just a note...

So just when I feel like Wren is "stuck in a rut" she does something amazing like drop something, look at me and say "uh oh"! or while she is rolling around on the floor roll over to the vaccuum and sit up!! She truly is amazing!

just rambling....

so.... being a mom is HARD!! The thing that I think is the hardest is the worries that go along with being a parent. I don't know how my parents survived me! I was a terrible teen and I am terrified of Wren becoming me as she gets older. She is such a blessing to me and to Jeremiah but I know that it will always be hard to be a parent. Even now I wonder if I am doing it right. Am I feeding her the right things at the right time, are the bottles that I give her the right amount, do I put her down for naps at the right times? Do I put her to bed at the right time of night and get her up at the right time in the morning - sometimes it is afternoon before she wakes up? Do I give her enough baths, not enough baths? Do I play with her enough, do I read to her enough, does she feel loved? Is she doing the things developmentally that she should be doing? Is she falling behind? Should I worry if she is falling behind? All of these things are things that stress me out. However, I look at her everyday and wonder how I ever lived without her in my life. She is my sunshine and my life.

Ward Christmas Party

Tonight was our ward Christmas Party. Scott told me about it at 6:00 p.m. it started at 6:30!! Wren was still asleep at 6 so I hurried and got ready and by the time Jeremiah got home at 6:30 we were ready to go. He just had to change his clothes and we were out the door and we got there at about 7! I would have to say that is pretty good!! We ate and chatted with Scott, Shy, Jen and Richard for a little while and then home we came. Wren enjoyed being around people and we got to see Kate and had a good talk with her so that was nice also!

Our cutest girl!

Wren with Uncle Scottie and cousin Tuxzyn

Our family!!

Jaxon James Hathaway!

Isabella received a letter in the mail from her cousin, Daria. It was a picture that she had drawn just for her. When Valerie opened the picture, this is what it looked like......



That's right, it says "Dumbee yuer ded bie tomoroe Kolbe" Valerie was unsure whether this was a death threat to Isabella or someone else so she had me look at it and I assumed that it said... Dummy, your dead by tomorrow. Kolbe. So we thought that this Kolbe person was sending a threat to Bella.

Come to find out, Jaxon has a "friend" named Kolbe who is always very mean to him and Drew and specializes in getting them into trouble. This note was intended FOR Kolbe, not FROM Kolbe!! Every time I see it it makes me laugh though, what a character! Jaxon is definitely Kevin's kid! :)

Thanksgiving....

We had a really great Thanksgiving this year. We spent the holiday with the Martin's in Pocatello at Jeremiah's brother, John's home. Each year we split and switch the holidays between the in-laws and the "out-laws". It is really nice because then we don't feel like we are always rushing to be somewhere and each family knows what to expect of us and when we will be there. The food was delicious, the company was great and we had a really great time. We went down on Wednesday night and spent the evening just having conversation and catching up and the Wren and I went over to Clyde and Dixie's to go to bed and Jeremiah went back to John's and talked with his brothers some more. Thursday I woke up with a migraine - YUCK- so Jeremiah got Wren up and ready for the day while I tried to sleep it off. We headed over to John's at about 1:00 p.m. and got the potatoes peeled and started them boiling so that we could have mashed potatoes with dinner. We also brought three salads, 2 boxes of stuffing that we mixed with 3 more boxes that John provided and 2 dozen rolls. John made the turkey and a green bean casserole and Paige made the gravy. There was other food there but I can't really remember what else... I am pretty sure there were yams (yuck).... I would have to say that the only thing that I did not love about the vacation was the drinking. Sometimes when people drink they get loud and obnoxious and when there are only 2 or 3 in a group that are drinking, it is really only fun for those people doing the drinking. I am thankful that I have grown to be the person that I am and no longer feel the need to have a party whenever I don't have to work or get up early the next day. I love that I feel comfortable enough in my skin and life to not feel like I need an escape. Anyway, enough of that!

Friday Valerie MADE me get up with her and do some crazy shopping! And yay for me, I barely spent any money at all!! I got Wren some PJ's at Walmart and Target and some socks at Fred Meyer but other than that I think I only got one other thing!! Good job ME! :) After we were done shopping we were all starving so we went to Perkin's for breakfast and woke mom up to go with us. After that we went a couple more places shopping where mom bought some little Einstein movies for Wren and I bought a Yo Gabba Gabba movie and then we went and saw NEW MOON!!!!!!! Oh how I loved this movie! It was so much better than Twilight on the whole special effects side of things. I do love Twilight also but it was kind of corny! I could tell that they had a much bigger budget on New Moon than they did on Twilight! After the movie, I finally got to come home and take a nap - Thank you Jeremiah for watching Wren all day! You are the greatest dad and hubby!! :) I'm pretty sure that we did something else that evening but I can not remember what! :( Blair and Paige did come up to our house that night with all of their kids and we just hung out and talked. The "men" all went over to Papa Tom's and played pool and ate pizza while us girls stayed so that Wren could go to bed and we just talked. Saturday I got up and made breakfast for everyone and then we were planning on going and seeing The Blind Side at 3:55 but it was sold out so we just went and walked around the mall. I got a pair of pants for Wren at Old Navy and we ate some pretzels... YUMMY! Then Blair and Paige went back to Pocatello and Jeremiah and I went home and watched movies and hung out. Wren has now cut another tooth on the top and has started to get a runny nose and is not feeling on top of the world. She is still a little stuffy and acting a bit sickly as of today and I feel really terrible for her but I am sooooo ready for her to be my happy healthy girl again. The plus side is that she still sleeps really well!

Here are some pictures of our Thanksgiving....

Blair and John doing Karaoke


Wren sitting on Grandpa Clyde's lap (probably listening to John and Blair sing Karaoke)

The Feast!!

Uncle Blair with Wren

Chase and Charlee making funny faces!