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Everything is going much better today. Ethan came out of the NICU at 6pm yesterday. His breathing treatment went great but now we have just been trying to bring up his blood sugar levels. He came out of the NICU because his levels were above 40. In order to keep it above that level we have had to give him some formula because Beka isn’t quite ready for him yet. Beka has been doing great today. Been moving around a lot more and is ready to go home. She keeps saying that she is tired of being in bed. Her Dr. said we could go home anytime but the Pediatrician said we needed to say over night again so they could make sure Ethan could maintain an over 40 blood sugar. He is a much better eater than Tyler ever was, so we are very hopeful for future feedings. Tyler is chillin at home with Grandma Gibbons today. They came up earlier this morning and Tyler sang his little brother a few songs. He sang “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and “ABC’s”. It was very cute. We got it on video so I will have to post it later. He is excited to be a big brother. Thanks to everyone that has visited, texted, and called.

Baby Ethan has arrived. He came into the world a little after 1pm. We actually aren’t sure the exact time yet, but it was around 1pm. Beka did great this time. She was able to push him out all by herself. Tyler was salad tonged out. They had to cut just a tiny bit right at the end for him to get his head out. He was 7lbs 5oz, and 19.5 inches long. While he was coming out he swallowed some blood and so he was having a little bit of trouble breathing without a rasp. So they sent him to the NICU to put him on a breathing tube to force air down his throat. They had him on that for an hour and then they were going to monitor him for another hour. I was able to see him get all hooked up and then I came down to be with Beka. We are waiting to see him again. Last we heard he is doing fine, so there isn’t anything to worry about at this moment. We will keep you posted.

We went to Lagoon a few weeks ago for our yearly visit. Honestly wouldn’t go unless we got discount tickets. It’s fun, but it’s Lagoon, it’s no Six Flags. Anyway we went with, Grandma Gibbons, Aunt Trisha, Tabitha, Zoe, and Mykl. Mykl and I ran off and did all the big boy rides while Beka, Grandma, and Aunt Trisha took around the kids on the kiddie rides. Mykl and I decided to take a ride on the wild side and went on the Sky Coaster. I had been on it one other time back in High School, and Mykl had never been. It was a blast! Tyler enjoyed riding all the rides, but his favorite was the bumper cars. I’m not sure he understood that it was called bumper cars because he just drove around avoiding everyone. Then would give a dirty look to anyone that bumped him. It was great. But he loved that ride the most.

We enjoyed the Kaysville parade so much last year, we decided to give it another go. Tyler loved running out in the street and getting candy, but for some reason the 14-16 year olds think the candy is for them. He was getting pretty upset at all the big kids taking his candy, but if I know my Tyler, he will be that bully some day. The day before we had a little neighborhood BBQ in our backyard and lit off some fireworks. Tyler wasn’t to hip up on the loud ones, but seemed to have a good time. Wonder how he will like the sound of a crying baby?

So our 10th wedding anniversary is coming up in December and we talked about going on a longer cruise. We went on a 3 day 2 night cruise about 4 years ago and have wanted to go again ever since. But since we found out that the baby would be born around August we figured that we wouldn’t be going anywhere with a newborn. So in comes the Hot Tub. Now this is something that we have talked about even longer than the cruise. We always said we would get one in our last house, and never did. When we built our new house we added extra cement, wired for it, and had it all prepped. Well we finally made the plunge, literally. We got it from Clear Springs Spas in Orem. We have had it just over 3 weeks now and I think that I have only not been in it 3 nights. I love it! We keep it at about 96-97 degrees so that Beka was still able to get in and enjoy it as well. With the summer nights being fairly warm it has been really nice. Just warm enough, but not too hot for Beka.

This was at the neighbors birthday party. They had a sweet clown that dressed Tyler up for a magic trick. He loved it. And the neighbors keep telling us that Tyler is going to be a Ninja when he grows up, I guess this picture tells his future.