Christmas 2009

We had three days of Christmas this year. On the 23rd we had my family Christmas party at my parent's house. We had a big meal, had a talent show, played our annual left, right gift game, and my Dad talked to us a little bit about the Joseph Smith project he's been working on the last ten years. He gave each of us kids one of his books. I swear the thing weighs 8 pounds at least! It's neat to have a copy of something he's worked so hard on. Here's just a few of the pictures from that party, I forgot to take pictures until everyone was about to leave!

On Christmas Eve we had a party with Shaun's mom and all the brothers. It was at our house this year and we had a yummy lasagna dinner and then we exchanged gifts. Patsy and Jay got Isaak this cute rocking horse. It makes fun horsey noises and he loves it.

Here's Patsy and Jay...

Scott, Jae, and Lila...

Brett and Logan....

Our family.....

This is our living room later that night after Santa paid us a visit...

On Christmas morning we opened presents for about an hour. I think Isaak got through two, maybe three presents because he would open one, play with it for about half an hour, then move on to the next one. Then we went to Ric and Jo's for their Christmas breakfast and gift exchange. Here's Brett, Lauren, and Logan...

Adam and Lila...

Shaun, Isaak, and Ashy

We had such a wonderful Christmas! Christmas afternoon my parents came to visit and see what we had gotten from Santa. That evening we went to Scott and Jae's house for a party. Then on Saturday Darin and Rachelle came to stay at our house. We went sledding, ate lots of junk, and watched movies. They stayed overnight and left around noon on Sunday. So much fun! Now it's time to look forward to the New Year and Birthday months!

And there were shepherds abiding in the fields

Shaun and I are both on the Activities committee in our ward. Here we are at our "Night in Bethlehem."

I survived!

My maternity leave ended two weeks ago and since they are switching over the computer systems in January, I was LUCKY enough to get to go to a two week intense training session. (can you hear my sarcasm:) My schedule was from 8:30 at night to 2:30 in the morning. Then I got to drive home in the snow, feed the baby, shower, catch a tiny bit of sleep and then get up in time for Shaun to go to work. I am SOOO glad that is over. I don't have much reason to complain anymore, I'm back home working the bare minimum to keep my flight benefits, which means hardly at all! I can't believe that Christmas is next week, I think this entire weekend will be spent shopping.
Shaun's new business is going well. He loves his new office and is able to sell so much more than he could with Farmer's. I'm happy to have a happy husband at the end of the day. He loves to work again, Yay!!!!
Isaak is so happy that there are Christmas specials on TV. If he could have his way, all he'd do is watch shows, have a bottle, or play outside. He's so funny now that he can communicate what he wants. Too bad he doesn't always get what he wants. (What kind of mother would I be if I let him watch TV ALL DAY?!) His vocabulary has got to be at least 500 + words now.
Lila is awake!!! She's past the newborn asleep all day stage. She is SO smiley! She can roll from her front to her back. She's such a happy baby. She really only cries if she's hungry or if she's got a gas bubble in her tummy. I definitely lucked out again. I am feeling so blessed this season. I have everything in the world that I could ever want. These picture are from this month for your viewing pleasure! (Sorry, YES! I have turned into one of those Moms I used to make fun of who only posts pictures of her kids and only writes about her kids. I guess that's what happens when your hubby is at work all day. :) Here's Isaak playing with playdough...



Me and Lila...

Christmas PJs!!!

OK, Isaak has his baby monkey strapped to him, is holding his toothbrush and toothpaste( which he calls his choo choo because it has Thomas on it and he also insists on SLEEPING with!!! No, not a blankie or teddy for us, give us the toothpaste!!) and he's also holding a snowball. I thought this picture really captures the quirkiness of toddlers!

Oh! The weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful. (Honestly, it's cold. He lasted 10 minutes outside. )

Yay for December and heaters!

Thanksgiving week

I kicked off the week of Thanksgiving by decorating the house! And of COURSE making sure the kid's Christmas outfits fit, ok, just dressing them up so I could see how CUTE they are!! So here's Lila in her Christmas dress, and some pictures of the house when I finished decorating...

For Thanksgiving day we went to Shaun's Mom's side of the family and then to my family. Shaun's side had a big family reunion with all the cousins. There were so many people that we had to have it in a church. Here's a picture of Shaun's Grandpa, Shaun, and Isaak. I can see the resemblance, they're all three so cute.

Here's one of Shaun's cousins. I'd never met her before, and she fell in love with Lila. She held her for about 75 % of the time we were there. She was such a sweetie.

Here's Isaak walking around with the football... his absolute favorite!

Grandpa and Shaun...

Then we went to my house. We ate dinner, played games, looked at pictures from my parent's trip to Austrailia, and watched movies.

Here's my cute Dad and Lila..

On Friday night we went to Patsy and Jay's house for dinner. Celeste, Chad, and their two sweet kids were in town. Here's the kids watching a show together.

Here's Shaun and Isaak giving Lila moral support while she has her tummy time.

And here's my cute family!! I love them so much! Aren't the kids Sunday Christmas outfits just too fun! It was so nice to have Shaun home for the Thanksgiving weekend. Too bad it's over and I have to move on to this week where my Maternity leave ends... Oh well, Happy Thanksgiving!!! Gobble, Gobble!

First encounter

This is a couple months late, but this video was taken the day after Lila was born. Isaak came to the hospital for the first time and he just thought she was the most precious thing. For the longest time whenever she would cry he would go "OOOHHHH!!! Baaabyyyy!!" I sure miss him doing that!

New moon boots and Big smiles!

Isaak got some new moon boots yesterday and kept them on the ENTIRE day. He loved them so much he just didn't want to part with them, even though you could tell they were challenging to walk in. Lila has started smiling and making fun noises. What cute kids, I just LOVE them soo much!!!

Stats

I took Lila in for her 2 month checkup today and here's where she is

Head 14.75 in 17th percentile
Length 21 in 7th percentile
Weight 10 lb 6oz 43rd percentile


She's gotten so big, so fast! I remember Isaak was in his newborn clothes forever. I LOVE my chubby, chewey baby!

Roots

For our monthly family girl's night last night we tapped into our Danish heritage and made Christmas baskets for our Christmas trees. My Mom used to make these when she was a little girl. The tradition is that you fill them with candy or popcorn and give them out to people that stop by your house on Christmas day. I made one for each member of our little family. They were easy to make and it was so much fun to sit around giggling with all the girls. My Mom also made us some tasty soup for dinner. Here's Miyuki, my Mom and me cutting out the paper.

And Alisa, Kim, and Beth!

Here's my finished work, now I've just got to wait until Thanksgiving is over so I can put up my Christmas tree. :) You can't tell very well from these pictures but they do open up into a little pocket.

The rest of these pictures are random pictures I've taken the last couple weeks. They were just too cute not to include on my blog.