tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27896315655872807292024-02-19T04:49:25.434-08:00Whit, Brooke, Winston, & EdieBrookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08265856270837438026noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789631565587280729.post-28944061646686662342015-01-05T15:46:00.000-08:002015-01-05T15:46:29.495-08:00Goodbye 2014!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well, it's time for a little catch up! The past 4 months have been great :) Here's a bunch of pictures with a bit of what we've been up to:</div>
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In September we enjoyed the beautiful weather and took the kids out exploring at the Kaysville Botanical Gardens--at least I think that is what they are called.</div>
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Winston found sticks on the ground so he was happy,</div>
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and Edie got to walk around outside so she was happy.</div>
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Sundays after church are spent on the ipad. It keeps the kids entertained while we recover from church and make dinner. Now they associate ipads with church, and whenever we go to the church for anything else, they want to play on the ipad when we get home. They are smart kids :)</div>
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One Saturday we took a drive up Weber and Ogden canyons to look at the beautiful leaves. There just happened to be a triathlon up at Snowbasin, so we got out of the car to stretch our legs and walk around a bit. It was fun to watch a bit of the race and see all of the people up there.</div>
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Edie started going through a phase where she kept taking her diaper off. I thought that meant she was ready to be potty trained, </div>
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but she started taking her clothes off too. I think she just liked being able to do things for herself. I was amazed that she could take a onesie off all by herself. I thought it would be a good way for her to keep her diaper on, but she showed me!</div>
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Some friends found a new park that we went to a few times. The kids loved it because they could both swing at the same time. They love swinging!</div>
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Winston turned 3 on October 10! We had a party with all of his cousins at the church. We had pizza and broke a pinata. They all had a great time.</div>
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The next weekend we went up to the cabin with Whit's family. It was so beautiful up there with all of the fall leaves!</div>
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I thought it would be great to get some good pictures of the kids together, but they didn't really want to cooperate. Oh well.</div>
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The next week Winston started preschool! He graduated out of the Early Intervention program since he turned 3. So now, instead of therapists coming to work with him at our house, he gets to go to school twice a week. He still pretty much hates it and cries every time we go. But we're hopeful that someday he will like school :)</div>
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For Halloween the kids got to go to their first trunk or treat. They didn't really like it since it was dark and some people dressed up and I think they got a little scared. Plus, they didn't really get the whole concept of trick or treating. Maybe next year.</div>
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We let everyone know that we are expecting though!</div>
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Since Winston goes to school during our morning walks, Edie gets the stroller to herself and she loves it! And she loves wearing hats and gloves.</div>
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And eating bread. We went grocery shopping with the kids and Edie saw the bread and wouldn't stop crying until we gave her some. She ate quite a bit before we got home. A girl after my own heart!</div>
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In November we said good-bye to Whit's parents!</div>
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They are off to Iraq to serve another humanitarian mission for the Church. Whit is less than thrilled that they are going to such a dangerous place, but we pray for them constantly and it's been really neat to hear about all the wonderful things they are able to do to help the people over there. It really reminds us how lucky we are to live in America!</div>
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In December we took the kids out to see some Christmas lights. They really had fun doing that.</div>
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And I really enjoyed the warm weather! We went for lots of walks,</div>
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and the kids always begged to go look at the cows after. It's really fun living across the street from a farm :)</div>
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We've had lots of fun playing with the kids,</div>
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watching movies, eating popcorn, </div>
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going for walks (Winston loves it so much he's drooling--haha!),</div>
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playing outside,</div>
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and enjoying the sunshine!</div>
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Some days it was a little nippy, so we played inside. I build the kids a "fort" and they sit on top of the blanket and fall down through the cracks. They love it! I don't think they understand that the whole point of a fort is to play under the blanket. Oh well! As long as they are happy :)</div>
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Sometimes I try to get a little work done while they are eating lunch. Sometimes it backfires on me, as I have to spend more time cleaning them up! But I try to sneak in as much work as I can during the day, so I don't have to do it all at night when they are in bed. I've been busy with work lately and it's been nice to have the extra money :)</div>
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So we could buy the kids a trampoline for Christmas! We set it up in the basement so they could jump during the winter. It was so hard for us to wait until Christmas to show it to them! That was a long week and a half of waiting :)</div>
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I really wanted to get some nice pictures in front of our sad little Christmas tree. I didn't want to brave the long drive and walk in the cold with the kids to cut down our own tree. So I convinced Whit that we could just get a fake tree for a year or two until the kids would enjoy cutting down our own. So I ordered a tree online and apparently a 6 foot tree isn't really that big. Oh well!</div>
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And oh well with the family picture in front of it! Whit was busy cooking for our party and couldn't come be in the picture, and the kids wouldn't sit still long enough for the timer to catch them sitting on my lap. I tried.</div>
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And they both loved playing with their new food! I took a video of them jumping on the tramp but sadly didn't think to take a picture. But they loved it!</div>
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Later that morning my family came over to spend the rest of the day. Edie got to wear Auntie's wig. </div>
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That evening we had the missionaries over for dinner. Whit cooked us sweet and sour pork and honey walnut shrimp. It was quite a delicious meal and we had fun talking with the missionaries!</div>
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The day after Christmas we all got to go to the Ogden Temple to do sealings. It was such a nice time. It was the longest sealing session I've ever been in, it would have been faster if we had done endowments. But it was nice to all be in the Temple together and we knew the kids were in good hands (they were being watched by 4 of their cute cousins).</div>
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Then we went up to the cabin for New Year's and this is the only picture I took! Edie has discovered pockets and thinks they are the coolest thing ever :) Whit's family all came up and we had so much fun hanging out and playing games. It was too cold to take the kids out sledding, it never got warmer than 10 degrees! But we had so much fun together and it was a great way to end the year and begin the next! I love our family :)</div>
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We had our annual "Bryce Birthday Hike" up in the Canyons at Park City. We did it a little early this year, not on Bryce's actual birthday, so McKay and Loida could come before they went back to China. It was a beautiful sunny day and even though we had a rough start (I forgot to bring Edie's shoes so we had to go to Walmart to buy her some new ones, once we were inside Walmart we realized Whit didn't have his wallet, so we had to call mom and dad to bail us out!) we had a fun time together!</div>
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Edie was such a good little hiker! She was so excited when we took her out of the backpack and she could walk by herself for a bit.</div>
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We stopped here to rest while the rest of the gang went to the peak at 9990. Some day our kids will be old enough for us to go there again, it's such a neat hike! But we had fun chillin in the ski lift while we waited :)</div>
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It was so sad that this was our last fun thing with McKay and Loida! We had so much fun with them while they were out here and we hope they decide to move here soon!!!</div>
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Here is Winston, channeling his uncle McKay! I was getting Winston's bath started and I turned around for two seconds and saw this when I turned back around. He's quick! And he loves his baths :) It just made me laugh because we have a picture of McKay in his pajamas in the bathtub as well. Guess it must run in the family :)</div>
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The last weekend in August we went camping!!! First time ever for the kiddos. They had fun hanging out with Grandpa</div>
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Uncle Dallin practiced his photography and got this awesome shot of Edie. I was trying to get an equally great picture of Winston and I got this,</div>
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The next morning these guys took the kids down to the reservoir so Whit and I could clean up camp a bit.</div>
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Then we all went on a little hike together and it was so beautiful! I just love being in the mountains.</div>
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And yay for being home again. Nothing can compare to sleeping in your own bed :) So here we all are the next day, all clean, showered, and ready for church. It was Labor Day weekend, so my goal is for our family to have our picture taken in front of our house each Labor Day weekend. Then we can see how we change through the years. Next year we may actually have flowers in the flower beds, in a few more years we'll have a concrete pad instead of weeds next to the driveway, and then we'll get a fence...We are so happy to be here and to be in our own place that we can keep making better and better. Life is pretty good :)</div>
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It's been a fun and crazy month! It all started when McKay and Loida came to visit!!! It's been 3 years since I've seen McKay, he moved to China and has been working there without coming home for a visit. Can you believe it? So this was the first time I met Loida in person. We were so excited, we got to the airport early with our little sign, and waited forever. Mum and dad weren't there yet so we thought perhaps we were waiting in the wrong terminal, so we went over to the international terminal. That was like a ghost town so we went back to where we were. We found mom and dad, but not McKay and Loida. We kept waiting and waiting and then McKay called! They had already picked up their bags and were ready to go! I guess they slipped pass us when we were shuffling between terminals. So they didn't get to come down the escalator and see our sign and hear us cheer for them, but it was still a fun reunion! It made me tear up a little even :)</div>
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Saturday we went over to BYU and went to the newly reopened Monty Bean museum. </div>
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Edie likes museums about as much as Whit does :)</div>
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But we had fun walking around campus and being together. Even if it was soooo hot!</div>
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The next week Tyler and Natalie and their family came to Utah from Wisconsin. It was so fun hanging out with them (they spent a night at our house even!). We got family pictures taken!</div>
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All of the grandkids! All 6 of them :)</div>
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Kind of weird to get family pictures without Bryce, these are the first family pictures we've had since he passed away 5 years ago. We miss him but are happy for all the additions to the family we've had since then :) I'm especially grateful for Whit and our two kiddos. I think they are the cutest :)</div>
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Still loving bath time,</div>
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Whit's sister is letting us piano sit for a couple of years, we are super excited about that!!!</div>
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Edie is quite adventurous and doesn't sit still for a second!</div>
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They still love playing on the ipad on Sundays,</div>
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Winston falls asleep whenever we go anywhere in the car ;)</div>
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We had a bridal shower for my cousin Anika--it was such a lovely evening and I forgot to take a picture with everyone :( I'll have to get a copy of my mum's--she's so good to remember to take pictures.</div>
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on July 24th, we had a lunch date while the kids were taking their naps. We got a movie from Redbox and Whit made us a delicious lunch. It was really fun :)</div>
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Edie loves being held,</div>
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Winston fell asleep eating lunch one day,</div>
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We got a booster seat for Winston so he could start eating at the table with us, but Edie kind of took it over. Guess we'll be ordering another one :)</div>
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And back to Christensen family fun! After we got our family pictures taken we went up to Whit's parent's cabin! We had so much fun being all together and playing games.</div>
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We wore poor little Winston out!</div>
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McKay and Loida brought everyone presents from China. Whit was super excited about his ping pong paddle :)</div>
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Edie was not excited about being in the Olympics</div>
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But we all had fun racing each other. Whit pushed himself a little too hard though,</div>
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While he was racing against me he pulled a hamstring! </div>
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Ouch! He iced it and took it easy for a few minutes, and was pretty bummed that he didn't get to take on my brothers in a race. He was really hoping to smoke them all this year!</div>
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But this guy is still pretty fast! We'll see how Whit does the next time we get together for the races :)</div>
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He recovered enough to do the discus. I was bummed I couldn't do that because of my elbow :( Next time for sure! We'll smoke them all :)</div>
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I did have one good race though. Although it didn't start off so well, Loida stormed out of the gate!</div>
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But was really happy when she finally got to go for a ride :)</div>
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And the best part of the whole month! McKay and Loida got sealed in the Brigham City Temple. It was such a wonderful day and so awesome to all be in the temple together.</div>
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For Memorial Day, we went up to the Brigham City Cemetery. On the way there, Winston was so tired he fell asleep mid cracker! I wasn't fast enough to catch it with the camera, but he fell asleep with the cracker up to his mouth to take a bite. Then his hand slowly fell down as he drifted into sleep. It was so funny to watch!</div>
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We had a lovely time at the cemetery while my mom read us stories about our ancestors. I was so excited to take Edie to get a picture by the grave of her great-great grandmother, Edith Winifred.</div>
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And would you believe she doesn't have the name Edith on her headstone?! She went by Winifred so that is the name on there. Oh well. We still got our picture :)</div>
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The next week was our 4th wedding anniversary! It was on a Wednesday this year, so to celebrate we went to the temple when Whit got home from work. We did sealings and it was such a lovely time :)</div>
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Then on Saturday we went down to Spanish Fork so my parents could watch the kids while we went out to lunch at Red Lobster, went to see the new X-men movie, and topped it all off with a treat from Ritas! That's my new favorite place, it was so delicious :)</div>
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And these pretty flowers lasted for 2 weeks! Whit is so thoughtful to always get me flowers :)</div>
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We got our sod on flag day! We had lots of help from my family and neighbors and it went in really fast. We can't tell you how happy we are to finally have grass!!!</div>
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And Winston loves playing in the sprinklers! Every time I go out to water, he wants to play and he runs right through the hose. He loves getting wet :)</div>
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Edie loves reaching for the camera when I try to take her picture!</div>
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Winston loves to put his legs up on the cup holders when we go for walks.</div>
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She does not love it when we try to take a picture of her vampire teeth! They are so funny, I've been trying so hard to get a picture of them. This is the best we got. Her two front teeth have come in now, so the vampire teeth are no more. But it sure was funny :)</div>
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And this is the house that my Grandpa Christensen grew up in! People still live there. It was really neat to see and hear some stories about his childhood. Turns out he was born the same year as Whit's grandma, so they probably knew each other and went to school together. How crazy is that?</div>
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Here we are before the sealing, I told Whit to hold Winston normally, but Whit said Winston had been walking in poop and he didn't want to get that on his pants! So it makes for a funny picture!</div>
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Winston loved smelling the flowers :)</div>
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There is a huge pile of throw up by our feet here. It was so gross, but I really wanted to get a nice family picture! I guess we'll have to crop it out because the only thing I look at here is that gross throw up. Ew!!!</div>
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This blog post is for you! My Aunt Jo pointed out that we haven't posted any pictures of our new house. I was waiting until the yard gets done, but it's such a long process! So here is what the inside looks like:</div>
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dining/kitchen. My favorite part is how we put up the baby gates! It is annoying to have to climb over them to get into the kitchen, but it's awesome to keep the kids out of the kitchen--they can't get into anything in there :)</div>
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The laundry room is right next to the kitchen and you get to the garage from here. Whit made the awesome shelf with the hooks :)</div>
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I tried to take pictures of the kids on Easter Sunday. Edie wouldn't stop eating the egg,</div>
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We went down to my parent's house for my baby brother Dallin's graduation party! I still can't believe he's all done with college. That makes me feel really old. But kind of proud of all my siblings, we have all graduated from college now.</div>
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Last Sunday Whit made dinner to take to his sister that just had a baby. When we got home from visiting with them we ate the leftovers. Edie and Winston both love to eat rice!</div>
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And I love to eat Whit's cooking--this was the sweet and sour chicken he made. Yum!</div>
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Edie liked the peppers too :)</div>
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Last weekend was Whit's first soccer game! He joined a team of guys 40+ years old and they play on Friday nights. So I got the kids all ready and we went to watch Daddy. It was fun to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather and watch Whit play (when I wasn't trying to keep the kids from running onto the field).</div>
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Saturday I took the kids across the street for a photo shoot with Bob. Our neighbors across the street have a huge farm and these tractors are out all of the time. I thought the kids would be happy and I could practice taking pictures. But I could hardly get them to look at me! But here's a great shot of Edie's hair :)</div>
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Winston was so excited to get to come play with Bob! He ran the whole way :)</div>
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This is the only "almost" smile I got from Edie, when she tried to grab the camera</div>
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Then we went to a kid's safety fair to get a free bicycle helmet. While I was waiting in line for that, Whit took the kids to go see the fire truck. Winston's trying to put his hat on Edie here :)</div>
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Then Whit took the kids for a walk around the parking lot. We figured out how to make our jogging stroller fit both kids by having Winston sit on the foot rest :)</div>
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And then they got to go inside a helicopter. Cool! It has been fun to get out with the kids. Yay for warm weather and spring time!</div>
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Winston has started playing in his room during nap time, and this is what happens later on in the afternoon!</div>
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The Saturday before Easter, we had a visit from my mum and dad and sister. We thought it would be fun to play with the kids outside and blow bubbles. Winston just liked playing with his stick, of course!</div>
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We had a really exciting Easter Egg hunt in the play room.</div>
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Once Winston discovered there was candy in the eggs, he stopped picking them up. He pulled up a chair and started eating his candy. It was pretty funny.</div>
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Edie did great--she just kept picking up the eggs and putting them in her basket. I was surprised she caught on as well as she did.</div>
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The kids had fun spinning on the chair with grandma :)</div>
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Then we went to the park to play for a bit and enjoy the sunshine!</div>
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Then in the morning I made the Christensen traditional Easter breakfast, Golden Rod Eggs.</div>
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Of course Whit had to doctor his up with Siracha sauce :)</div>
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For spring break we went to Moab with Whit's family. A couple of days before we went, Winston got a really bad fever. You can always tell when he is sick,</div>
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because he falls asleep when he's not in his bed.</div>
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Only happens when he is sick, poor guy!</div>
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Luckily it only lasted a day and then these two were ready for our adventure :)</div>
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The weather was gorgeous and we had such a fun time! This is all Whit's family, getting ready to go 4 wheeling and biking on gemini bridges. We took the kids in the Tahoe and drove along the trail.</div>
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We all stopped for lunch together and hiked around a bit.</div>
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Winston loved chillin in the car :)</div>
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And this is where we stayed.</div>
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One day we went to Arches and all went hiking together.</div>
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The kiddos loved being with all of their cousins,</div>
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And they loved climbing around and being outside!</div>
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When we hiked delicate arch it was in the middle of a huge windstorm! It was actually a little scary in places because the wind was so strong and sand was flying in your face so you couldn't see at all. Not the best hiking conditions.</div>
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But we made it and stayed long enough to snap a quick family photo. We didn't dare take the kids out of the backpacks because the wind would have knocked them over! But we covered them up really well so they didn't get sand in their eyes and we all made it back to the car safe and sound.</div>
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This was Edie's bed while we were down there. Despite appearances, she kind of liked it and slept really well, every night. We were so grateful! It made for a really fun trip :)</div>
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This is the next Sunday before we went to church. The kids looked so cute so I wanted to get a picture of them together.</div>
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Edie now has 5 teeth, her 2 bottom ones that have been there for awhile, then she got 2 top teeth--but not her front teeth, the ones next door. Then this week another tooth starting poking through on the bottom. It makes her a little cranky.</div>
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But she does a good job of hiding it, right? :)</div>
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This is a little late, but we took Edie in for her 1 year checkup on President's Day. I had this picture on my phone and forgot about it.</div>
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This was later that same day. We went up to Whit's parent's cabin for the day and Winston fell asleep the second we got in the car to come home. This is before we even pulled out of the gate. It sure was a fun day enjoying the snow!</div>
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And then we started packing. We have really enjoyed living in Whit's parent's basement, but we are so excited our house is finally finished!</div>
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I didn't take any pictures of the actual move itself, and I think my camera is still in the basement somewhere. I am sure eventually I will find it, but in the meantime I've just taken a few pictures with my phone. Like this one :) Winston had a little adjustment period where he wouldn't take naps. I would just leave him in his room and he would take out every article of clothing from his dresser, pull off every book from the bookshelf, pull out every wipe from the container, pull out all of his clean diapers... His room always looks like a war zone after nap time. But as you can see, he is tired! One day I took the kids to target in the afternoon and of course Winston fell asleep in the car. Luckily he stayed asleep when I laid him down in the cart. It was a little tricky getting stuff in the cart with him taking up most of the room, but luckily we didn't need to get a lot!</div>
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And little miss monkey would not sit still! At one point she was kneeling and holding onto the mop with one hand and she looked like George Washington crossing the Delaware, you know what painting I am talking about? Would have been funnier if I didn't have to keep trying to get her from climbing out of the cart :)</div>
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So on the mornings I have been taking the kids for walks, and of course Winston fell asleep in the stroller. I just laughed at his fingers! I sent the picture to Whit but he didn't notice--Winston is flipping the bird. He didn't want to go on a walk this day and kicked and screamed when I put him in the stroller (because he was so tired) so it made me laugh that this is how he fell asleep!</div>
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Last weekend my parents and sweet sister came up and helped watch the kids so we could get some things done around the house! My dad helped me make these covered footstools. I was really impressed with my dad's skills :) We've loved having somewhere to put up our feet :)</div>
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With the move we got 1:00 church. Of course that is right during Winston's naptime, but sometimes we are lucky enough to have him fall asleep in church! He still hasn't made it through nursery yet though, he cries the whole time. So we either stay with him there or take him out in the halls, depending on how loud he is crying. We are really hoping he will get used to it here and go on his own soon!</div>
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He sure is a funny kid. I pulled out my phone to take a picture and he ran up to me with this "smile." :)</div>
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But for the most part the kiddos are doing well in their new digs. We are so happy to be here and have really enjoyed the neighborhood. Yay for new beginnings.</div>
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And here is Whit with his his high school buddies. We all got together to celebrate Shane's birthday and it was fun reconnecting with everyone. We are so happy to be close to friends and to have the opportunity to make some new ones!</div>
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Poor Edie, she kind of got the shaft for her first birthday. We have been a little preoccupied with preparations for our move, and I didn't want to plan a big party for her. Then I got sick and I really didn't feel like doing much of anything. Luckily my awesome sister Kira made a cake for her, otherwise it would have been a sad birthday indeed!</div>
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Her Grandma Julie came over that morning to give her a card--Edie loves it!</div>
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And this little girl is walking all over the place these days and is so proud of herself. She is so much fun to watch and we just love our little Ediekins! Happy Birthday Sweetie :)<br />
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Whit is such a sweetheart and planned a weekend getaway for my birthday! Friday night his sister Katie came over and watched our kiddos and put them to bed. Then his other sister Linsey came over and spent the night with them and watched them all day Saturday. They were all so sweet to help out and we had such a great time having a break from it all. We love our kids, but I really needed a full night's sleep!!!</div>
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So my aunt let us use her friends and family rate, and we stayed at the Marriott downtown. We enjoyed being on the 11th floor and getting a really good view of downtown and the ice skating rink at the Gallivan Plaza. Oh, and before we checked in to the hotel we went to the Temple and then out to dinner :)</div>
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We really enjoyed sleeping in! I didn't get out of bed until 9:30 :) We got all dressed to go cross country skiing. So we checked out of the hotel, went to get breakfast, and by the time we were on the road it was noon and raining and we were both starting to get sick so we decided to skip on the skiing. We ended up going to RC Wiley and getting our new couch! We are so excited for that--we've been looking at it for months now. After that we decided to hit a movie--Jack Ryan, Shadow Recruit. Pretty intense!</div>
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Poor Whit was so hot in his skiing clothes. He pulled up his pants for the movie :) Doesn't he look thrilled to be there? :) After the movie we finally went home so we could feed the kids dinner and put them to bed! :) It was such a fun weekend and we loved being able to hang out and do whatever we felt like doing. What freedom. But we did miss the kids and it was fun to come home and see their cute smiling faces :)</div>
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These little yahoos are a handful! So when Whit went to the cabin with the Young Men in our ward for the weekend, I took the kids down to my mum and dad's. We thought it would be fun to get them out of the house. First we went to the art exhibit at BYU and they didn't like that at all. We walked them around campus and met my dad and brother for lunch, but they were still fussy when we got home. After a sleepless night for all of us, Edie started getting a fever and we were all going stir crazy in the house. So we took them to the mall :)</div>
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They had fun playing but poor little Edie just wasn't herself.</div>
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So we went back to mum and dad's and I fell asleep on the couch and Winston fell down the stairs--here is a picture of his shiner :) Poor kid! So I brought them home and they both slept through the night in their own beds. It was so nice!</div>
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And they finally painted our house the right colors! We think it looks really nice and are soooo excited to be moving there in two weeks!</div>
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We've discovered the fun that a box can be! The kids love playing in this, so much that Winston has cracked the plastic on it. :( But I love this shot of Edie's hair. Looks like she stuck her finger in a light socket!</div>
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The house is getting ready for paint! The walls are all mudded and textured. We went back later in the week and they've put up baseboard and done the stairs and put shelves in all the closets. Yippee!</div>
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And after we looked at the house we went out to dinner at Chick-fil-a. Friday night family date night :)</div>
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We go to the house several times a week now :) This is what it looked like at the beginning of the week, getting all ready to be painted inside.</div>
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I don't know if you can tell, but Edie knocked over her activity table. She is getting really good at standing by herself, and she took her first steps this week!!!</div>
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After Winston learned he could walk on the snow (he wouldn't at first), he loved running around the yard. I just held Edie with my lame arm and tried to take pictures with the other hand. It was quite the spectacle!</div>
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Winston has two therapists that come over to work with him. The speech therapist comes once a month and tries to get Winston to learn new sounds. The other one (I'm not sure what she's called but she basically just plays with him for an hour twice a month) tries to get him to stay engaged in one activity for longer than just a minute. He loved watching the bubbles! He just sat there fascinated for a few minutes. It was fun to see his reactions. Anyways, it's nice to have a little input from the therapists on things I can do to help Winston--now if only I had the energy to follow through!</div>
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Winston has taken to sleeping with his hands behind his head. We think it's super cute!</div>
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And Edie has started clapping her hands on her face like this. It's hilarious to watch!</div>
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And when we go on walks, they both prop one of their legs up on the stroller. It's so weird that they both do it! They definitely keep us entertained.</div>
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And here I am with my girlfriends when we went out to dinner last week. We are bidding Amanda a fond farewell, she is moving to Chicago! We will sure miss her but are excited for her and her family. And hopefully we'll all be able to go out there and visit :) I love Chicago and would love to go back!</div>
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And here are some pictures from our lobster dinner that I forgot to post. Whit's sister's neighbor gave her some fresh lobsters! She called Whit to see if he would like to cook them--of course! I had to hold one, just so I could say I've held a live lobster. It wiggled a lot and was kind of scary.</div>
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The end result was super delicious though! Whit is such an amazing cook and I loved partaking of this meal. Yum!</div>
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Here are the kids playing at their new table!</div>
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And our house got dry wall this week! Yay! This is the living room,</div>
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Our house now has windows and doors! Yay!</div>
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For New Year's we went up to the cabin. We went up Monday morning and stayed until Wednesday morning. We had so much fun playing with family, being outside, and enjoying the snow. We took the kids sledding one day.</div>
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As you can see, they were unimpressed. Oh well.</div>
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Christmas Eve we went to the Anderson family party at Whit's sister's house. We had a cousin's gift exchange and Edie is the youngest so she got to open her present first! She didn't really understand what to do, but she loves the little book and puzzle she got :)</div>
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Winston did a little better at ripping the paper, but not much. He still needed help. But he was so excited to get some balls for the bath. He loves bath time! </div>
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Christmas morning we woke up and drove down to Spanish Fork to open presents there. Winston and Edie almost posed in front of the Christmas tree :) They had fun playing with their new toys!</div>
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And then of course they wanted to watch Bob on my parent's new tv :)</div>
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After lunch we all got in the car and headed south. It was such a peaceful trip at first, both kids slept all the way to Cedar City where we stopped to feed Edie. They took turns crying on and off the rest of the way there, but luckily we stayed pretty close to St George so the last part of the trip wasn't too long.</div>
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They day after Christmas we went hiking in Zions! It was still pretty cold, but it was beautiful to hike in the park. It's been a few years since I've been down there, and it was fun to see it all again.</div>
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Winston wasn't a big fan of being in the backpack, so my dad carried him on his shoulders for a hike.</div>
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Winston loved riding on Uncle Dallin's shoulders!</div>
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And then he cried for most of the trip home on Saturday. We kept him happy by feeding him m&ms, and he eventually fell asleep. I love the chocolate drool mark mustache! What a fun and tiring trip :)</div>
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These two love sliding together. Yay!</div>
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I had to wake Edie up from a nap on afternoon so we could go somewhere. This is how I found her, completely wrapped up in her blanket--well at least her head was. She's so funny :)</div>
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Winston has been practicing his smile. I think it needs a little work but it makes me laugh!</div>
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Saturday we had all of Whit's friends over for dinner. It was really fun to see everyone and the food was really good! </div>
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But I liked our Sunday dinner even better! Whit made me sushi and tempura and it was soooo delicious! I think it needs to become a Christmas tradition in our home. Winston loved the sushi too :)</div>
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It's so pretty in our backyard with all of the snow on the trees, so I wanted to document it. The kids did surprisingly well.</div>
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Edie loves to walk with her little walker. She only stops once she has run it into a wall and can't go any further. She's funny.</div>
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And these two are getting to be great friends. Edie loves being close to Winston and he's getting more and more comfortable with that.</div>
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He did get a little uncomfortable once he climbed up here and realized he couldn't get down on his own! I heard him whining from the play room and laughed when I saw this. He's definitely an explorer :)</div>
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Wednesday was Whit's work party. We got a babysitter for the kids and enjoyed a lovely dinner at the Grand America. We were really really happy to find out that Whit won second place in the game they played--they prize was an ipad! So we had fun playing on that when we got home. Yay for new toys.</div>
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And yay for progress on our house! It just keeps getting further and further along and we keep getting more and more excited :)</div>
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Sunday Edie and I were twinners in navy.</div>
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December has come with lots of cold and snow! But they are still working on our house which makes us super excited :) We drive there at least a couple times each week to see the progress. We can't wait until it's done!</div>
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I was asked to help with our ward Christmas party, which meant that I got to talk Whit and his Dad into being shepherds for the program. Whit's dad has these cool robes that he got in Lebanon, and I thought they would be the perfect people to be the shepherds. Neither one of them enjoy being in the spotlight, so it wasn't their favorite thing to do, but I am really grateful they were willing to help out. They did a great job!</div>
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Santa came to the party too. Winston wasn't a huge fan, but Edie was fascinated by him! :)</div>
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One night I took the kids for a ride on a blanket. They loved it! I loved how good Winston was to hold onto Edie. They're cute together :)</div>
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Thanksgiving morning we braved the cold and bundled up the kids for our neighborhood Turkey Trot. It was along my regular walking route and it was fun to see so many people out and about. It was a fun way to start off the day!</div>
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While we were getting the food ready to take to my aunt's, we let the kids watch Bob the Builder on the big screen! I've been saying this for a long time, but the theater room is almost done! They just need to come touch up the paint, re-adjust the sound, and move in the furniture. Hooray! I am really looking forward to no more construction workers in and out of the place all the time. Now we'll just have movie-goers :)</div>
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We went to my aunt's for Thanksgiving and it was a great time. Lots of kids running around and lots of visiting. We are so grateful she lives so close, that was nice not to have to travel very far :)</div>
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One day I asked Winston to put Edie's socks in the dirty clothes. This is what I found. He got the room right, just not the dirty clothes bin. It made me laugh pretty hard. He's a really obedient kid and I'm so happy about that. It will be an even better attribute the older he gets, hopefully!</div>
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And here's our house as of last week! I'm glad they got everything poured before the snow started...<br />
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Friday we went down to Provo to hang out with family. It was a beautiful day so we took the kids to feed the ducks. There were so many ducks, it was a little crazy!<br />
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Then we went bowling at BYU. I had to bowl with my left hand since my right elbow is still hurting me. It was interesting bowling left handed. :)<br />
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Saturday was Whit's 40th birthday!!! His friends took him out for breakfast in the morning, and then his sister Katie came over that evening to watch the kids so we could go out for dinner. We went to the Mandarin in Bountiful and it was delicious! Yum. It was really nice to be out and have a good dinner together. A very nice birthday treat. Then we watched the Hunt for Red October in the theater room for as long as I could stay awake. I made it about halfway through! I love the movie and haven't seen it in such a long time, it was like watching it for the first time. But I just get so tired these days, I can't stay awake past 10. It's pretty ridiculous! So we'll have to finish the movie another night. Sorry Whit!</div>
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These two are going to be great friends. When I get Edie up in the morning and bring her in to say good morning to Winston, he always waves at her. I think she's growing on him. And she already loves Bob so they've got that in common.</div>
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They are starting to share food. Edie takes things off Winston's tray and eats them,</div>
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And Winston takes things I give to Edie.</div>
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We tried to re-create Winston's chubby leg picture. We should have done it several months ago, as Edie is getting longer but not fatter :) She had her 9 month checkup a few weeks ago and I forgot to post her stats! She weighs 17 lbs 4 oz (45%) and is 28.8" long (90%)</div>
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She loves to pull herself up on furniture and look around. She loves making noises :) Check out those cheeks!</div>
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And Winston's found a new favorite thing to play with, his cousin's play cell phone. He walks around with it glued to his ear. His therapists have come over a couple of times now and it's been interesting to learn different things we can do to help him develop. We've seen some progress, he said No No for the first time this week! He pushed Edie over in the bath tub (Whit caught her before she fell, luckily) and we said "No Winston! You don't do that." To which he responded, "No no." We had to catch ourselves from cheering because we were so excited to hear a new word, but we refrained because of course we didn't want him to think it was ok to push his sister. But it was really exciting for us! Oh, and Edie cut her first tooth this week too. Lots of fun milestones :)</div>
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I don't take many pictures when we don't have a lot going on. But I did think it was cute to document bath time. These two have a great time in their together and so far we've avoided any major incidents.</div>
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There are tons and tons and tons of leaves here! One day after our walk I let Winston walk around on the trampoline that was just covered with leaves. He thought it was super fun. Grandma didn't think it was fun mowing up all of the leaves though. I think she said they bagged upwards of 60 big garbage bags of leaves, and that was two weeks ago. They've mowed a few times since then so I'm sure there are more. :)</div>
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And the week ended with Kira coming up to watch the kids so Whit and I could go finalize all of our finishes for the house! Kira watched the kids while we did that, and when we came home she said she could keep watching them if we wanted to go on a date! So we went to see the movie Thor. Fun times :) Thanks Kira! That was a real treat. Saturday we dragged her with us to go look at furniture. We're not buying anything yet, just looking, but Whit decided we definitely need to have one of these massage chairs! He and Kira loved testing them out. But at $2500 for the cheap chair, I think we'll get a new couch and a few other things first! It sure would be nice though :)</div>
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We drove by our house on Monday, and this is what we saw! We were so excited!!! Who knew a hole could be so cool?</div>
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There were two boys playing on the huge pile of dirt, they were having a great time. It was fun to see.</div>
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Here you can see our neighbor's house across the street. We're doing the same color scheme and our house will pretty much look like theirs, except we only have a 2 car garage and we'll have a window above the garage. We hope they don't hate us for picking the same colors, but we like grey! :)</div>
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Winston was so excited to see "Bob!"</div>
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And this is the fun sight that I get to see in the mornings :) She has learned how to pull herself up and is standing all the time now.</div>
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And this is what our house looked like at the end of the week! They have poured the basement and we are getting even more excited. It's going to be a long 6 months, waiting for it to get finished. We are getting so very excited to have a home of our very own. With a yard :)</div>
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I have started taking the kids on walks again. I stopped for awhile because I liked to utilize the time that Edie was asleep. So I've been doing exercise videos while she naps. I can do that and a shower while she sleeps, and sometimes I even get to do something else if she's sleeping long enough. But now, they are painting the theater room and the fumes are really bad so I try to take the kids out as much as possible! Besides, it's fun pushing a stroller with your arm in a sling! I'm using new muscle groups in my good arm :)</div>
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And we discovered that Target has shopping carts made for multiple kids! Yay!</div>
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On Halloween we went to the Holley's house to see all of the cousins dress up. They are so cute don't you think?!</div>
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When we got home I tried to get a picture of the kids together. Edie was happy to cooperate,</div>
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Winston was another story. He didn't want to sit down, he didn't want to wear his hat, he didn't want to get his picture taken.</div>
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Well we showed him! I love this shot more than words can say! It captures the essence of whiny Winston perfectly! I'm so glad he's not like this all the time!!!</div>
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Just when we make him wear a hat or do things he doesn't want to do. And Edie is just excited to have something new to play with :)</div>
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Kira came over after her work, she is so sweet to come all the way up and help out with the kids! We had a great time together and I got a lot done while she was playing with the kids. Thank you Kira!!!</div>
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Saturday we gave Winston a haircut, he could have been an old man for Halloween with this hair!</div>
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Edie loves bath time, most of the time :)</div>
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And Winston is learning how to pour water out of the cup. He was dumping it on his own head. It's fun to see him learn new things. Although I'm not sure if it's a good thing he's learning--to dump things out of cups?</div>
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Edie is learning how to crawl and it's so fun to see her try to get around. She's got some funny moves!</div>
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And sometimes she gets tired and just takes a little break. :)</div>
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It was a fun week!</div>
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