Crazy Month

Well July basically just flew by for us! One minute I was thinking how weird of a fourth of July it was not being on the lake and with my family and then the next thing I know we are rushing around running our end of the month errands before August 1st hits.

Highlights of the month include going back to California for Evan and Carmen's wedding. It was such a special experience to be their for their sealing in the San Diego temple and being able to see their daughter, Tiffany, sealed to them. I am continually grateful to have such amazing in-laws who are so good to me.

I was also blessed to be able to start working at Smith's this month and I am grateful that I can help with some of the baby costs.

This month was also a little emotionally rough. We went in for our routine four-week Doctor's appointment and my heart dropped as the Doctor discussed the results of our anatomy scan early this month. He told us that they found Choroid Plexus Cysts on the baby's brain and while this usually means nothing, it can sometimes be an indicator of Down Syndrome. He told us that we weren't high risk for DS and that they saw no other indicators but I couldn't help but worry. They had me take a blood test to screen for DS and I finally heard back today that everything came back normal! I cannot describe to you the sense of relief hearing that gave me.

This month also brought a change to our family's future plans. Originally the plan was for Matt to finish up his degree in Psychology in December and for me to start online school and finish my degree that way. We have since though, with a lot of thought and prayer, decided that Matt is going to change his degree to animation and that I will push through and finish my Graphic Design degree at BYU. This plan has brought so much comfort to me and I know for sure that it is what is best for our family.