Things I want to remember

I've needed to write this post for a while. Hopefully I'm not forgetting anything. Recently, Emmitt has been surprising us every day with words he'll say or things he'll do. Kids really pick up on more than you think. A lot of it may just be special to Tom and me, but I think a lot of it is hilarious too, so I hope you enjoy.
-Words-
Both button and ladybug are "butty"
Both french fries and butterflies are "bybyes"
Both basketball and vegetable are "bitabal"
Both house and mouse are "piece-piece" (Let me 'splain. He's really trying to say "squeak squeak", and since his rhyming book has mouse and house on the same page, they are one and the same.)
Snow is "no-noch"
He says "nice!" whenever he thinks something is cool.
If you ask him if he wants to do something that he obviously wants to do (go to the park or eat ice cream, etc.), he doesn't just says "Yes." His mouth turns into a perfect O as he gasps in air and raises his eyebrows, then he exhales out a breathy "WOW!" I have no idea where he got it, but it's awesome.
When he's looking for something, he goes around the house saying the object's name, followed by "Weaou?" (Where are you?) When he finds it, he says "Der i' is!"

-Talents-
Lots of people tell us Emmitt has a good arm. Unfortunately this isn't always a good thing, as he likes to throw any small object he can get his fingers around. That might include TV remotes, little metal toy cars, pieces of his toy train track...you know. It wouldn't be a big deal, but he doesn't always wait till you're ready to catch it, so you might get nailed in the head if you're unsuspecting.
That brings me to basketball. Emmitt loves the little toy hoop we have suction cupped to our door. He's not a bad shot either. He loves it when Tom and I stand back and admire his shooting abilities. (:
We have a keyboard in our apartment and he's figured out more settings on it than we knew existed.
He's really good at Once there was a Snowman.
His dance skills are pretty sweet. They consist of spinning around in circles while looking out of the corner of his eye. I have yet to catch it on camera.

-Likes-
Curious George
Trains
The park
Strawberries
Cheese
The gym
Nursery
Outside in general
Balls
Flashcards
Cars/Trucks/Tractors
Mommy and Daddy singing
Books
His baby brother :)
Animals

-Dislikes-
Diaper changes (I keep trying to tell him how to avoid it, because I'm not the biggest fan either. No luck so far.)
The last 5 minutes of sacrament meeting
Going to bed
The car seat
Riding in shopping carts (he'd rather push).

We love our little Emmitt!

This is how you know if your chocolate chip cookies were a success.

Emmitt loves ladybugs, so I made him one. Apparently, he thought it needed to be guillotined.

Helping Mom make rolls in the kitchen.

Also, for some reason I can't upload videos, so here's a link.

Thankth to my huthband

Hello!
Since I'm graduating in 15 days, I'm feeling the bittersweetness of it all. Rexburg and BYU-Idaho have been so good to/for me. I've complained a lot along the way and even though it was tough at times to go to school, I wish I had a more positive outlook.
The happiest thing, though is that I'll be able to take the most important thing I gained here with me: my family. I don't know that I thank Tom enough for all he's done for me. In a culture where it's really common for a couple to move on as soon as the husband gets his degree, Tom saw the importance of me finishing school even more than I did. As soon as I found out we were expecting Emmitt, I sat down to do my grad plan and thought, "No way am I going to finish by the time Tom needs to be done." So I figured I'd just call it quits when it became too hard to go to school with a baby or when we moved away...whichever came first. When Tom heard that, he said, "Think of everything you've invested. Is it really worth it to just walk away?"

So Emmitt was born, we went to Oklahoma for Tom's internship, and we did classes online, and we were busy.

We came back and both went to school for one more semester, baby swapping between classes, losing sleep, and trying our best to make the grades, and we were busy.

Then Tom graduated with flying colors because he's really smart and he works crazy hard. Tom took a new job as a PSR worker and commuted every day to Idaho Falls, taking Emmitt to work while I stumbled through another semester, and we were busy.

Then the blessed day came when I finally landed an internship that worked for our family. It was close to home, I could take Emmitt to work if need be, and I could take a few credits as well. Tom quit his job and went back to working in Rexburg, we found out baby number 2 was on the way (Surprise!) and we were still busy.

This semester, we finally slowed down a little. I became a part-time student and I resigned my post at my internship. Through it all, Tom has been willing to work around my schedule and be an amazing father to Emmitt, trying to make sure that at least one of us could be with him at all times. Before I married Tom, I couldn't have dreamed up a more considerate, understanding, hard-working father and husband. I think of all the late homework nights he stayed up with me to make sure I didn't fall asleep, all the things he's teaching Emmitt, how he's worked to support us and how he holds down the fort while I'm at school. I really don't know how to thank him. It feels so good to be walking away from school and being able to say that I finished my degree. I couldn't have done it without Tom.