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Say it......

Twilight Fan!

Ok so here are some funny videos. If you like Twilight you will like these.




For the Mormon Twilight fans (not to say all can't enjoy).

Twilight Years from Tom on Vimeo.

Annie-12 months*

So Annie is 13 1/2 months, but I just got around to taking her to her 12 month doctor appointment. She is 23 pounds and just started saying Mama a couple of weeks ago. (I love it). At the appointment they gave me the worksheet to fill out for 14-16 month babies. It has questions like... can feed self with spoon? can scribble with a crayon? can say 3-6 words clearly? to name a few that I had to say no on. Well when I met with the doctor (she doesn't know that she is seeing a pediatricians daughter and kind of treats me like I don't know what I am doing) she got on me for saying no to those things. I told her that Annie was still young and that we would work on it in the next few months and lets face it she is a third child. Oh yeah and also there was a question about brushing her teeth morning and night. I just said yes to that even though I don't because I didn't want to hear about it, kind of like when they ask how much TV your child watches and you put 1/2 hour knowing full well that it is much more than that. So chances are by her next appointment at 18 months she probably won't be coloring or feeding herself with a spoon, but I'll just say she is because I'm not worried that she will grow up to never use utensils or drawing devices. However, she sure knows how to throw a tanturm, which I think is very age appropriate.

Monster love

I was at my sis in laws baby shower a few months ago and her friend made her these really cute monsters for her babies. I asked her where she got the pattern and I bought it and made Annie a pink monster just like her cousins. I also bought the doll and monkey pattern from the same artist. My mom made the doll and monkey for her. I made Annie's monster with super furry fabric. She loves it. She hugs it and carries it around with her everywhere. Both Kate and Matt keep asking me to make them one too. Maybe I'll work on that soon.

You should all be jealous...

of me (for many reasons of course), but especially for what I got to do yesterday. Brandon's brother David and his wife Christy have a beautiful baby boy Carter who was 12 weeks premature and is still in the hospital. He is doing well and is just over 4 pounds now. Christy took me to see him yesterday and I got to hold him. It was such a special experience and I have never felt so much love for a baby that wasn't my own. I wanted to put him in my purse and take him home with me. I enjoyed having this wonderful experience and to share it with Christy (thank you Christy for sharing your sweet baby with me). He will probably be coming home in a few more week and then I will get to see him more often. You have to agree his is a perfectly beautiful little baby.

This is my hand (which is not huge). Look how small he is.

Christmas Cards

I've had a hard time sending out our Christmas cards this year. They just kept getting pushed back, until finally Brandon took charge and addressed all the envelopes yesterday. I am not doing a card this year, just a picture. I am hoping that you can read my blog to catch up on what's going on with us.

My sweet friend Sarah took our pictures for our cards. I think she did a great job, check out her photography blog for even more of us!

You know Dasher and Dancer.....

But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?

Matt put on Kate's dance outfit from last year and was running around as Rudolf. Brandon and I were laughing pretty hard. I'm sure this is something he won't be too excited about when he is in high school, but until then, enjoy!

You've heard of pictures with Santa, what about pictures with Rudolf?

Pictures with Santa

The kids got to sit on Santa's lap and get their pictures taken at our ward Christmas party. Annie didn't seem to mind a bit, we were hoping for a funny picture, but instead we got a happy one as usual.