december at the bodtchers

 

1. getting lots of sweet kisses from my honey 2. lots of standing, and lots of tasting 3. big girl seat at Walmart, and leaning lots to see everything 4. seeing a picture of baby cousin Kohen, and turning away to cry 5. the sky on the last day of third semester 6. matching outfits, planned as always 7. trying so hard to pull herself up 8. first half birthday means first solid meal. :)

 

 

9. waiting for mama to get ready before church 10. all bundled for the snowstorm 11. soooooooooooo close!!!! 12. making a dr. pepper/mt. dew run 13. I told my mom that I didn't set a blanket down for amelia, because she's always crawling around, and she made this 14. first night with nemo 15. at dirty diana's bridal shower- heading straight for the toilet paper pile! 16. pretty trees on our pretty street.

 

 

 17. carrots, to peel, steam, puree, and freeze. for mah baby of course 18. about to host a christmas party at our house! 19. loves with daddy 20. feels like you take less couple pictures when you have a baby. didn't want to forget the newlywed magic 21. pulled herself up on mommy to see daddy 22. cheesiest kid I know 23. with nemo again, not getting much sleep with mommy taking so many pictures 24. standing up, just holding mommy's hair. you know, no big deal.

 

 

 25. using daddy's work tablet, so tech savvy 26. work hard, play hard 27. just drinkin' away with gramps 28. santa needs presents too! ;) 29. Christmas morning, excited as can be! 30. helping daddy rip that paper 31. all the grands and great-grands wearning scarves from grandma jackson. Amelia is pretty exhausted in this picture 32. session at mt. timp temple with my hus.

 

33. was trying to make a blogpost about 2013 resolutions. see why I tell everyone I have 2 children? 34. millie girl helping dad pay the bills 35. "mom, get me outta here!" 36. "I'm a little cruiser!" 37. broccoli all around for lunch 38. learning to bend and reach 39. this is how to travel to and from church- so bundled and cozy 40. love her sweet face :)

reminiscing

-we were called to serve in primary, teaching two different classes

-found out our baby was a girl

 

-celebrated Chinese New Year

 

-had our last valentines just the two of us

-Jeremy painted repainted our walls, ceilings, trim, doors, etc

-we went to st. george for our "babymoon"

-were blessed with many baby showers

-I completed a million crafts so I didn't go insane my last month of pregnancy

-went to a few May weddings

-Jeremy turned 28 years young, and we were disappointed Amelia didn't make an appearance

-I left Canyon Creek after 3 years, because of a better job offer

 

-we met the love of our lives

 

-learned how to be in charge of a tiny human

-we were both release from primary

-went on a lot of walks around the neighborhood

-we visited the Vorwallers in lander, wyoming

-walked the July 4th 5k as a family

 

-Jeremy gave our baby a name and the sweetest blessing in August

 

-Amelia and I visited the pool many times together



-our family went to the Brigham City Temple open house
-Jeremy switched jobs to a skilled nursing facilty, working graves
-I started school again and cried for hours every night the first week.
-we visited hoogle zoo, tracy aviary, and the witches at gardner village
-Amelia and I went on a girls retreat to see Aladdin in Tuacahn
-I ran my first half marathon as a mommy
-Amelia started sitting up at 3.5 months

 -Jeremy and I celebrated 2 amazing years together in st. george
-we discovered the sheer brillance of chick-fil-a sauce
-we found out we were getting 2 new nephews

-Jeremy went hunting with the boys in Joseph Mountain for a whole weekend

-my nursing cohort sang happy birthday to me since we had to spend 8 hours in a disaster sim
-I helped host the College of Nursing's spooky 5k for Camp Kostopulos
-we were the Flintstones for Halloween
-we started planning out meals and cooking on a regular basis
-Amelia slept in her crib for the first night at 5 months
-Amelia's two bottom teeth cut in, and a right molar made an appearance
-overnight, Amelia started reading, playing, chewing, moving oh so fast
-Jeremy and I realized our soda addication
-Amelia met her buddies Bosten, Emmett, and Grant
-I cooked my first Thanksgiving meal, and Jeremy worked Thanksgiving night
-we put up our Christmas tree with our baby trying to move around us
-I started making Amelia's solids- steaming, baking, pureéing, freezing
-Amelia came to tithing settlement with us, and our bishop told us hilarious stories
-we started Christmas traditions- visiting temple square, meeting Santa, matching pajama pants
-we were spoiled this Christmas

-Godzilla visited these intense "new year" houses Jeremy and I made


I'm so thankful for all that we were blessed with this year,
I'm falling more and more in love with my life each year.

so excited for 2013.
xo

November at the Bodtchers

because I have a lot of pictures, and not a lot of words:

 



1. Amelia falling in love with Stellaluna 2. The fam at Noa Filimoeatu's blessing lunch 3. Amelia has been helping out with cooking lately 4. My little baby's first night in her own room, 5 months old! 5. My Jeremy painted our door red on election day 6. Couldn't get Amelia away from the falling snow.

 

 

7. Life is good for Amelia Ray 8. Sleeping with your legs propped up is the only way to sleep! 9. Matching outfits, straight home from church 10. A girl needs options, okay? 11. Loving Mr. Rubber Ducky and loving to splash in her tub. We now bathe her in our tub 12. Just being a model!

 

13. Amelia playing with Emmett, Grant, and Charlotte. Love that Grant is grabbing her bow :) 14. Mama is finally down to pre-pregnancy weight 15. Just chilling with best friend Bosten 16. Sitting in the cart like a big girl, but lost her boot 17. Getting the hang of crawling 18. A little studious, don't you think?

 

19. Mama cooked Thanksgiving dinner for the first time, ever, on Wednesday, because Daddy had to work Thursday 20. A girl who loves swinging 21. Becoming an expert on pulling bows off 22. Napping after church, froggy style 23. We need a better way to take self family portraits 24. My mom bought us matching outfits- aren't we just adorable?

 

25. A pretty good picture of Amelia's bottom two teeth 26. Getting some driving lessons from dada while we wait for new tires on the truck 27. Everytime I turn around, she is right next to the tile 28. We got a package in the mail, but Daddy says we're not allowed to peek! 29. Watching Dad screw in some custom-made bookshelves in the office, and 30. Helping Mom wrap some presents to put under the tree!

 

This November was amazing. Jeremy and I are finally cooking meals every night. We are finally cleaning the house once a week. It's like we're becoming real adults, or something. Amelia is becoming more and more busy. She is crawling. and putting everything within reach in her mouth, no seriously. Change is happening quickly around this home, and we feel so blessed for it. The holidays are a bit more exciting with a baby around, I think.

 

 

love that Christmas is only 23 more days away!

xoxo