It's been a while since I have last publish a family update so I thought I should catch most of you up :) Drew has had issues at bedtime with phlegm and he would cough so hard it would make him sick. I called Kaiser and the doctor recommended we try putting him on an antihistamine like Zyrtec. So far so good! He sleeps all night long now and we haven't had an issue with post nasal drip gagging...knock on wood!
Brad was laid off from his job at Blazona Concrete due to a closing of an entire Commerical division (hard times, USA) on Thursday, January 21st. He had a feeling about it a couple days before hand after a "heads up" conversation with his supervisor so he called up one of his buddies at another concrete company called Tri Corp Construction. The same day he was laid off, he had an interview with that company...and man, did we luck out on that! There are still virtually no jobs in construction and we couldn't financially make it through another 4 months of him being laid off! They sent him an offer on Sunday which he accepted Monday. He got almost a whole week paid off from the vacation time from his previous job and was back to work on Monday, February 1st. He's been there a few weeks and he's pretty happy with how things are going thus far...even though he misses the family atmosphere he had at his previous job. He still stays in touch with some of the guys from Blazona but ultimately I think it was supposed to happen. He has a lot more opportunity at this new company which is still building the concrete division so they are essentially relying on him to help them form it from the ground up.
I am currently working three jobs and decided the time wasn't right to go back to school. I couldn't get into the classes I wanted at American River College (they tend to overbook all their classes and I am low on the to tum pole as far as priority is concerned) and I figured our family needed the money I could get working more than a pastry degree. Oh well, hopefully soon I can figure something out! I work for my mom still in her Forensics accounting business (investigate fraud, business and personal tax returns, etc) and I go into the office Tuesdays. I also work with a very successful Real Estate Group out of CENTURY 21 Real Estate as a marketing director. I go to their listings and take pictures and get their house ready to be viewed online as well as manage their personal marketing. My final job (besides making cakes on the side) is a website developer for a hunting company based in Missouri. When they asked if I would do their website, I really had no formal training so I had to learn fast because he didn't want anyone else to do it. It's been great experience for me so far and I have a lot of work still ahead of me. Currently, I work in the office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays and have Drew and mommy time Mondays and Fridays. It's a good balance for us because I get to enjoy my son as well as have some much needed "adult interaction" time.
We just celebrated our home's 1 year anniversary on February 19th too! Can't believe how fast time flys!