"More"

I just thought I would share something I found cute. Noelle has officially learned her first sign. (as in ASL, we've been watching "Signing Time") She says and signs "more". It's so cute!!! She does it while I'm feeding her. (of course) I've been trying to get her to say "more" for a long time, but it finally stuck, along with the new sign. I've found learning some ASL has been a lot of fun for me. As an English major, I'm supposed to take a foreign language. So, I'm thinking I'm going to take ASL. Who knew it was a foreign language? (meant to be hypothetical) Also, yesterday, at my parents' house, Noelle started saying "sit, sit". She yells at the family dog, Caesar. At first, we weren't completely sure if she was swearing or what. It took us a while, but we figured it out. What a smart girl, already understanding to yell at the "dumb dog".

Another update

So let's see...it's been awhile since I've been on. Let me try and catch everyone up. On the 24th of July, also known in Utah as "Pioneer Day", James and I took our first over night away from Noelle. Thanks to my gracious mother who took her for the night, we were allowed uninhibited fun. So we chose to go the Heber Valley Railroad for their "Fiddlers and Fireworks" event. (I know, so rebellious) It was actually some of the most fun we've had in a very long time. Everything was perfect. Perfect weather, perfect setting, perfect activity. We might have to make it a tradition. I am not sure when we'll be able to have another night away from our precious yet restricting baby girl, so I'm glad we took advantage of it. There are many nights that I wish I could escape for just a moment. So I'm glad there was moral, ethical, and legal opportunity for me to fulfill that wish.


We took Noelle to the zoo recently. Although, it seemed to be bad timing for her, it still was a lot of fun for us. She seemed to be more interested in the fact that there was a "BA!" (ball) in the elephant habitat, than there were actual real life elephants. Also, the meerkats, were confused with "deggies" or "(insert panting noise)" AKA doggies. But this is a common misconception for Noelle, so nothing new. Nevertheless, a fun new experience for all of us.

James recently broke his hand. At first, they said there was a floating piece of bone in his hand and he needed a cast today. Although, when he went in for his appointment to get it, they wanted to do new x-rays and sent them to the radiologist. At this point and time, they're not sure what bone is broken. They want to wait another week to do more x-rays and see if they need to do surgery or just put on a cast. It wouldn't seem like it, but this has actually been more of a stressful experience to me, than it has been to James. So next week, I'll have to update once again.

As a reminder, mostly to myself, I start school on Wednesday. I'm actually more excited than nervous at this point. This is most likely to change, by the time I'm driving down to school on Wednesday morning. I'm officially starting my 7th year out of high school, so this seems very different and new to me. But I'm glad I'm starting later than never.

I'll keep you all updated.

We're back!

So after a short break without the Internet, we decided we couldn't survive without it. (OK well I couldn't survive). So we're back on, same old everything. Just quick to update everyone. I am officially registered for school and start next Wednesday. I found out last night the cancelled one of my classes, so I added another to the list. Now, I am taking Psychology and Philosophy of Religion. All the English classes were still closed. But I swear I am not going to put off registering for next semester like I did this time. I will register as early as possible and have an easier time at picking classes. That's all for now. I'll get back on later and do other updating.