has only bit me once with that darn little tooth of his.
• He took his first steps on 1/9/2011. That was so exciting.
• He had his 4th ear infection this month, along with laryngitis for the first time. Poor baby couldn't talk or scream. (which was kind of nice for a minute).

I can't believe how much he has grown. I also can't believe he will be 1 in just a few short months. Seriuosly, where has the time gone??

*pictures soon to come!*