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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Preparing for Christmas

There's a lot to do to get ready for Christmas...
You definitely need to wish everyone a Merry Christmas....
...and take pictures of the young ones,






Spend time with friends/family...
Decorate gingerbread cookies....

We had so much fun at Natalie 's. We decorated gingerbread cookies. (we are pros:)) Abi couldn't wait to get her hands on one.


and you have to stop for a minute and just play....


and play....




and play.
You need to take pictures with the family... (this pic was at Nat's)


and goofy pictures....
You have to decorate and take pictures in front of the tree....

and make cute sock snowmen for decorations. (Candice, Ceryn, my mom and I make these beauties on Thanksgiving.)

Preparing for Christmas was so much fun. I had the opportunity to learn and play the part of Mary for a church program. I told the nativity story in her point of view. It was a wonderful experience.

The spirit of giving blessed our lives.

I love the spirit of Christmas and celebrating the birth of our Savior. I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas! We love you!


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Our Back Yard (basically)

We are truly blessed to have acres and acres of field basically in our back yard. The other day it was warm enough to take Abi and Tank on a walk.

We have these hawks that fly around our house and I have been wanting to photograph them but every time I go out with my camera they fly away. Matt got this photo.


We love this house but are excited to get into our real home in May. I will miss being able to ride our dirt bikes right out into the fields, hearing the owls at night, andfeeding the horses apples from the apple trees. Not to mention the quiet. I won't however miss the neighbors donkey and the pack of Coyotes that get just a little to close for comfort.

Candice's Birthday Party

For Candice's birthday we went to this restaurant in Prove where they cook your food in front of you. I think I am hooked. It was some of the best food I have ever eaten!

I didn't capture Abi's face the first time. I was told her eyes were huge!

The birthday girl.
The noodles were to die for! My mouth is watering just writing about it.

Happy Birthday Candice. I'm so glad your my sister in law!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Itty Bitty Abi

Abi just went in for her 9 month check up on Friday. The doctor asked how everything was going and I told her "Great! This is the funnest stage so far. She is happy, sitting up and sleeping through the night." But then she looked at Abi's charts and turned them around for me to see with a bad look on her face. Abi only gained 1/4 lb in 3 months making her a whopping 13 lbs 2 oz. and only grew 1/4" of an inch. Not good. She told me I need to start feeding Abi butter with her rice cereal, get her drinking more liquids and eating more fatty foods as well as me. I also have to build up my milk supply and take an herb called Fenugreek. Then she proceeded to tell me that she mat have a thyroid problem and that I needed to go to the lab to get tests done. So I did. It was horrible. Abi didn't have and good veins to draw blood so three us had to hold her down while they poked her food and squoze blood out. This lasted about 15 to 20 minutes. By the time I got her home she was exhausted and shaking. Poor baby. All this to find out that her tests came out normal. She's just a small baby and I do need to try to get her to eat more food but she is happy and to me she looks healthy. So it will be a game. Her target weight game for a month is 18 lbs eeek! We will see how she does. :)

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

9 Months Old!

Abi is 9 months old. Wow! It seems just like last week I was posting about her being 8 Months old. She is at a very fun stage. It's probably my favorite stage so far. She has quite the personality. She loves tying to make me laugh. She's going to be quite the comedian.

This month she is sitting like a pro. It's nice to sit her down and let her play with her toys. Although I can't go far. We are working on that.
She's sleeping through the night. 9:30 to 7:30. Yay! We had to put her diaper changing pad in her bed that has the sides that come up so so won't roll over and wake herself up in the night. I can thank my dad for the idea.

She's doing better at eating her baby food, although she still is only eating a jar sometimes less a day.
She takes one nap in her swing. The rest are still in my arms.
She thinks it so funny when she splashed me.
She has a favorite doll. Miss Pinkerton. It makes her smile when we pull it out.


She ABSOLUTELY love books. Big books, small books, hymn books, scriptures, you name it.
She started dancing when music comes on a couple of week ago.
Lasting a little bit longer on her stomach but still not even close to crawling.
Wants to eat everything that we are eating and gets mad if you don't share.

She loves it when I use by blush brush on her. I had to get her her own.
She turns things over and over in her hands. I think it is so entertaining for some reason.
She just loves her little friend in the mirror. :) It is so cute to see her try to touch her face and hands and talk.

Still no teeth.
She started throwing up again in the mornings.
Still in most 3 month pants, and some 3 month onesies but moved up some to 3-6 month. She is so light and petite. I love it.



Still no sippy, binkie or bottle.
What makes her laugh...
When I make towers with her blocks and she knocks them down.
Tank playing with a water bottle.
She loves to splash me when she is taking a bath.
I love it when she laughs so hard she can't breath. I love it when I laugh so hard I cry or my stomach hurts.
She is ticklish under her chin and on her feet.
She can't take her eyes off of other kids when they are around. She wants to play.
Se does really good the first two hours of church meetings but we end up going into the hall with the other babies during sacrament meeting.
Hates it when we watch a movie, talk on the phone, or work on the computer.
She loves her puppy!
She cries when we don't go outside but she does this little thing when the cold air blows like it takes her breath away. :)
I better start planning her birthday party! It will be here before I know it!