It's the Most Wonderful Time...

(This post is ridiculously long, random and chaotic... Oh well.)

Something about hats, gloves, coats and babies makes me smile.

 I want to give a quick recap of this month so far.

We started off the month by going to the Utah Symphony Messiah Sing-in with my Mom & John, and Jesse & Dave. I liked going to it at the beginning of the month to help get me in the Christmas mood.

Next on the calendar we hosted a white elephant Christmas party with all or Shane's Orem High Friends. True to form and forgot to take pictures. There were some funny gifts and some crazy laughs!

Then we went to Temple Square with Rogan & Kim and their kids but I didn't have a camera so here are a few phone pics. So pretty but freezing cold! The little one was all bundled up.

 A few other fun things... We also went to the Jon Schmidt and Mannheim Steamroller concerts. Both were really good and festive. We went to The Desert Star Playhouse and saw It's a Wonderful Life for Shane's work party. It was cooky and crazy, but pretty fun! Thanks to all of our babysitters.For the Rowley family Christmas party we got Chinese and all went bowling. Congratulations Kathryne for the high score 172! Shane came in second with 160, and I did terrible... we will leave it at that :)

 Daddy and Anabelle played on Tuesday and I went with all of the Rowley girls to dinner. It's always a good time when just the girls get together ; ) We exchanged gifts and then visited Uncle Dale. 

(sorry Kathryne I don't have the picture with you in it)

Baby Update

As far as the little one goes Anabelle turns 10 months on Christmas. Most of the time I feel as though I have a little girl, not a baby. She loves trying new foods. She loves her fruits and veggies too. She now has two little teeth. She takes about 3-4 steps on her own then crashes. She loves bouncing and dancing to music too. She also claps now and waves goodbye. The other day I was baking sweet potato fries in the oven and she was so excited and going crazy over them. It made me laugh.

 

 She also loves when she can see her reflection in the oven... it's somebody to play with that is just her size :)

We put our tree up after Halloween, but until recently Anabelle didn't really care for it. It's like one day she realized it, and now I cannot keep her away from it. She will play with the ornaments and bells all day long, whipping them around by the string, chasing after them and eating them... And of course it's too cute to make her stop. That's why the bottom of the tree is looking pretty empty. 

Hope you have a very special Merry Christmas. What a blessing it is to remember the Savior's birth, life and ministry at this time of year. I am truly grateful, I know that we have been given the greatest gift of all - the sacrifice of our Savior Jesus Christ.