Merry Christmas To All!

Since It's been exactly a month since we last posted, I thought it was now time to update. Things that have been going on with us this past month:

1) Will now has six teeth, which he LOVES to grind. It makes my skin crawl. Yuck.
2) Andy finished this semester with a BANG! He did so well in his classes and we are so proud of him! We've been enjoying lots of time together this winter break!
3) I celebrated my *STAR* birthday. I turned 22 on the 22nd. It was a great day. My super awesome hubby got me a massage and it was amazing!
4) I got a new hobby. Quilting. I am currently making a Christmas quilt for next year!
5) We celebrated our first Christmas as a trio. It was so nice. Some of our highlights:
*Will got lots of goodies from Mom & Dad, Santa, Grandma and Grandpa, and Granny and Gramps, plus some cousins on mommy's side.
*Andy and I bought ourselves tickets to see Michael Buble in concert on the 31st of March. It's going to be part of our anniversary too! We are so excited!
* I combined some Christmas/Birthday money to buy myself some Reebok Easy Tones, for better legs and a better butt :) hahaha But seriously, I did.

We worked Christmas Eve here at the RMH. It was SO crazy. It was such a rewarding experience to see how GIVING others can be. Others generosity brought me to tears multiple times that night. We played Santa for the guests who were not able to go home for Christmas. Waking up early to hand out gifts was hard. Especially when we were up until 130 getting everything together for the big day. I made our stockings, it's something I am going to do for all our children. It's easier then buying a bunch of stockings and it makes them personal to each child. I kept messing them up though. And the fluffy white fabric I bought for the tops sheds like a cat. That is why we were up until 130. I kept having to unpick my seams with my tiny seam picker. Santa knew how much trouble I was having though and gave me a large seam picker in my completed stocking! Yay!

Here are some pitcures of our holiday:

Will opening gifts at his Great-Great Aunt Loralee's house on Christmas Eve. Thanks Avery!

Man, you know it's been a rough day when you crash in the high chair!

"Of course I am scared of Santa! Stranger Danger! AND he sneaks into my house late at night!"

Me and Mom on Christmas morning!

Our Tree on Christmas morning. Look at all that Loot!

Daddy helping me with my gift of goodies from Granny and Gramps!

These are all my toys from Santa! Blocks, cars and lots of snacks!

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and remembered our Saviors' birth!

teefers

We went from Will having no teeth to having a mouth full. He now has two teeth which have pushed through and two more coming in. Yes, our house has been full of the sound of whining.

We put up our Christmas decorations. It's been so fun! Will went for the tree once, we said "Will, please DO NOT touch the tree" and he hasn't gone to it since. It has only been two days though.

We had an awesome sacrament meeting yesterday. Once a year, our ward does a meeting "testimony style" where you can go up and talk about a particular hymn which has touched your heart, then as a ward, we sing the song. It was so awesome! It was fun, but also very spiritual. We have never done that. We have decided we love being in an older ward with it's quirky traditions!

We went to Hogle Zoo Saturday night to see the lights. I was lots of fun, but super cold. We saw the snow leopard (I am sure they feel right at home this time of year) the tiger and her three cubs, the bears, the red panda. Lots of other animals who are normally hiding out during the day. It was fun.

Friday, Andy and I had a hot date! We went to SamPan for yummy chinese and then to see "Surrogates" it was weird. Not bad, just weird. It was great to be with just Andy! We haven't been on a date with just us in a long, long time. We forgot how much we liked each other :P

Here at the RMH we have a girl who is from South Carolina. She's helpin me keep up with my southern roots and it's refreshing to have "my people" around!! haha

Once you go Black, you never go back!

It should be illegal for an underage boy to look this good.

And make grown women FAINT!

Jacob has always been my favorite Twilight stud muffin. I loved him in the books. (As many of you might have heard me say, Bella is a selfish hussie and Edward is too serious.) Jacob is just a light hearted, lost in love puppy. Pun intended.

New Moon was a great movie. Again, Bella and Edward were incredibly awkward. And Jacob looked amazing, with that big grin and amazing body. (Andy, I still love you more though)

But it's true. I am 110% Wolf Girl.

Ideas

We would like to get our family pictures done, ASAP! I would LOVE outdoor pictures, but I know those are a little pricey. Anybody know anyone who does good pictures, at a good price?

HELP! Will is almost a year old and we STILL don't have a family picture! Let me know if you know of anyone!



(oh...and I am so excited for New Moon!)

Seriously, He's SO cute!

We finally have a tooth! That's right, little man is finally sportin some chompers! It's sad how fast he is growing up.

Here are some pictures to show off his studliness!

9 Months!

Will turned 9 months old on the 25th of October. I just can't believe how much he is growing. He is such a happy baby and is such a little boy. He's also quite the momma's boy, which is fine with me! He loves to cuddle with me and play around with Daddy.

We went to the Doctor this past Wednesday. He weighs 15.13 pounds and is 28 inches long. He is still just LONG and SKINNY, as always. Now it's time to put him in the convertible car seat. He's officially too long for the infant car seat. The doctor says he's developing very well!

He is LOVING our new place and all the room he has to play in. Our new place is set up so nicely that he is able to crawl from one end to the other, and if he falls, no biggy, the carpet is nice and soft! It has been wonderful not having to worry so much about where he goes, or what he is getting his little fingers on. He loves this new found freedom.

We are pretty much all moved in. Just the pantry to finish! (It's HHHHAAAUGE!) I am really loving working with the families here at the RMH. They are so kind. It's sad to think about the struggles they are going through. I admire their strength so much!

I just finised 2 other books. Masquerde and Revelation. Both the next books in the Blue Blood series. Both very good. This is a fun, quick series, to which I have gotten the next book as well, The Van Alen Legacy. I have discovered I read a TON! It's quite fun. I love reading.

Look at this cuteness!

If this isn't the CUTEST little boy I have ever seen!
Thanks Matt and Raquel for taking such great care of our little man!
(And, thank heaven for play pens!)