We Work With Santa... and more!

Ha Ha Ha! Yes, we get to work with Santa! Our office just hired a new drafter and he just happens to be Santa Claus! And Ethan actually likes him! We didn't get the traditional picture with Santa over the holidays, so this is the next best thing. I guess economic times ARE hard, Santa got a job during the off season! :) :) :)

Well, its a new year... wow, I'm not sure where 09 went, but 2010 is here and we are excited for the fun to come! Hope you all had a lovely holiday season! We had a wonderful, but quick Christmas and very uneventful (thankfully) New Years... let me explain...

First, we traveled for a week during December, who does that? I mean, Christmas always comes fast enough anyways, but take an extra week out of December and Christmas shows up on your front door ;) We wanted to travel out to Vernal and take a little extra time with family, but the no good weather made that impossible for us, so we drove out the morning of Christmas Eve. As giddy new parents, we were so excited for our first Christmas as a little family! Ethan liked the ribbon.. of course! But we read the story called the The Tale of the Three Trees, you need to read it, its so good, and it was a very special experience. Christmas morning was exciting, Ethan made a haul, but was a little over whelmed with it all and took a nap while we opened up his goodies!

We had a great Christmas day, played games, ate yummy, and I mean yummy food, and just enjoyed being together. But then, it got very cold, and not just outside, Vernal is frigid, but in the house, the temperature was dropping drastically, and the furnace was blowing cold air! Well, the handy dandy furnace guy came and took a peak, and yep, my parents furnace was pooped out, and had to be replaced. Not only was it not working, but it had been leaking carbon monoxide. How much and for how long, we don't know, but SCARY!!! We bundled up, collected every space heater we could, and tried to get some rest.

Next day, furnace guy comes back with a detector for CO, and yeah, it was going off constantly, so we packed up, and came back to our home in the city. I'm a new mom, and when we found out about the carbon monoxide, I fell apart... you see on the news the families that never wake up... that could have been us, I am so thankful that the furnace started blowing cold. We can deal with cold, but CO, its not to be messed with.

Just a few days later, my little sis, Jacky, had a little episode of vision going out in her left eye for about an hour and a half. The next day, she was on an ambulance to Primary Childrens... and after every imaginable test, the doctors are stumped and she is A O K! No stroke, no problems with her vision, her heart, her blood pressure, nothing, nada, zilt. Which is frustrating, because an answer would be great, but our family is so grateful that nothing serious is to be found. Jacky has been through a lot, the Lord must have a grand plan for her I tell you, she is one special young lady. But her and my mom drove back to Vernal on New Years Eve day, and Tys and I put Ethan to bed, had some dinner, and just relaxed after a nail biting week at Primary Childrens. I have spent a lot of time there during the years of my sister being treated, but never as a mother, and my heart was touched during my visits last week. I can't express my gratitude in words, simply put: I am so grateful and blessed for the health of my beautiful son, husband, and family... so grateful.

So, like I said, quick Christmas, and uneventful New Years... but all is well!

I have a six month old... oh goodness, 6 months, and I just adore this kid more and more each day. He is getting to be really fun, he has the cutest darn personality, I love it when he gets excited about something, his smile warms me through and through. He had his 6 mo. appt. and he is in the 85% percentile. He loves to eat, I swear, if I let him, he would eat all day, and that would explain him weighing in at 18 pounds 3 ounces! He is crawling around, sitting up, figuring out a sippy cup, loving trucks, making truck engine sounds, eating anything and everything we give him, and loves Elmo!

For some reason, that I can't fix, the pictures are first, thanks for reading my extremely long post, but had to get caught up! Hope you all have a great start to 2010! I am going to try and enjoy the moments more, life is short and there is so much to enjoy!