Christmas 2011

We were here in Layton for Christmas this year so after our Christmas eve feast of Ham, cheesy spuds, and homemade rolls we opened the one Christmas Eve present and then Santa and Mrs. Clause came and finished things up. Things were a little different this year with Christmas being on Sunday, we got the kids up, fed and dressed for church. We then let them open one present and we headed to church and finished the rest when we got home. Both Marley and Garrick had pretty specific lists and both got what they wanted which made things really easy for Santa. Garrick didn't want to take off his Captain America Jammies for days (we finally conned him into letting us wash them). Marley decided she needed to be Rapunzel to open presents and Grady was more into climbing on presents than opening them. I didn't get a picture but Grandma and Grandpa Gatherum came and opened presents and had brunch with us. Overall it was a great Christmas.

The annual jammies.

Year ONE

Our baby turned 1 a couple of weeks ago. It has gone so fast. We had a little party with the Grandparents. He didn't like his cake and he didn't love opening presents, but he was a ham for the Grandparents.






He says "dis" (this) and loves crawling. He loves going down the stairs and playing repeat with Marley. He thinks he is as big as his siblings and has recently taken to climbing. He likes to be heard and has a great set of lungs. He had a rough go just before his birthday, after a round of antibiotics (which wiped out the good stuff in his stomach) for an ear infection we found out he had c-dificile (which is the bad stuff most people have in their stomachs but is repressed by the good stuff). But is good now and actually is eating better than he ever has. I was thinking the other day how fast things go and how much you can love someone. But I do, our boy is wonderful and we are very blessed.