Hello, this is Jordan and I have only contributed once before to this blog; please forgive the intrusion. Here's a little update. I'm on winter break until mid-January. This week I have off and my friend Joseph Killian is coming to record some songs (we are hoping to become the next N'Sync....please check out iTunes in the next couple months). My sister Shawnie is staying with us until next week. Tuesday the girls are ditching me to go to Seattle. The following week I'll be in Des Moines for a winter break class. I have two job offers that I have to decide on by the end of January so we should have some potentially exciting news up here in the coming weeks. My last semester of school starts in a few weeks and ends on May 14th then I'll be done with school forever. It's a bitter sweet feeling. All is well in Zion, yea, Zion prospereth.
Our family had the incredible opportunity to spend Christmas in Nauvoo Illinois this year. Each of Jordan's siblings, and their spouses and kids and his parents were able to come too! We had such a wonderful time, and the only drama was that I lit the oven on fire! It wouldn't be a family gathering without some sort of upset right?! Here is a little picture tease, I have a few on my camera, but when I am with Dustin and Amber. I tend to take less pictures, because I love the ones they take! Anyway, here are a few Amber emailed me before we all went our seperate ways on Saturday.
Mommy and Michaela reading the scripture story on Christmas Eve
Michaela posing with her artwork. I had these stickers of the nativity and each time Grandpa mentioned something, we put the sticker on the paper. Notice how well organized Michaela's paper is - I promise I didn't help much either!
Christmas Morning! We took a little bit of Kresge with us, leaving this present from my parents for her to open there...instant hit and she is still wearing the outfits!
We got Corban this lightening McQueen sleeping bag. He LOVED it! They snuggled for a few minutes before bedtime.
Mommy: (Singing) Away in a Manger, no ........
Michaela: (Inturrupts) Wait mom, don't sing till I get my shoes...
Mommy: Why do you need shoes?
Michaela: Cause I gotta run away if your singing is going to be bad again
Mommy: Michaela, are you done? (going potty)
Michaela: Not yet, I'm still lookin!
Mommy:..........Looking?
Michaela: Ya, at my poops, it's big this time, like the whale that ate Jonah.
Michaela: Mommy, who is this present for?
Mommy: that one is for you (repeat like six times)
Michaela: But how come there aren't any for Jesus? Won't he be sad at his birthday party with all the presents for me? Can we go to target really fast for him?
Christmas 2007
Christmas 2008
Christmas 2009
*disclaimer* Michaela has a wonderful, warm, heavy winter coat....that was in the car Jordan drove to school, thus the multiple sweatshirts and jacket
I now feel bad for being impatient with people with more than one kid for not putting pictures on their blog the instant they take them! There is so much to catch up on, and I do have pictures, but for now, I am going to be satified with Thanksgiving pictures, and a shower!!!
Here is our first, (yes seriously!) ever family of four picture. Can you believe that it took more than a month to get around to doing it??? Despite the fact that neither girl looks happy to be there, we are all happy to be with eachother, and Thankful we are blessed with eternity as a family :)
This year, we celebrated with our best friends ever, The Culley's and other wonderful friends from Jordan's program. For some, this was their first Thanksgiving experience! (too bad some of it was my cooking huh??) Michaela was infatuated with all the boys and had them eating out of her hands all night!
Here is my little chubbs, Heidi! At 5 1/2 weeks she is sleeping pretty much all night, and weighs 9.6 lbs!
Here are all the Ladies at our feast! Michelle is in the purple sweater, and she is who Heidi got her middle name from :)
The boys!
Michaela melted John's heart one day when she said, "What up John?", (in the plain shirt) and now it's a game to also say, "What up Sebas? (short for Sebastian) These two are her buddies!
John and Michelle Culley
Phew! There you go mom, they are up, and now I am taking a shower! There will be more I hope by tomorrow of the girlies, as well as more from the mouth of Michaela!!!
We got the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana video from netflix the other day, and Michaela was an instant fan! She loves to sing and dance so it seemed like a good choice for her - and we were right! She hasn't ever seen any of the shows and we don't have anything of Hannah Montana, so I don't know if you can call us die hard fans, but she sure does love this song!
Mommy: Michaela- come eat your sandwich please!
Michaela: my don't need to mommy - my not hungry
Mommy: It's lunchtime - how can you not be hungry?
Michaela: Cause I just had some of my boogers from in my nose!
In our house - Stupid- is a naughty word, one that if used in the wrong place at the wrong time...warrants soap in the mouth. (Disclaimer - NEVER have I made Michaela eat a bar of soap - she gets a swipe from off my finger- barely enough to taste, but enough to remember)
Michaela: Mommy, you do what I say, make my doll dressed, she is stupid and my is mad at her!
Mommy: Michaela, talk nice to your toys and maybe it will be easier to play with them
Michaela: My not want to talk nice - she is stupid!
Mommy: Michaela, don't say that word
Michaela: STUPID!
Mommy: Do I need to get the soap or can you calm down?
Michaela: Oh, just go get the soap, My is too mad to calm down right now!
So here they are! We are finally getting the hang of things around here! (It might have 100% to do with the fact that my mom is here helping me sooooo much! - Can you say - "mommy don't leave me?!")
Check out that size difference!!!
Here is my attempt at making children's clothing...the hat and the embellishment on the onesie.
I had no idea how hard/adorable it would be to give both my girls a bath...at the same time! Makes for some great photo ops though!
Check out the eyes Heidi is giving grandma!
And Michaela running is one of my favorite sites! She has such wonderful form!
Raining leaves!
Who knew pumpkins could get this mad?!
This is Heidi's special blanket. One of her great grandma's made it for her and it will always be her treasure!
My two favorite heads!
