Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We hope that everyone has had an amazing day...we sure did! We felt so blessed to be able to spend Christmas with Jaxson - it was so fun to spend his first Christmas with him! We were able to spend time with each of our families, and it really was such a great day.

Here are a few pictures from our day, in no particular order:

Our little family on Christmas night...we were at my parent's house and getting ready to head home. That explains why Mike and I look so tired!

These two pictures were taken at Mike's grandma's house. He was wearing his cute santa outfit, and I loved how he looked in his santa hat. Jax was a good sport to wear it while I took a few pictures.

Here is Jaxson on Christmas morning. We had to wake him up, but he quickly fell back asleep for most of the morning. I am guessing there won't be too many more years of that!

One Month Old

As of a few days ago, Jaxson is officially one month old. I can't believe how quickly the time has passed! He is really starting to develop his own personality and is still such a good baby. He is starting to sleep longer at night, he can roll from his side to his back, and he loves to smile. He was really happy and smiley this morning after he ate, so I thought that I would take a few pictures:

Blog Challenge, DAY 30!!!!

I have FINALLY made it to day 30!!! This challenge took WAY longer than it should have (more like a 60 day challenge?), but I am glad that I stuck with it and it is done.

Today's challenge is to write about a dream for the future. I decided that the dream I wanted to write about is to stay home with this guy:

I will have to go back to work in January, and I am not looking forward to it. Don't get me wrong...I love my job, but I really love staying home with Jaxson. It is going to be hard to go back to work, even though I will just be working part time. Hopefully one day I will be able to stay home for good!

P.S. Jaxson and I went with my mom and sister to Gardner Village today. They have it decorated with elves, so we decided to pose for a picture. :)

Go Utes!

As you can see, Jaxson is already becoming quite the Utah fan. One of Mike's coworkers gave us some Utah onesies and made him this cute Utah quilt. We figured that the Utah-BYU game was the perfect time for Jaxson to wear his stuff, and by his expression on this picture, I am sure that you will agree...

Our family was so excited that Utah pulled off the win. I know that there was some controversy with the game, but isn't that how it always is with a good rivalry game??? :)

Blog Challenge, Day 29

Today's challenge is to write about your hopes, dreams, and goals for the next 365 days. I decided to organize this into a "Top 10" style list. They are in no particular order:

1. I want Jaxson to keep growing and be happy and healthy. He is doing great so far.
2. Have Jaxson's adoption finalized in court! This can't take place until six months after his birth, so hopefully it should be finalized in May.
3. Jaxson's blessing and sealing. We have to wait to do this until after the adoption he finalized, so it will be May or June until this happens.
4. Enjoy the Holidays! I love Christmas, and I am really looking forward to being able to celebrate it with our new family.
5. I am planning on running in the Wasatch Back in June. Right now this freaks me out, especially since I haven't been running once since Jaxson was born. Hopefully I can start training, get prepared, and not let my team down.
6. Have my sister move in before I go back to work. This isn't really a hope or dream, but will be a huge help to us once I start working again. I am so lucky to have a sister who is also a nanny!
7. Go on a vacation...even if it is just to St. George.
8. Have Jaxson sleep through the night.
9. Mike's brother, Trevor, will be coming home from his mission in November 2011. We are all anxiously awaiting his return.
10. Finish the backyard. Our backyard is SO close to being done. We just need to pour a cement pad and do a few other things. We thought we would get it done this past summer, but it didn't end up happening. Hopefully it will be done this summer.