Christmas #2

After we left the O'neals we went to Jeff and Sally's to spend Christmas Eve with them and Dave's dad, Dan. At this point Judah was still sick and very tired, but he was a trooper. He made it through without too much fussing.

We went to a Christmas Eve service, so the kids dressed up in their Sunday best.






This is what Grandpa got for JD

Grandpa opening his calender we made him

Not sure what Dave is doing, but between the two of them this is the best I could do

There was a lot of lounging going on






Thanks Jeff and Sally for hosting and Grandpa for all the great gifts.
Yet again another fun time spent with family!

Christmas #1

I will have several post for Christmas, because it is easier to break it up. I know I do way too many picture, but I can't choose. Sorry!

First we went to the O'neals and spent The night before Christmas eve. Judah was pretty sick at this point, so it was nice to have Mimi to take care of him. We mostly just relaxed, ate, and open gifts. It was very nice.

As you can see he was not feeling too hot.


Silly Jeff

And Dave

Jake (and Mr. and Mrs. Frosty)

Yes this was the only picture of me. Not sure what that was all about.



Thanks Doug and Gloria for being hostess with the mostess.
The food was fabulous, and it was great spending time together!

Can't believe my baby is ONE!

It happened. He turned one. As much as I tried to stop it from happening, and keep him a tiny cuddly baby (ok maybe he was never cuddly, but a baby) I could not. In all actuality it would majorly freak me out if he did stop growing and continued to be a baby, but I was not prepared for the speed at which it happened. Before I know it he will be walking (hopefully), talking (real words), and if he is anything like me bossing everyone around. Well anyways here are the pictures to prove it. We had a small family birthday party. Well it wasn't small, but it was just family. He of course refused to take a nap and was in the worst mood ever. Oh well he won't remember it anyway.

We had a cupcake station for all the other kids.


As you can see I woke him up and he was not happy.

This is us teaching him that food solves all your problems.
Bella trying to get him to smile.

Garebear. It looks like he was also woken up, but unlike Judah he is always smiling.

They have no idea what is going on!

The family anxiously waiting for him to open his gifts





Dave took this opportunity to wear his rad vest.

Poor kid was so confused. He was also very determined to eat every M&M off of it first.





He was not happy when we took it away!

AND it is over. not sure where that part in his hair came from!
Thanks everyone for coming and helping us celebrate!

AHHHHH!!!

Because of all the crazy stuff that goes on during the holidays my Christmas post will not be here for a while. Sorry. dry your tears. Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas!!!

Judah

Just wanted to update you on a few Judah things. Of course I think that he is the most adorable kid in the whole world, like every mother, and now he is finally starting to learn different things, mimick people and just do funny things.

Some things he has learned over the past couple months.

Words Mama (not Kace anymore! thank goodness), dada, liz, duck, lala (I know its not a word, but I am counting it), uh oh. I swear the is more, but I can't think of them

Liz taught him to say moo when you ask what a cow says. Super cute.

pointing. at anything he thinks is funny or interesting or anything he wants.

He stood up!!! I went and bought him some shoes. put them on in the store and he stood up. If I had known it was going to be that easy I would have gotten shoes a long time ago.

Shakes his head no when he doesn't want something. Specifically when I say "can I have a kiss?"
He has also started to get really opinionated about the foods that he eats, which is super annoying.

I think that is about it. I don't think he will win any awards for baby genius, but in my mind he is brilliant.

Friends

I got to see lots of friends the month of November. Two of which are some of my best buds, but are also sisters (to each other). Alicia (We have been friends since we were 13, and we did everything together) Who is now living in Utah, came home and got to see Judah for the first time since he was teeny tiny. Tammy, who lives in South Carolina (We have also been friends for quite some time, but not quite as long. We sometimes talk on the phone 3 to 4 times a day, and yes Dave does totally make fun of us for that). Tammy is pregnant with her first, and we just found out it is a boy!!! I am totally stoked, and we will definitely be forcing Judah and little man to be friends if it doesn't come naturally. Anyways Here are some photo's of our time. Take note that Tammy is 19 weeks prego and you can't even tell!

Alicia on the left, Tammy on the right

Judah is trying to pull my earings out while I am distracted by the photo taking

This is the worse picture of me ever, but I liked how Judah was looking at Tammy.
I just realized all my pictures are from chest up so you really can't tell Tammy is pregnant, but trust me she barely has a bump!

This is the hat Alicia got Judah in Wyoming

SOBFEST 2010

If any of you know me and my family you know that we love parties and we love a good cry. Dave went camping for the weekend and I decide to take the opportunity to have a girls weekend that included Sobfest. For those of you who don't know what sobfest is, it is where a bunch of girls get together, watch really sad movies, and obviously sob.

All weekend was filled with girls and fun. Thursday night Rylie came over and spent the night. We went and did a little shopping (Where Judah stood for the first time on his own! Yeah!!!), Watched the Office together, and the passed out. On Friday Jenna spent the night. We were both worn out so it took everything we had to stay up until 10:30. We watched all our favorite glee video's and other funny youtube stuff and just laughed a lot. On Saturday Liz and Jenna spent the night. We ate at Frontera and then spent the rest of the night playing games, drinking coffee, laughing, watching SNL skits, talking, and lots more laughing. We stayed up until 2:30! AMazing! Of course Judah was there all weekend, poor kid. But he got lots of attention and food from everyone.

And then came sobfest. It probably wasn't the smartest thing to only get 5 hours of sleep, but it definitely helped with the sobbing. We made quesadillas for lunch. Talked for a while. then started the movie. We started with Sommersby. Whew. it was intense. We definitely were all red nosed, snot faced, can't breathe sobbing. Except Holly. I have officially made it my goal to make that girl sob. She said she cried but I didn't see it. We finished the day with Paradise Road. There was some debate about that. Jenna wanted to watch Alex the life of a child, but we all decided we didn't want to start our week with watching a child die for two hours. I think we made the right choice, but Jenna gets dibs next time. Anyways it was tons of fun and if you need a good cry I highly recommend it!

Of course we made goodie bags that had the essentials. Sunglasses, bubble bath, nail polish, lipgloss, chocolate, and tissue. Thanks Jenna for picking out everything to go in them.
Everyone with there sad faces




Some how I didn't get one of Maggie (daon't hate me!) In my defense I am pretty sure I asked, but she was doing something else at the time. So you get a smiling picture instead.

Our goal was to do before an after pictures, but we only did before. I am still going to post them so you can see all my beautiful friends again, and honestly because I like the picture of myself.

It took us a minute to realize you have to take them at a down angle. Otherwise they are no bueno.





Props to Judah for being a trooper.
This is right before he pooped on Liz.