Monday, December 31, 2012

Christmas 2012

We had a fabulous Christmas season!

Our ward had a wonderful Christmas party.  It was so fun having Benson participate in the nativity.  He loved it and even knew the song!  But he hated Santa and wouldn't sit on his lap  We'd been talking about it for a couple days and he was pretty excited but when the time came he started screaming and would only watch everyone else.  Lucy was fine with him.




 
We saw/walked the lights on Candy Cane Ln with some friends.


Since we were heading to Utah Santa came mid December.  Benson and Lucy loved opening presents.




I love visiting home!  Being with family and friends is something that really makes Christmas for me.  We had family parties with both sides of the family.
Benson in the bounce house at the Vance family party

Cute Joey and Josey (soon to be married!) Their song was beautiful!
 He loved this" motorcycle" and rode it until it snowed.
 Books from Grandparents
 
Lucy in her Christmas dress
 Seeing the lights on Temple Square.  It was cold but she loved it!


 Christmas morning in matching pj's!



We loved all our Christmas activities!
 


Saturday, December 15, 2012

5 Years


Today is our 5 year anniversary!  It's been an amazing 5 years!  It seems like a whole lot has happened in just 5 years.  I asked Anthony the other night if he'd do it all over again if he had the chance and without hesitation he said "yes"!  I agree!



We courted and were engaged all of 3 months before our big day.  I was so happy to have found the most amazing man ever.  I love our life and all we've experienced together.  Thanks for a wonderful 5 years!


 It's exciting to think of what these next 5 years will bring!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

5 Months!

Our little Lucy is 5 months today!  She is just getting more and more fun every day! 
Her latest:
-Still around 11-12 lbs. I love that she's still so small
-Loves to grab her feet
-Talks and screams all the time
-Is sleeping in her own room
-Sleeping 8ish hrs a night
-Eats about every 4 hrs during the day
-Tried baby oatmeal and hates it
-Laughs all the time
-Rolling over
-Grabbing anything in sight and pulling into her mouth
-Can sit up until she gets excited and then falls backwards
-Can be entertained forever by watching Benson

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012

For Thanksgiving this year we went to Oklahoma!  Rachel and Paul moved there this summer and we've been excited to visit them (with them living so close - 11hrs)!  Well it was supposed to be only 11 hrs, made in one day but with terrible traffic in Austin (we will never live there, I hate it because of the traffic), we ended up stopping in Plano, TX for the night and making the rest of the trip the next day.  But when we finally arrived we were so happy to be there!!  The Bills came over and being with family made it all worth it!!

Oh how I love being with my sisters (and sisters-in-law)!!  And these are just two of the seven (18 counting in-laws) that I have!  I wish it could have been all of them but I'll take what I can.  We had so much fun cooking, talking and laughing together!
 Cooking all morning!
 
Making pies, one of the best parts!
 Little kids table.  I should have taken an after picture, it was a disaster!
 Benson playing outside with Isaac and Oscar.  Lately Bens is obsessed with Isaac.  All day long he asks to play with him or go to his house.  Before thanksgiving it had been 6 months since he'd seen him.
 Everyone dancing to "we're all in this together" so funny!
 He's getting so big!
 Benson just loves playing with Adalaide!
 Just after we got there they were taking us on a tour of their house and where we'd be sleeping and Benson and Adalaide jumped in so we put the babies in and decided that would be sleeping arrangements every night :)  Benson is 4 months younger than Adalaide and David is 1 month younger than Lucy.  We love cousins!

Lucy and David loved playing together!

We loved our visit and can't wait for them to come down and visit us!!!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Other Fall Activities

We've had a pretty fun fall.  No we don't get the gorgeous changing of tree color but we have great warm weather and it's just now getting into the 60's.

Benson loves going to the duck pond near by.
 While waiting for Daddy at work.  Lucy looks a bit concerned (and she should).
 A rare rain storm, he wanted to go jump so bad.
A church here in town opens up their gym every Thursday with bunch of toys, Benson loves it!
 Another church had a fall festival.  He loved the horses and kept wanted to slide down the biggest slide they had, as you can see in the next picture I took him and he loved it.

 Our family on the train

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Lucy - 4 Months

We are loving our little Lucy!  She gets cuter every day!  Here are her 4 month stats:
-11.5 lbs
-23 in long
-15.5 in head
She's in the 8th-ish percentile.  The dr. said that she's not digressing on the chart, but barely progressing :)  But she's healthy and has reached all the 4 month mile stones.
She...
-loves to sleep (I think this will be a common theme throughout her life)
-hates tummy time
-can roll from her tummy to her back
-grabs stuff in front of her
-can stand up when being held
-loves to watch Benson
-loves the bumbo
-loves to suck on her hands and blanket/burp cloth
-we've had a couple really deep belly laughs and lots of little giggles
-loves to be bounced on an exercise ball when eating or being put to sleep (Benson loved that too)
-loves to talk/yell at us





We can't imagine our lives without her and we are grateful for everyday she's ours!

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Happy Halloween

It just gets more and more fun as Benson gets older!  The holidays are just so magical with children.  Benson was the dog Bingo. (Yes he was a dog last year but he was Toto, totally different.)  And someone gave us a lamb costume so Lucy was the cutest lamb around!  We don't have a picture but I was Mary (get it, Mary had a little lamb) and Anthony was a farmer (There was a farmer, had a dog  and BING-O was his name O).  In the days leading up to Halloween I taught Bens to smile and say "Trick-or-Treat" and then "Thank you." I wish I had gotten it on video.  We had a ward party with a trunk or treat on the Friday before Halloween. Benson loved getting all the candy and of course wanted to eat each piece as it was put in his basket.  On Halloween we went to a story time at Barnes and Noble were he got to wear his costume and then we took him trick-or-treating around our neighborhood.  After the people would drop a piece of candy in this basket he'd point to another piece and say "I need that one".  It was a bit embarrassing (thank goodness he's only two and not 10). He loved it and now after each meal asks for a trick-or-treat.