Not what I had in mind

This weekend we headed down to St. George so that Nick could do a half marathon. The drive down was scary with a lot of snow and a lot of cars off the side, but we made it after a little longer then normal drive. On Friday Nick woke up sick though really sick. He spent the day puking his guts out while the girls and I played and went swimming. By the evening he was feeling a little better and decided to try out the race the next day. As you can see by the picture he ran, finished, and finished with a time that I can only dream about. Yeah, he is still fast even after puking all day before the race. After that the trip went better and we even got a hike in although the weather was cold.

2 Months

The new camera has thankfully conceded to talk to our computer so we can finally post some new pictures of Rachel. She has definitely woken up in the past couple of weeks so now we get some ridiculously cute smiles and noises in addition to the typical newborn crying which makes everything that much more worth it. Anyway, she really is a cute kid as we are sure you will agree. That's it here, just a classic "Brag-by-pictures" post. Enjoy.

I liked the somewhat Italian appearance in this picture. Just say "How you doing?" in your head while looking at this picture. Apparently she has a cousin Guido who we were unaware of until recently.

Nothing to add here.

Threats

I keep meaning to put up pictures of Rachel because she is incredibly adorable, but I can't load the pictures from my new camera so just imagine the cutest baby you have ever seen and yep that looks just like her.
Addie's conversations have been cracking me up lately. She has taken to threats to try and get her way. The other day she told me, "Mom if you don't give me that candy I will never eat again." to which I answered, "OK". Just now she told me, "Mom if you don't let me color in my room I will never go in there again and then I can't get dressed so there.
She also informed us that Dad's chore was to spend lots of money and mine was to clean the toilets. I think I would like to request a change.

Christmas is exhausting

Christmas preparations

Playing in the snow = cold hands and nose, a giant snow man, some good sledding crashes, and a lot of fun.


Christmas pictures= tears, yelling, and an angry mom.
"Mom did you know when you get angry and stomp and make that mad face Santa is watching and I don't think you are going to be getting any presents right now."
Thank you Addie

What Am I Doing Here?

Disclaimer: I am glad to have gainful employment. Really, I am. I promise. This post is not intended to express a desire to alter that state. OK maybe a fleeting desire but I also have fleeting desires to join the Air Force after watching "Top Gun" and Star Fleet after watching the new "Star Trek" so don't be too alarmed.

That said I did find myself wondering, as I was driving to work today through several inches of fluffy powder listening to loud music to keep me awake, what I was doing going north on I-15 and not east on Little Cottonwood Road. Yes, I know that sentence was long. My mind is thinking in run-on sentences right now. As in long runs that keep going and going and going...

I can not tell a lie

The hospital were I had Rachel had a rule that no children under 14 were allowed on the floor because of the flu season. This made Addie really really sad and when we pulled into the garage to come home she was waiting with the door open. I walked in excited to see her and told her that I had missed her. I thought she would ask about the baby but she looked at me and put her hand on my stomach and asked, "If you had the baby why is your stomach still so big?"