Christmas

Well this week was a hectic one.  We moved in Christmas Eve NIGHT!  I had been working that day (and the day before) and all the moving in was so tiring.  Plus the place was still a disaster and I wasn't ready for Christmas.  But… it came anyway, and so far I survived.

We had a great Christmas!  It was a lot of fun to be home and kids help make Christmas so much fun!

My brother came over and Kale and Sophs played with their Nerf Guns.  It was awesome!

Later that day Kale's family came up to celebrate Christmas.

I am so thankful for my family and for the gospel and all the joy it brings into our lives.  We are so grateful for all the blessings our family has received.  Merry Christmas Everyone!

Early Christmas Present

Well the house is almost done!  They did carpet yesterday.  We are so excited.  For Christmas my mom had a friend reclaim a bed and dresser for Sophie's new room.  It's so awesome!

We are going to use Sophie's current room for the baby and move Sophie into this other room that FINALLY has a closet.  The painters still have to paint and there is lots of finishing work to be done, but the main stuff is almost finished so we are hoping to move in.  My mom has been generous to let us stay at her house but it will be nice to be back in our house.

Thank you to my friends that came to help us clean yesterday.  We were behind on schedule but they were still able to help me clean the kitchen and front room (it was so dusty!).  I am so blessed to have such great friends and neighbors!

Home Improvement Stores...

With the remodel, we have made lots of trips to Home Depot.  Sophie loves it and likes to see the "cool stuff" there (which means all the yard decoration and blow up things).  It's ironically my mom's favorite store too!  So funny.

Apparently this is some sort of plumbing item that Sophie has fashioned into a hat!

Dentist

We are going to have dental insurance for Sophie next year so we thought it would be good exposure to take her to the dentist for kale's appointment.  She naturally loved it!  Kale gets REALLY nervous, plus this his first time seeing a new dentist up here (he has been driving to West Jordan all this time).  He was SO NERVOUS.  Sophie helped calm him down :)

Primary Talk

Sophie has said the prayer and given the thought before, but we had to do a talk for the first time today. She was all pumped.  Before I could make my way up to the front of the room, when it was her turn, she ran to the podium and started to say a prayer.  It was priceless.  I helped her by whispering into her ear for the talk and we showed some pictures.  I was so proud of her (and glad it was over).

Santa

Our ward had a breakfast with Santa.  I was so bummed I was working but Kale said it was fun.  Breakfast was good and Sophie got to sit on Santa's lap.  She said "I'm just a little ervous" (aka nervous).  She's such a cutie.  She keeps asking Santa for a "real dog" which is an interesting thing to ask for.

Pizza Man Field Trip

Sophie had another field trip for school.  I couldn't go but Kale was able to take some time off work to take her.  She had a blast!

They learned about how the pizza dough is made.

They made some twisty breadsticks.  They were adorable and "unique" :)

Sophie got to decorate her pizza with lots of variety of toppings!

Then they baked them!  So fun!

21 weeks

I am 21 weeks tomorrow.  We can't wait to meet Emma May!  Sophie has been able to understand more and more about what's going on.  I haven't done a thing to get ready, but that's ok, I got time!

Besides feeling deathy ill from weeks 6-16, this pregnancy has been pretty uneventful.  I did have to get some IV fluids back in October, but things have been getting a little better.  The baby is measuring right on so her due date hasn't changed: April 14ish!