my favorite boy

Christmas 2011

I finally decided to post a few pictures from Christmas. We had such a great time with family. Sam loved all the attention he was getting but he was also sick most of the trip. He was still pretty happy even with being sick. He's such a sweet guy and everyone just loved seeing him.

 We loved spending time with the Kent family. I love me nieces. They make me laugh 

and are the cutest girls. Sammy sure loves them too and his Aunt Jamie and Uncle Colin.

We miss you guys and wish we could spend time with you more often.

 Sam loved playing with Grandpa Tycksen, who can always get a good laugh out of Sam.

Christmas morning we spent with the Grandpa and Grandma Haslam and the Kent's. We bought 

Sam a toy puppy, a race car, a whale bathtub toy, and some blocks. He received some books and animal set from Grandpa and Grandma Haslam.

We spent the rest of the day with the Tycksen's. Sam got spoiled some more by Grandpa Tycksen and Grandma Kim. He got a quiet book, a book of bible stories, and Grandma Kim made him a special book of pictures of all the people in his life that love him. 

Sam was actually pretty good about not destroying any Christmas trees. Our family picture by the tree isn't the best but I'm glad we have one of our first Christmas together.

Happy New Year! Instead of a New Year's kiss and the firework finale we were

downstairs trying to soothe a sick baby. It was still a fun night though. We had a 

delicious dinner of crab and lobster.

One of the best parts of our trip was meeting our new nephew Charlie. He is just

so adorable and cuddly. I love him so much. I cried a little one night when no one 

was looking when I thought of leaving him. He is a lucky boy to have great parents.

We love you Parker, Megan and Charlie!

I wasn't very good at taking pictures this trip. I missed getting any pictures with Amanda and Micah. Amanda is going to be having baby Ava at the end of February. She is so cute pregnant and we can't wait to meet Ava. We hope all of you had an enjoyable Christmas and great New Year.

spirited vs old soul

Ok, hopefully this doesn't make it seem like I don't enjoy and love Sam, but this article made me laugh because I do feel like this sometimes. Sam has his moments when he is chill but most of the time he is non-stop.

Read the article here.
Why I'm Jealous of Your Baby.

Right before we left to Utah for Christmas I caught this moment of

Sammy with Bryce.