Andrew Language explosion
Acting out
Really getting going on girls camp
Adjusting to having Haizlee home-sleeps good, eats good
2 week stats-8lbs 6 oz
I'm feeling great!
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014
16-19 months
Oh wow this semester has flown by, but it's been super busy as well. I didn't write down as many things as I should have, so hopefully I'm not missing anything major.
I'd like to start off by saying that I finished out this busy semester with a 4.0 GPA. I really didn't think I was going to be able to pull it off with the course load and balancing family, work, and callings. I did it! Now on to student teaching...now this could prove to be very difficult. I put in two weeks of student teaching in December to bank some time for after the baby comes.
Baby Girl Sorensen (yes, she still doesn't have a name...) is on her way. Everything is looking good, and I'm feeling great. Now if we could only decide on a name...Some of my friends threw a baby shower for me. It was fantastic and we finally got some "girl things" in our house. We've been putting it off. Angela Wilde made a beautiful and tasty cake. Amanda Cory, Sarah Bade, and Jacylyn Hyde put the party together and provided delicious treats.
Around Christmas Zak got hurt. He fell off a loader at work and broke his arm and hurt his leg pretty bad. We spent Christmas in Laramie this year. It was the first year that we didn't spend it with Daniel or my family. It was nice not having to travel. We relaxed and hung out with friends during Daniel's time off work. We drove around and looked at Christmas lights and decorated sugar cookies. It was a great Christmas all on our own.
Daniel had surgery on his knee on January 3rd. The doctor went into the surgery knowing that there was a tear in his meniscus, but not much more than that. They wouldn't know the extent of the damage until they got in there. The surgery went well, but...the expected recovery time was longer than Daniel had hoped for. This was just the start of a long sequence of bad events; during my student teaching no less. A couple days after Daniel's surgery he had his first physical therapy appointment. He told them that he had a pain in his calf. They therapist told him to go to the ER and get an ultrasound. He did as he was told and they found a blood clot. All of this happened while I was at school and so I hadn't looked at my phone. He left a somewhat cryptic voicemail telling me that I might have to pick Andrew up from the babysitter because he was headed to the ER. When I tried calling, and texting, and calling, and texting....I didn't hear from him and started getting really worried. Finally I just packed Andrew up and headed to the hospital. Sure enough there he was in the ER getting blood thinners and finishing up discharge paperwork.
I was released from Primary as a teacher. I've been in there for over 2 years. It was sad and exciting all at the same time. I'll miss the kids, but now I'll get to know more people in our ward. I get to start working on Young Womens camp for this year. Last year was okay, but I learned a lot and hope that this year can be even better!
Andrew contracted Hand Foot and Mouth and got sick on Feb 12th. Talk about a not so fun experience. We first started noticing spots on his bum and then he got a really bad fever. Spots started popping up his arms and legs almost like chicken pox. He was pretty miserable for several days. He's all better now though and the spots are still healing. More on Andrew. He LOVES Frozen's "Let it Go" He sings it! It has got to be the cutest thing ever. Unfortunately every time we try to record him he gets more excited about the fact that we are recording him, and forgets about singing. He is learning so much, so fast. One of the words that he tries to say is milk, only it comes out mumph. I can't even begin to list the things he is able to do. He loves clocks and counting.
Well anyway....until next time!
I'd like to start off by saying that I finished out this busy semester with a 4.0 GPA. I really didn't think I was going to be able to pull it off with the course load and balancing family, work, and callings. I did it! Now on to student teaching...now this could prove to be very difficult. I put in two weeks of student teaching in December to bank some time for after the baby comes.
Baby Girl Sorensen (yes, she still doesn't have a name...) is on her way. Everything is looking good, and I'm feeling great. Now if we could only decide on a name...Some of my friends threw a baby shower for me. It was fantastic and we finally got some "girl things" in our house. We've been putting it off. Angela Wilde made a beautiful and tasty cake. Amanda Cory, Sarah Bade, and Jacylyn Hyde put the party together and provided delicious treats.
Around Christmas Zak got hurt. He fell off a loader at work and broke his arm and hurt his leg pretty bad. We spent Christmas in Laramie this year. It was the first year that we didn't spend it with Daniel or my family. It was nice not having to travel. We relaxed and hung out with friends during Daniel's time off work. We drove around and looked at Christmas lights and decorated sugar cookies. It was a great Christmas all on our own.
Daniel had surgery on his knee on January 3rd. The doctor went into the surgery knowing that there was a tear in his meniscus, but not much more than that. They wouldn't know the extent of the damage until they got in there. The surgery went well, but...the expected recovery time was longer than Daniel had hoped for. This was just the start of a long sequence of bad events; during my student teaching no less. A couple days after Daniel's surgery he had his first physical therapy appointment. He told them that he had a pain in his calf. They therapist told him to go to the ER and get an ultrasound. He did as he was told and they found a blood clot. All of this happened while I was at school and so I hadn't looked at my phone. He left a somewhat cryptic voicemail telling me that I might have to pick Andrew up from the babysitter because he was headed to the ER. When I tried calling, and texting, and calling, and texting....I didn't hear from him and started getting really worried. Finally I just packed Andrew up and headed to the hospital. Sure enough there he was in the ER getting blood thinners and finishing up discharge paperwork.
I was released from Primary as a teacher. I've been in there for over 2 years. It was sad and exciting all at the same time. I'll miss the kids, but now I'll get to know more people in our ward. I get to start working on Young Womens camp for this year. Last year was okay, but I learned a lot and hope that this year can be even better!
Andrew contracted Hand Foot and Mouth and got sick on Feb 12th. Talk about a not so fun experience. We first started noticing spots on his bum and then he got a really bad fever. Spots started popping up his arms and legs almost like chicken pox. He was pretty miserable for several days. He's all better now though and the spots are still healing. More on Andrew. He LOVES Frozen's "Let it Go" He sings it! It has got to be the cutest thing ever. Unfortunately every time we try to record him he gets more excited about the fact that we are recording him, and forgets about singing. He is learning so much, so fast. One of the words that he tries to say is milk, only it comes out mumph. I can't even begin to list the things he is able to do. He loves clocks and counting.
Well anyway....until next time!
Baby Girl Sorensen is Here!
This post will be out of order since I'm behind, but I had to get something posted :)
Haizlee Mei Sorensen joined our family on February 21st, 2014 at 4:14 pm. She weighed in at 8 lbs and 3 oz. She was 20 1/4 inches long. She has a head full of dark hair and looks a lot like her brother! She is already very loved. So far Andrew has been a very protective and loving big brother. When he wants to hold her he asks to, "Hold it? Hold it?" It's very funny. When Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen wanted to hold her in the hospital, Andrew told them that they couldn't and immediately placed his hand over her as if to say don't touch my sister. He got upset when they held her anyway. We are home now and everyone is healthy and happy. The transition so far has been fairly easy. The real test will be when I return to student teaching in four weeks.
Welcome to our family Haizlee Mei! We love you!
Haizlee Mei Sorensen joined our family on February 21st, 2014 at 4:14 pm. She weighed in at 8 lbs and 3 oz. She was 20 1/4 inches long. She has a head full of dark hair and looks a lot like her brother! She is already very loved. So far Andrew has been a very protective and loving big brother. When he wants to hold her he asks to, "Hold it? Hold it?" It's very funny. When Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen wanted to hold her in the hospital, Andrew told them that they couldn't and immediately placed his hand over her as if to say don't touch my sister. He got upset when they held her anyway. We are home now and everyone is healthy and happy. The transition so far has been fairly easy. The real test will be when I return to student teaching in four weeks.
Welcome to our family Haizlee Mei! We love you!
Friday, December 27, 2013
14-16 months
We took a week long trip to Virginia for Daniel's first Farm Bureau Actuary Conference. We were spoiled! We had a great time and got to experience a lot of history. The Williamsburg area was full of things for tourists to do. Daniel had meetings in the morning and then we planned our afternoons for sight seeing. My mom came down from Pennsylvania to help with Andrew and visit us. We didn't take nearly enough pictures. We also got to enjoy an evening at Busch Gardens.
Around 15 months Andrew started counting 1...2...3....It was very entertaining. At some point his favorite number became 9 and he started counting 1, 2, 9!!! Sleeping is going MUCH better. With him knowing he could get out of bed he wanted to get up and be with mom and dad. He'd sit at the door and knock if he wasn't ready to go to sleep. He finally decided his bed was an OK place to be and that after teeth were brushed and prayers said he could snuggle in and go to sleep. He also got some new teeth.
A couple weeks after our trip to Virginia my second to last semester of school started. I'm taking 18 credit hours and will be student teaching in the spring. The weekend after the semester started I ran the Color Vibe 5K fun run in Cheyenne with a group of friends. It was fun , but oh so hot! It didn't help that I was 15 weeks pregnant by that point. The first 4K were a breeze; the last one kicked my butt. All in all-totally worth it! As you can tell from the pictures we were the Tighty Whities.
In September Daniel ran the Colorado Ragnar. With his brother, Shawn, and team. School had me too busy to participate in that race.
The week before Halloween Daniel and I both had really busy weeks between work, school and church callings, so Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen graciously took Andrew for a week so that we could get everything accomplished. I missed him the whole week and even though I was so so busy, I wished he was home at night so I could put him to bed. We had to Skype at least a couple of times because mom missed him so much. He was having a ball with Grandma and grandpa's new kitty. He made a new friend, but by the end of the week he was excited to be home with mom and dad again.
He has picked up lots of new words-basketball, sorry, and he mimics lots of sounds and actions. He is constantly jumping. He's like a little Tigger. Shortly after coming home he had his 15 month doctor appointment. His stats were as follows:
Andrew is developing some pretty awesome new dance moves. He is such a musical baby. He also love clapping and is starting to clap to a beat. His molars are coming in and they are taking their sweet little time getting here. He's growing lots! Dad bought him a Wyoming Cowboys baseball hat and he LOVES it. He finds it and puts it on all by himself. His favorite bedtime toy right now is a small stuffed horse that his Aunt Bk gave him. Oh, and one more thing....no more pacifiers or bottles. We went cold turkey without a fight.
Now to catch up with the most recent 3 months.....Whew! Getting there slowly. A semester's worth of information to catch up on is quite daunting, and I fear I'll miss some important event :(
Until next time......
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| Haircut before we left |
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| Loved all the cobblestone roads and tree shaded ways! |
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| Playing on the beach |
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| Yorktown |
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| Jamestown |
Around 15 months Andrew started counting 1...2...3....It was very entertaining. At some point his favorite number became 9 and he started counting 1, 2, 9!!! Sleeping is going MUCH better. With him knowing he could get out of bed he wanted to get up and be with mom and dad. He'd sit at the door and knock if he wasn't ready to go to sleep. He finally decided his bed was an OK place to be and that after teeth were brushed and prayers said he could snuggle in and go to sleep. He also got some new teeth.
A couple weeks after our trip to Virginia my second to last semester of school started. I'm taking 18 credit hours and will be student teaching in the spring. The weekend after the semester started I ran the Color Vibe 5K fun run in Cheyenne with a group of friends. It was fun , but oh so hot! It didn't help that I was 15 weeks pregnant by that point. The first 4K were a breeze; the last one kicked my butt. All in all-totally worth it! As you can tell from the pictures we were the Tighty Whities.
In September Daniel ran the Colorado Ragnar. With his brother, Shawn, and team. School had me too busy to participate in that race.
The week before Halloween Daniel and I both had really busy weeks between work, school and church callings, so Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen graciously took Andrew for a week so that we could get everything accomplished. I missed him the whole week and even though I was so so busy, I wished he was home at night so I could put him to bed. We had to Skype at least a couple of times because mom missed him so much. He was having a ball with Grandma and grandpa's new kitty. He made a new friend, but by the end of the week he was excited to be home with mom and dad again.
He has picked up lots of new words-basketball, sorry, and he mimics lots of sounds and actions. He is constantly jumping. He's like a little Tigger. Shortly after coming home he had his 15 month doctor appointment. His stats were as follows:
Height: 31 5/8 in
Weight: 23 lbs 10 oz
Head: 50 cm
Daniel had to take him, becouse the appointment was during one of my classes. When I got home that night he said something along the lines of, "You could have told me he was getting shots!" Oops. Sorry honey! Surprise! I figured he knew that was part of the deal. Guess not!
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| He loves running around half naked. |
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| Hanging out with Uncle Zak |
Andrew is developing some pretty awesome new dance moves. He is such a musical baby. He also love clapping and is starting to clap to a beat. His molars are coming in and they are taking their sweet little time getting here. He's growing lots! Dad bought him a Wyoming Cowboys baseball hat and he LOVES it. He finds it and puts it on all by himself. His favorite bedtime toy right now is a small stuffed horse that his Aunt Bk gave him. Oh, and one more thing....no more pacifiers or bottles. We went cold turkey without a fight.
Now to catch up with the most recent 3 months.....Whew! Getting there slowly. A semester's worth of information to catch up on is quite daunting, and I fear I'll miss some important event :(
Until next time......
Baby Sorensen #2
A college semester of 18 credits put me a bit more behind on blogging than normal.
Baby Sorensen #2 will be joining our family on Feb 20, 2014!
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| Announcing the pregnancy-"Only Child Expiring Feb 2014" |
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| 27 Weeks |
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| 30 weeks |
Friday, October 4, 2013
Busy=Behind on Blogging (11 to 13 months)
Like the title of this post busy does indeed equal me getting extremely behind on blogging, again. So to get caught up, here we go......
Mid-May Andrew and I took a trip to North Dakota to visit my family. Daniel got us plane tickets for my birthday. It was Andrew's first time flying and boy did he do great! We flew out of Laramie to Denver. He slept through that short flight. Denver to Minot was another story. We had some time to kill in the Denver airport so we got some breakfast and walked around. Andrew loved the "moving sidewalks". There were a lot of people who commented on how little, and well balanced he was while riding them from one section to the next. When it came time to board the plane everything went smoothly. We got sat down and everything arranged.Andrew was even getting ready to take a nap. The pilot went through his pre-flight checks and found an issue with the plane so we had to unload the plane and go to another gate. When we got to the other gate they told us that we would be loading back at our original gate but on a new plane. So back across the airport we went. By this point any chance of a nap had slightly vanished. We got settled in on the new plane and down the runway we went. Take-off didn't phase him. About halfway through the flight he decided that he wanted to stretch his legs and had enough of sitting on mom's lap. I let him stand on the floor for a minute and then we had to break out the snacks and any other possible means to get him to stay sitting. I succeeded without disturbing too many people. Luckily, everyone just thought he was cute. I was also only one of two women on a plane full of oilfield workers. They were very helpful in the plane transition with loading and unloading the stroller. We made it to Minot in one piece. The landing was pretty rough and coaxed Andrew into being OK with sitting on moms lap. We only had one more slight mishap and that was an issue with luggage. It didn't come in with our plane, but on one later that day. Mom and I ran around Minot and came back and picked it up before heading out to Stanley.
We celebrated his 1st Birthday, as well as Daniel's 27th, the night before Zak's graduation. It was fun to celebrate with the family. Of course he was a mess and loved his birthday cupcake. Isn't he cute?!
We took a short trip to Jelm Mountain with some friends and had a fun late lunch/early dinner over a campfire. We pulled out my new gun and fired a few rounds off at a couple targets. Daniel and his young mens presidency had to do a little scoping out for their camp out the next weekend.
That next weekend Andrew climbed out of his crib. More like, climbed out and fell. Up until that point he had never made any attempts to crawl out of the crib while we were around. Talk about your heart dropping. It happened in the morning shortly after he had woken up. We could hear him in the next room moving around so we knew he was awake. Next thing you know we hear a "thud". I've never jumped out of bed so fast. I was afraid he had broke his neck or bit through his lip. We ran into his room to find him on the floor and starting to cry. I swooped him up and examined him. A quick check didn't reveal anything concerning. I held him while he cried and at one point he drooled on me and I immediately thought he was bleeding. I was a little worked up lol. All was well. No knots on his head, no broken neck, only one little monkey boy with a bruised ego and a new found trick. Thinking this was only a fluke incident I put him in his crib for a nap and supervised only momentarily before he started crawling out again. I snatched him out of his bed and knew right then that he wasn't going to be able to sleep in his crib anymore. his crib was already on the lowest placement. Luckily it converts to a daybed. We took the side off the crib and he was in his new bed. We got one of those things so he doesn't roll off and at first he did really well. I think it was because it was new. The first couple of nights he did awesome; didn't try to get out of bed. it was like he was still in his crib. A few nights later he figured out that he could get out of bed and so the long process of keeping him in his bed started.
Andrew's one year appointment stats were as follows:
Daniel and I both ran the Ragnar Wasatch Back this year. This was our second year running this race. As we expected, it was just as fun as last time, only a little more congested due to more teams racing. It was the 10 year anniversary of the race. I did really well on the first two legs. My last leg was mid-day and man was it HOT! It sapped my energy big time. Overall I was happy with my performance.
Before the race we went to the temple with Nic to get his temple endowments. Before we left for the temple Andrew got pushed down a long flight of stairs by his cousin. That was a little scary and I was out of the room when it happened. Luckily Daniel was there to sweep him up and inspect for injuries. He came out in pretty good shape with only one shiner on his noggin. While we were running Andrew stayed with his Sorensen grandparents. This was the first time he had spent a night away from home. Grandma reported he did great!
Upon returning home it was time to put the finishing touches on girls camp plans. It felt difficult getting everything in one spot, but we got it accomplished. And of course a midst all those preparations everything that comes with managing apartments came up at the same time. Girl's camp was the longest time that Andrew spent away from mom and dad. He spent the week with Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen again. Girls Camp turned out great and I learned a lot for next year!
Andrew says "Please" for the first time, but we have yet to hear him say it again. His new words include thank you, up, dad dad, mom mom, and uh oh. He says "Keys", Sounds like "tees" He also likes to lead music during sacrament meeting. He's a music loving baby!
We went to Washington for Nic's Wedding. Andrew traveled really well. Maybe even better than expected. We took an overnight camping trip with several friends in our ward. We got rained on, but the company was good. Andrew unfortunately had a rough night so we didn't get much sleep.
We headed down to Fort Collins for a drive-in movie with the Cory family. We had dinner at Red Robin before hand then headed to the movie in hope of not getting rained on. Right before they started the clouds cleared. We got to see Monsters University and Despicable Me 2. The older kids loved it.
Well their wasn't nearly as much detail as I hoped to include, but I have got to get caught up and get this blog going again.
Until next time....
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| With Aunt Brindi |
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| With Papa |
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| Playing with the kids |
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| Helping Great-Grandma |
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| This kid LOVES brooms. Sweeping Gma and Gpa's new shop. |
We traveled down to St. George, from North Dakota, with mom and dad. They had to finish up a few things on their shop, so Andrew got to visit with both sets of great grandparents that trip. It was a lot of driving and Andrew did very well considering the amount of time he was in his car seat. It was a fairly quick trip down and back because we had to make it back to NoDak for Zak's high school graduation. During all our travels Andrew got two more teeth. He now has 6 total. Clacking his tongue became a fun pastime as well.
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| Messy. Diggin' in to his birthday cake. |
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| I'm 1! |
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| The youngest graduating. Way to go Zak! |
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| 27 years young |
We took a short trip to Jelm Mountain with some friends and had a fun late lunch/early dinner over a campfire. We pulled out my new gun and fired a few rounds off at a couple targets. Daniel and his young mens presidency had to do a little scoping out for their camp out the next weekend.
That next weekend Andrew climbed out of his crib. More like, climbed out and fell. Up until that point he had never made any attempts to crawl out of the crib while we were around. Talk about your heart dropping. It happened in the morning shortly after he had woken up. We could hear him in the next room moving around so we knew he was awake. Next thing you know we hear a "thud". I've never jumped out of bed so fast. I was afraid he had broke his neck or bit through his lip. We ran into his room to find him on the floor and starting to cry. I swooped him up and examined him. A quick check didn't reveal anything concerning. I held him while he cried and at one point he drooled on me and I immediately thought he was bleeding. I was a little worked up lol. All was well. No knots on his head, no broken neck, only one little monkey boy with a bruised ego and a new found trick. Thinking this was only a fluke incident I put him in his crib for a nap and supervised only momentarily before he started crawling out again. I snatched him out of his bed and knew right then that he wasn't going to be able to sleep in his crib anymore. his crib was already on the lowest placement. Luckily it converts to a daybed. We took the side off the crib and he was in his new bed. We got one of those things so he doesn't roll off and at first he did really well. I think it was because it was new. The first couple of nights he did awesome; didn't try to get out of bed. it was like he was still in his crib. A few nights later he figured out that he could get out of bed and so the long process of keeping him in his bed started.
Andrew's one year appointment stats were as follows:
Height: 29.5 in
Weight: 22.5 lbs
Head: 49 cm
Before the race we went to the temple with Nic to get his temple endowments. Before we left for the temple Andrew got pushed down a long flight of stairs by his cousin. That was a little scary and I was out of the room when it happened. Luckily Daniel was there to sweep him up and inspect for injuries. He came out in pretty good shape with only one shiner on his noggin. While we were running Andrew stayed with his Sorensen grandparents. This was the first time he had spent a night away from home. Grandma reported he did great!
Upon returning home it was time to put the finishing touches on girls camp plans. It felt difficult getting everything in one spot, but we got it accomplished. And of course a midst all those preparations everything that comes with managing apartments came up at the same time. Girl's camp was the longest time that Andrew spent away from mom and dad. He spent the week with Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen again. Girls Camp turned out great and I learned a lot for next year!
Andrew says "Please" for the first time, but we have yet to hear him say it again. His new words include thank you, up, dad dad, mom mom, and uh oh. He says "Keys", Sounds like "tees" He also likes to lead music during sacrament meeting. He's a music loving baby!
We went to Washington for Nic's Wedding. Andrew traveled really well. Maybe even better than expected. We took an overnight camping trip with several friends in our ward. We got rained on, but the company was good. Andrew unfortunately had a rough night so we didn't get much sleep.
We headed down to Fort Collins for a drive-in movie with the Cory family. We had dinner at Red Robin before hand then headed to the movie in hope of not getting rained on. Right before they started the clouds cleared. We got to see Monsters University and Despicable Me 2. The older kids loved it.
Well their wasn't nearly as much detail as I hoped to include, but I have got to get caught up and get this blog going again.
Until next time....
Friday, May 3, 2013
10 to 11 months
Could he possibly have just turned 11 months?! Yes sir. That's right. 11 months old. Here a just a few highlights of 10 months:
A couple weeks ago I decided that......I'm going back to school! I only have a year left and I'm ready to get it out of the way. I have enjoyed this last year and being able to stay home with Andrew. I had an advising appointment on Tuesday. I knew it might be difficult to finish in a year even though that's all the schooling I have left. UW requires that you sign up for student teaching a year in advance and student teaching is only done during the spring semester. Long story short, I missed the December deadline for Phase III of the program.I wasn't even thinking about school back in December! Anyway, I was given the option of filing a petition to have my application accepted late. I was planning on taking that opportunity. We planned and registered for classes in hopes of the petition going through. Wednesday morning I got a call from my advisor saying that she had sent out a preliminary e-mail to get an idea of what the chances were of my petition getting accepted AND getting placed in Laramie. She had good and bad news. The outlook was good, BUT they wanted my 11 page application AND my petition letter that day! Holy cow! All I could think was how am I going to get this done in such a short amount of time and have it done to a level of competency that I wanted. That day was beyond stressful thanks to Murphy's law of whatever can go wrong will. A bunch of stuff came up with the apartment complex and Andrew was teething, growing and crabby. Needless to say I got it finished and turned in before the work day was over. Man was I relieved! Even greater news....Daniel just walked in the door with a letter from the University saying that my petition was accepted!!!! Woohoo! now to wait for the e-mail telling me where I have been placed :) My day was just made!
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| Exploring |
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| Happy baby! |
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| This boy loves balls of all types! |
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| Mashed potato mess! |
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| Playing with the new camera. |
- Andrew is clapping, dancing and jabbering. The other day, on the tv, someone said pat-a-cake. He stood up, turned around and started clapping. He's so smart! His dancing consists of bouncing up and down and bobbing his head side to side. I have found him several times looking at his books or playing with his toys and just "talking" up a storm.
- For about a week and a half straight he was constantly saying "Dad, dad, dad, dad." Then when Daniel got home from work it was "Hi, dad", "Hi, dad". Too cute! of course through all of that I was trying to get him to switch it up and throw out a "mama" here or there. I failed.
- The handle on our bathroom door is now at a height that Andrew can reach when he is on his tippy toes. He has mastered opening it unless it is locked. I can't get my video to upload.
- Rawr, rawr, rawr, rawr. Growling. Just another of his new talents.
- One morning I was doing dishes and Andrew got really quiet. This is never a good thing with the little squirt. I started looking around the apartment and I found him in the bathroom. Hand in the toilet! Ewwwwwwwwwwww.....He was trying to swish the water around. I quickly installed the toilet clip that my mom had sent us weeks before.
- "Uh-oh". It's the cutest thing that he says. I'm not convinced that he has associated the saying with accidental happenings. He just likes to walk around saying it.
- Bananas in Pyjamas (yes it is spelled like that), anyone? It's an Australian cartoon on Netflix. He really likes the music at the beginning. He gets excited and starts dancing. The other day he got so excited he jumped. He actually left the ground.
- Remember that toilet clip that I installed. It didn't last long. He figured out how to un-clip it. The only thing it does now is slow him down. It was a good thought.
- The little turkey sits in his high chair like a frog. Daniel says he sits like a gargoyle. He hates eating most meals on his butt.
- He finally decided to say "mama". I haven't gotten the constant "mama" for a week and a half, but I'll take what I can get.
- He now waves "Hi", and "Bye". He's very selective with who he will wave to.
- He's starting to walk so fast at times that it looks like he is going to start running.
- He got his first haircut. It was getting a bit crazy so I cut it myself. I don't think it turned out too bad!
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That's about it for the little guy. He's in 12 mo shirts and 9 mo pants. He'll be moving into 18 mo onesies soon.
Daniel took a business trip to Kentucky and Tennessee. He didn't have a whole lot to report other than he had fun and it was a lot of long days. They flew out of Denver after a couple hour delay due to a winter storm. They made it home on time even with the bad roads back into Wyoming. He was a little jet lagged because of the three timezone changes in one week, but he was glad that he was able to go.
Daniel took a business trip to Kentucky and Tennessee. He didn't have a whole lot to report other than he had fun and it was a lot of long days. They flew out of Denver after a couple hour delay due to a winter storm. They made it home on time even with the bad roads back into Wyoming. He was a little jet lagged because of the three timezone changes in one week, but he was glad that he was able to go.
A couple weeks ago I decided that......I'm going back to school! I only have a year left and I'm ready to get it out of the way. I have enjoyed this last year and being able to stay home with Andrew. I had an advising appointment on Tuesday. I knew it might be difficult to finish in a year even though that's all the schooling I have left. UW requires that you sign up for student teaching a year in advance and student teaching is only done during the spring semester. Long story short, I missed the December deadline for Phase III of the program.I wasn't even thinking about school back in December! Anyway, I was given the option of filing a petition to have my application accepted late. I was planning on taking that opportunity. We planned and registered for classes in hopes of the petition going through. Wednesday morning I got a call from my advisor saying that she had sent out a preliminary e-mail to get an idea of what the chances were of my petition getting accepted AND getting placed in Laramie. She had good and bad news. The outlook was good, BUT they wanted my 11 page application AND my petition letter that day! Holy cow! All I could think was how am I going to get this done in such a short amount of time and have it done to a level of competency that I wanted. That day was beyond stressful thanks to Murphy's law of whatever can go wrong will. A bunch of stuff came up with the apartment complex and Andrew was teething, growing and crabby. Needless to say I got it finished and turned in before the work day was over. Man was I relieved! Even greater news....Daniel just walked in the door with a letter from the University saying that my petition was accepted!!!! Woohoo! now to wait for the e-mail telling me where I have been placed :) My day was just made!
The same Tuesday as my advising appointment I took an inspired trip to the family history center. I had some family names that I needed to find more info on. I've never been to the family history center here in Laramie for myself. I'd been with the Activity Days girls but that was it. I showed up and got to work and got to a point that I needed some help. We kept working away. Eventually another couple in the stake showed up with some old photos that someone had anonymously dropped of at a local flea market. They were dropping them off because they were old photos of Bridger Valley and wanted to make sure that they got to who they needed to go to.The photos were from between 1920's and 40's. I told them that Daniel is from Lyman and that I recognized some of the last names written on a few photos. They asked if we were going that way anytime soon. Daniel's brother and dad were coming that weekend and they could take them back and get them where they needed to go. It was a really neat experience. It was amazing to look at all the pictures too.
Camp is progressing. Stake conference weekend we had an auxiliary meeting and got a lot more info on what to expect at camp. It was sooooo helpful and now I have an idea on what my budget is. I'm so excited for the next few weeks and all the preparation that we will be doing. I feel like I have a lot more to get done now. I held a Wednesday night information meeting for the parents and girls and not many people showed up, unfortunately. Just a small bump in the road. Our other Wednesday night activities that are camp related are going to be a blast. I just want camp to be as fun for these girls as it was for me. I'm excited to be back at camp again!
We got new flooring in our kitchen. I like it a lot. There was a huge gash in the vinyl from where the building had settled. It looks immensely better now.
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There is our month in review. Until next time.....
Camp is progressing. Stake conference weekend we had an auxiliary meeting and got a lot more info on what to expect at camp. It was sooooo helpful and now I have an idea on what my budget is. I'm so excited for the next few weeks and all the preparation that we will be doing. I feel like I have a lot more to get done now. I held a Wednesday night information meeting for the parents and girls and not many people showed up, unfortunately. Just a small bump in the road. Our other Wednesday night activities that are camp related are going to be a blast. I just want camp to be as fun for these girls as it was for me. I'm excited to be back at camp again!
We got new flooring in our kitchen. I like it a lot. There was a huge gash in the vinyl from where the building had settled. It looks immensely better now.
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There is our month in review. Until next time.....
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