Christmas Letter

My Girls

My girls are so patient.  This move has been a bit rough on all of us.  Between cleaning, moving, thanksgiving, the funeral etc. they have been troopers through it all.  I hold them tighter and kiss them more often realizing what a blessing they are to me.  Oh how I LOVE being a MOM!!

On Monday, Nana and Papa came with Jeremy and Crystal for a fhe visit.  We went to pizza and had egg nog shakes.  It was such a fun night!!  That night Molly woke up with a fever.  The next day she was lathargic all day and fevered but no other sympoms.  She did a lot of sleeping...the sign that she is really sick and today she seems great.  (She slept from 8pm-10am the next day and took a nap)

Here she is all curled up snoozing.  So sweet.

Avenley at 4 Months

I love this stage.  Avey is full of Smiles!!  She smiles at anyone who smiles at her and she can light up a room!  She still takes 3 naps a day and nurses in between.  She is nursing without the shield now and doing well with that.  The day before she was 4 months she rolled over from back to front.  She has rolled from front to back as well, but does back to front better.  She likes to be held and prefers her mommy but will go to others too.  She is so easy going and only cries when she is tired or hungry.  She likes her binkie now.

Jason Bjorn Crowther

Last week a friend of mine passed away.  Jason and I met while I was living in Nauvoo.  They had a dance at the Academy and he asked me to dance.  He asked for my phone number that night and a few weeks later we were "dating."  Jason and I dated even after I left Nauvoo and until he left on his mission.  (for about a year)  He was a very kind and generous person.  That is something about him I will never forget.

I was pretty disturbed with the news of his passing as it was a suiside.  He had been struggling with depression for a long time...even before I met him and he took his own life, leaving a wife and 3 young boys.  Jessica and I went to the funeral in Saratoga Springs last Monday.  It was really heartbreaking.  I have to remind myself that he was sick.  Thoughts and prayers still go out to his family.

Thanksgiving

Between the cleaning and unpacking we were able to go to Grandma and Grandpa Whiteheads for Thanksgiving.  We stopped at the Sidwells for a long overdue visit with Nana and Papa first.  (Nick had gone up the day before to see Jeremy in a play)  Enjoyed spending a little time with them before heading to Price.  Molly was in heaven when all the cousins arrived.  We ate such great food, and had such a fun time together.  Avey and Molly were both spoiled with attention.  They did great though and slept great too.  We also got to go to Breaking Dawn with my sisters and older nieces and shopping too.    Love how sweet Avey looks snoozing.

DIRTY!

Well we learned a lesson with this move...don't look through a place quickly without power on.  When we were looking for a place to move we were impressed with this duplex mostly because of the size, location and garage for the price.  Most of what I looked at was half the size and an apartment for the same price so we looked quickly and signed on the line.  When we got up here to move in...we looked beyond the "cleaned" carpets and were really disappointed.  We ended up spending the next 4 days CLEANING!  Not unpacking...just cleaning.  Mom and Dad came to help and my friend Amy came the day they left and helped too.  It was SO NICE and generous of them!!  We are now in a CLEAN duplex 2 weeks later.  We are loving the ward, library and location.  Can't wait to see what Davis county has to offer us!

Along the stairs.  We ended up washing the whole house...walls, appliances, cupboards, windows, etc.  

 Broken front window.

 Window seals.

 Along the stairs.

 More window.  You should have seen what we found in the vents.  Yuck!

Bike Ride

We got this trike for Molly when she got potty trained, but she never got very good at riding it before winter.  Then this summer, I didn't get it out much because I was big and pregnant and didn't want to get down and help her.  (Lazy mom I know)  So this fall when we got it out she really enjoyed it.  She can peddle herself now but doesn't like to go fast.