Leading Up To Christmas...

So once again I'm a little behind on the whole posting thing, but get ready...cause here it comes!! First, our bestest friends Taylor and Sarah came to visit us from Colorado the beginning of December. It was a quick trip, but we loved seeing them and they loved chillin' with our babes. Haddyn was barely talking when they moved and Stetson was non-existant, so it was fun for them to see the changes. We can't wait for summer to come already so we can go see them! Here are a couple of cute pics...Next on the agenda was a family Christmas party in Utah the weekend before Christmas. Haddyn finally got to meet Santa for the first time. She has been talking to a Santa across the road in a hot air balloon for a month and saying that he is sleeping because, obviously, he is not moving. She has just wanted a horse and a cowboy hat and she tells him over and over. Well, as we expected, she wasn't quite as eager to talk to him and sit on his lap once he was up close and alive :) She still made her request from afar and Stetson took his turn too.Haddyn got to take a few swings at the pinata this year too and that was so much fun for her. She loves doing what the older kids are doing and because she is so much younger than all of our neices and nephews she is spoiled rotten and pretty much can get them to do exactly what she wants them to. Here she is taking a swing...We had an awesome snow storm one Sunday that made for PERFECT snowman snow, so Scott and Haddyn built a huge leaf filled snowman. However, Haddyn was ready for a nap like an hour before and she was not a very happy little love, so we did the best we could for pictures. Good times!!In this last one she is shaking Frosty's hand...Next was my candy making day. I will show you what I was doing, what Stetson was doing and what Haddyn was doing.
Me:Stetson: (He had been crying and Haddyn "consoled" him and I turned around to find him sleeping, tucked in with her blankie and she had snuggled her teddy in next to him, but it's underneath the blanket. It was very cute.)Haddyn: (I hear her saying "Yee Haw, I a cowboy!" and looked around to see her riding the broom through the house with her sunglasses on. She is such a funny girl!)

We Are Still Alive...

Well, now we all know how well Kelli is going to do updating the blog with 2 children. HA! Honestly though, we have been pretty busy with life in general. Stetson has grown so much in the last couple of weeks and he is such a chunk! It's so cute because Haddyn didn't have a roll on her body and he is just stacking them up like they're going out of style ;) We haven't had him to the Dr. and had him weighed again, but when we do the weigh yourself with him and subtract your own weight we're getting a solid reading of 12 lbs. and a little. Solid! Size 1 diapers barely fit him and he is not quite 7 weeks old. he,he
Anyway, nothing extremely profound has been happening, just life! Haddyn, Stetson and of course me are trying to fight a cold right now, but it seems to be getting Haddyn the worst. Therefore, she is SO happy lately.
We finally got our Christmas tree and decorations up this week, so they can be up for one whole week right? Oh well, at least we have one this year! We haven't been able to have a tree for the last 3 years so I love having one, even though it's totally Charlie Brown and looked better before it was decorated than it does now. ha,ha You can't be picky in nature though---they just don't grow the same as on a tree farm!
As you probably noticed I posted our new fam pics. We got like 2 good ones and Haddyn wasn't smiling in any of them. She was so unbelievably happy and helpful in the 20 degree temperatures. To think we paid to go through that. I bet Jen, my friend who did an awesome job taking the pics, wanted to double the price for us just to make it worth it! It was one of those days where it's a good thing we love her SO much :)
I have a couple of videos to post and I'll really try to do better at posting more often, but I'm dropping the disclamer right now...don't expect another until after Christmas. Sorry.
Here is Stetson's debut video and our first little conversation. It always amazes me how fast time goes once they arrive, but how SLOW it goes during pregnancy!

The next video is of Haddyn singing and dancing to Jingle Bells. She LOVES to sing and even sings the commercials on TV and she loves to dance in the living room.

And here is Little Bunny Foo Foo--she gets a tad aggressive with the "boppin" :)