Gavin's Breakthrough

Literally!  Gavin's upper left tooth has broken through.  Although he is almost nine months, he's been happy and cheerful and we weren't even suspicious of a tooth until nap time this morning.  After songs and a bottle I laid him in his crib and left his room just as the tears began.  These weren't the typical "I'm tired but don't want to nap" tears, but rather "I'm really in pain" tears.  So instead of morning nap, we discovered a tooth and took a walk to Smith's for some Orajel.

And speaking of breakthroughs:

1. I got the job at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center!  Since December I've been working part time at Utah Valley while still working full time up at the Central Lab in Murray (hence the lack of posts).  This helped me get my foot in the door for when a full time position opened up, and the busy three months paid off!  Trading in a 40 minute commute for a ten minute walk sounds good to me.  I'll miss everyone at the CL, but am excited for a change and to be closer to home so I can spend more time with Gavin and Jared on my weeks on.  I'll still be working 7 days on / 7 days off, 10 hour shifts, but I'll be switching back to graves.  It will also be nice spending less on gas, especially with summer and higher gas prices coming up.
2.  TranquilMed got the $40,000 matching government grant!  So what ever funding TranquilMed gets (I'm not sure what the time frame is) the government will match that amount up to $40,000... meaning a possible $80,000 to help move forward with engineering and manufacturing.

I'll post more (including pictures) on my week off, but we had a great Christmas down in Vegas, fun visits from Patti and my parents, and lots of new milestones for Gavin!