We survived Christmas!

We had a great Christmas day at the Larsen's. It was so good to be feeling better and able to eat! My parents ended up coming to the Larsen's with us and it was fun to have them there since they didn't have any kids coming over. We enjoyed getting to know Samantha's fiance, Jon, better. We played a mean game of pounce-Stacy and Sheldon won with Steve and John in a close second, but I am pretty sure that they all cheated!


Davis enjoying one of his new Christmas toys. This turns into a little 'walker' and he is getting pretty good at walking behind it.





Davis did much better at opening his presents on Christmas than he did on his birthday. He actually participated a little bit! As you can see, I think he enjoyed the paper more than the actual presents...whatever makes him happy, right?!

We did have one small Christmas crisis (besides the flu). I wanted to start a new tradition of having Christmas breakfast, so I planned this great egg omlet casserole and orange rolls, etc. Well when I got up on Christmas morning to make breakfast, there were only a couple of eggs left-about half of what I needed to make the casserole. I had bought the eggs only 3 or 4 days before, so someone (I won't mention any names, Steve) had gone on an egg eating rampage apparently. Well, I had a breakdown and told Steve he had better find some eggs, and quick! So he got on his boots and went to 4 different stores, all of which were closed, then finally found some at the Tesoro. Thanks Tesoro, for saving Christmas morning!

A Postponed Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve, we got sick! Davis had the flu first, then passed it to me and my mom and now Steve has finally gotten it. We had to postpone our Christmas Eve celebration at my parents house since we couldn't keep anything down. We had our own little celebration at our house. Mostly Steve and Davis playing together!

Christmas Time Going Ons

We have had such a nice Christmas season. Steve has been able to take off a few days which has been fabulous and we have enjoyed spending time together and with our family. We went to the symphony kids Christmas concert last Saturday with the Larsen/Black clan and it was beautiful. Davis even enjoyed it (for the 1st 15 minutes, anyway!). The man in front of us kept giving me dirty looks b/c Davis was making noise and I wanted to tell him it was a kids concert for crying out loud. Anyway, thanks to grandma Larsen for the great symphony tickets!

We risked our lives driving through a huge snow storm during rush hour to Lehi to attend the Black Family Christmas party (Steve's mom's family). It had been awhile since the Black's had gathered and it was great to see everyone-once we finally got there-and all in once piece, thank goodness! This is a picture of us with Jake (Steve's cousin) his wife, Megan and their son, Ryder.

Happy First Birthday, Davis!!

We can't believe our baby is one year old! Time has gone so quickly and it is amazing to think he is the same child I gave birth to! It really is incredible they change so much in such a short amount of time.

Davis had such a fun birthday party and I think really enjoyed all the attention! Thanks to our great friends and family that came to the party. He was so cute eating his cake-He kept sticking his face in it and licking it or taking bites. He was sneezing out frosting for the rest of the day!

He didn't care too much about opening presents-I had to open most of them for him, but he has had so much fun playing with all the new toys.

His friend Ethan was more excited about his toys than Davis was!

Grandma Larsen painted this cute rocking chair to match Davis' room. What a thoughtful present. He loves sitting in his new chair.

Davis and Ethan are all tired out after a long afternoon of partying! They finally took a break. Aren't they the cutest?

Dressed Up

Steve and I went to our first GE company Christmas party last night. It was kind of fun to dress up a little and meet Steve's co-workers and have a good dinner.

Fulfilling a Dream!

Hard to believe, but I have never built a gingerbread house. I have always wanted to build one and my dream was finally fulfilled! Last week for FHE, we started a new Christmas-time tradition with the Moons and had a great time decking out our houses. Steve and I quickly realized that we sorely lacked experience as our house was clearly not up to par with the Moon's! I think we are going to have to practice up for next year!

The Davis Scoot

There have been several requests for a video of Davis 'scooting'...it is kind of unique! He broke his leg right when he was learning to crawl, so this was how he adapted and he has just kept at it. I don't realize how different it is until we are at church or somewhere and people are looking at him scoot like it is super weird. I think its cute! So here is a little sample!