I had an elders quorum activity on Saturday night. I didn’t go because I forgot. It would have been better for us if I had gone though.

Instead Elisa and I went to Wheeler Farm so we could pick out a pumpkin. Eden mostly just wanted to look at the rocks, as usual. There are some penned animals that we tried to see. Eden had a little run-in with a bunny rabbit that was as big as she is. The bunny was behind chicken wire. Eden and I were right at the fence sticking our fingers through the wire. But the bunny thought that Eden smelled good and nibbled on her finger. We found three bite marks, and one of them broke the skin. 🙁 Eden had a look of disbelief on her face, and it took her several seconds to react to the pain. Then she started bleeding from the top and bottom of her finger. She’s a pretty tough girl, so she’s going to be OK. It’s a small cut. Within a few hours she didn’t seem to notice it. She also got her first sliver yesterday, but she didn’t seem to notice that either. We’ll have to go back and get our pumpkin later. I wish she were old enough to keep a bandage on her finger. She has a really high pain threshold from what we’ve noticed. When she does cry we know to take it seriously.

I started playing soccer again. It’s indoor soccer for now, because that’s what the work team is doing. The first game I kind of got sick I was so out of shape.

We’ve been able to hang out with Jason a lot now that we live so close. We walked to his house yesterday. It’s less than 3 blocks away. We’re so lucky! We’ll probably be using him as a babysitter a lot too.

This next bit is for posterity’s sake. My extracurricular activities have involved 3 classes at the BYU Salt Lake Center and studying for them. I have been working ahead when I have the chance and I am a few classes ahead of schedule. I sometimes think my classmates wish I would settle down and quit participating so much so class would end earlier.

To manage this Chad and I are working together. He wakes up crazy early, works a 9 hour day, then comes home and watches Eden while I run off to class Tuesday and Wednesday nights. I love talking to him about what I am learning. I love that Eden gets great one-on-one time with Chad. I love that when Chad walks in the door she lights up, drops whatever she is doing and greets him. I really feel like part of that reaction comes from the time they get to have just the two of them.

Eden walks more. She has started to stand up on her own now. She also loves walking towards you, and then she changes direction at the last second, right before you grab her. It’s like she thinks she invented the idea of the feint. She just thinks it’s so funny, and will just laugh at herself. 🙂 She also talks more. She’ll walk right up to you and start babbling and babbling. She gets such an intense look on her face, like she is saying something so important. And her “words” are more rough at that time. At other times they are more sing-songy, like when she is talking to the books. She is so much fun to watch right now.

Eden is a little too courageous out in public. She thinks it’s fine to wander away out of sight of Mama and Papi. It scares Mama. Maybe she will develop a little more fear before she starts walking too fast. The other day I was in line for lunch. A guy was interacting with Eden. He was our age. And then she put out her arms for him to hold her. The rest of the ten minutes I was in line, she had him hold her and wouldn’t come back! He was quite a bit taller than Chad or me. I think she was appreciating the new view.