It has been a crazy month! Even part time school keeps me on my toes. I leave at 6:30 in the morning and don't get home until 6:30 at night, twice a week. But I'm not complaining, I enjoy it and seeing the girls at school is fun. It is nice because they know what I'm going through so they understand and like to talk about it with me.

Mark has been so good to watch Coleman while I am gone at school. He is the best husband, I don't have to worry about either of them when I'm gone because I know he takes such good care of him. Mark started working for a advertising agency out of SLC doing freelance work. He seems to enjoy it and they are keeping him busy so that is good.

Coleman is growing up so fast. He is crawling around like a mad man! He zooms around and the next thing I know I can't find him and he has reached the stairs and is half way up them. When I turn the corner and he sees me coming he squeals and starts climbing faster. He knows I'm coming after him but it's a big game for him. I don't want him to fall back down when he looses his balance. We have been working on sliding down on our bellies but I don't think he gets it yet, we'll keep working on it. He is such a smart kid I don't know how I got so lucky.

Anyway that is our family in a nut shell for the moment. We are doing good and enjoying the last days of fall before it turns cold. I'm excited for this time of year, all of the holidays and fun time we get to spend together as a family.

Getting to know you

I can't believe I got tagged to do this and it is the longest "getting to know you" thing I have ever seen!

Getting to Know You!
1. What time did you get up this morning? We got to sleep in this morning so 8:30
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds. But lately I have been eyeing those bigger pearls that are really pretty with ribbons used as the necklace, I think those are really pretty
3. What was the last film you saw @ the cinema? Iron man - that was pretty good
4. What do you usually have for breakfast? Cold pizza or cereal
5. What is your favorite TV show?? Where to begin? Since tv is now on the internet and I can watch it at my own pace i've started watching a lot more. but at the moment we are watching  House, MD
6. What is your middle name? Don't have one unless you count my maiden name
7. What foods do you dislike? tomatoes, my mother in law tells me that is because I haven't grown up yet
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? I don't listen to a lot of music
9. What kind of car do you drive? Mitshubishi Diamonte 
10. Favorite Sandwich ? Ham and roast beef with all the toppings!
12. Favorite item of clothing? ones that fit, I just bought a new pair of jeans i'm pretty happy about
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation: Where would you go? a rainforest would be fun or australia
14 Favorite brand of clothing? whatever is affordable
16. What was your most recent memorable day? Mark's birthday was pretty fun, 
18. Furthest place you are sending this? Who knows on the internet

21. Your birthday? March 29
22. Are you a morning or evening person? Neither, I like my sleep in the morning and at night
23 What is your shoe size? 8
24. Pets? None unless plants count
25. What did you want to be when you were little? I think it changed all the time, depending on what I was doing at the moment. Probably a teacher, I know I always wanted to be a mom. I'm pretty sure Speech Pathology didn't cross my mind
26. Any new and exciting news you would like to share with everyone? I'm pregnant. Just kidding
27. How do you feel today? a little anxious for clinic on Monday, I have no idea what I'm going to do
28. What is your favorite candy? probably a baby ruth
29. What is your favorite flower? Roses and Daisy's
30. What is the day on the calendar you're looking forward to? Hmm, December. Coleman's first birthday and the end of my semester
31. What is your full name? Misty Turner Richardson
32 What are you listening to right now? My husband's mouse scrolling
33. What was the last thing you ate? Mini 3 Musketeers
34. Do you wish on stars? No
35. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? A beautiful Red
36. How is the weather right now? Dark, maybe a little windy, I'm not quite sure, I'm inside.
37. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My mom, I get to taxi my little brother around tomorrow.
38. favorite soft drink ? Rootbeer
39. favorite Restaurant? probably Craigo's. I'm all about the all you can eat. 
40. Hair Color? Strawberry blonde
41. What was your favorite toy as a child? I had a stuffed bear that I used to carry around with me every where
42. Summer or Winter? Is fall a choice? 
43. Hugs or kisses? Are we talking about the candy or the action? Hugs if the candy, Kisses if the action
44. Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate

48. What is under your bed? Shoe boxs
49. Salty or Sweet? Depends on the moment
50. How many keys on your key ring? I don't know and I'm not going to go find time to count, more than I need or want to admit
51. How many years @ your current job? What current job? If you count school 7
52. Favorite day of the week?  Wednesday, It means I don't have to go back to school for 4 more days.
53. How many towns have you lived in? 2- Idaho Falls and Pocatello for a few months
54. Do you make friends easily?I think so

I guess I am going to tag Bethany, Natalie and Adrienne

School

School has started for the semester. I have to say I am already so stressed out! I think the longer I do school the more I worry about it.  I have one class on Neurology, mostly dysarthria. (a problem in the muscles used for communication), it usually happens after a stroke or brain injury.   Anyway, that should be an interesting class. The teacher is really fun to listen too and is apart of the clinic setting instead of academia so the things she says are a little easier to follow and she emphasizes the more clinically relevant items.  

 I'm a little more stressed about my clinic assignments.  I will be working with a stroke patient who is aphasic and is basically learning to speak again.  ( if you want to know- Aphasia is different than dysarthria in the sense that aphasia is caused by a lesion in the brain that affects speech).   This client has been coming to the clinic for a while and is doing really well but I still feel like I have no idea what to do.  It's a little scary but I'll just take it one day at a time and I think it will be fun.  I also have an adult language group.  This is a group of seniors that have minor language problems or dementia. I'm kind of excited about that one. My last clinic assignment is with a 14 year old child that has hearing aids who has language goals.  This week I am doing all the assessment to figure out what our goals will be for the semester and then we'll go from there.   My brain is on overload trying to remember all the things I need to do and sort out, hopefully It will be a fun semester.  

Coleman's first word

Coleman said his first word today. He said bye-bye. We have been working on him waving and he has been doing that and then today he said bu-bu. I was so excited. But I contained my excitement and thought that it was just him babbling, so I told myself that if he did it again that we would know that he know what he was saying. And he did! He said it twice today. I am so proud. I thought his first word was mommy because when he is kind of whiny he would say mum-mum-mum, and just repeat it over again, while he was reaching for me. But then he stopped doing it so I don't think that he realized what he was saying it was just babble. (Even though it is cute and I like to think that he knows). Anyway... I didn't realize how complicated it could be to figure out what your baby's first word was going to be. But it has been fun to follow Coleman's development and see the new steps he takes.

Speaking on steps. He is starting to take his first crawling steps. I have been so impressed and sad as well. He has been scooting around like mad on his belly every where he goes for a month now and just recently has started to get on his knees and hands. Well I've never seen him move more than one knee before he reverts back to the belly. But since I've been going back to school I have had Mark and my mom both say they have seen him go about 4 feet before going back to the belly. That is why it made me sad. I don't like not being the first one to see his new growth and development. I guess there is nothing I can do about it.

Wedding

Our little family at the reception.



Here is the happy couple, they are so cute together. I am so excited for Sandy, we went to high school together and to now see her married was so neat. She is the most thoughtful person I know and deserves all the happiness the world has to offer. I know the two of them will be happy. I noticed something at the wedding that is so amazing about Sandy. She is so good at just naturally posing in front of the camera. She has this ability to pose in such a way that she looks great every time. Nobody ever had to tell her what to do because she was so good at doing it naturally. It was astounding.



This is my Uncle, Tim. He was a good person for Mark to hang out with at the reception. Along with my Uncle Troy they all complained about having to go to receptions and stay all night. I'm sure they were all just happy to be there but being men they have to whine about being made to go. So the three of them sat at the edge of the reception and talked and laughed the whole time. I was glad they were there.



This is Coleman and his Grandpa playing in the fountain while we were waiting for the couple to come out of the temple. Coleman wanted to go swimming, just putting his feet in wasn't enough.

Mark's Birthday

We had a lot of fun on Marks Birthday. His parents took us out to eat at Johnny Corino's to eat and then back home for his brother to come over to help us celebrate and open presents. It was fun to see him open his gifts. I had been working on a gift for him a week before the actual day. I was making little covers for his iPod out of socks. I went to Gap and got some cute baby socks and cut the end off and sewed them shut. He thought they were fun and now carries his iPod around in a little red and white striped sock.


For those of you who know what a cricut is I used mine to cut out his happy birthday sign. That was fun.




This is Mark's brother Eric and his little daughter Shea.



Mark's birthday was really fun. I don't know if he was exaggerating or not but he did say it was his funnest birthday ever. I'm sure he said it just to butter me up and it worked, I was officially buttered. It was just a way for me to show Mark how much I love him!

Latest Happenings.

I haven't posted in a while. It is hard to find time. Coleman has been teething so he doesn't want to be sat down or left alone. The poor kid, I'm sure it's painful. August has been a busy month, I guess it always is. Here are a few things we did; we went to a wedding, it was Mark and my Dad's birthday and school started, along with other things that I'm sure I'm forgetting. Here are some pictures.



This is Mark with his remote control airplane. He actually got this for Fathers day but hasn't been able to fly it much. The problem is that we live in Idaho and there is never a calm enough day to go out and fly it. But when he gets to it is really fun and he gets better every time he tries.