Family Pictures

Here are the family pictures from our little photo shoot. I realized I had never posted them.

Here are a couple of Adelaide with just Mama.

and we can't forget about Daddy. Of course by this point in the photo shoot she was done and the only way to get her to be happy was to give her my eyeshadow case from my purse. 

Christmas Morning, New Year's Eve and play time in between!

Christmas morning found us in Manti again. Our wonderful friend's the Cox family invited us down for a wonderful, relaxing Christmas.

 Gavin made yummy pudding bread for breakfast. Butterscotch and chocolate.

Amy knitted Adelaide a cute ladybug.

We feel so blessed to have such close friends.

Adelaide has been loving the play kitchen Richard and her Grandpa made. The other night we walked in to her room and saw this...

A dinner party with some of her cuddly friends. She did this all on her own. I can't believe how much she knows sometimes. It is fun to watch her learn and grow.

Part of the growing process is the graduation to the big girl bed. I was hoping to postpone this milestone until a couple of months after the baby was born. Adelaide had other plans. Nap time and bed time have been a bit dramatic this past week. On Thursday she proved that she knew what was best and climbed/fell out of her crib. So off came the side and here is the toddler bed.

She LOVES it by the way. It is the first thing she showed her friend Kaylie when we were babysitting yesterday.

And last but not least. We say goodbye to another year. We decided to celebrate in style.

Pigs in a blanket and Yakisoba!

Here's to a Popping good New Year! 

Happy New Year everyone!

Yay! A play kitchen for Christmas.

Love this Kid!

Seriously! I love this kid of mine. She is so beautiful and loving. She is learning so much everyday. I'm so grateful to be her Mama.

Sneak Peek

Today we headed to our wedding photographer for a little family photo shoot. Here is a little preview.

This is Adelaide's reaction lately to having her picture taken. No worries though we got some super cute smiles to go with the super cute pouts. 

Thanksgiving & Gingerbread houses

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Washington. We had a wonderful time and loved being with all our family there. Everyone pitched in for the dinner and it tasted amazing. We are so thankful for our family.

Sean and I did the turkey. Isn't it beautiful?

Dad/Grandpa carved it up wonderfully

the grandkids made their candy turkeys and wore their festive paper hats.

We tried them on too, after all I did make them. :)

and of course we ended the night with yummy pies.

For Family Home Evening the other night we made Gingerbread houses with Grandma and Grandpa Williams. We had a blast. For every candy that went on Adelaide and Richard's house two went into Adelaide's mouth. She loved this activity.