Joseph Allen Allred
Born on February 20th, at 7:57 am
7 lbs 8 oz * 19 1/2 inches
Stinkin' adorable!

He's finally here! Jospeh is sweet Abby loves being a big sister. She asks to hold him ALL the time. He never did turn, so I did end up with a C-section. This turned out to be a blessing because he was under some stress in the womb and getting him here quick was important.

Things were a little crazy at the hospital to begin with. His oxygen levels were low , his respirations were too high, and he had pneumonia. He was also throwing up anything we tried to feed him and the nurses weren't able to get an IV into him to give him nourishment. This was scary. Until they were able to finally get an IV in (around 8 pm) we thought he may even be transferred to Primary Children's.

I wasn't able to hold him until that evening when I felt good enough to get into a wheel chair and visit him in the nursery. Thankfully, once he had the IV, things began to get much better! The next morning he was able to be in the room with us!! His doctor decided to keep him in the hospital for a week to monitor him and make sure he received all the antibiotics to treat the pneumonia. And now, we are thankfully home with a healthy beautiful boy, yea!!! Thank you to everyone for all your prayers, concerns and love. We definitely felt your support,

New Calling

About two weeks ago I received a new calling, Second Counselor in the Young Women's Presidency! Way fun! It actually won't be too much of a change, just a little more work since before that I was the Secretary in Young Womens. Now I get to be in charge of the Beehive Mutual Activities.
But, the timing was a little stressful as far as the baby coming soon, because they still haven't called a new secretary, so I'm doing that calling as well. But, wait, that's not the end! Our Beehive Advisor (who teaches their lessons on Sunday) received a new calling the same time , so I'm also teaching Sunday lessons until they've called the new advisor! Thankfully I already know the girls, but I must say of all the times to be doing three callings, this is definitely a stressful one!! I feel like instead of getting everything in order right before the baby comes, they are rapidly piling up instead, aaaahhhh!! Hopefully the bishop has gotten the new ladies called this week so I can turn over those responsibilities to them on Sunday. And, phew, that will be a relief!