Ashley meeting Xander for the first time.

 Grandpa gave me a flashing nose.  I wore it around for days!

 

 

Ashley and Brooke in the same outfits.

Moving

 It was time for us to load the truck.  Mom did a lot of work packing the boxes.  Dad did a lot of work hauling the boxes.  And I did a lot of work getting in the way.

 

 I insisted we have a Christmas tree up, so Mom let me decorate it.  I added a few decorations everyday.  And our elf Jingle visited us during December.

 

 

 

 

 On December 19th we flew back to Utah.  We had a layover in Chicago that was delayed for two hours.

 Ashley's first time on a plane.

4 Months

 I am four months old.  I am a really happy baby.  I only wake up once in the middle of the night to be fed.  I also have rolling over perfected now.

My favorite person is my big brother.  He can always make me smile!

Ward Party

 I am one lucky kid!  I got to see Santa again at the Ward Party.

 Ashley wants to know if Santa will still bring her presents after pulling his beard and
refusing to let go.

 

 This is my best friend George.

 George's parents Vince and Kim Williams are my sunbeam teachers.  They are absolutely the best teachers too!   They have been good family friends while living in Georgia.

 

BreeLyn, me, and George singing Christmas carols in the corner.

Rolling Over

I started rolling over yesterday.  Nathan thinks it is funny and will roll me to my back afterwards so I don't have to do tummy time for long.

What We've Been Up To

We have been really busy lately.  We are moving to Utah and fly out on December 19th.  It takes quite a bit of work to pack up to move across country.
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We all got really sick around Thanksgiving and it is still lingering.
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 Mom had surgery on November 28th.  She had a softball size cyst by her ovary.  She is still really sore.
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But even though we are busy, we are trying to fit in Christmas celebrating.

Preschool at Carrabba's

 On Friday Mom, Ashley, and I went to Carrabba's Italian Restaurant.  They invited my preschool to enjoy a free lunch there.  I loved seeing all my friends, and by the sound of it, they loved seeing me!  I walked in and everyone started calling out my name.

 Santa came!  He had a wonderful singing voice!

 Santa went around to every table and talked to us.  I told him again that I wanted a remote control machine.  He gave me a whole bunch of stickers.  (Mom thought he was by far the best Santa she has EVER seen.)

 Then I thought it would be fun to start taking pictures of everyone.

 

I won't show all of them, but here is Mrs. Leslie.

Out My Window

 Mom loves to critter watch out our back window.  Each season brings different birds and animals.  Here are the recent ones.

 

 

 

 It is funny what happens when you leave your toys out.

 Woodpecker and Bluejay

 This woodpecker will actually fly onto our window screen and try to get bugs by the window.

 

 

Back to Bethlehem

A local Baptist church does a recreation of Bethlehem.  It is so popular that you have to wait in line for at least 30 minutes to get a turn to get into the city.

Roman guards march in (some on horse back) and open the city.

There are vendors pretending to sale things.  There are at least twenty different booths.

 

 

 

 Baby camel.

 

 

 

 

 The nativity scene has the evangelical flare to it.