I'm a mom.

I fed Emmaus last night at 430 before I left for work.  I worked 5-10pm.

Jake went to Bible Study.  He was there 630p-1am.  (Playing Lord of the Rings Risk.)

I got home and went straight to bed. 

I had to work the next morning at 7am.  I woke Emmaus up at 6am to eat.  (He wasn't too conscious, but it was good to see his cute face.)

I got off work at 1pm.  When I got home soon after, he was napping. 

When he woke up, Jake went into the nursery to change him and bring him to me to eat.  By this time it had been 21 hours since he'd seen me. 

I had my backed turned to him and I hear...





"Mom"....

HE SAID MOM...

not babbling mamamamama
not daddada or ababbabba or wawawawawa

He looked right at me  and said MOM...and then just after said mama again when we were repeating it to him. 

Jake and I were excited.

I'm not saying this was his first word...cause he's said dada....and ball...a little...but...

This was cool.

(come to think of it, I'm not sure what we will call his official first word.....I'll have to check with Jake and see what he says.)...I'm fine if it's MOM.  10/11/2010
yea, i'm a mom..

as always, thanks for reading.

drip drip dribble

note to self: if you hear a strange noise and you aren't sure what it is, investigate, don't ignore it.

About a month ago I think i heard something that sounded like a drip while I was watching a movie in the basement, but I wasn't sure.  Jake wasn't home at the time, and I forgot to mention it to him.

A few weeks later, I  had noticed a smell down there, but I thought it was just stale basement smell.

A couple of nights ago Jake was down in the basement and noticed that the faucet was dripping and wasn't stopping.

He called his dad
He called my dad

When I got home from work dad had come over, knocked a few holes in the wall and went to buy some parts to fix the leak. 

The back spare bedroom of our house....completely soaked.  (We're not sure how long the leak was going, but that was really gross...I can't believe we didn't notice it.)

We called our contractor friend donavon to come over...he asked if we'd called the insurance yet...Neither of us had even considered the insurance...silly us.

We filed a claim, and talked to someone the next day about getting some fans brought over and the carpet pad taken out....Initially they were saying no one would come out till tuesday or later, but I wasn't comfortable with the moldy smell since we have Emmaus in the house.  Fortunately they were willing to work with us.

There is some mold on the kitchenette...so they partitioned that off with plastic until the adjuster can come..sometime next week.

I started noticing things with Emmaus that I'm hoping aren't related to the mold....he's doing this funny breathing in noise...I really think that it's just him playing with his vocals...It's just that since the mold has probably been there for awhile, and we don't spend a ton of time down stairs, but maybe an hour a day...give or take.....sigh,

let's just say it'll be a relief to get the adjuster in and get everything fixed and taken care of. 

we were planning on a trip to San Diego in a couple of weeks...for our anniversary/to get away...

oh well, fixing the house will be better in the long run....

I'm not as stressed about this as I could be.

When I first heard about it, all I could think of was getting the kitchenette remodeled....

If we get a check for the repairs...should we remodel the kitchenette downstairs? or just take it out and make the family room bigger? or what are your suggestions?

as always, thanks for reading.

Officially registered...

I filled out my app for registration at the University of Utah. 

Major: Human Development and Family Consumer Science (or something like that.)

Graduation Date:...who knows, I think I'll be able to take classes this spring and summer...not sure about the fall yet.

At least its a start.

99 credits from SLCC, I'm not sure if any or which of these credits will fufill any of my current requirements.  I'm sure I'll hear that information soon.

BA here I come!

Thanks to Jake for all his support! I love you.

(as always thanks for reading.)

Emmaus at 6ish months...

Here are a few updated pics of the "not-so-baby"..cause he's such a big boy...

I can't tell if I like it better in B & W or color...so here they both are.

Future Interpreter?

I love this little boy. 

a day off...

I've noticed for the past two weeks that my fridays feel like a day off, even though I'm working at least 6 hours...

I think it's because I don't have to go to the second job...(although the extra hours aren't bad at all.)

so yea for getting a "day off!"

NIC Performance test: Sept 7th

I took my national certification performance test for interpreting. 

If I pass this, I can work in any state, and they recognize me as a professional interpreter.  (Plus I get some extra compensation through my work(s))

What does this mean for me?  Why did I take it?

I want to see if I'm "good enough" to pass the test.  I've heard from a lot of people that this is a valid test.  I want to see what "they" think about my skills.  Not so say if I don't pass that I suck, but I want to see what they say.

It also means that I'm confident enough to take the test.  Some people have no desire to take the national test.  It's always been a goal of mine.  I want to see if I have what it takes.  I passed the written NIC so this was the logical next step.

I'm grateful for my friends and family that have been so encouraging to me through this whole process.  I'd never thought that I'd be a sign language interperter when I grew up.  I love it.  I love the language, I love the process. I love the work.

Now I wait.

Up to 12 weeks for my results. 

We'll see what "they" say....

Until then...

Jake's Birthday

The big 3-0.

We went river rafting on the Provo river....it might not sound exciting compared to the Snake River in Jackson Hole, but WOW, it was SOOO beautiful.

I DIDN'T get any pics.  I was nervous that my camera would get wet, but really, it wouldn't have. I didn't get that info till after we were already on the river. The provo canyon is soooo beautiful. I'm going to post a pic from the internet so you know how awesome it was.

This is about what it looked like last friday. I found out there also that we could have taken Emmaus with us. There was another lady with a baby who got off the river as we were getting on. It'super calm.  Nothing higher than a class 2, and I'm not sure there was even a 2 on there. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I rode on the raft with Angelina and the kids, Jake and the rest of our group rode in kayaks. 

Then we ate at burgers and shakes. 

 Jake had a chocolate chip cookie dough shake, i had brownie. 

then we went and saw...

Well, I saw it, Jake starred in it.

then we stayed late and watched

(Jake recently auditioned for laughin stock...and got accepted to attend their workshops and classes. he's really stoked to get the opportunity to work on his improv. Yea honey!)

My parents were nice enough to watch emmaus for us.  AND they were the reason we were able to go rafting....yea for watching out for coupons! Thanks mom and dad, and angelina and josh, and the kids, and melinda and ezra for watching emmaus while we were on the river.

It was the longest time that both jake and I were away from the baby, but he had fun, and did a great job!

yea for birthdays!

(Jake got some tools for his birthday, and a hose for the house...fun times being a home owner...thanks mom and dad U for the gift.)