This year for Christmas we went to Texas. It was really cool because it was the first time everyone (all the siblings and their spouses, and their babies) have been together. It was tons of fun! To sum up the vacation in one sentence; We played games and ate and played games and ate and played games and slept, then repeat (for 2 weeks). Since a picture says a thousand words, I'll let them do the rest of the talking.

On our way down to Texas we routed our plane through Arizona so Grandma could see her great grandson.

Once arriving in Texas, Nana couldn't let her newest little grand baby out of her sight. They bonded on the couch like this many times.


Needless to say, Emperor Knightley was one spoiled kid for his first Christmas.


Ashton is either genuinely concerned for his younger cousin, or he just wants his bottle.


The tree was a massive 11ft foot tall behemoth!


Knightley's 1st Christmas, so cute.


Christmas Eve dinner. Mmm boy!


For Christmas Eve we all play Christmas songs on our instruments. This is the first time ALL of us are playing together. David-Clarinet, Jeffrey-Alto Sax, Trevin-Trumpet, Ashley-French Horn, Cody-Trombone, Chanelle-Flute.


Christmas Day! Stocking goodies are on the table.


Knightley's blessing day at church.


His cute blessing outfit. This is the same outfit I was blessed in.

Knightley is getting bigger! Here is a short clip of our little knightley!

On Novemeber 25th at 12:21 a.m. Knightley was born. He was 8 lbs 4 oz, and 18.5 inches long. He and Mom are as healthy as ever.

Sunday November 23rd, (before shot)

Right after he was born, he found his thumb very fast

Knightley going to town on his thumb

Mom and Dad marvel at the miracle that just transpired

Knightley getting ready for his first bath

As you can tell, he didn't like it all that much

He cried from the moment he was born till after his bath, and this is when he finally decided to calm down.

All wrapped up and tuckered out.

Look how adorable he is.

The cutest, biggest yawn in the ever. (As a side note, I was looking around the nursery during his bath and the little girl that was next to Knightley was half his size. This little guy is a chunky short man.)

Debbie showed up to work this last Friday and it turned out that her co-workers had decorated her cubicle and threw her a surprise baby party! She works at the coolest place in the world, with the coolest people in the world. They ordered pizza for lunch and made Deb walk around with a crown that said "Mom to Be" with a matching purple sash. She is going to miss working there, but she can't wait to be a mommy.

Ok, so this is the only picture I have on my computer of me really pregnant (I haven't downloaded pictures from my camera yet) And no Jeff was not here for Halloween but a friend created a picture of us together using a picture of Jeff from last year and I picture of me from this year (isn't it great! We are Mr. & Mrs. Mint from Candyland, by the way).

But the exciting news is, I went to the Doctor yesterday and found out I could have Knightley any day now! He normally doesn't check to see if you are dilated or anything until two weeks before you are due, but I asked him to check a bit early. And when he did he was suprised to find that I was dilated two to three cms and looked like I was all set to have the baby. So much in fact that he said I could get induced a week early, that is if I didn't have the baby before then! Crazy huh! So my induce date is the 24th, but we will see if Knightley comes before then!

We went camping with some friends a couple weekends ago. We went to the Timpanogos Caves in American Fork Canyon. It was a lot of fun and the weather was beautiful. The first night we got there we set up camp and gathered around the campfire for dinner and dessert. The other two couples we went with are good friends of ours and both of them are pregnant with their first as well! You can imagine what the topic of conversation was for most of the night. The next morning we went on a hike to the Timpanogos caves. It was a fairly strenuous hike, but once we got to the caves it was all worth it. They were really cool, and the tour guide was really good too. After the steep hike down we loaded up and went home, satisfied and thoroughly exhausted.

Last Saturday Jeffrey and I went to my company's annual Summer party, this year it was a Carnival. We had a blast, watch for yourself!!