Happy Anniversary!!!

Jesse and I just celebrated our 2nd Anniversary. My mom took Anya and we went down to the Anniversary Inn in Logan. We stayed in the room King Arthur's Castle. We got a great deal on the room and had a nice evening. We were supposed to just stay one night in Logan, but we got snowed in and had to stay another. Lucky for us, my brother and his wife live there so we just stayed at their house the second night. Thanks Mark and Mckenna! It was nice to get away and just spend time by ourselves! However, I was missing my Anya and it was nice to get home to her when the snow stopped. Thanks for watching her mom!

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

This year Jesse wanted to cook a duck for Christmas Eve dinner, so that is what we did. We had duck, twice baked potatoes, rolls, broccoli and cheese, and sparkling cider. We then went over to some friends house and did dessert. Here is Anya sporting her new Christmas jammies, which I had to wash in the middle of the night after she threw up all over me and my bed!!! She hasn't been feeling well lately, so I was just holding her in my bed and the next thing I knew, we were changing bedding and clothing. I guess that is better than the night before when we had to have three baths and two bed changes during the night. Hopefully she will start feeling better!

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas! We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We stayed home and did Christmas by ourselves this year. It was quiet, but relaxing. Anya loved all of her presents and enjoyed playing with them all day. We had a fun day of assembling Jesse's BBQ grill and Emily's buffet cabinet. We hope everyone has a Happy New Year.

Santa Baby!!!

Here she is, our little "Santa Baby"!!! We needed a cute little outfit for her to wear when she sees Santa. This is what we found. She knows that she is cute, too! As you can see from the first picture, she is looking a little under the weather. She is sick again!!! Well, actually she is on the mend now, thank goodness! She had really bad croup with a terrible fever. We called the Dr., and she told us to take her out into the cold air. So, here she is all bundled up out on a walk in the middle of the night. Despite it all, she has remained in good spirits, which has been so nice. She is such a happy baby (well at least when mom is around, right, Jess?), and we are glad she is getting better!!!

Oh, Christmas Tree!!!

So, we are officially ready for Christmas. The halls are decked, the tree is up, and the presents are bought. Now all I have left is the wrapping! We went and got our tree last night...in the dark with a flash light, might I add!! I think that it turned out to be a pretty nice one. We came home and got it lit and decorated. As you can see from the picture. there aren't any decorations on the bottom branches. I am sure we all know why.... Anya?! I had to gate the tree off this morning because I was in the living room, and here came little Anya pulling the beads behind her right off the tree. This could be interesting!! I think this must be a different kind of tree than I have usually gotten (my grandpa said he thought it was a cedar tree) because I could not sleep last night because the smell kept waking me up!! Crazy!!! I think now I have gotten used to the smell so maybe I will sleep better tonight. I have used all of my decorations and I think I need more to put in the room with the tree. It looks pretty bare back there. Anyway, I guess we are ready to let the season begin!!!

Busy, Busy Baby!!!

Here she is my BUSY, BUSY baby. She is now 10 months old and walking/running everywhere and into everything! I feel like I go in circles cleaning up after her. Her favorite thing to do is to find any cupboard she can reach and empty it all out! If I turn my back for a second when the gate to the stairs is down, she is halfway to the top with a huge smile on her face. She keeps us on our toes and very busy, but we love it! She has quite the little personality coming through, and occasionally we can get her in a laughing mood when she giggles at everything. A few Sundays ago we were in Lyman. During sacrament meeting, Carter and Jilly kept dropping this flower and she thought it was so funny! She was laughing out loud, and everyone kept turning around to see what was so funny. We eventually had to take it from them because she was causing too much of a scene. She thinks her dad is so funny and runs to him whenever he comes home. She is finally sleeping through the night and napping about 3-4 times a day. She is so fun to have around, keeping me company all day, even if it does mean cleaning all day!