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I figured I should take a turn at posting, so here goes.
Last weekend we took a trip to the thriving metropolis of Rexburg, Idaho, to see our friends Luke and Bre Mecham and Austin and Liz Dutton (actually it was to see Austin's Wii).
Luke and Bre Mecham have a new little clone, Aslynn. She and Arianna had a little bonding time on the couch. Actually it was a staged photoshoot, but what friendship doesn't begin that way? Here's the picture:The weather was cold, but our hearts were perpetually warmed in the fire of friendship.
Moving along...

Once back to Provo, Arianna began taking a new fascination in books. Her mom has had me read "The Work and the Glory" to them while nursing in the evening, and Arianna started wanting some novels of her own. Luckily we had just the thing. The title is unknown and the author is unattributed, but the contents are inspiring almost beyond expression.

She also is learning her numbers by counting the extraneous ellipses.

Aside from her literary accomplishments, Arianna has been very adamant about spending a lot of her time standing on our laps. Since we wanted to encourage this but didn't always have free lap space, we got her a jumper. Although she is not quite big enough, with some adjustments Arianna can spend several minutes practicing weight-bearing. She's rapidly on her way to walking before she can crawl.


In other news, for those of you who may not know, I have been accepted to Logan University's College of Chiropractic in St Louis and will be starting in May, assuming housing works out. The program is 40 months, year-round, and at the end of it I will have a doctorate in chiropractic. If Arianna is still small enough, she can be my assistant and walk along my patients' backs.

Okay, that's enough distraction for now. Get back to work before your boss catches you surfing the net.