Home Sweet Home

Well, it's about time! We finally closed on our house and get the keys today. Although half of our stuff is already moved in. We're tricky like that.

We are so grateful for all that happened so we could get this house. I really feel like we were inspired to find it. Our new ward is great, and I think we'll be very happy here. We will be sad to leave our old neighborhood, though. Almost 9 years in one place. We will miss friends and our old ward. Good thing we aren't going to be too far away.

Good-bye Mesa! It was nice knowing you!

#5

Yeah, that's right, you all knew it was coming. I had to get one more in there before I got too tired and old. So baby Dopp #5 is coming in late July, right before I turn 31. These will be the closest together, but we are so excited for one more. Ethan's hoping boy, but we'll see.

Happy Birthday Noelle!

Our baby girl is 1! The kids just keep growing faster and faster! And this little lady is so grown up. She always wants to be part of the action. She's walking some, and is all over the place, getting into everything. She can say thank you, banana, mom, dad, all done, yeah, and more.


I have never had a kid so interested in their first birthday! She wanted to open the presents and actually seemed excited about everything she got. Usually I have to open all my one-year-old's presents. I wonder if Christmas was a good trial run for her.


Trying to try on her new sweater.


Noelle blowing out her candle... well the rest of us blowing it out at least.


And Noelle trying out her new walk. She's been kind of half walking for a while now, but doesn't seem to want to do it full time.

At her Dr.'s appointment she was 17 lbs. 12 oz. (5%), and 30.25 inches (95%). Am I ever going to be able to put her forward facing?!

Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. The kids got presents they had been wanting, we ate a ton of food, and just hung out with family.



The kids in their new pajamas. They couldn't wait for Santa to come, but let us sleep in until 7:30. They must have been tired out from the day before.


Bryce's family at his parents' house.


My family at my parents' house.


If you know Avery, you may have heard talk of "The Tiana Drum". She desperately wanted this music set for her birthday in August, but we couldn't find it anywhere. She's been talking about it ever since, and I even tried to make one for her. My mom tracked it down and Avery was so surprised. My dad even helped her try it out.


We feel so lucky and blessed this holiday season. We have a lot of exciting things coming up, and are so grateful that we can be so close to all our family, and that they can share these fun times with us!

Family Pictures

We were going to send out Christmas cards this year, but didn't. With us in the middle of moving a lot of things got put off. Plus we wanted to wait until we could send out something with our new address.


But our friend, Crystal, of Cal Artistry was awesome and took our family photos for us. We dont want them to go to waste, so these are a few of them. I love this last one of her kids and our kids, so cute! I love little kids laughing.

Basketball

Ethan just finished his basketball season. He had a good time, but I think he wants to go back to soccer next time. These are his team pictures. Thanks Shauntel for taking them.

Noelle is 11 Months

I haven't really updated on Noelle for a while. She's really growing up. I can't believe she'll be 1 next month. She sure acts like it too. She definitely thinks she's one of the big kids. She has two teeth now, can stand alone, and has taken a couple steps. She loves to say da da da and ma ma ma, but I only get the ma ma ma when she's sad. She loves Bryce to pieces and cries whenever he leaves the house. She eats everything and is pretty feisty. I'm excited to see who this little girl turns into.