2 1/2 more weeks...

This is Ciara

She invited us to her doctors appointment today.  It was so fun to be able to sit and talk with her while we waited for the doctor.  As we were waiting, I got to feel the baby kick (thanks Ciara) that was really cool!  When the doctor came in he measured her tummy and we got to hear the heartbeat-that was amazing!  We can't wait to see this little guy.  The doctor said everything is perfect so we get to come back in one more week for her next appointment.  Only 2 1/2 weeks away, Ciara is getting very anxious for this baby to come out, so are we!

Ciara was so sweet to bring us a gift today, she framed the picture of the ultrasound-I love it.

Thanks for such a wonderful day Ciara, you're such an amazing person!!

We have had the nursery walls and crib done for a while, but we just added a changing table and Remi painted that design on the wall-he is AMAZING!  The fabric hanging over the crib is going to be made into a bed skirt.  I'm so excited to see it all come together.  More projects are in the making... so more pictures will come soon hopefully.

Baby Boy

Ciara sent us a picture of her baby over texting so it's not the greatest picture, but I LOVE it!  Isn't he cute?! 

5 weeks and 1 day until the due date!  I can't believe it!!  It's been so fun going shopping and getting registered!  Ciara had a doctors appointment today and the doctor said that everything looks perfect!

In case you haven't already heard...

we are adopting a baby boy due on March 12!

We are just thrilled and can't wait!  We have been waiting for this day for a long time!  Although now we have lots to do in such a short time (but we are glad it's a short time).

We just met the birth mother, Ciara on Saturday evening.  We LOVE her!  It was such a great experience and it felt so comfortable.  We know that this decision will be very hard on her and her family so we continue to pray for her, she is such an amazing person to come this far.  We are so happy that she has chosen adoption and we know that she will also be blessed for it.

Thank you everyone for you prayers, love and support!  We know that the power of prayer is real and it works.  We are excited for our next step in life and feel so blessed for it!

Christmas Morning

After opening a few gifts at home, we went to my parents house and enjoyed Christmas morning with them.  We brought some of Lilo's gifts for her to open there.  It was so fun to see her opening her gifts and getting what was inside.

We got her one of those dogs that walks, barks, and flips.  It was so hilarious to watch her with it!  At first she kept sniffing the dogs butt thinking it was real.  It was so funny!  I wish I knew how to figure out how to put videos from off of my digital camera on here because we got some pretty cute ones of Lilo.

Our new Christmas outfits!

We had a good Christmas this year!  I love spending time with family!

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Playing in the Snow!

I swear she LOVED it!

Lilo just loves the snow!  After a fresh snow fall all look out my window into the backyard and there are tracks all over the yard from Lilo playing around.  I have to wipe her feet and face everytime she comes back inside.

 We sure love this little pup!

Our Annual Gingerbread House Party

Every year since we got married we have done a gingerbread house party.  We just invite some couples, we provide the graham crackers and frosting and we have everyone bring a few bags of candy to share.  And then we get creative!  The compitition is getting tough!  We have a contest after and everyone votes for their favorite (not your own).  And we have 1st 2nd & 3rd prizes.

So for this year...

Jamie (my sister) & her date Travis.

They tied for 1st place with their Salt Lake Temple.  It was huge!

My friends Alisa & Parker

They also tied for 1st place with their cool beach house.  They even crushed candy canes for the sand!

Erika (my sister) and her date

They tied for 2nd place with their Hogwarts castle.  They mixed some cool colors of frosting: blue, green, brown, etc.

Remi & Me

We also tied for 2nd place with our "Up" house.  We used dum dum suckers for the balloons.  I thought it turned out pretty cute.

Our friends Chris & Katie

This was their first year invited to our party so they didn't quite understand the level of compition.  But they still had fun!  We loved having them and maybe next year they will surprise us.

The big group

Thanks for coming everyone!

Temple Square

I am the 1st counsler in the Young Womens and I love it!  We took the girls to Temple Square to see the lights.  It's tradition, the girls love to go and of coarse you have to get hot chocolate!

This is now our tradition to take a picture in the bathroom mirrors (we did this last year).  I love these girls, they are so much fun!