We've been busy

Sorry, no pictures right now. We don't have internet at our house yet, so I'm at the library while Christopher is at preschool. Yesterday I had a dr's appt. Christopher came with me and did great dispite it being an hour wait. He liked hearing the heartbeat. The baby (I made the mistake of calling it a he infront of the dr...we don't find out for 2 weeks) was active and we could hear it move as we were listening to the heartbeat. Rob can even feel the baby kick. We bought a house and have been in it 2 weeks. (pictures to come when I have more boxes put away) I just got over my morning sickness and feel much better.

16 weeks and Christopher's first talk

Here's a picture of me at 16 weeks. Yesterday Christopher gave his first talk in Primary. (He's a Sunbeam now!) The topic was "I am a spirit child of Heavenly Father."
Here's how it went:
Christopher: Ok, I want to be a football player...
Me (whispering in his ear): This is my daddy and mommy, they are the parents of my body.
Christopher (pointing to the family picture I was holding): This is my daddy and mommy, they are the pay-ents of my body.
Me : Heavenly Father is the father of my spirit. I am a child of God.
Christopher repeats what I said.
Me : Now bear your testimony about Jesus.
Christopher: In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Me (as I escort him down): Ok, it's someone elses turn.
Christopher (loudly): I"m not done yet. I didn't say the other sports I like.
He lays on the floor and his teacher tries to comfort him. I walk to the back and wait to see if I need to intervene. A member of the Bishopric gets up w/huge chopsticks and asks everyone what they're used for. Christopher gets on his chair and says, "That's like in Kung Fu Panda." We leave for Sunday School.

Christopher's new bed

Christopher is super excited about his new car bed. Rob found it on KSL classifieds for a good deal.

Good timing too, because around July 5th we'll be needing his crib for a new baby!! I'm 14 weeks along and we heard the heartbeat today. I've been pretty sick, but starting to feel better. We are so excited!! I scheduled the ultrasound for February 13th, so hopefully the baby will cooperate so we can find out whether it's a boy or a girl.

Merry Christmas

We saw Santa Christmas Eve (weather made us wait). I was surprised the line wasn't too long-15 minutes.

Christopher asked for a train set and also wanted to know where Santa's reindeer were. Santa told him they were at the North Pole resting before their big trip.

We had our own little Nativity. I was Mary, Christopher was Joseph, and (hopefully this isn't sacreligious) Pablo was Baby Jesus on Christopher's request. Also on Christmas Eve we went sledding at Rock Canyon Park. Rob had Christopher on his lap and they went off a hidden jump. Rob stuck his leg out to keep them more secure and messed up his knee. Now he can hardly walk! He thinks he'll need surgery and has a dr's appt next week. Christopher loves sledding. Everytime he rolled off he said, "I did a backflip!" He went around telling everyone this.

Santa brought Christopher a marble set. Grandma and Grandpa Stephenson gave him the train set in the background.

Let it snow!

Rob came home 2 hours early yesterday because he was afraid he couldn't make it in our driveway (it is relatively flat) with the deep snow. Good thing he did...he had to try several times and it kept snowing! Rob shoveled behind the cars and made this snow cave with Christopher. We got about a foot on top of what was already there.

Christopher loves the snow, but has been disappointed we haven't been to see Santa yet because of the weather (I don't drive in the snow). He is really in the Christmas spirit this year, learning lots of Christmas songs. While I'm typing this Christopher is singing "Joy to the World" at the top of his lungs while banging on the window. Merry Christmas!

When good friends reunite

Mary Irene came to visit. She (and her family) were our neighbors for 2 years and had so much fun playing. We've missed them so much! We had a fun get together at Telisha's house with other old ward members. At the beginning there were 4 of us there and none of us had moved, but are all in different wards now. We thought that was funny.

Christopher told me on the way home he wants to move to New York because he wants to live by Elliott. They had fun crashing cars together.

Decorating for Christmas

Putting the tree together.

The candy canes are Christopher's favorite part. He kept trying to make up rules like, "If we want to eat a candy cane, it's ok."

For Family Home Evening Rob had the idea to make a chain for the Christmas tree. Rob's mom said that when Rob was little he made a tree that spanned his grandparent's house and was so excited when his grandpa hung it up outside. He thought it was the longest chain in the world.

Christopher keeps asking when Christmas is...maybe I should by one of those dollar advent calender things. We only have 5 presents under the tree so far...but that should change as it gets closer to Christmas.