Christmas 2008

We had a very Merry Christmas this year in California. We left early on Christmas Eve to spend a few days with the Holloway family. Sandi had a very busy schedule set for us with lots of fun things to do. On Christmas Eve, we got to meet little Rylan for the first time, we had a delicious dinner, watched "A Christmas Story", and Blake read Luke 2 to everyone. On Christmas morning, Blake woke me up at 5:45 so that we could see what Santa brought for us...then I went back to sleep for 2 hours. Blake was so excited to open presents and get the day started, but he had to wait for everyone else to wake up. We had a really fun day with everyone. We got lots of great stuff, but the best part was watching Reese and Drake open their presents.

The rest of the week was exciting as well. Brent and Sandi rented Duffy boats for the family and some of our friends to crusie around the harbor and look at Christmas lights. It was a blast! I could not believe how amazing some of the lights, houses, and yachts were!

I also wanted to say HAPPY 5 Year Anniversary to my wonderful husband! I can't believe that it has been 5 years already! I am so happy and lucky to have such an incredible husband! And I simply cannot wait to continue on this amazing journey with our little boy! Blake will be such a great dad and I know that we have some great times ahead of us...until then, enjoy the picture from our first Winter Formal. I think I was 16 and he was 15 at the time! That was over 10 years ago! Yikes!!

30 Week Ultrasound

I am just a few days away from being officially 30 weeks and I went to the doctor today for my first ultrasound in a really long time. The last time that I had an ultrasound was when we found out that we were having a boy, so I was very excited to see my little boy again. I wanted to have proof once again that he really is a boy because we only had one picture last time. Sure enough, he is still a boy! Yay!

It is always fun to see my little guy. It is so crazy to look at how big he is getting and how smashed he is! It's no wonder that he's always kicking and moving around. He kept putting his hands around his face and by his mouth, so it was hard to get a good picture of his face.

The first picture is a close-up of his face with his little hand resting on his nose. The second picture has his face in the upper left hand corner and his body takes up the rest of the picture. There's a good shot of his chest and round belly. The ultrasound tech said that he's measuring at about 3 pounds 6 ounces. I guess that's about average or a little bigger...I just can't believe that he's just going to get bigger and bigger over the next 11 weeks!

Happy Thanksgiving...

Blake, Molly, and I went to St. George to go visit my family over Thanksgiving weekend. We had a lot of fun hanging out with all of the nephews and everyone else. We left on Wednesday afternoon when I got out of school and enjoyed the beautiful scenery on the way. We actually got to see some snow on the way and it was really pretty.

Boyd, Sara, Me, Blake, Melissa, and Ben after dinner at the clubhouse

On Thanksgiving, we ate our turkey dinner at the clubhouse in my parent's neighborhood. It is actually the place where "High School Musical 2" was filmed. It was sooooo delicious! They had amazing prime rib and all sorts of goodies in their huge buffet! Braxton (Ben's 3 year-old) had apparently never seen a buffet before. He was darting in and out of people in line and yelling, "This is awesome!" He honestly did not know what to do with himself! He ended up eating plate after plate of fresh fruit - he is truly my brother's child! Then, we went back to my parent's house for dessert along with some other family members. I got to see my cousins and aunt, and they gave LOTS of love to little Molly. She was loving every second of it.

Braxton and Caleb at Dinner

On Friday, I was up at 4 am to go to Target. I always say that I won't do that ever again but I always go. I mainly went to hang out with my mom and my sister. We actually had quite a bit of fun standing in the cold and running into the store. We found some good deals and had a yummy breakfast together. We spent the rest of the day hanging out and playing video games. I played the Wii for the first time and I loved it!

On Saturday, I had my second baby shower. It was hosted by my wonderful mom. She did a great job and it was nice to see my family. We got some great gifts and I can't wait to wrap up my little boy in his snuggly blankets and cuddle with him! We also took family pictures on Saturday and I cannot wait to see how they turned out. Caleb AKA Chubbers AKA Big Fat Panda(Ben's 1 year-old) is at the age where pictures are terrible, so he will probably be furious in every picture. I'll post the pics when we get them.

Then, we had to drive home very early on Sunday morning. We had a really great time and I had a blast hanging out with my family and just relaxing. I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving as well! It's almost Christmas...Yay!!