As you can see by the title that I chose for lack of a better word I’m going to update on “stuff”.  First and foremost, Ethan is doing great.  He continues to amaze us with his language growth and comprehension.  Some of his cute phrases are “yeah, sure”, “oh boy”, “oh gosh”, “that’s funny”.  He also now knows that mommy’s name is Pam and that his last name is Shepard.  It’s so darn cute to hear this.  Although I would prefer that he not call me Pam…I still like mommy.  Whenever we talk about Jimm’s grandma, he calls her “Doogan” instead of Grandma Doogan.  It’s so cute.  We pulled up in front of her house last week and said “Doogan’s house!  Here we are!!!”.  He speaks pretty clearly too.  Most people can understand what he says with the exception of a few words andn sentences.  We have daily conversations in which Jimm and I have to be the voices of Sammy and Elmo.  Elmo usually lives at Grammy’s house but came to visit us last week for a few days.  He is now back at Grammy’s but we missed him last night and had to call to make sure he was ok.  Ahhh…the life of a 2 year old.

On another note, I almost lost my job due to the state budget crisis but I was offered another position at the same agency in a different program.  It was such a relief after a few weeks of updating my resume and looking for jobs yet again.  They had to wait to find out whether they would be able to fill the open position due to the cutbacks and financial strains that this non-approved budget has caused.  I know many people…friends and family both that are out of jobs or could potentially be out of a job soon due to this craziness.  Please pray that our politicians in IL will get it straight sometime soon!

Jimm’s company, Assurepath, is taking off now.  His business partner recently quit his full time job in order to pursue expanding this business.  We’re excited to see what’s going to happen in the future with this company.

That’s about it for our lives right now…..as if the possibility of losing my job wasn’t enough excitement in our lives, right?