This year we have a icicle forest all around our house. Can you see how long these icicles are in the tree?

This is right by our front door. Everyday they grow longer and longer. It looks so cool huh?

Here's our cute little helper.

Wes thought it would be a good idea to put all of Sophie's toys from Santa in her carrier with her. If she wants to play with something else it's right there. :)

It wouldn't be Christams if you didn't read the "Sweet smell of Christmas" with sweet scratch and sniff stickers inside.

Snow and flannel jammies

The perfect tree all decorated with presents waiting to be opened.

It wouldn't feel like Christmas without a little snow right?

I think we will just snuggle up by our tree and listen to Cristmas carols. We don't have anywhere else to go, so why not?

It also helps that we are both wearing our flannel jammies. Merry Christmas!

Sophie Rose

Sophie can now roll over from her back to her stomach. She hasn't quite figured out how to roll over from her tummy but we are still working on it.

What a big girl! She can almost sit up all by herself.

Sophie still loves to go to the Gym and workout but only for a little bit.

Doesn't she look so cute in her new coat? Thanks Gigi for all the cute clothes you gave us. We are definately putting them to good use.

My daughter

"The best times of my life, the times that have passed by me the most quickly, were the times when the roses grew wild." It seems that time is going by really fast at our house. But slow at the same time. I just finished reading "Tending Roses" and it really made me sit down and think about my life. I know alot of times it feels like the whole world is going to end because we ran out of diapers or we forgot to pick something up at the store. But all that really matters is the simple things. Holding Sophie just alittle tighter, saying " I Love You" more often, and just enjoying where I am. Even if it doesn't seem like everything will be okay I know that we have a loving heavenly father who loves all of us and knows our situations. I just wish that this Christmas season we can all hug each other alittle longer and be grateful for what we have in our life. For me it's a hard working husband who supports my daughter and I, and a sweet daughter who doesn't care how I act or what I am wearing. She will love me no matter what happens.

Finding the Perfect Tree

After much searching we found the perfect tree. Yay!

The perfect tree, don't you think?

This year we decided to have a real tree. While we were looking for the perfect tree we found a few but then couldn't find them the second time around. By this time we were all cold and just found this tree calling out our name. So, we tied it to the top of our car and we were off. Although it took us an hour and a half to just get the lights on the tree. It was very hard but we did it. Merry Christmas! ( sorry the pictures are not in order. I hope you still enjoy them.)

A Warm Thanksgiving

As many of you know we went to Yuma, Arizona for Thanksgiving. Wesley's sister lives there. They just built a new house and we were able to stay with them at their huge house. Rachel let us stay in her room. She had this amazing light above her crib. Doesn't it look pretty?

I was so tired the whole trip. I tried to take a nap after church but it didn't work out so well. It may look like I am sleeping but I wasn't.

Everyone loved having Miss Sophie around. They couldn't get enough of her. She loves Aunt Gigi gi.

Every morning we would get a knock on our door saying that Rachel wanted to see the baby. When we took her out all the kids would swarm around her.

Who knew having a cousin could be so much fun? Sophie did amazing on the plane ride. I couldn't have asked for a better baby. She adjusted well and loved playing with Rachel. Except for a runny/stuffy nose and a little cough. Thank you Gigi and Jeff for letting us stay in your new house. It is beautiful! We had a blast and can't wait to see you again in a few weeks.