What We've Been Up to Lately

It's been a long time since I updated the blog. There hasn't been too much going on but there sure hasn't been a whole lot of nothing going on. We've been busy. I've been busy with Noel, trying to keep things as clean as possible since we are at my parents house, preparing primary lessons each week, and running errands. And Morgan has been busy with work, school, homework, preparing lessons for his church callings and helping with my parents outdoor projects.

He loves working outside! He's quite the handyman. Here's a picture of Morgan and my dad working on the house a couple weekends ago.

Noel has been working on her grin.

I say, "Smile Noel" and this is what I get. I love it. This picture was taken lastnight. She and my dad just got finished dancing. She absolutely loved dancing. I may add a video or two to the blog after this post.




Hanging out with dad.

Helping mom do the dishes.


Things Noel is doing right now
Noel says:
-Shasta - "Shasta"/"Sha-sha" (the name of my parents dog)
-More = "Mo" (She also signs it a lot as well and associates it with wanting more of a certain food. Usually cheese.)
-All done = "Aww-dun" (She used to sign this more but says it more than signs it now).
-Please = "Pwee" (She usually says it in a whisper and sometimes will sign it but doesn't understand what it means. She just knows it is associated with the word "more" which gets her more food:)
-Pretty = "Pritty" (She'll sometimes say this and it's usually as we are giving her a dress up necklace to play with.)
-Dance = "Dah-dah-dance" (she'll say this while dancing when there is music playing)
-Sock/s = "Saw" (When she see's socks on feet or off of feet and even her own, she'll say this)
-Light ="Yigh" (All time time, Noel will point to lights and now has learned to say it.)

Noel is crawling a lot to get around from place to place or she'll walk holding on to furniture or the wall. Recently, she has attempted to stand up on her own without pulling herself up a couple of times. She is growing so fast. She is really learning so much and loves to dance and be outside and look at animals. She is going to be 1 in a couple of weeks folks! I don't want her to grow up even though it's so fun watching her learn and grow. That's one of my favorite parts of being a mom but my ultimate favorite thing about being a mom is when Noel is happy. My philosophy (from my short experience of motherhood) is that there is no greater joy than knowing that your children are happy.