Christmas and 1 Year and 19 Weeks Old

Wednesday the 21st was a wonderful day Cody came home from India!  We weren't sure how Lulu would react to Cody when she first saw him.  At first she wasn't to sure about him but she gave him a hug and then wanted down.  Once we got home Lulu didn't want to let Cody out of her sight or reach she just hugged him and held on to him so tight.  It was so cute.  Cody would sit her down and she would cry and reach for him until he would pick her up.  I think she is afraid of him leaving her again so she doesn't want to lose sight of him.  She loves her Dada so much and she missed him so much while he was away!

I love this picture of her face and how happy she is her eyes sparkle.

On Thursday we went out to find our Christmas tree as a family.  It was a nice day but it was still really cold I forgot my coat but Cody was so nice to let me borrow his coat and Lulu was able to wear her new coat.  

Look at her so sweet!

Lulu and I taken our turn at cutting the tree!

Cody and Lulu's turn to cut the tree!

All of us in front of our tree!

Lulu by a little tree just her size.

It was kind of muddy so I put little zip lock bags on her feet with rubber bands to hold them up to keep her shows from getting dirty.  It was pretty cute. 

Then that night we decorated the tree.  Lulu enjoyed doing that!

We had Christmas a day early because my sister Angie and her family were flying out to Alaska on Christmas Eve.  So on Friday was our Christmas Eve we went up to grandma's house for our party we got into teams and built our ginger bread houses.  Here is Cody and Jaron's masterpiece.  They did a great job!

Santa stopped by for a visit.  I tired to put Lulu on Santa's lap and that didn't happpen so then all three of us sat on Santa's lap and Lulu still didn't like that idea. 

Then the great grand kids did the nativity!  They did a great job. 

After we went home we got things ready for Santa to come by we put out the cookies and milk for him (I posted a picture of the kids doing that but it dissapered somewhere.  As the kids were putting out the cookies Lulu thought they looked to yummy to not eat so she grabbed one and started to eat it.  It was pretty darn cute.  

Here she is to excited for Santa to come to go to sleep!

Christmas morning Lulu is leading her dad out to the tree and look at her face she is so excited and dad is still sleeping as she pulls him.  

Here is the whole gang so excited to start opening presents.

Look at that face she can't wait to get started!

Lulu checking out all of the things from our stockings!

Here she is opening up her presents, she did a great job at opening her presents. I think her favorite toy that day was her baby doll stroller.  

How cute!

Both Cody and I gave eachother the game Things for Christmas it was pretty funny!

Christmas breakfast!

Cody and Angie had some fun with the camera while waiting to eat!

Creepy Cody!

Awww Angie!

On Saturday we took the Kenner gang to the airport to send them off to Alaska.  Everyone kept telling Angie that it was going to be an adventure going to Alaska so she thought it would be cute to have the kids dress up like Thing 1 and Thing 2 from a Doctor Seuss book and then she would dress up like Doctor Seuss and it was pretty cute.  

Lulu turned another week older and this was the best picture we could get of her. 

Lulu woke up from her nap with this crazy hair!

Lulu loved eating the Olives off of her fingers during Christmas dinner.

On Christmas day we saved a couple of presents to open with Grandma Guptill.  Here is Lulu tearing into her present.  Oh and we wore our christams pj's all day because Grandma was going to wear her's. 

Lulu's favorite present of the day was her little broom set.  She was so excited look at her face in the picture below.  It is priceless!

She didn't waste any time in putting it to use.  She loved it!

Lulu likes to sit in her baby doll stroller, this time she wanted to have her baby on her lap and she was feeding herself some pretend food..  She is so silly!

Merry Christmas!

1 Year and 18 Weeks old

My mom has a little Nativity set that the kids like to play with and Lulu loves to play with it, she loves to give baby  Jesus kisses.  Here it looks like she is going to eat baby Jesus but I promise I'm just slow at taking the picture and she just gave the sweet kiss.  

Jaron has a birthday coming up on the 29th and so he had his friends party  on Tuesday before they move to Alaska.  He had his party at Chuck E. Cheeses his favorite place ever.  Happy Birthday Jaron.  

Lulu had some chocolate cake for Jaron's birthday and she loved it as you can tell in the picture  she also had to use two forks one for each hand and she had to do it on her own with no help when I tried to feed her a bite she wouldn't eat it but would eat a bite off her fork it was pretty funny. 

My sister Angie was packing when she found her daughter Kelsie's glasses from her Halloween costume as Velma.  And Lulu was wearing them until I wanted to take a picture then she didn't want to wear them so in this picture I was showing her how it was done.  I know I look a little special. 

Here I got a picture with Lulu wearing the glasses.

I had to post this picture because she is so cute!

The other day I was blowing my nose and Lulu wanted a tissue to and she was blowing her nose over and over and over it was so cute.  She loves to blow her nose! I love her eyes in this picture she looks like she is really trying to get something out of that nose of hers. 

Lulu has never liked carrying anything around like a blanket or stuffed animal but the last couple of days she has been attached to any of her blankets and loves to carry them around with her it is pretty cute.  

We went to our ward Christmas party tonight and the elders decorate this fancy light tree in our tree decorating contest it had lots and lots of lights it was a sight to see.  Lulu couldn't get enough of it. 

Angie was given a present and it had a pretty gold bow on it and Lulu put it on her head to wear, she wouldn't let me get a picture of her so this is the best we got.  

1 Year and 17 Weeks Old and Ice Cream Cones

 This week just flew by we have been busy getting things ready for Christmas, I can't believe that Christmas is just around the corner.  Since Lulu has been walking she has been so busy and all over the place.  She keeps me on my toes that is for sure.  

 Lulu loves to help me and others clean on Sunday my sister was sweeping the floor after dinner and Lulu just had to help her sweep it was the cutest thing ever.  The broom is so big compared to her that it isn't the easiest thing to do but she doesn't give up she keeps on sweeping. 

 The other morning I was in the bathroom getting ready and when I came out and around the corner I saw this little girl walking around with gloves on her feet it was so funny and cute.  My mom said that Lulu had put one glove on all by herself and wanted my mom to put the other one on.  She is so silly.  I think Lulu looks so grown up in this picture, I don't want her to grow up it makes me so sad can't they just stay little babies forever?

 On Thursday December 8th was mine and Cody's 4 year anniversary.  Cody is still in India but that didn't stop him from sending me some beautiful roses I loved the surprise.  Lulu and my sister Angie also surprised me with some  beautiful roses.  I can't believe that we have been married for 4 years the time has gone by so fast.  We have had some pretty amazing years together.  I sure do love you Cody thanks for being such a wonderful husband and dad.  

 On Friday Angie, Karlee, My Mom, Lulu and I went out to lunch and stuffed ourselves silly.  For dessert they had the smallest ice cream cones I have ever seen and they were just he right size for Lulu.  I started out by feeding it to her but pretty quickly she took over and she was the one in charge.  It was so funny to watch her eat it she loved loved it.  

Here she is with so much excitement for her beloved ice cream cone.  It was one of the funniest things to watch her get so excited about her ice cream cone.   Every time I look at this picture it makes me laugh. 

Saturday night we went over to my parents church where they were having a Joy to the World event where they had hundreds of nativities for everyone to enjoy.  They also had a room for children to dress up and put on a live nativity.  We tried to get Angie's kids dressed up and Lulu but it didn't work out to well.  As you can see below Lulu is running away with baby Jesus and she is pretty happy about it.  And you can see Karlee in the back right corner looking at the empty cradle.  

 We tried again to get Lulu in character this time as a cow that didn't last to long, just long enough for her to smile and to take this picture before she ripped her cow hat off and took off.  

 Here she is another week older this session of pictures were pretty easy to take, Lulu stood still long enough for me to get a couple descent looking pictures of her.  

 Lulu is so funny, since Cody has been in India we have been talking to him on skype and Lulu does pretty good about talking to him on the computer.  Her favorite thing to do while on skype with Cody is to give him lots and lots of kisses, it is so cute to watch her give him kisses on the computer.  When ever she sees a computer she always goes right up to it and says "dada" it is so cute, I'm so curious how she will act when Cody comes home and she sees him for the first time.  Saturday night when we were at the church for the nativity thing they had a big screen on the wall showing a video and Lulu looked at it and kept saying "dada" and waving at it.  It was so cute and kind of sad that every time she sees a screen she thinks that her "dada" will be on it.  Her "dada" will be here soon only 10 more days!

1 Year and 16 Weeks Old

I can't believe that it is already December where has the time gone? Well with it being December it is time for all the fun Christmas festivities to start so this week we took a trip to Portland to visit Santa and to stop by my dads office to say hi.

Here Lulu is with my dad at his work all dressed up in her Christmas dress!

Lulu was so cute she was so busy walking around my dads office and stopping at each desk and she would say something in her baby talk to the people and then she would run off. It was so cute and everyone thought she was so cute!

After visiting my dads office we went to see Santa here Lulu is standing in line waiting her turn to see Santa.

Jaron, Kallie and Lulu waiting in line to see Santa!

We finally made to Santa, I love this picture I think it is so cute. I love Santa!

Jaron reading his Christmas list to Santa while Kelsie listens so nicely!

Lulu just checking out what is going on but not getting to close to that strange man!

All the kids and even Angie got to get her picture taken with Santa, Karlee wouldn't go any where near Santa unless Angie was with her. So Angie got her picture taken even though she wasn't planning on being in it.
And then the moment I was worried about, I thought Lulu would cry when she sat on Santa's lap. But once we got there and after watching Lulu walking around Santa and looking at him like it was no big deal. I thought for a second that maybe she would be OK with him. But I thought wrong she did not like him. Santa was a good sport! And poor Lulu wondering why we sat her on this strange man's lap.

The other night Lulu was under the kitchen table and she really wanted to fit through the legs she tried and tried to get though I finally had to just pull her around. She is so silly!
Jaron and Lulu were laying on the floor next to each other the other night and Jaron kept asking me to take a picture of the two of them. It was pretty cute! Lulu sure loves her cousins! I love Jaron's big smile in this picture!

I love this little one so much! Something cute Lulu started to do this week, when she wants something sweet like a m&m she will say "yum, yummy" oh I just love it!