the snowball effect

I've decided that blogging to me happens to be something of a snowball effect. I either blog fairly often with pictures galore or I get caught up in life and before I know it Christmas, the new year, AND our anniversary has passed...whoops! This is my attempt to get the snowball effect moving...

Christmas this year was a little hard because Talis ended up coming down with a fever the night before Christmas Eve that ended up getting progressively worse and in the 105 range by late Christmas Eve afternoon. Instead of spending Christmas Eve with my family going up north to play in the snow and wrapping presents for the family we adopted this year like we had planned we ate breakfast at our house instead and had to skip out on present wrapping to take Talis to the emergency room. He ended up needing antibiotics for an upper respiratory infection and ear infection. I was really bummed that we didn't really get to spend much time with my family AND that Talis looked miserable until we got some antibiotics in him which wasn't until around 10 o'clock that night. On Christmas Day we opened presents and ate at the Reynolds. It was hard enough to get in the holiday mood this year (which I'm not sure I ever really did despite my attempts of constant Christmas music playing and looking for any way to serve others) but I was anxious to get to the new year (do I sound like the Grinch yet? I feel like I do). Don't get me wrong we still enjoyed the holidays this year and feel incredibly blessed in every way possible I just felt like I was ready to start fresh and to see what was in store for us this up coming year.

For New Years we celebrated at our friend's Brooke and Jay's house. Talis fell asleep around eight and woke up about five minutes to midnight to scream all through the fireworks (he wasn't a big fan). After our New Year's smooches we headed home shortly after midnight because we were pretty tired by then. This is the only picture we took that night, a shoddy shot in the dark walking out to our car.

Our anniversary is on January 3rd and I absolutely love it. I feel like I'll never suffer from post holiday sadness because we get to celebrate our love pretty soon after the holidays! We thought about making big plans this year but decided to take the more low key route since I'm feeling quite large and pregnant these days and we both are just drained by the end of the day. We're actually celebrating tonight and we're both not sure what we want to do but yesterday he treated me to flowers and cupcakes while I treated him to a dirty house and an exhausted looking wife...that man sure does love me! Love that handsome man of mine and so glad we've spent four incredible years in marital bliss!

So bring it on 2013, we're all pretty excited for another year of challenges, adventures, growth, and change!

christmas run-down according to baby T

1. picked out a christmas tree

2. helped mom and dad decorate

3. ugly sweater christmas party

4. got smooched by my friend gracie

5. met my grandpa ili for the first time and became buddies

6. sat on santa's lap and looked adorable

7. got spoiled on christmas morning

christmas eve procrastination

(excuse the picture quality, it was taken on my phone)

we've been busy preparing for christmas this past week shopping for presents, throwing christmas parties, spending time with family, and running to the mall christmas eve morning to get pictures with santa since we are lame parents and have put it off/forgotten till the last very possible day. baby T was fearless with santa. he took turns giving wide toothless smiles at the camera and leaning back to gaze up at mr kringle. more pictures and updates to come but for now we're soaking up every minute of T's first christmas. Happy Holidays!

it's begining to look a lot like christmas.

T was in awe while we put up the christmas tree. celebrating the holidays is already that much more fun with this little stud.

why do I even have a blog?

I haven't updated our blog nor even been on blogspot in so long that I am wondering why I even have a blog. To update you all on what's happened since the last post which I don't know how long ago was I've tried to compile it all in one short list. So here is goes:

1. Went to Hawaii for our family reuion. It was DJ's first trip and we had so much fun.

2. Our dogs are bigger and crazier and funner then ever

3. School for me has ended, started back up again, and now with the end of semester approaching will soon be ending again.

4. We had an awesome Christmas and me and DJ enjoyed spoiling eachother this year. We threw a Christmas party for friends and had a blast.

5. We've made 2 Vegas trips and will make one again this weekend for my cousin's wedding

6. Got in a car accident that totaled my car and resulted in me having to get surgery :(

7. Me and DJ have started to get into hiking and go every weekend we are able to.

8. Have attended numerous weddings of friends and family and everytime we are in the sealing room I remember the day I was married to my sweetheart :)

9. DJ and his dad put in nice new baseboard, chair railing, and detailing all downstairs and in our bedroom and it looks amazing. We've painted and started to decorate our master but it's been a slow process so we aren't quite done yet

10. We have been put into nursery and we love our calling

This list doesn't do us justice for all the stuff we've been up to this past year but it's the jist of it I guess. From here on out I am going to be a better blogger! hopefully.... :)

A glimpse at our family photo at the end of the year 2009 :)

Hiking pictures from hiking Dutchman's Trail and Peralta
Pictures from our Hawaii trip.....oh I wish we could have just stayed there !

Our Christmas picture that was on our Christmas card (the one with us in footies) and me getting to makeout with Santa (my sexy husband) at our Christmas party. Notice Nicole Letner in the background looking at her finger? She just got proposed to :) Congrats Ryan and Nicole who got married last weekend!