i'm so proud!

so my mom had 3 years of college at Utah State (majoring in music therapy) under her belt before she got married and dropped out to support my dad through school. she has always told me that she regretted not finishing, but it wasn't something that was really pushed in her day. i wasn't a big fan of college, but wanted to finish to make my mom proud. now she has made me proud by deciding to go back to school to finish. she can't continue her music therapy degree because you obviously have to physically be in class to show the teacher how well you can play the piano, and the 6-month internship the last semester, was not what my mom had in mind. after doing months of research for her to cater to what she wanted, we finally found the perfect option. we've been waiting for several weeks to hear back about her application. we finally got the letter that she's been accepted! hurray!! just like that my mom is a college student again. we're hoping that she gets her bachelor's in a few years so she can substitute teach in music at schools, and so that she can finally fulfill a goal of hers!

congrats mom! i can't wait to see you walk at graduation! :)

love you!

Emma?!?! Crawling?!?!?!

I was convinced that Emma would NEVER crawl. She has absolutely hated her tummy since we first introduced her to tummy time. Most parents would say "that's normal". But when Emma learned to roll-over, she immediately rolled right off her tummy every time. I was starting to get nervous when she would rather walk around the house with us holding on to her fingers than play with toys and learn to crawl. We finally gave in to her requests and got her a walker. Within days she was running around the house and loving it. Yesterday (Sunday) we were explaining to everyone at church how she will never crawl (because everyone wants to know why we are walking our 7-month-old around the church). Then, while we were watching the Superbowl ( SO sad... but SUCH a GOOD game!) at my parents house, my dad was adamant about getting Emma to crawl. She would go about 2 steps before falling and whining and crying. She did that about twice, and then the third time she just crawled backwards and gave up.

This morning while I was getting dressed, I pulled Emma out of her walker and put her on the floor next to me. She tried to reach for something, ended up on her tummy, and started whining and pushing herself backward. Typical. Hours later, I changed her diaper, sat her up, and went to throw the diaper away. Again I heard whining, but when I returned to her, she was on all fours and moving towards me. WHAT? Once Ammon got home from school, I started showing him how she can now crawl. Again, she just spontaneously started crawling. Minutes later, I took this clip I put below. How is it that a baby can wake up one morning and start doing something that she wasn't even close to doing the day before? No wonder we are supposed to be like little children... a little determination will get us so far in life!

We're so proud of you little Emmas! This video goes out to you Grandpa Brown... the only one who didn't give up on her! Next time, it's double or nothing! Who else could have called that 100 yard dash?

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