milestones

Some pretty exciting stuff happening in the fernelii/pruitt households. little things. but that's good enough for me.

 

Emma turned 11 months on october 5th!!! what a babe!

Then yesterday when they came over for lunch, i saw...with my on two eyes...emma freakin walking to her mommy a few feet away!!! she was reluctant, but her mommy wanted to show it off and encouraged emma to make it happen. i was glad. because that was the cutest thing i've ever seen. i even had a dream the other night that i was there when emma started walking and it was a hilarious little wobbling walk in the dream, but in real life she was much more normal and cuter!!! the picture above and below are obbbviously from facebook;). & my dad is gross. so feel free to cringe a little at his remarks.

I gave blood today for the first time! last time i forgot my i.d. but not today!! i honestly didn't think they'd let me give blood considering i have weird blood things that go on with my body. not to mention i assumed my weight and iron levels would be borderline. turns out, my weight and height proportions were exactly right to qualify. one pound less & the guy said he'd have to defer me. whew! made the cut off. and the lady said that my iron was 13.5, way higher than the minimal 12-point-something. so yay! i bet it helped that i prepped throughout the day by drinking water (considering i'm not a big water drinker) and drinking chlorophyll beforehand. & applying some balance and aromatouch essential oils.

 

So i gave blood, i watched them prick my finger and stick my left arm. afterwards, i expected at least a minimal amount of lightheadedness or dizziness or headache. something. considering i get dizzy very easily. just standing up too fast i get dizzy. hm actually, to be completely honest, that hasn't happened in quite some time. i haven't noticed that. my hands are still unbearably cold always, but the dizziness hasn't been a huge problem lately. hmmm... but nope. i felt completely and totally normal/myself. no symptoms at all. it was a pleasant surprise.

 And the other thing. i passed my nbcot certification test!! i found out the unofficial pass/fail status via the nbcot login page last thursday...10.4.12. my classmate thom found out the same day...he passed too!! so far, everyone who's taken the test has passed. amer, tia, wendy, thom, me. kate's taken it too but i don't know how she did yet. and lucy won't find out about hers for two more weeks. yay class! we rock. =D oh yes, and thom got a job at dream therapies....i'm so jealous. it sounds so fun...and smelly. but he'll do well there. he has his own kids at home so something routine and easy would benefit his personal needs better. he can handle it and have so much fun also. darn me for being so young, single, and ambitious to choose a place like umc to work. mine's the total opposite of his....mine will be stressssful, intense, high action, etc. but it's because i am all those things that i decided now's the best time to go big to learn a lot first hand so that later on...as i settle a little more in life...i can specialize or move into something a little more laid back.

Lastly, young benjamin is not such a young lad anymore. =( his voice is changing. he occasionally croaks and squeaks. his voice changed over night literally. one day i woke up and heard benjamin speak and i literally asked him, "did your voice change?" dang boy! it had only been 24 hours since i last heard you speak!! he's 13, 14 in march. he's turning into an awkward teen. he replies in those 2 word answers. he mumbles. he talks in a low muffled tone. he says "like" and "uh" every other phrase. sigghhhh. oh life. just yesterday i was listening to some old recording between me & ben on my mp3 player. one was from almost exactly a year ago. his voice was still the voice of a child's. that was back when either he, ash, or i would answer the phone and we'd all sound like the same voice to the person on the other side. people always thought ben was either me or ash. but now his voice deepening. haha funny guy.

 

Here is a quote-on-quote 'interview' i had with him in september. just a random video we took because it had been a while since i'd done one with him and he agreed to participate. but in it, it's easy to notice some of the changes and how much he's grown.

 

Me: so i'm going to ask you a question and you answer okay? How do you like your new braces?

Ben: i guess they're alright

M: do they hurt?

B: uh. sometimes.

M: what's the hardest food to eat? er, what's the food that you wanna eat, but can't?

B: almonds.

M: almonds? why almonds?

B: because i usually eat em every day, but if i do they get stuck in the little slots or whatever.

M: oh. i didn't even think about that. i didn't know you liked almonds that much.

Okay. what about popcorn?

B: uh. i never really liked popcorn.

M: laffy taffy?

B: laffy taffy i could still eat if i tried.

M: how about. how is it like brushing your teeth?

B: it takes a good 20 minutes.

M: 20 minutes? you must be thorough.

B: i'm getting better at getting through the wires.

M: do you floss in between with that little stringy thing they give you?

B: well, they have like a little hook thing to go through.

M: Fascinating. i remember those days. how much time do you have left?

B: um. how long has it been since i got my braces?

M: um. a month? maybe

B: oh. it feels like 2. maybe 4 or something.

M: yeah. it's probably been a month.

B: oh well then that still leaves me with a year & uh 11 months.

M: oh. okay. [muahahaha]. well good luck. i wish you the best.

Any last thoughts?.....about life?

B: No.

 

*Stand byyy me...stand byyy me*

Annd cut.

Kudos to the milestones of life.

"Life is not meant to only be appreciated in retrospect. this is the day which the Lord hath made. rejoice, and be glad in it....there is something in each day to embrace and cherish. there is something in each day that can bring gratitude and joy if only we will see and appreciate it. perhaps we should be looking less with our eyes, and more with our hearts...one sees clearly only with a heart. anything essential is invisible to the eyes...Therefore, let us resolve to spend more time with those we love. resolve to strive more earnestly to become the person God wants us to be. Resolve to find happiness regardless of our circumstances...we cannot take for granted one single day. i pray that we will not wait until we are ready to die before we truly learn to live."
Dieter F Uchtdorf, October 2012 General Conference address