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Oct 14, 2010

The Vortex

This little town where I currently reside has been called many names. I'm going to go with vortex. I often feel like the entire world outside of this place doesn't truly exist. The day to day doesn't ever seem to change...it did before right? It is a strange feeling, difficult to convey. Are you still out there friends? Is time still passing? I don't really understand how your lives are going on without me. Ha. :)

Good thing Em keeps changing. Quickly. She is my yardstick that reminds me time certainly is still clipping along. She turned nine months old the day we left St. Louis.

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When we arrived in Rexburg she still wasn't crawling. The most she could do was sit in the splash park with Dax.
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Now she is 10 months old. Eleven next week.

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Now she crawls.
She crawls FAST and pants and slaps the floor.
She dances.
She has a tooth. One little bottom tooth.
She climbs stairs.
She fights with her cousin.
She holds her hand up to her ear like a cell phone and says "Da da."
She has curls.
She tries to stand on her own.
She pats my back while she cries.

Time IS moving. Way to fast...but slow all the same. I get to see D again next week and perhaps then life will feel a little more normal. I mean a kid shouldn't really call a cell phone her dad. :) I miss him like the dickens...whatever that means. I'll tell you this much, it's a LOT LOT.

Here are some more pictures of our lazy days in in C-ville and so forth. You know, just to reassure you that we do still exist.

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More of her at the splash park and with her bottle buddy.

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She swung for the first time. She loved it. She loved watching me push Evan even more. Funny girl.

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We went to Multnomah Falls. From this picture you'd think we had hiked to the top, she's so proud of herself. We sure did NOT.

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Savanna loves her cousin "Ommy." Who doesn't!

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These two are the dynamic duo of trouble making.

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Out getting firewood and learning to drive and being naturey and important stuff like that. Isn't Evan cute? There is more mischief behind those sweet eyes than you can imagine! :)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your friends are still out here! And we miss you. Can't believe how big Em is already, and even cuter than when you left. Glad to know you're still alive, but I wish you were here.

alanna said...

Awesome photos. She's adorable!