A Few More. . .

New Years Eve

Our Family

Ashley and Clay

A Warm New Year. . .

Sleeping in Denver

Thai Cousins

Sea Life Park

I love my Aunt Rachel

Swimming Buddy

This year we were able to spend a very relaxing week in Hawaii for the new year. The weather was gorgeous the entire time. 80 degrees felt pretty awesome compared to the frozen wasteland we're used too. We spent time swimming, eating, going to the beach, eating, going to a sea life park, eating, shopping, spending time with family, and eating. I don't have many pictures of myself because my hair was a frizz ball the entire time, (I don't do well in humidity) and being in and out of the pool so much, make up was non existent this trip. Besides all that, it was a wonderful vacation. We feel extremely lucky to have gone. The warm weather must have put Eva in a coma. She slept about 18 hours a day there which was great because we were able to party a lot without having to worry about her.
Our plane trip to Hawaii wasn't so luxurious. We flew to Denver where we supposed to have an hour layover and then continue non-stop to Honolulu. Well, it turned into a seven hour layover because they were servicing the plane. Seven hours in the Denver airport with a one and a half year old is crazy. She thankfully fell asleep for about an hour, but all of us had about had it when we had finally arrived in Honolulu. Thankfully Jenna was flying with us. She was our life saver. Eva only fell asleep in her arms on the plane. Jenna and Eva definitely have a connection. The trip home was a piece of cake compared to that. Enjoy the few pictures. . .

Christmas

I apologize for the lack of posts in the last month! Once my family came into town it was a whirlwind of events. Christmas was very successful this year. My family's annual Christmas Eve program was the best yet. We had everything from a dance contest, to a knight who would eat anything you wanted her to, to a deal or no deal game show. Clay, Eva, and I spent Christmas morning together at our house. Eva gave us the best gift yet by sleeping in until 10:30 that morning. Clay and I were able to get ready before she even woke up! We gave each other our gifts which included a kitchen play set for Eva. Then we were off to Christmas with my family, eating breakfast and opening gifts. Afterward we went and spent time with Clay's family eating once again and enjoying a leisurely afternoon. We took a video but no pictures that morning which Clay will have to post soon.

We're having a . . .

Many of you may not know, but I am now twenty weeks pregnant. Clay, Eva, and I went in for our ultrasound on Wednesday morning to see of the baby was healthy and what the gender is. Clay and I were excited to find if our baby was healthy, but we got emotional when we found out we are having a baby BOY! Clay is pumped. This pregnancy is much different than the first because we've been through this all before. But now that we know we are having a boy, it has changed Clay's and my excitement level. I took a couple of pictures with Eva in her pig costume (because she was born in the year of the pig) with a stuffed ox (this baby will be born in the year of the ox). She has had an attitude problem the past couple of weeks so they didn't turn out too great, but still enjoy.

Nursery

All ready for nursery!

Eva is officially 18 months old which means . . . . .drumroll . . . .she is in nursery. Clay and I are so excited she is finally able to go. We both have demanding callings, so it was getting extremely hard to have her with us, although Clay had her most of the time. We took her in nursery yesterday and left her alone the entire time. We debated whether or not we should stay with her but opted not to. We would peek in the window occasionally to see how she was doing. She was playing well with the other kids and during the lesson and snack she sat in her own chair and followed along with everything. When it was time to pick her up we peeked in the window before hand. She was laying on a little piece of carpet while the other children were playing around her. She was exhausted. When we went in we asked the teachers how she did, they said she did great. She never cried and fell asleep for about twenty minutes. Did I mention she did all this without her binki. We are extremely proud of our smart Eva. Thank heaven for nursery.

Contest

I entered Eva's picture in a photo contest for smiles at the Select Health dental website. Follow this link and vote ( you can do it once a day from each computer) and be sure to tell your friends, family members, neighbors, etc.

http://www.protecttoothy.com/smileContest/photoDetails.aspx?photoID=397

Halloween Part II

Mommy and Piggy

Amy, Nick, and Eva

Clay pulling the kids around

Social piggy, talking on the phone

Eva's Pig Noise

All of our pictures and video didn't fit in the last post, so here they are!