Holidays

Well it has been awile since I last wrote. We went to St. George for Christmas and it was a quick trip that didn't last nearly long enough. It was Alexis' first Christmas and she had more fun tearing up the paper and trying to eat the paper than playing with her presents but it was so fun to see her get excited. We were home for a few days and then went up to Logan to spend New Year's Eve with my family and it was a blast playing games and staying up late talking.

A few days after we got home from New Year's and we were off to Vegas for the big CES conference. James loves the car audio display and since his hobby is to "pimp" his ride he was very excited to drag me all over to see every booth we could get in the few hours I was with him. We all stayed with Monaca and she was wonderful for watching Alexis while James showed me all the new gizmo's and gadgets at the conference. Alexis did so well traveling and thank goodness for the wonderful blessing she is. The weather was insane on the way to vegas and a 5 to 5 1/2 hour trip ended up lasting 7 and a little hours.

We are finally back home now and settling into our normal routine and the new year is treating us very well so far.

Christmas

Well it is that wonderful time of the year and we are loving it! Alexis is almost 8 months and she is getting so big. It is fascinating to watch her learn to crawl and grab things and discover the world around her. I am loving being a stay-at-home mom and am so grateful for the blessing it is for me to be able to do so. James is a waxer at UVDL and working hard to perfect his art of making teeth. Right now I am also a live in nanny for a family and it is a different experience, James, Alexis, and I live in the basement but it is just like we are extended family. Along with Alexis I am helping take care of two other kids but they are both in school full time so I get most of the day with just Alexis. It has been such a blessing for both our families and James and I will be forever grateful.

We are all heading down to St. George for Christmas to spend it at my sisters instead of heading up to Logan to spend it at my parents house. We are pretty excited although I am bummed we won't be having a white Chrstmas. James has been snowboarding and already says he can't wait to get Alexis a snowboard next year and start teaching her...who knows she may be able to snowboard better than she walks next winter. ;)