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JUSTIN HAS A JOB!!! HALLELUJAH!!!
(more details later)

7 Month Stats

Carrie will be 7 months old tomorrow!! Wow!! Anyways, here's how she's "measuring up".
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Weight: 15lbs 5oz .....20th %ile

Length: 26in ..............35th %ile

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Since she was born, she's gained 9lbs 1 oz and grown 6 inches. So many changes in sooo little time! When did our little skinny mini turn into this adorable roly-poly standing girl?!

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Go Wonder Woman, Go!!

My sister Marissa (along with some friends) went to Six Flags a couple weeks ago. They brought a souvenir home for Carrie- A Wonder Woman Onesie... Here are some pictures our friend Kevin Beeson took.
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Carrie has been learning like crazy this past couple of weeks. It seems like every day she catches on to something new. Here are a few things she's been up to lately.
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-Goes from sitting to laying be leaning forward and "lunging" to land on her tummy. Nothing should be considered out of reach anymore.
-Moves like crazy all over the room, though still no official "crawling"
-The last few days she's been talking more and today she said "hi dada" (with a little prompting). Her "hi" sounds more like a sigh, but that's the sound she makes after we say "hi" to her, so I think it counts...
-LOVES standing and always wants to be walking. She's actually getting very coordinated with 'left, right, left, right' and picking up her feet to move. I usually get bored of holding her hands before she gets bored of walking.
-On Sunday she was "singing along" with the hymns in Sacrament Meeting. Luckily, she did NOT try to sing during the prayers.
-She'll be 7 months old in a few days and I'll post some growth stats soon.
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News for Justin- As of today, he hasn't heard back from the people at 5 & Diner for the manager position. Hopefully that's not a bad thing. He'll be going in tomorrow to "check up" on things. He also has another interview with another company in Phoenix tomorrow. I'm not really sure exactly what it's for, but the next time I blog, I'll update on it.
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News for Rebecca- My shift for the new temp agency (working with hospitals instead of Doctor's offices) fell through tonight. Hospitals are much less stable because the amount of staff needed depends on the number of patients. Apparently the patient count went down because they said they didn't need me tonight. I still am fortunate to be getting some hours with the Doctor's offices though. By the end of the week, I will have worked 3 days for them.

"Count Your Many Blessings..."

It seems we've complained enough lately and things are turning around. Well, I guess we've been praying and paying tithing enough lately. Justin is all-but-officially hired as a night manager at 5 & Diner and has another interview with a marketing company in Phoenix next week. He's healing up great from his hernia surgery and is almost completely back to normal.

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I've have a couple days work coming up in the next couple weeks. I also finished all the paperwork to work for another temp agency as an RN. The one I've been working for is day-time doctors offices, and this new job is hospital work. I told them I would prefer nights and Postpartum/NICU. Now that emelentary school has started here, my go-to babysitter (my mom) is busy teaching. Fortunately, most of Justin's work will be in the evening and night so we should pretty much always have someone to watch Carrie.

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Speaking of Carrie, I decided to pass-up rice cereal for now since she wasn't really taking a liking to it. We started sweet potatoes last week. She couldn't get enough of them! Her first try, she ate the whole jar and wanted more! I was so excited! The next day, I tried mixing some rice cereal with the sweet potatoes and she totally ate it. After a few days we moved on to carrots which she also happens to love! I feel very lucky. We broke out the high chair and every day we're feeling more and more like our baby is becoming a mini-girl.

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You can't tell from this picture, but she really does like sweet potatoes :)
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She still hasn't quite figured out the coordination of crawling on her hands and knees, but she army scootches and pushes herself backward pretty well. Somehow, (though without crawling) she manages to move herself ALL over the room. Look away for 5 seconds and she's on the other side of the room, faced the other direction. Yesterday I found her with a Wii-mote in her mouth. I guess I need to crawl around my own house and figure out what she can get to. She loves attention and is starting to babble a lot. It's so much fun to see her figure things out! Overall, life is good.

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She "crawled" herself into a corner in the kitchen and got stuck... I thought it was funny

Oh the things we wish for...

JUSTIN
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I wish...
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-I could find a real job
-I had a nice new truck
-I wasn't in pain (surgery recovery is still bugging me)





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REBECCA
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I wish...
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-My hair looked like this picture (from a few years ago)
-I didn't have to work
-I had a personal trainer





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CARRIE

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I wish...

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-I could crawl (my brain knows how, but as hard as I try I just can't seem to coordinate my body)

-Everyone knew exactly what I wanted, when I want it

-Rice cereal tasted more like dessert

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Good thing we have each other!!!

Pioneer Pictures

One of the "booths" for the Pioneer Day Celebration in Ramah was Old Time Photos. So here you go, our Pioneer family.
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