Christmas 2012

Well, it is almost March and I am just getting around to posting about Christmas- oh my!

But this Christmas was so awesome-  we didn't have to travel at all-  we had visitors come to us!  It was so much fun- thanks Cami, Tim, and Charlie for gracing us with your presence.  One of the highlights was going into the city for the Christkindl German Market-  my bro-in-law served his mission in Germany and his mom is from Austria- so I think he was a little excited to go eat some authentic food.  He may have even cried tears of joy ;-)

 It was super cold-  we know how to layer and bundle up!

 Cute Fife Family

 The shops were amazing-  our 2012 ornaments came from this one!

Eating a delicious lunch!  

 What- a picture of all four of us?  AMAZING!

 We had to thaw out at Brad's office-  Maggie loved collecting the highlighters and post-it notes (like mother, like daughter)

 Charlie was happy to be able to crawl around in Brad's building-

 Lizzy was a perfect angel during the whole ordeal.

 The girls hanging with dad at his office

 Christmas Eve-  Dad gave us all a very special gift- an original cast iron wagon like my Grandpa's in this story:  http://www.lds.org/ensign/1994/12/mormon-journal/the-wagon-pulled-us-together?lang=eng&query=jerry+callister   

And my dad hand painted them all for 7 of his children-  I was so surprised!  My dad is good at keeping secrets.

 We successfully wore them out.  

 The angels

 Christmas Eve- ready to go to bed after all of our hard work!

 Santa was good to Maggie- she loves to shop at Trader Joe's with the little carts!

Cute Cousins-  they are only 7 months apart.

 Cami looks way too good on Christmas morning.

 Matching jammies

Maggie's Birthday

I cannot believe I have a 3 year old.   I lost the paper after her Doctor's appointment with all of her stats.  I know she weighed 36 pounds - but I forgot how tall!

Right after her appointment, she and I went on a Mommy-daughter date to the Nutcracker.  I was shocked how still she was during the ballet.  I want to make this an annual tradition for the two of us-  she wants to be a "ballerina and a soccer player."  

For her birthday celebration, we kept it pretty low key.  But it was SO much fun!  She wanted to take Sofia to the Children's Museum.  It was actually easier to take three kids than just my two!   Then we came home and decorated cupcakes and danced to "Frosty the Snowman" and "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer."  If you know Maggie, these were just about the best activities in the world!!!!  After Christmas 2011, I didn't think she could get more obsessed with Frosty the Snowman-  but Christmas 2012 surprised me.  This year, Maggie was crying every time Frosty melted.  She wishes she were "Karen."

Cute Cousins

 Can you tell they had fun?  Silly girls...

6 months

Lizzy is the happiest baby!  She smiles and laughs all the time.  She is rolling over both ways, but prefers to be on her back.  We started feeding her solids and she was definitely ready!  She loves food.   She is not sitting up on her own yet, but we are working on it.  She is holding her head up for a long time now- We love her so much!

Head:  off the charts

Weight:  16 lb, 12 oz   75%

Length: 26.25 inches  75%

She fell asleep up against the netting of the pack n' play at the Callisters.  Too cute.

 Cousin Love

 Lizzy and Tyler are only a week apart!

 Loving Rice Cereal

Happy Birthday Surprise!

All seven of his kids flew home and surprised my dad for his 70th birthday.  It was so much fun to be home with just the siblings (and a few young babies).  We really surprised him when he walked in the door from work!  He was also really glad my mom had gotten a sub for his institute class ;-)

 Lizzy got some great time with Grandpa.

 Outside the Old Merced Theater

 Cute cousin Faith-  she is so good at smiling for the camera.

 Our favorite C's- Cami and Charlie, and Cinda below!

Halloween

Halloween is not my favorite holiday.  But......letting your kids dress up is kind of fun.  Enjoy Minnie Mouse and a little duck!