A whole lot of stuff is going on in our house!

First off I should let everyone know that Trent has lost his job, but we feel optimistic and feel that this is a step our Heavenly Father wants us to take to hopefully get us one step closer to getting us financially to a point were I can stay home full time. :) Also, if anyone knows of any job openings for a database administrator, database programmer or a web programmer please let us know so Trent can apply for it :)

Secondly we are going ahead with my surgery tomorrow and I am so excited! I can't wait to start my new life and get healthy and look cute and all that stuff!

So now on to the fun stuff!

We had lots of family fun this week! First on Monday Trent went and picked up his girls and we had a little birthday party for Bessie with just us at the Crouses house and Bessie thought that was fun!

Bessie opening her gift from me and Trent it was baby stuff:)

Singing Happy Birthday!

Then that night Trents parents took all of the Kids and Grandkids
on the Polar Express up in Heber and that was so fun!
The elves handed out cookies and hot chocolate, the head elf read the Polar Express, Mrs. Claus came and said hi and handed out recipes for her special magical cookies, and
Santa came on the train and handed out bells,
The kids had so much fun, and Owen slept through most of it.
but there are a few pictures with him awake :)

Owen's classic sucking on the tongue

Owen didn't like all the noise and
Daddy was sympathizing with him :)

Owen Talking to Grandpa Smith

The girls sat with Grandma Smith and had a great time
and so did Jenna and her family.

Here are the elves handing our cookies!

Here they are handing our hot chocolate to
Brandon and Emily and their kids

A shot of the whole family,
well except Jim (Trent's dad) Who was taking the picture!

Isn't Bessies face so cute in this picture? :)
She was talking to Santa!

Grammy and Grandpa Bernie

This is how impressed Owen
was with Santa and his bell :)

Cute Ayla

Cute Bessie
The Girls with Mrs. Claus




Here Ayla and Bessie are showing the bells that Santa gave them for Christmas. I just have to mention this here.

Santa came to our house on the 21st while the girls were here and once we got home from the polar express Ayla wrote a letter to Santa
and this is what it said verbatim
"Dear Santa, this snack is what I give you. thank you far the belle. I hop you in Joy thes cookies! I want a Pair of snowboots."
She left that out with some cookies and milk! How cute is that! :)

This is "Christmas" morning with the girls

Santa gave the girls Strollers with Baby dolls
that had their names embroidered on them,
I tell ya that Santa is smart to do that
so they wont fight over whose baby and stroller it is :)

Bessie opening her present
from Grammy and Grandpa Bernie

Ayla opening her present
from Grammy and Grandpa Bernie

Ayla opening a present
from Daddy and me

Bessie opening a present
from Daddy and me

Next Trent and I had Christmas eve,
first we went and had some dinner with Trent's family
and Owen opened his gift from Grammy and Grandpa Bernie.
Then we went to my parents church and played
with my family and had some desert
and even sang a few Christmas Hymns
and Owen played with his walker
that Grammy gave him :)

Owen opening up his gift from Grammy and Grandpa!
The box is 10 times the size of Owen :)

Addy is so worried about Owen :(
The babies were not happy about getting their picture taken :)

Happy Owen with Daddy and Addy!

Addy didn't want Trent to put her down and
so here she is
throwing an Addy fit!
Love that kid! :D

Owen, Addy and Rosie

Hal and Hallie playing some V-Ball

Dave is in the plaid shirt,
Stevie is in the red and
Hallie is making a play! Go Hallie!
Oh and Jack is the naked boy running under the net :)

Suzie is in the Orange Sweater, Bradyn is in the jacket
and my ever elusive brother Mike is in the gray shirt

Owen in his new walker!

Owen and Scarlet!

Grandma and Rosie

Dan and Tausha

Lucas


Daddy Helping Owen figure out the walker :)


And then came Christmas Morning!

Owen got Mega blocks from Santa!

This is how big Owen was compared
to his stocking can't wait to see how big he is next year!

Happy New Year!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Owen has been loving the Christmas lights this year and really getting into the Christmas spirit with his daddy by eating the LED lights!
Apparently the LED lights are yummy!

We had Thankgiving this year with Trent's family and the food was delicious!
In Trent's family it is a tradition for the girls in the family to make gingerbread houses on the friday and saturday after Thanksgiving.
So... it was My mother-in-law Dawn, Two sister-in-laws Jenna, and Madeline, me and the two babies :)
We were only missing my other sister-in-law Emily, very sad :(
Anywho, as anyone that has ever met me can testify to
the fact that I am not a crafty or patient person
so I did not do a house but I did do a gingerbread tree.
That is all the patience I had but it was so much fun just to
hang out and talk and smell the gingerbread!

Here Owen is having his breakfast getting ready to head
over to Grandma's house, I can't believe he is big enough to be eating baby food and pretend to use a sippy cup :)

This is what Daddy and Owen were doing at Grandma's house while I was attempting my first Gingerbread fest, hey I think I will start calling this tradition Gingerbread fest and then the year! :)
*giggle giggle*
i.e GINGERBREAD FEST 2009

Owen and Ashley being way too cute for their own good
and yes Jenna and I planned matching their outfits
just because we are that dorky!

On another fabulous note!
I have decided to have Gastricbypass surgery to be able
to once and for all win this huge weight war that
I have been fighting my whole life!
I will be having the surgery on December 28 of this year and I am so excited!

Happy 6 month birthday Owen!

This post is all about my beautiful baby Owen! He is 6 months old today! He started solid food about a week ago and so far he likes peas and pears, but he doesn't like Sweet potatoes, applesauce or squash.





Owen is so adorable! He rolls everywhere and just yesterday on Aunt Jennas floor he started scooting! I get all teary eyed just thinking about how fast these last six months have gone! Owen is such a mellow and happy baby.I don't even think he cried once all day yesterday, which is crazy because he usually cries at least a couple times because he doesn't like getting in his carseat, but he didn't yesterday.




Ok, so just after I told you he is a very happy and mellow baby I also have to let you know that he does not like to be left with anyone besides me or Trent. We left him with Grandma Smith last week to go to the Temple and he wouldn't eat for her and cried the whole time until she got him to fall asleep and then this past tuesday we left him with my best friend Kohleen to go to a meeting and once again he wouldn't eat and he cried until she got him to fall asleep. I felt so bad for all involved :( also if you look at Owen the wrong way or you try to pick him up and I am not in the room he screams bloody murder at you. He even does this to my sister Suzie who he is around ofter and Trent's sister Jenna who he is around all the time. Oh well gotta love that cute face anyway! :)



I am so in love with my baby Owen and I love being his mommy, being a mommy is even better then I imagined! Yes, there are moments when I get frustrated with Owen and yes it is not fun being up for 3 hours in the middle of the night by oh my goodness is it so worth it!