New Years Eve

New Year's Eve came so quickly this year. Normally we have a huge get together with friends and hang out late and make a fun night out of it. This year was a little different. We just weren't in the mood to put a huge party together and really everyone has kids so it makes it so much harder for everyone to stay out late and also enjoy themselves. We still got together with a few friends but it definitely wasn't what it normally is. We went to dinner with our friends Nikki and Tim. Luckily that was the only time we drove anywhere that day because it snowed all day long. After dinner we went to our friends Luke and Codie's house who live just across the street from us. It was nice not driving and having to be out late in the bad weather and with all the people that had been drinking.We got there about 8:30. I fed Cooper his oatmeal and then laid him down. He went right to sleep and stayed asleep the whole night which I was super happy about. A few other couples in our neighborhood came over and we hung out until midnight. We snacked and had sparkling cider and it was just a pretty mellow but fun evening. One of them got the Xbox Kinect for Christmas so we played that ALL night. It was so much fun. There was this dancing game that we played for hours. It was hilarious watching everyone dance. I am probably the worst dancer you will ever meet but for some reason I was amazing at this game. I killed everyone who battled me and I would get awesome scores! I will be the first one to admit I am very competitive so it was nice to dominate at something :)

Brad and I (we forgot to take a picture before we put Coop down)

My white girl moves

Brad was the funniest to watch though. He gets this "Gay Guy" disposition when he starts dancing. We were all dying. It's kind of a long video but SO WORTH watching!!!

Hope that everyone had a great New Year!!!!

Flat Tire???

Well I officially got my first flat tire ever! I was really lucky that it didn't turn out worse than it did. It all started with me needing to take a trip to Costco. My friend Amy wanted to get out of the house so we decided to go together. I drove to her house and picked her and her brand new 3 week old baby up. Amy needed to get a gift card from Jordan Commons so we went there first. Right as we were about to pull into Jordan Commons I started hearing this noise and I tried to convince myself it wasn't my car. Once we could pull over Amy jumped out too look and sure enough one of my tires was completely flat! Well I pulled over and parked and got Brad on the phone. It was freezing outside, we had two babies, and I have never changed a tire before so we resorted to calling the roadside assistance that we have through our car insurance. They said they would be 45 minutes so we just decided to hang out in the car. Needless to say an hour and a half later they showed up and changed my tire. Which I have to add took them about 4 minutes total to do. But sure enough my spare was low on air so I was told to drive straight to the gas station to fill it with air. Another experience that I have never had to do. So instead I talked with Brad and decided just to go to Discount Tire which was right next to the gas station. Brad left work early so he could come to the tire place and switch me cars, because remember I have TWO babies in the back seat. We were so lucky that both babies slept the entire time until we pulled into Discount Tire. They were both hungry so we sat in Brad's car and fed them.

Brad handled the tire stuff which was really nice because we didn't only need to replace the flat tire but ALL FOUR TIRES! I was not happy because there went our Christmas. We weren't planning on doing much for Christmas anyways because we had decided to get our food storage started for Christmas. But since we had to get tires that didn't happen. Oh well. I was thankful that the tire didn't blow when I had been on the freeway or something and no other damage was made to the car. I also figure we got them replaced so will be good for a few years :) The new tires are also lots better in the snow. We couldn't have gotten them any sooner either because we have had a few huge snow storms since and the new tires do so much better in the snow.

Thanks Brad for leaving work to help me and thanks Amy for making our 3 hour adventure of getting nothing that we needed to accomplished fun!!!

Me and my first flat tire

The babies being SOOOO GOOD!!!

Cooper's Giggle

Here is a little video from tonight. We just love Cooper's little giggle!

I LOVE CANDY CANES!

I love eating those mini candy canes this time of year. The other day I was eating one and Cooper grabbed it and stuck it in his mouth. He LOVED it! I had to get a video of what he does when he gets some candy cane. He takes after his mom and loves eating anything but especially candy :)

Cooper's First Christmas

I can't believe that Christmas is already over. I had been looking forward to Cooper's First Christmas since he was born. December seemed so far away in July. I can't believe it has come and gone and that Cooper is almost 5 1/2 months old. I hate that time flies so fast!!!

Well to start off with the things that we didn't do that I am really sad about. I am the worst mom and didn't even think about taking Cooper to see Santa until it was really close to Christmas and by that point it was just soooo busy. We did attempt the week of Christmas. Yeah I know we were crazy even trying but we were going to the mall anyways. Needless to say Cooper didn't get a picture with Santa this year :( Next year I am going to be more on top of it and will take him at the beginning of December. We didn't go to Temple Square to show Cooper the lights or even drive around to look at how people had decorated their houses. I don't know how but Christmas really sneaked up on us this year. At least I got our Christmas cards sent out and neighbor gifts delivered!

Christmas Eve was a lot of fun. We went to my Grandma's house for dinner. Then my family all came over to our house and we opened presents. In my family we all open presents from each other on Christmas Eve and then Santa comes Christmas morning. It has always been my favorite to be able to open all of that stuff early. I have to say it was a little chaotic this year with Cooper and our family is just getting bigger. My brother is having a baby in March so it will be even more chaotic next year :) We will either have to get an earlier start next year or just do presents on Christmas day. I have to say that Cooper got so SPOILED!!! I am obsessed with books so wanted him to get mostly books for Christmas. He ended up getting a TON of books, some toys, and clothes as well. It will take over a month to get through all of his books if we read one a night. I was more excited to see what Cooper was going to get then what I would get. Cooper even helped open every single one of his presents. He just sat in his bumbo and helped the whole time. It was really fun having him be so interested. He loves books so each one he would grab and look at or put into his mouth. After all the presents were opened it was time to get Cooper in bed. He had been awake for almost 7 hours with no nap....he has never been awake that long ever and was exhausted but surprisingly happy for being so tired. My mom had bought him some "Baby's First Christmas" pajamas to wear on Christmas Eve. I had wanted him to wear them more than once so I had him wear them earlier in the week but FORGOT TO WASH THEM! I felt so horrible because he didn't even get to wear them to bed on Christmas Eve. I started his laundry that night though so he was able to change into them and wear them Christmas morning. I changed him before we even brought him down stairs.

Christmas morning was one that I will never forget. We slept in until almost 9:00. I was surprised because I usually am awake really early on Christmas. We got up and opened presents and stockings with just Brad, Me, Cooper and Indiana. Yes even Indiana gets a stocking! Brad and I didn't do much for each other for Christmas because a week ago we had to get new tires on my car. It really stinks having to spend $700 right before Christmas and on something so boring. (I will blog about this fun little adventure later). Oh well Cooper still got fun stuff so that's all that mattered. While we were opening presents I started getting a migraine. I was so upset! After we did presents I spent the next 3 hours miserable and throwing up. I tried napping to get it to go away but just couldn't. Finally the migraine went away but I still felt kind of icky all day long. My family came over and we did lunch and watched a movie and just hung out. It was a relaxing day and was really nice that we didn't even have to leave the house at all. I didn't even shower until 6:00 pm :)

I started a few new traditions this year now that we have Cooper. Brad's mom sent us this book she had put together. It has a scripture, story, and Christmas song for everyday of December. It is awesome because it helps keep in mind what Christmas is really about. I was so grateful that she had taken all the time to put all of it together and copy it all cute for us. It is definitely something that we will keep and do every year. Another thing I started was we bought "The Polar Express". This will be the book we will read as a family every Christmas Eve. There are a few other things that I wanted to start and won't do until next year. Because like I mentioned earlier Christmas really sneaked up on me and I just ran out of time.

Our Substitute Santa Claus Picture

Cooper getting ready to read The Polar Express

Our little family on Christmas Eve

Daddy's turn for presents

Cooper wanted to eat his presents

He loved everything about opening presents

So happy hanging out while we opened presents

Coming down Christmas morning

SO HAPPY IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!!

Our Stockings

Cooper's Christmas outfit that my mom bought him

Loving on Daddy

Cooper playing with Grandpa on Christmas

We had a great Christmas and really were so blessed to have so many people celebrate with us and give us gifts. Between family and neighbors our counter was covered with yummy treats and we definitely gained some holiday pounds! But it was definitely worth it! I hope that everyone else had an amazing Christmas!

Christmas Card!

I was so excited to be able to do a Family Christmas card this year. I had been wanting to do one in previous years, but I didn't think people would be too excited just seeing a picture of me, Brad, and Indiana. So this year I was not going to miss the opportunity. It was a last minute photo shoot because of weather, our trip to Washington, and among other things. But I was just glad we were able to make it happen. Cooper and Indiana both did amazing. They both just sat there and posed for the camera. It was Brad I was worried about because he can't smile for pictures. I'm sure he could if he tried but he always claims he can't so just doesn't try :) But I was so happy we were able to get a good picture of all of us.

Our Christmas Card....I had to scan it so the coloring is a little weird

Look at how long my hair was :(

This was the picture we put on the calendars for some people. I love how we caught the drool on his chin. He is constantly drooling so it catches this age perfectly!

We hope that everyone has an amazing Christmas! We love you all!

3 1/2 Years For What????

As many of you know I chopped my hair off 2 days after I got married. I have been growing it ever since, so for 3 1/2 years. I absolutely loved my long hair, but with a 5 month old it just wasn't working. Saying he loves grabbing my hair would be an understatement. Also every time I went to nurse I had to put my hair in a pony tail and it was just a pain. Not only that but the postpartum shedding has been going on for a few months. So since I'm practically balding, well kinda :) I decided I was going to cut my hair. I chopped 5 inches off. To some of you that might not seem like that much, but with how long it took me to grow it out, it was a little traumatic. I actually love my new hair cut though. It's still kinda long so that's good. I am definitely a pony tail girl so being able to do that is a must! I loved the long hair so I will grow it out again. But right now just wasn't the time to have really long hair.

I didn't tell anyone that I was going to be cutting my hair or that I even had made a hair appointment for that matter. I wanted to test Brad and see if he would notice. He completely FAILED!!! He was home for almost an hour when I finally had to tell him. And he said "Oh yeah, you did!" He is such a guy with some things and totally isn't with other things.

The New Haircut

(Look at our Christmas Card post to compare the before and after)