Wednesday, December 31, 2008

100th Post

We just happened to notice that this is also our 100th post. Hurray!!

Here are a few pictures we took over Christmas. We spent Christmas in Logan with our families. Unfortunately, Ethan stayed up late every night and took no naps (not that we didn't try...we just couldn't get him to settle down because he loved seeing his grandparents and aunts and uncles so much). As a result, he didn't give us the reaction we expected on Christmas morning. When we opened presents at Grandma Morrey's, Ethan didn't want anything to do with it. He wanted all of us to go downstairs with him and watch him play with his cars. After struggling with him, he compromised and remained upstairs to play with his cars while the rest of us opened presents. He was a little better at Grandma Taylor's house and actually opened a present or two.

When Ethan saw Uncle John shoveling snow one morning of our visit, he rushed outside to join him while still in his jammies.

We also took Ethan sledding for the first time. He liked it, but we made the mistake of taking him to the sledding hill in Grandpa's truck. He seemed to enjoy the first time down and asked for more, but changed his mind and kept saying, "no...truck!" He absolutely loves riding in trucks and simply sitting in the front seat to explore the dials and buttons.


Fortunately, when we returned home from Logan Ethan was willing to open his presents, and he liked it! It was funny when he opened them because whenever he ripped off a piece of paper, no matter the size, he would hand it to Mom before he continued opening it.
Ethan has been getting really good at putting two words together lately. In the last few days he has also been obsessed with cereal. It is almost all he wants to eat. He often will say, "eat cereal," or "more cereal," or "cereal please." He must think about cereal a lot. The other night Kyle checked on him in his room before we went to bed and he stirred and mumbled "cereal" in his sleep. The good thing that has come of this is that Ethan has finished off all of the not-quite-empty boxes of cereal taking up too much space in our pantry.

We do still love Brooklyn, but she never does anything exciting. Just kidding. Actually, yesterday she started smiling at us when we talked to her. She especially got excited this afternoon when her mama was interacting with her. It is so much fun to see her grow. It is amazing how fast it is happening and we really look forward to getting to know her personality better.

Being New Year's Eve, we were planning on staying up to watch a movie once our kids were both asleep, but as tired as we feel now at 10:21 PM we will ring in the new year with our eyes shut.

Happy New Year!! (and good night)

Monday, December 22, 2008

Ward Christmas Party

We've had quite the week. We attended four Christmas parties together as a family this week. Jen got food poisoning from a RS activity this week and almost had to miss our ward Christmas party. Fortunately she felt just well enough to attend (though she only ate bread and water) so that she could help persuade Ethan to sit on Santa's lap after last year's fright. It was a little less traumatic, we think.Brooklyn took to Santa much better.
Although she had been in bed all day, Jen didn't want to miss the Christmas party because she was asked to portray Mary. The woman who asked Jen also had a costume made specifically for her to wear. Besides, it would be Brooklyn's acting debut. Not only would she be able to stretch herself by playing a boy, but what an opportunity to play the part of the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

Lastly, here is a picture we took a few weeks back of Brooklyn in the Santa dress her Grandma Taylor got for her.
We spent the weekend in Logan for family Christmas parties. The drive there was a bit of a pain since they closed I-15 just north of Ogden due to a 33-car pile up. We hate winter driving! Our drive home was fine, but Kyle was sick today with the flu, I've had a sore throat (and still waiting for my stomach to feel 100% again), and Ethan seems to be getting a cold. We sure hope we all feel well again for Christmas.

Friday, December 12, 2008

A Month Already?!!

Brooklyn is a month old today. She's still as sweet as the day she was born. She's starting to sleep for longer periods at night. We don't want to jinx things (again...last time we bragged about her sleeping, she was a terrible sleeper for the next few days), but the other night she slept for a record eight hours, ate, and slept for another four. We're so happy to have her in our family. It's only been a month, but it's already hard to imagine life without her.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Highly Advanced

Our little Brooklyn is growing up so fast. This week when we were giving her time on her tummy she decided she didn't like it, and rolled right over. And then she did it again. And again. And again. We managed to catch it on video. Her grandpa Morrey would be so proud. He loves to brag about how "Highly Advanced" his grandchildren are. Here is some proof.



Rob and Christin came to visit this weekend. Ethan absolutely loves his uncle "Bobo." One highlight of their visit was when they taught him how to make a really cute dolphin sound. (We'll see how "really cute" it is in a couple of days after hearing it over and over and over.) It was fun visiting. Please come again.

This last week, we put up our Christmas tree. It's hard to believe Christmas is so close.