Associates/Blessing

All of our super fun visitors have left, a ridiculous amount of laundry has been done, Santa has come (thats a whole different post), so its time for an update on the blog.

Mark received his Associates Degree on December 14. It has been a long road, but we are proud of him! Emma was there, just not for any pictures apparently. Haha. We are still waiting on the background check for the job back in DC, here's to hoping it wont take the whole 9 months!

Since Marks mom and my Dad were able to come out, we also decided to bless Emma. My cousins, Reggie, Rex and Holly were able to come from Provo for this. 

But first we had to have play time, talking, eating, and just having fun. David really wore them out :-)

Then Sunday was the blessing. In the circle we had Mark, my dad, Jake Dustin, Jake Hargrave, Reggie, Rex, Ellis Johnston (HT) and John Smart.

We had a lot of fun and our sad everyone has gone. Here's to hoping we move closer to family soon!

One Month

I know everyone says it, but I seriously can't believe Emma is already a month old!! She is such a great baby and we are so glad she is here on earth and in our family. I took her in for a weight check today, she weighed in at 9.15. She only wakes up between 1 and 2 times at night, eats like a champ, and I think we finally have the projectile vomit behind us

David is a great big brother and is so sweet with Emma. He loves to "grab a kiss" and read to her (I wish I could have gotten the whole book)

On Sunday, we attended Marks units Christmas Party. It was catered by Gator Jacks and was a lot of fun. We really needed to attend because we missed the military ball. Normally it would be no big deal, but I was nominated and awarded the Molly Pitcher award. But, I had just had little miss 2 days before, so we were excused. Anyways, it is a great honor for this.

Santa also made an appearance. It was such a different experience with David compared to last year. I asked David what he wanted Santa to bring him a little over a week ago and he said Buzz. It was hilarious when Santa came in, because David started yelling "Hi Santa!...Santa, I want/need Buzz" over and over. It was so funny. 

Here is our first real family photo as well as a few others

                                                        

I also took David in for his 2.5 year check-up and it was confirmed yet again that he is tall and skinny. He is just under 3 feet (97%) and 28 pounds (25%-he has not gained weigh, just height)