Maeli's first word

We have been trying to get Maeli so say mama or dada for the past few months... and today she finally spoke! Well she didnt exactly say what i wanted her to... but i guess that she has her priorities straight :) I got it on video right after she started talking so here you all go!

Christmas and the new year!

Hi everyone! my mom was begging for an update and some pictures and i have to agree that it has been a while since i have updated this :)

Well we got to go home for a full 2 weeks for Christmas! it was AMAZING! We had tons of fun with all of our family and got to see lots of friends too! Christmas eve we got to see some family out at my Marvin Grandparents house for dinner. My grandparents are much too generous and got us the whole getup for church. Mike got a new suit and he loots so good in it!! I got a few church outfits and some shoes!! and we both got new scriptures with our names on them and cases for them too! Maeli got a toy :) We felt very blessed to have gotten all of this stuff because we needed it badly!!

Christmas morning we got up bright and early as always at my parents house. We got up and played with the kids santa toys until mom and dad got up. Then we got to open presents galore! We got all sorts of books and movies for FHE and that are just great to have a round. We got this adorable measuring board from my mom for the kids growing up. I got some vinyl for my new cricut (i didnt know about yet), mike got white pants and a shirt for getting baptized in, and maeli toys... and tons of other stuff... we got spoiled this year for sure!!! oh and i got mike some weather toys as we all know he is obsesed with weather!

After we were done there, we headed over to mikes parents house where we had some breakfast and waited for Matt to get up :) Then we opened some presents. Maeli got some toys :) and she ate some paper too!! I got spoiled over there! I got some more vinyl, a jukebox for by cricut, my software for my cricut, and a cartridge for my cricut! And then mike surprised me with the pink cricut that i was begging for and he told me that i couldnt have and that i would have to wait till after christmas! It was so sweet of him to keep it a secret from me so that i could have a sweet surprise :) And we also got a lot of other great gifts as well from family!!

We got to got and see mikes aunt Jennifer and uncle Ken and cousin Megan! We always love seeing them! They are a hoot!!! And we got to see Brittany and her family a few times while we were there!

We left the day after the fiesta bowl because mike wanted to stay and watch it with is brother.

Then on the 9th was mikes baptism day! we were so blessed to have so much family down for that. My parents and younger siblings came, and Brittany and Adam and the kids came too! We also had tons of friends who came from rexburg and logan UT that night too! Maeli got an ear infection AGAIN that day! but we got her to the doc and got her some meds and still carried on with the night. Bryce got to baptize him and Brittany and Adam gave some great talks! Then we all stayed for some grub and had fun chattin!! It was a great night. The next day he got confirmed in church by my dad! It was just such a great weekend!!! Im so proud of mike for making this huge step! Maeli got a rash in church so we had to take her back to the doc because she was allergic to the penicillin. we got some new antibiotics and it was all good! She has been quite the handfull when it comes to health :) but we still love her!!

Not a whole lot has been going on since then. Maeli is starting to stand by herself for short amounts of time. She will be walking here soon im sure! I have just been enjoying my cricut and doing lots of crafts with it :) finding every reason to use it!! Oh and i joined Weight Watchers. Its not so much my new years resolution but a life time resolution to have better health. WW has been teaching me how to make healthy choices and to look at what is in food before i just eat it. Its crazy what all i was eating before. And i have started to work out again. I was doing really good before thanksgiving but then quit when we were traveling so much... so im back on track and im gonna lose this baby weight. I started another blog to track my progress... www.projectbabyweight.blogspot.com if you wanna cheer me on :) i know that i wont do it if im not accountable to someone so thats why im doing the blog :)

We are moving home soon too! we are getting excited for that! Only like a month and a half. And mike sold his car last night! That was a huge blessing. We used the money to pay off some student loans :) only like 13,000 more to go... we will get there someday! Well here are some pics from over the break!! Enjoy!