Baptism, Christmas, Work

A couple weeks ago Christian was baptized. It was amazing! My mom, dad, sister Lindy, bro in law Dan, nephews and brother all came!! He has been a Christian for many years but had yet to be baptized. Hearing him tell his testimony and also talk about the wonderful influence of my family and I, specifically my dad, was so touching. Christian is such an amazing husband, friend, and father. I am so glad I was able to experience his baptism with him and my family.

This is Christian and our awesome Pastor Craig

Sophia has been growing up SOOOO fast, it is unbelievable!! What a little chatter box. She absolutely loves to be naked, that is when she talks the most. :) She also loves to stand and sit, stand and sit, stand and sit. I can not get enough of this girl!!! She makes me smile and I smother her with kisses so often I think she is getting annoyed. :) Jessica helps so much with her, and Dylan is getting better at not just staring at her but interacting  as well :) Great older siblings and Sophia just LOVES anytime they are around. She especially loves her dad. If he is home and talking, she is staring at him and SMILING so BIG! It makes me so happy.

Happy kids = Happy mom.



As you can see, we are already in the Christmas mood and have all our decorations up!! We always TRY and wait until after Thanksgiving but does not always happen. We are even done with most of our shopping....I love this Holiday SO MUCH! The music, the lights, the warmth, the tree, the family time.....It makes me so happy! And since I have been on this baking kick, this is the first year that our house is smelling extra yummy from all the treats. We don't have a fireplace but we got this "Fire" dvd from my mom and put that on the tv, and it seriously warms up our home!! LOVE IT. I can't wait until Thanksgiving Thursday, although Emily and Christy will both be MIA. :( I am making the Turkey this year too!!
Last Thanksgiving I was "late" for my time of the month and was skyping with Christy and told her I was going to take a pregnancy test soon...Little did we know! Christmas time last year, Sophia was a tiny little blueberry. This year has truly flown by! This is our first year in a house so we are excited to decorate a litte outside, always makes things even more cheery driving up to a house with lights.

I have returned to work two days a week, and so far it is going well. It is so nice to see my friends! It is also nice to make some money and be somewhat active again. However, it is only getting harder to leave my baby girl every time I have to work. I pout big time. I have plenty of pictures and videos on my camera to help, but of course, it is not the same!! Christian and the kids have so much fun watching her though. And since she is pretty much on a schedule, I think that helps too.