Wednesday, January 18, 2012

January So Far...

So far in January, we have been super, super cute, had lots of baby photo shoots, built a snowman, and we leave off, with being very cute (of course).







I'll try to be a more faithful blogger, but as far as resolutions go, I'll admit...its probably at the bottom of my list. Higher priority goes to: reading with my kids more, having family dinner every night, having FHE, studying my scriptures more often and finding the joy in each day :)

Happy New Year!

Stuff in December

December was busy, and packed with fun...just like this post is packed with pictures! I stopped counting after awhile, but I think there are close to a jillion pictures. Sorry.

We started by decorating the tree together


Then we built a fabulous fort, and ate breakfast for dinner inside it.
We went to Jungle Jim's Playland-yay!



And played with our cute friend, Lilah.

Riley finally learned to sit up, on his 9 month birthday! Go Riley! Now, at just over 10 months, we are still mastering sitting up, and he is a much better roller than he was previously.
Played with cousins while their sister and mom recovered from surgeries.
Practiced our cheesy grin a little more
Took funny pictures of Uncle Brett
Enjoyed a Christmas celebration with my family...
complete with a nativity.
And then, went home to bed, because...well....take a look at the picture.
Helped Dad build his pinewood derby car with a "Finding Nemo" theme.
Riley sported a hip new off-the-shoulder look, and rocked it, if I do say so myself.
Visited Santa Clause (true story: this is the first time EVER in my life that I sat on Santa's lap. Big day folks, momentous occasion.)
We went out to breakfast with my family for Christmas Eve, and even though I don't have any pictures, we also enjoyed a lovely dinner with them at our house that evening. After dinner we drove around looking at Christmas lights, then finished off with the Luke 2 movie, a Christmas story, and then games after the boys went to bed.

On Christmas morning, Cece received a new sweater!
Cam mastered the art of unwrapping

Riley mastered the art of being adorable
And I...was really tired. It was an awesome Christmas.
After presents, we geared up for church
Then headed to my parents for a few more gifts and good company.

Merry Christmas!
Later in the week, after the Tanners returned from Cali, we had Christmas with them. Here is the forced brother hug...

Opening presents with Grandma and Grandpa

Chillin' with Uncle J.
To finish our December, we took Cameron to see Arthur Christmas---very cute movie.

Last but not least, here are a couple of videos, in case you haven't had enough of us already. Riley is a total ham in front of the camera. Only seconds before the camera came on, he was whining and growling, and kind of being a grouch. Behold, the power of the camera.

The other video is Cameron. I love how he thinks that if he can't see us, we can't see him. Its magic!
video video

Stuff in November

Catching up (again) at this point is a little daunting, but I do want to get my pictures posted at some point. It will probably be one of my usual picture overload/smush posts. Enjoy!

In November Cece continued to be cute, although she looks evil in this picture...
Riley started eating lots more food. We think he actually eats more than Cam at this point.
Celebrated Matt's birthday with both of our families.

Went to the Zoo.
And got totally exhausted by the end of the month.


We practiced our cheesy smiles.
Had a fabulous Thanksgiving at my parents house. Sadly, this is the only picture I got. It was warm enough to play outside with this fun parachute. Despite the lack of pictures, dinner was delicious, and the company was awesome.
Just after Thanksgiving we went to Temple Square with my fam.

Happy Belated Thanksgiving to all! Now, onto December!