Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year down in California. It was the first time in many years that my parents have stayed home so I was way excited to go down. My dad has been coming up for the last few years for the Vegas Bowl since BYU has been in it so I went down a day before Chyler with my dad all so I could surprise Chyler by making him and Carson matching pajama bottoms. But stupid me brings all of my fabric for my many sewing projects I was planning to do except the flannel. I was so upset with myself for ruining the surprise and for having to spend all of Christmas eve making the pants once Chyler got there. Or should I say my mom had to spend all of Christmas eve since she helped me so much. But everything worked out and they looked so cute. Too bad they shrunk so much after I washed them that I have to completely alter them now. I didn't finish all of my projects but I did get a lot done. Chyler was really looking forward to having the time off because this was the longest he has had off work in a year and a half. Unfortunately, all the kids gave my parents new interior doors for Christmas which Chyler agreed to hang. But it turned out to be a much bigger project then we planned so his much needed vacation made him more exhausted than his normal 70 hour work weeks. So I guess that means we need another vacation after the baby comes with absolutely no work. But we are all so grateful for his mad skills and willingness to help. I love him.

Aren't my boys cute!!

Christmas morning. We got so much for Carson, we were so excited for him to open everything. I figured I had to take advantage of presents being so cheap for toddlers. When he opened the books we gave him, he picked them up and totally left the room. And he wanted to open the boxes immediately and play with them, we had to distract him with other presents to get him to open everything. He really did love everything but like I have mentioned before, he isn't a very expressive child, he takes it all in and then gets excited. We gave Presley the cute pink hat she is wearing and I made a crayon roll for her like Carson's. But Jodi got her a doll that is motion activated so on Christmas eve while we were in there reading Luke 2, it kept making noise in the bag it was in. Carson kept having to go investigate, it was so funny. Christmas with kids is so much fun!!!

We went up to Michele's for Christmas dinner but we ran into tons of traffic so Carson and Chyler took their naps. The only problem with that was that I asked Chyler to put pomade in Carson's hair before we left my parent's but while Chyler was doing his own hair, Carson put a ton of pomade in his own hair. Then when he fell asleep in the car seat, it totally made it stick straight up for the rest of the day no matter how much water I put in it. My little family

Carson loves playing the piano so he was loving Haley's new keyboard.

This is an awful picture of us but I wanted to put it in because Chyler and I were actually on a date. I don't even remember the last time we went out just the two of us but it was so fun to hold hands and have Chyler open doors for me. And Carson had some much needed Grandma time. I am so excited for them to bond when she is here for two weeks when the new baby comes.

On Sunday night, we had a girls night with some of the girls we grew up with. It was so fun to catch up. Laura, on the left end, and I should be due on the same day if my doctor had not pushed back my due date. She and Jodi are the ones who made me take a pregnancy test when we were home last summer. Chyler was totally like, we will figure it out some enough, but Laura drove me to Albertsons at 11pm to get one because she had to find out. I must say, I am more into Laura's thinking than Chyler's. And please ignore the fact that I am in pajamas, I just did not want to get dressed and I have lived with all but one of them so we don't feel the need to dress up for each other.

We put a lot of thought into what we get for Carson, we really try to buy presents that he will love and that will last for a long time. Apparently we did a good job because it has been a month since Christmas and at least once a day, he drags us into his room and says "whoa" like he does in the video. But now he thinks that we always need to play with him so he drags us in there and then pats the floor for us to sit down. I love playing with him but it just hurts me way to bad to sit on the floor for that long with my belly so big, so he gets mad at me quite often.