Big Boy Bed

Finally, now that Dewey is almost three, we decided to buy him a big boy bed. I can't believe how long he slept in a crib!! You can tell by the picture below that he doesn't miss the crib one bit. He has done really well with his new bed and has only rolled out once. Now I just need to find a quilt that I like for his bed.

I thought I would throw this picture in. This is me at 28 weeks. With Hallie and Dewey, I only took pictures of myself the morning of delivery. I thought I would try to be better this time and take more pictures.

Pine Basin 2010

Recently, my family and my Aunt Anita's family took what is turning out to be our annual Pine Basin trip. There is a big sledding hill right behind the lodge. I didn't get to do any sledding this year, but it was still a lot of fun watching everyone else. Here is one of the many trains that were made with the adults.

My cousin was nice enough to take me up and down the hill on his snowmobile so I didn't have to get any exercise whatsoever :)

My sister Deena all bundled up.

My parents and sisters.

My niece Brandee was very brave. She would have the snowmobiles take her clear up the hill and she would come hauling down the hill so fast, without even crashing.

My sisters on the dance pad.

Hallie and her favorite cousins Shaylee and Gracie. They are all the same age and have a lot of fun together.

The little kids decided they wanted to be like the adults and make their own train. They needed a little help getting started.

This is where Dewey was most of the time. He sat on the picnic tables and watched everybody sled out the big windows. He didn't want to go outside, and since he didn't feel that good, we didn't make him. We had a lot of fun and we are looking forward to next year.

Valentine's Day

This is a sucker that Dewey got in his Valentine box.

Waiting to open their Valentine boxes. They also got bags from their grandparents full of candy and toys. They are very spoiled on holidays!!

This is a picture of Hallie's class Valentine's that we made. M&H office supply had the sayings all printed up and we just added the paper, candy, ribbon and stickers. I thought they turned out pretty cute.

Baby Update

Today was my appointment for the big Ultrasound at the hospital. The technician took all of the different measurements of the body parts. I let her know right away that we don't want to know the sex of the baby. I had to turn my head a lot while she was doing the measuring of certain body parts. The baby measured 10 days earlier than my original due date, which would put me at May 5. I will have to talk to my doctor and see if this makes a difference. I doubt it!

If you cannot tell, this is a side profile picture of the baby's head. I think it's pretty cute!! We are having a hard time thinking of any boy names. So... if anyone has any suggestions, fill free to leave us a comment.

Quick Trip

This past weekend, we took a quick trip to Island Park. We left Friday after work and returned home late Saturday night. Dewey had been wanting to ride his Dads "broom broom".

I think he may be getting a little to big for this sled, but he loves to be pulled around in it.

Watch out!

Hallie had a lot of fun riding this Mini Z. She loved it!!

Grandma McBride was helping Sayer through the deep snow. I came outside long enough to take pictures and pull Dewey around on the sled. I don't think I will be doing any riding this year. :( We wish that we could have stayed longer, but we know that there are many more trips to come.

Christmas 2009

Christmas Eve was spent at the McBride's this year. Verda made us dinner and there was just a few of us there. After dinner, we came home and opened the traditional Christmas Eve pajamas.
Dewey has really gotten the hang of opening presents.

The kids also get a new ornament each year.

Sean even bought me some pajama pants. I quit buying him pajama pants years ago. He has to many and hardly ever wears them anyway.

Here are the kids in their new pajamas.

Before going to bed, we watched the church video "Joy to the World". We all sat on the couch together and the kids actually watched the whole thing. Dewey refers to any picture of the savior now as "baby jesus", no matter what the age. The picture below is of Santa's cookie plate. This year we just kind of found different treats that neighbors and friends had given to us, since I never made any cookies. Oh, and the carrots are for the reindeer's. Hallie also wrote a letter to Santa and left it on the plate. If you cannot read it, it says Dere Santa, I want for Christmas it will be moxies a lot from Hallie. It's pretty jumbled up. She's a funny girl!

Sean and I didn't get much sleep that night. Dewey woke up at like 1:30 and we couldn't take him out into the living room. We didn't want him to see that Santa had come, so we put him into bed with us. He woke up again at about 6:30 saying "I got a football". That's when we decided to get out of bed and wake Hallie up. I love this picture of Dewey with his football. As you can imagine, his dad is also pretty proud of it.

If you didn't already know, this is what a "Moxie" doll is. Basically like a Bratz doll, but not as ugly. This is really all that Hallie had asked for.

Dewey got a Geo Trax train set.

He also got these car slippers. He really loves the movie Cars.

Sean had told me that garments are a boring present to give someone, so I had to take a picture of him when he opened his "boring" present. Who doesn't love a fresh new pair of white garments? :)

We bought Dewey this Nerf gun and found out it is to hard for him to shoot. Oh well, at least we have fun with it.

I really think that the stockings are the best thing on Christmas morning and we always save those for last.

These are our ginger bread houses that we decorated earlier in December. I told the kids that I would take a picture of them, if they would let me throw them away and it worked.

After opening presents, we had Dave and Nancy over for breakfast. Sean opened up a present from his Dad to find a new Wii game system. It's so nice to have parents that spoil us! We spent the rest of the day at different family members houses. Once again, we had a great Christmas and before we know it, it will be here again. :)

Christmas Parties

Our first family party was at the McBride's. They just added on a new family room to their house and this was the first time that we were able to use it fully finished. We started by eating some of Kathy's delicious soups. Below is a picture that Hallie took of Sean and I. ( I forgot to blog about our 10 year anniversary that we celebrated on the 11th of Dec. I love you Sean!!)
Santa always comes to visit and brings presents. Dewey wanted nothing to do with him. So far, I have no pictures of Dewey with Santa. Maybe next year. All of the kids got new pajamas and slippers.

Our second party was at my parents house. Every year we draw names and the youngest gets to go first. Dewey got a Handy Manny with his tool box and tools.

Notice Dewey is sitting with my niece Cassie. He absolutely loves "Tassie" and calls her his girlfriend. Some day we will have to let him know that he cannot have cousins as girlfriends.lol

Hallie got a sweater and this huge jewelry set. She has been asking for a set like this for years, so she was pretty excited.

This is my nephew Gus. He's so cute that I just had to add this picture.

After all the little kids opened their presents, we drove into Jensen's Grove to see the live nativity. This is the first year that we have gone and it was pretty fun. You get to ride on wagons led by horses around to different nativity scenes. Here we are waiting in line.

Hallie drank her hot chocolate as we rode around on the wagon.

This is my sister Dawnette and most of her family.

Nobody could get a good picture of us, so we just took our own.

This is our Bishop's family. They were one of the more interesting nativity scenes to watch.

After the nativity, we headed back to my parents and then it was the adults turn to open their presents. Both party's were a lot of fun and we look forward to them every year.