Exciting News: Tyler was accepted into the University of Utah AND the University of MN MBA programs! *He was also offered a scholarship with the University of Utah--making the decision process interesting (more on that later!)
Disappointing News: The BYU MBA program will not be an option for this fall (no worries, no matter where we go, we'll always bleed blue and cheer for the cougars!)
Upsetting News: I took the car in for a routine tire-rotation and was told 2 of the 4 tires NEED to be replaced- even though we just bought new ones a year-and-a-half ago and they've only been used for 1/3 of their expected lifespan/mileage. NOT at all what we wanted to hear right now...(You know, right when Tyler has to make a good-size deposit to even officially accept a program- no matter where. Yippee!!)
Busy News: I am the TA for an undergraduate special-ed course, which is nice, because we could use the extra money. I am expected to grade their lesson plans/assignments, etc., however, the class is a blocked class- meaning they're doing a semester's-amount of work in half the amount of time, meaning my work load is doubled for January and February. (Because my 3-day-a-week internship and twice-a-week class and once-a-week thesis client, weren't keeping me busy enough!). THEN- Tyler has been working to finish an online MBA math class that he signed up for to strengthen his resume/applications (and would have been required at UofU anyway if he goes there). So, he's been trying to do a lot of that when he gets home from work most days.
Change-of-Plan News: Everything was set for my summer internship in WI- or so I thought. Everything on my end WAS in place and had been since about September of last year. Great! Except, around the first week of January, I got this feeling (prompting?!) that I should check in with them, just to be sure. Well- sadly, I learned that the SLP who was going to supervise me wasn't feeling up to it anymore, so I wouldn't be able to do an internship there anymore. Hmmm. And of course I find this out the weekend before the applications for Utah-adult sites are due. So I had to scramble and made LOTS of phone calls to other nursing facilities in the Appleton area, and was able to go through the whole process of getting it approved and getting the right people involved to set up a contract, blah, blah, blah. So HOPEFULLY, that new site will work out even better (it's walking distance from my parent's home!)
No News: This could count for multiple things! :) Tyler is still waiting to hear from University of Wisconsin-Madison. (There is a possibility he won't hear back until March 13th, when we need to tell U of MN by March 15th of our decision...hmmm!) I also have no news to report on my thesis, unfortunately. (Ok- not entirely true. I am on the home-stretch for data collection (I think!) and with Carly's help I got the referencing program installed so I loaded all my articles and can properly cite them now (she took pity on me and realized I wasn't joking when I was saying I really had NOTHING...good thing she likes/and is good at research!) No news about where we'll be in the fall, what I'll be doing/if or where I'll be working, or what else might be happening...
Growing News: Well, we have all grown, but perhaps that is only a good thing in Jordy's case! Jordy's top 2 front teeth have been working on making an appearance during this last month and in the last day or so another tooth has been spotted on top! (Totaling 5 so far!) Jordy went through a brief phase of only taking a few steps while talking to Grandma on Facetime, but in the last week or so he's been taking more and more steps on his own!!! He still prefers crawling, as it is by far the faster, more efficient way of getting around for him--but we've seen him walk! Now the trick has been trying to get it on camera!!! :)
Whew. I'm exhausted (what's new?) just writing that!
But we've still managed to have some fun in January!
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| One morning Jordy woke up with his hair doing this-and it stayed like that the whole day! Talk about a crazy-hair-day! :) |
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| Jordy's diaper box ended up being the PERFECT size for him! He liked it...for about 2 min. being pushed around in it- then it was off to the next thing (typical of Jordy! He's not satisfied doing anything for very long...too much to explore and take apart and destroy...) |
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| Jordy has been pretty good about trying new foods. He seems to be more convinced he wants to try something when he sees us eating it. (I don't blame him- who would trust food I make to be safe and edible?!) And he naturally has a dessert-sensor-- he KNOWS he wants any of that stuff that we're eating! So, you see, I had NO CHOICE but to let him try the white fudge covered Oreo that I was eating at the moment... |
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| He was pretty excited about this! |
Being a ham for the camera! :)
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| And there it goes...all over his shirt (the bib was off. He was supposed to have been done!) |
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| "Mom, don't be mad, but I made a bit of a mess!" |
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| Awww. Who could be mad at that face?! (Plus, I was the one that gave it to him- what did I expect?!) |
But here is an attempt at catching him walking on camera:
And just Jordy being Jordy!
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