Short update

Goodness has it been a long time or what? In my defense, I've been out of town for quite some time. Actually, I'm STILL out of town but I am longing to be home snuggled amongst my things. Mike has been busy with his training here in Florida and has just a handful of time left before he sets on for his deployment. We are all beyond ready...anxious, nervous, sad...not wanting him to go, but in turn, wanting him to leave so we can start the countdown instead of waiting in this uncertainty on the starting line. We are all ok. Oh wait, you were asking about me? I'm ok...no really, I am. I have known what was to come for some time now and I am very proud of my husband. We are so lucky that we could go this far with him before he sets off so now is the time for us to enjoy every second until he leaves.

In other news, Rory is blossoming into such fun and smart little kid. She turns 14 months next week and can say many words. The standard day to day words are hi, bye, mama, dada, huey, baby, brush, no, yea, wee, whoa, yay, uh oh, up, down, two, three (don't know why one is left out), night night, cheese, bubbles, thank you, juice, fish, shoes, and most importantly, doggie.  It's so funny to have conversations with her and see that she actually understands what we are saying. The other day I was changing her dirty diaper  while having an interesting conversation...

Me: Rory, did you poop?

Rory: Yea.

Me: Did you poop a lot?

Rory: Yea.

Me: Does it smell bad?

Rory: Yea.

Today Rory was watching me shave my armpits and she said brush. I had to laugh because I guess the motion I was moving my hand looked like I was brushing something but I promise you, I don't brush my armpits!

She is great with directions (if they are a part of her plan of course) and will get her shoes and attempt to put them on when asked. She can also sign a few simple signs, 'all done' being the one she uses most frequently. When she signs all done, she combines it with a "Hai!" sound similar to that of a Japanese person agreeing with you. She still hates her car seat (I'm starting to think she'll never out grow this phase) and will let you know she's 'all done' in the car by signing it and shrieking "Hai!" from the back seat.

Alright, time to go to bed!