Quick(ish) updates.

I had to post a couple of updates on the girls, but I'm not up for downloading pics right now. I'll get to them this weekend, I think!
Anyway...
-Natalie has said her first word! She started last week sometime. It's "hi" accompanied by a very cool hand wave. I don't have a video yet, but I did take a picture and you can kind of tell how she waves. Her "hi" sounds more like "haaaa," but I know what it is!
-Miss Joanna has been wearing panties everywhere all the time (except at night) since Saturday afternoon! I must tell you I LOVE just putting diapers on one kid! We still have a lot of work to do to keep her excited about it and continue growing her ability to do it all on her own, but she's doing so good! She was just ready and she did it! She had one accident at school on Tuesday, but it was around lunch so I know she was distracted. :) She's had a couple of others here and there as well. I think I've mentioned this, but the panties we're using are so wonderful. They're plain white Gerber, and they have extra padding in them to absorb when there's a leak. This means if Joanna's in the kitchen (or say, the front of the Sanctuary at church) and realizes she waited too long, the panties keep her legs (and floor) dry and she runs to the potty. They're also very easy to clean for those icky accidents. We don't have enough, though and they're hard to find, so Joanna's going will get to pick out some others this weekend at the store. I think that's an important rite of passage: picking out panties! I just cannot say how proud of her I am! She is so good about remembering to go, even when she's busy busy. She's even napping in her underwear. My big girl is definitely not a baby anymore! :(
-Enough rambling. I'm very excited that my new work computer has arrived at the church and will hopefully get set up tomorrow! I'm dying to get my hands on it and load all my files and get it "broken in." My little personal computer just couldn't keep up with the demands of my job as of a couple of months ago, so the church purchased one for my position. All I know about it is that is a Dell and it's 17 inches and it's black. I just know it will be so much better at all my graphic-y work stuff. My wonderful mother has been letting me use hers on Thursdays the past 6 weeks or so since I had to start using the new version of this one program and my little Dell just wouldn't have it! I've had a lot of computer issues at work lately, and I'm very much hoping they won't be issues anymore, and that I can just focus on doing good work!