Merry Christmas!

Christmas was quiet this year. It was just Brig, Whitney and me. My parents came a few days before Christmas for a nice visit. We played games and made caramel popcorn. We enjoyed their visit even though it was short (thanks Ben and Connie for letting us steal them for a couple days). Last night we went out to eat at a Japanese restaurant. Whitney loved the Miso Soup.

This morning Whitney slept in late til 8am! We had Whitney open her gifts after a pancake breakfast. She didn't quite get the point of opening presents, but she sure loved what she got. We got her some blocks, a few books, plastic links, hair rubber bands and her aunt Connie made her some cute, cute, cute hair flower clips. My family did a homemade Christmas again this year, and once again I was very happy with what we got from my brother Jesse and his wife Joyce. They are super neat silhouette pictures. During Whitney's nap Brig and I opened our gifts. Later that afternoon we sat down to a Christmas Dinner that I made all by myself. I spent hours on it. I now appreciate all the hard work that my mom went through for Christmas dinners. I was happy that it all turned out okay. Our friend Andy came over to eat dinner with us. We spent the rest of the night watching a TV and playing with Whitney til she went to bed.

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas!

I got our Christmas cards out a little late this year. If you get yours late, you can enjoy this one while you wait. I had fun making the cards and even took the picture myself. The lady at the photo lab thought they were taken professionally and had me sign something saying that I took them myself. She was probably just trying to flatter me...and it worked! I wasn't about to spend a ridiculous amount of money for professional a shot with Santa. I do want Whitney to have a picture with Santa, so I guess we'll have to crash some other ward's Christmas party (we missed ours) and hope he's there.

Oh the Holidays...

This time of year always makes me happy. I think my favorite part of the season is the smell of a real Christmas tree perfuming the air. Our house smells sooo good!! We shopped around a little bit to get a good deal on a tree. Some lots here are trying to rip people off charging $75 bucks (or more) for a descent tree. Now I am starting to see why people get a fake tree, because of the one time cost. We finally found good prices at Home Depot. Anyway, we decorated it today. Whitney wanted to get to the tree so bad that she actually tried to scoot herself to it (she doesn't usually want something bad enough to get to it herself). She did pretty good reaching and stretching her body til she got a handful pine needles. As much as I want her to finally start crawling, I kinda hope that she won't until after Christmas and the tree is gone. If the tree is motivation for her to start crawling then I guess I can't keep her from it. I just hope she doesn't get hurt with so much non-baby proof stuff around the house for the holidays.