Christmas Day

This year, we got to spend Christmas with Scott's family. His parents are staying at our house. Christmas morning, Adelaide looked so cute sleeping in her little bed!
When we woke up, Scott and I exchanged stockings (our big present this year was our house). Scott got me a brown watch, two frames for my new shelves in our new living room, and some yummy chocolate treats, including lindor truffles (which my dad will tell you are scooped out of the walls of the Celestial kingdom). I got Scott some mallow roasters because we can have fires at our new house. I also got him some yummy treats. It was so fun to fill each other's stockings.

Addy got to open her present from my mom. She obviously needed help, but once she got them out, she knew what to do!
Quiet books! Addy loved looking at all the colors and listening to mommy read to her. She is SO sweet!

Then it was ready for church! This is Adelaide's Christmas dress, which we got from someone in my mom's ward. It fit her perfectly and she looked like a perfect Christmas angel.


Look at how big her smiles are getting! She does them for the camera sometimes now haha. She also is learning how to giggle. And to be honest, it's the cutest thing I've ever heard!



We enjoyed dinner with Scott's parents and all but two of his nine siblings. His parents bought Addy a really cute outfit, me a necklace that I absolutely love (I've already worn it!) and Scott a tie with the Pilsbury dough boy on it :D I love that his mom knows him as well as I do! We just busted up laughing.

Another highlight was getting to talk to Shane over webcam...well, I got to webcam with my parents who were on Skype with him. So he got to see Adelaide and kept saying how cute she is. I can't wait until you get home Shane and you can see her!

Anyway, Christmas was great fun and we are so grateful for the time we had with family. The gospel is true and families are forever!

Learning and Growing Every Day

Well, having our baby is such an adventure! We sure do love her! Here are some fun pictures from the last couple weeks. We love you Addy!

Discovering her hands. She loves to play with her hands. She's learning that she can stop them from always hitting her in the face haha.

Holy double chin...

Sittin' in her Bumbo sure does make her tired!

Okay. I'm the oldest of twelve children. I've been changing diapers since I was 3. And let me tell you...this one honestly had me gagging! She had poop up to her arm pits! And all this happened in a matter of seconds...there was no prevention.

Oh the things that happen when Daddy folds laundry. (I know, my husband folds laundry. I guess that makes me the luckiest lady on the planet!)

And the funny thing is...the pants on the head thing helped! I should try that more often...

Well, I'll update on Christmas a little later this week, but I had to share some of these pictures. Families are forever and we are so thankful for that this Christmas season. We are enjoying every minute of Adelaide and all of her learning and growing. She is so strong and so smart! And, of course, the cutest baby ever born (our other children, unfortunately, cannot possibly be this cute).

Uncle Shane, we love you and miss you! Pray hard, work harder!

Addy is 2 Months Old!

My little baby is two months old! I can hardly believe it! Her two month stats are as follows: Height 22 inches 42nd percentile, Weight 11.3 lbs 67th percentile. So, short and chunky, and oh how I'm loving it! Some of her new tricks are her little giggle and pushing herself up on her arms while she's on her tummy. She also continues to LOVE to stand with those strong legs! We love our little girl! Here are some pics for you to enjoy :D She is cute as they come!


Addy helping mommy clean the kitchen. Thanks Courtney for this chair! She LOVES it!


What mom? I didn't do it! LOVE this face!




An old friend from elementary and middle school bought this little blanket for her. It's really nice and plushy! She loves it. This dog that she's wrapped up in goes around the blanket when you roll it up. She thought this was pretty funny.

Our ward Christmas party had a visitor! It was really fun to get this picture before she really understands how scary Santa can be! She just took a chunk of his beard with her little fist! My goodness...good thing that's fake! haha

This is our friend's baby. In this picture he was two weeks old. I had already forgotten how little Addy used to be! We need another new baby! haha. I also thought it was pretty funny to see her next to little Liam. He was born at around 8 lbs, and she started at 7! Our little tanker :D

We have been BUSY BUSY! This last month has been awesome! With less than a week of notice, Scott found out that he had to go to a training in Massachusetts for work. Luckily, his training was the week before Thanksgiving. We worked it out so that I would be able to go spend a week with my family while he was away and then he would come back and spend Thanksgiving week with us. We felt so blessed to be able to spend so much time with my family and let's just say that Grandma was no less than ecstatic!

This is the night before we left. We let Addy try out her Bumbo chair. Though she could only hold her head up for a few minutes, she thought it was fun...we think haha.

When we made it to my mom's house, we were greeted by this little rocking cradle thing that my mom had bought (for a QUARTER) as well as our swing, which she also bought for us (for a QUARTER!). I'm not sure what face this is...

Addy loved baths in the kitchen sink! She started smiling in response to us while we were in Spokane.

Levi holding her while I got him a drink.

This is Jill. Her little girl (who was at school :( ) is the one Adelaide is named after!

Uncle Tony

Grandma making a hat for Addy

Having a play day

Becca, Katie, and I made monkey bread. The kids had never had it before. It was a hit!

Uncle Koli

SO darling

After daddy being gone for 9 days, Addy and I were both ready for him to be home! He forgot his razor...hence the rather gruff look. The next day he got a shave and a hair cut!

Tired Daddy

My whole family! (Minus Shane, who's on a mission and Daniel and Jet who are still in Ethiopia waiting for the adoption to go through)

Grandma and her daughters

Four generation

My cousin Paisley. They had matching jamies!

My cousin Austin

One night, Scott and I went upstairs to have some alone time and Becca volunteered to watch Addy. About three hours later we headed downstairs to get our baby and my mom had no idea where she was! I looked and looked and finally found her here with Becca. I swear, this girl could be a mommy today! The hair under the quilt is Katie...I think they must have put the mattress on the ground in case Addy rolled off...such thoughtful Aunties :D

The day after Thanksgiving Scott and I went with my parents to chop down the Christmas trees (there's two real ones and one fake one in my mom's house). My parents had already gone out and tagged the ones they wanted on their property. Here my dad is thinking, "Are you sure this is really the one you want Lisa?"

And "Uh...let's find a shorter one..."

"OK, you're the boss."

Grandma taking a tumble

I think we trimmed....well, quite a few feet off lol

Cold baby! She LOVED being outside though!

My mom decided she was going to drag the tree out...

While my parents went to get the second tree, my mom decided she didn't like it that much anymore...so Scott and I headed back to the truck to feed the baby. While Scott was taking these pictures, Addy pooped ALL over. Worse blowout she's ever had (Yes, Nicole, worse than the one she had at your house lol).

This is her after her diaper change. Poor baby. Some one had taken my wipes out of our diaper bag, so we had to use freezing cold water on napkins that my mom thankfully had in the glove box! She didn't even cry. That's my perfect little girl!

Headed to a Lee family event

My cousin Emma...Addy looks mad, but sometimes she makes that face when she concentrates...

I LOVE this hat my mom made with little eyes on it! Hilarious!

Addy ready for FHE

We set up our Christmas tree for FHE after we hung out with our besties, Cole and Rachael.

Ignore Scott's face...but Addy is making her frown, which is perfect symmetrical! SO cute!

Sad face :(

Admiring the tree

Sleepy baby and mommy. This is what Scott found when he came home for lunch one day.

Precious

Addy likes to hang out in here while I clean. It's rather entertaining.

OK, I like how I edited this, but my dad thinks it's creepy and Scott says it's "artsy..." Hmm...whatever, I like it!

Well, that concludes my long post. We made an offer on a house tonight, and we'll hear back on it soon. We really hope that we get it. It would be perfect for our growing family (no, I'm not pregnant again yet lol).
Uncle Shane, keep working hard. The gospel is true. I have come to this realization more and more as I continue to be a mom and as I continue to study and pray. Families are forever and we are so blessed in our lives. Work hard, and pray harder. Love you little bro!