Otto is beginning to get better at talking and is getting a larger vocabulary quickly. So, before it gets better and I begin to forget, I just wanted to share some of the fun things he says/used to say;
- "ga!" which means, "grandpa" or "grandma" (which is now "ga ka!"or "ball"... not sure how the two are connected
- "die!!!" (with a wave) which means, "Bye!"... I keep worrying our friends with English as a second language will think, "why does he keep yelling that to us as we leave?!"
- Eric taught him that when a truck goes in reverse it goes "beep, beep, beep" and then when it stops it goes, "cshhhhh" (the air brakes stopping). So now he does it when he's walking in reverse as well as when he's playing with his trucks. SOOO cute!
- "gurt" for yogurt
- names (Aub-ah for Aubrey, Syce for Bryce, Ash for Charlotte, Ad-uh for Aida, Gee-yun for Jillian... and more)
Monday, February 7, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Dance & animation collaboration Story
Dance and animation collaboration produces stirring viral video. Here's the BYU story on the animation and dance collaboration, if you're interested.
Thought of You - by Ryan Woodward
Check out this video from You Tube...
Love it! So beautiful... but then again, I love to dance. They did a great job combining animation and the emotion of the dance.
Love it! So beautiful... but then again, I love to dance. They did a great job combining animation and the emotion of the dance.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Favorite Things, part Otto
In light of Thanksgiving just passing and the upcoming Christmas holiday, here are a few of Otto's favorite things;
1) Playing hide and seek with daddy - I close the door and daddy hides in the kitchen or living room. I'm super excited to search him out and giggle for joy when I find him!
2) Grandpas and Grandmas - Thanksgiving was the best! I also enjoy Aunts & Uncles and all other family, of course. I love following my grandpas around, pointing and saying "Ga!" or "Ga ka!"
3) All things Sesame Street, especially Cookie Monster and Elmo.
4) All things transportation - Trucks, cars, trains, airplanes, helicopters, bicycles/tricycles
5) Playing with other kids! Sometimes I get a little overbearing because I just love them so much!
6) Giving hi-fives and "rock me"s or "pounds" (or "bone me"s as some call them) to everyone.
7) Being tossed. Onto a bed, love sac, couch, etc, etc.
8) Music! Anything with a beat and I'm swingin' my hips, movin' my shoulders, waving my arms, bobbin' my head, stompin' my feet. Mom's favorite movement is Otto's hip movements - he bends in half and twists at the same time!
9) Dr. Suess - "Sox in Fox" and "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" are current favorites.
10) Giving kisses, especially to mom.
11) Helping - with anything!
12) Playing outside, even in the snow.
13) Animals, especially pretending to be a frog.
14) My blanket
15) Watching people and exploring new spaces.
16) Yogurt ("gurt!"), cottage cheese, cheese, milk. Mommy trained me well to love these!
The list could go on and on... that's one of the greatest things about me! I love so much about life!
1) Playing hide and seek with daddy - I close the door and daddy hides in the kitchen or living room. I'm super excited to search him out and giggle for joy when I find him!
2) Grandpas and Grandmas - Thanksgiving was the best! I also enjoy Aunts & Uncles and all other family, of course. I love following my grandpas around, pointing and saying "Ga!" or "Ga ka!"
3) All things Sesame Street, especially Cookie Monster and Elmo.
4) All things transportation - Trucks, cars, trains, airplanes, helicopters, bicycles/tricycles
5) Playing with other kids! Sometimes I get a little overbearing because I just love them so much!
6) Giving hi-fives and "rock me"s or "pounds" (or "bone me"s as some call them) to everyone.
7) Being tossed. Onto a bed, love sac, couch, etc, etc.
8) Music! Anything with a beat and I'm swingin' my hips, movin' my shoulders, waving my arms, bobbin' my head, stompin' my feet. Mom's favorite movement is Otto's hip movements - he bends in half and twists at the same time!
9) Dr. Suess - "Sox in Fox" and "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" are current favorites.
10) Giving kisses, especially to mom.
11) Helping - with anything!
12) Playing outside, even in the snow.
13) Animals, especially pretending to be a frog.
14) My blanket
15) Watching people and exploring new spaces.
16) Yogurt ("gurt!"), cottage cheese, cheese, milk. Mommy trained me well to love these!
The list could go on and on... that's one of the greatest things about me! I love so much about life!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Temple to Temple 1/2-marathon
So, I'm finally posting about the temple-to-temple half marathon! Sorry to those looking forward to it! Alicia, my former coworker at the LDS Church office building, had run the temple-to-temple 1/2 marathon that her good friend, Brooke, had organized the year before. We had talked about running and I ran my first 10k earlier this year on Earth Day. I did really well at the 10k and Alicia kept encouraging me to run the half marathon.
Considering the time commitment, I kept being non-committal about whether or not I would run the half until just about 3 months prior to the race. I had already quit working at the Church Office Building (COB), but Alicia had promised to send me updates and such about the race. So, I started training. I was ready to run it - Sept. 18th was the day. The plan was to run from the Draper temple to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple across South Salt Lake Valley. Due to my hurriedness, I didn't double check the plans and ended up being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Oops. So, I started about 30-40 minutes after everyone else (it was a small group of runners). Everything seemed to be going smoothly, though, as I began running. Brooke had left me a map of the race and the water stations were all going to wait for me (bless them for this!). I felt good, too. I never would have thought I would say that.
At about mile 8, though, just before a water station, I was trying to meticulously study my map so that I wouldn't miss any turnoffs or anything and I landed on the edge of the pavement, rolling my ankle and landing my opposite knee on the gravel in stride. I continued in stride a couple of shaky steps and decided to take a breather. Unfortunately, my ankle felt pretty sore and my knee was bleeding down my leg. I instantly thought, "What?!?!? I am NOT quitting this thing! Too many hours of training have gone into this! And I've come too far!"Ironically, I had the map and was able to wipe my knee off a little as it dried over the next couple of minutes. My ankle stopped throbbing and I began walking for a little bit before beginning my run again. I was able to finish the race in about 2 hours and 15 minutes including the fall along the way and the stoplights. I don't know for sure if that is a decent time or not, but I was really glad I was able to finish the race. Thanks to the cheerleaders at each of the water stations, to Alicia for encouraging me to run in the first place, and to my cheerleaders at the end of the race, especially Eric & Otto, Alicia, and my dad & Jill!
Here is a pic of Alicia and I at the finish line. Yes, I look nasty after running, especially after running 13.1 miles.
Considering the time commitment, I kept being non-committal about whether or not I would run the half until just about 3 months prior to the race. I had already quit working at the Church Office Building (COB), but Alicia had promised to send me updates and such about the race. So, I started training. I was ready to run it - Sept. 18th was the day. The plan was to run from the Draper temple to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple across South Salt Lake Valley. Due to my hurriedness, I didn't double check the plans and ended up being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Oops. So, I started about 30-40 minutes after everyone else (it was a small group of runners). Everything seemed to be going smoothly, though, as I began running. Brooke had left me a map of the race and the water stations were all going to wait for me (bless them for this!). I felt good, too. I never would have thought I would say that.
At about mile 8, though, just before a water station, I was trying to meticulously study my map so that I wouldn't miss any turnoffs or anything and I landed on the edge of the pavement, rolling my ankle and landing my opposite knee on the gravel in stride. I continued in stride a couple of shaky steps and decided to take a breather. Unfortunately, my ankle felt pretty sore and my knee was bleeding down my leg. I instantly thought, "What?!?!? I am NOT quitting this thing! Too many hours of training have gone into this! And I've come too far!"Ironically, I had the map and was able to wipe my knee off a little as it dried over the next couple of minutes. My ankle stopped throbbing and I began walking for a little bit before beginning my run again. I was able to finish the race in about 2 hours and 15 minutes including the fall along the way and the stoplights. I don't know for sure if that is a decent time or not, but I was really glad I was able to finish the race. Thanks to the cheerleaders at each of the water stations, to Alicia for encouraging me to run in the first place, and to my cheerleaders at the end of the race, especially Eric & Otto, Alicia, and my dad & Jill!
Here is a pic of Alicia and I at the finish line. Yes, I look nasty after running, especially after running 13.1 miles.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Quick update... more to come
So, I've decided to give a quick update of the things we've been up to since my last post;
- We've had plenty of large zucchini from our garden plot. We've also enjoyed tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, and bell peppers. Otto especially enjoys the tomatoes. mmmmmmmmmmmm
- Elder Bednar came to our LDS stake and gave us a special fireside - absolutely awesome - ask me about it sometime. :)
- Eric started his new semester and is doing research for a couple of professors. He's loving school, but it's super fast-paced this semester since most of his classes are 1/2 semester classes (a lot of info & projects packed into a little time).
- We moved back to our old apt since the contractor finished fixing our old balcony! Yay for not being in major transition anymore! As a result of our old building and another building opening back up, we're now busy as ever with our Resident Assistant stuff - orienting new residents and such. It's nice to see life in our buildings again.
- Jacquie ran the temple-to-temple 1/2-marathon that Alicia introduced her to!
- Eric and Jacquie saw Lion King on Broadway at the Capital Theatre - so awesome!
- Jacquie survived putting together and hosting the dinner for the RS Broadcast for our LDS stake ladies. No big catastrophes.
- Otto, then Jacquie got the flu... it's so sad to see an innocent baby/toddler throwing up and then look at you like, "What in the world was that?!!! And why did my body do that?!!! That hurt, mommy!" So sad, but we're surviving. Eric's sick now, so hopefully he recovers quickly and then we'll be done with it.
- Eric finishing his 1/2 semester classes this week
- Fall break next week
- Halloween & get togethers with family/friends
Thursday, August 26, 2010
CA Vacation
Mid-August we went to California to visit my Aunt Layne and Uncle Peter as well as to take some time away from everyday life before Eric had to head back to school. It was so nice to be there!
Here we are visiting the Getty Center in LA...
Here we are visiting the Getty Center in LA...
The Getty is known for the architecture (done by Richard Meier) and it was very interesting to go on an architectural tour and see how the architecture affected the exhibits. Eric enjoyed it, too (of course). 
Here's the view out from the museum. 
We also made it to the beach... most of these pictures explain themselves...
Otto jumped and rolled and played in the sand... just after loading him up with sunscreen. This is a small demonstration of this.
Hanging out with Layne and Peter:
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