A Christmas Video...

...from Santa to David! Merry Christmas sweet boy, we love you so much! Video :-)

Christmas Time is a beautiful time!

Today was a good day! It was Jennifer Rs birthday so we all got babysitters and headed to St. Louis for shopping and lunch. I wasn't going to go. In fact, at 9 this morning David and I were sitting by the Christmas tree getting ready to go down for a nap. I had not showered. I needed to. Anyways, Dana pretty much insisted that I go (something like "you deserve it.") Anyways, so she holds David, I jump in the shower, get ready, put DT down for a nap and go. I'm really I went. Those girls are so fun! Happy birthday Jennifer!

Blogging is driving me nuts!

So, you may have noticed the "new" look on here...I don't like it. I don't want it. I don't even know how I got it. Please help! KT, if you're reading this (okay, lets be honest, I know you are reading this) when you get home I need your help! Or anybody else that may be able to fix this.

Anyways, the real reason for the post, David sleeps in some pretty funky positions. Some of which do not look very comfortable. But who am I to judge or complain? When I looked at the monitor this is what I saw:

Yes, it is cute, but that really doesn't look to comfy. Oh well, he is sleeping peacefully and that is all that matters. Have a great Tuesday!

Giggles

David is seriously so cute! Even when I have changed more poopy diapers than I ever care to, he just gives me that smile and it melts my heart.




The above pictures are of him doing the "airplane." He loves that and will do his funny little laugh as we are getting ready to do it! The picture below is just a handsome picture of him right before church. I love buying him clothes (just wish money would appear in the bank account though) even more than buying clothes for me now :-) He is such a stud!

Love you!

This is where a man (husband) would come in handy...

Apparently I have been slacking on updating this. I think it may have something to do with the fact that we have been able to skype with Mark daily, sometimes more than once even. Anyways, I will continue to try, and I'm sure with your encouraging comments i will do better :-)

On December 3rd David turned 6 months! It is so fun to see him grow and learn new things. He decided he wanted to beat the crowd and he now has his 2 bottom front teeth in all the way! It's a whole different meaning when he chews on my finger. It can really hurt! David, I love you my sweet baby boy and are so grateful you are a part of our family! We're going to have to wait on the weight/height stats, but I will tell you this he is currently wearing 12 month tops and 6-12 month pants. He is a long boy. David being 6 months old, also means that we only have 6 months until Mark comes home for R&R! Woot woot!

I decided to plan a brunch for today with a few people in the ward. It was so much fun! I am so grateful to be in this ward; I hope and pray that Mark will be able to find a good job here when he gets back from Iraq. Anyways, here are a few pictures of some of the lovely people who were able to come. I think I may do this again. It was fun!





Katie and I also had the "opportunity" to attempt to change a tire. This is where a man (Mark, honey, that would be you!) would have been handy to have around :-) Katie and I first tried to pump the tire up enough that we could get it to Sams Club:




Needless to say, it didn't work. So then we busted out the owners manual and started. We could not get the nuts off the hub cap. So then began the phone calls of trying to reach anyone that could help. Thankfully, Scott Gardner was on his way back from deer hunting and saved the day! (Thanks again Scott!) Through this endeavor we both learned a little about each other and what we keep in the trunk. Katie keeps a camp chair. I have 4 MREs (again, compliments of Mark). We also have some interesting "clothing." We had a little photo op:




After all that was done, David and I went over to Jennifer Tylers house where good food and good friends enjoyed a yummy potluck and ginger bread house making. All in all it was a great day!

Love & Miss you!!

An ode to Katie dearest

I enjoy living here in Illinois and hope Mark can get a good job when he gets back so we can stay a while. Anyways, Katie is also a member of Hotel Dana. I am glad she is my "roommate." She came home from church today and as I was doing the dishes she announced she wrote me a poem in Relief Society. It goes like this:

"For you, Rachel, I bequeth your time

to pause where thou be and lend an ear to my rhyme.

In praise & admiration I give thee thanks for you & my brother who rides in a tank.

I admire your courage & strength for the year,

and I am oh so glad to have you near!

You're funny & smart & are nice to have seen

the movie with the boy named Draco,

and oh, by the way, you write good notes to Graco.

Your burden is being but your heart is so full,

thanks for being my sister-in-law

I think you are cool!"

Oh she is a fun girl to have around too! And I will be sad when she goes away to grad school. And because I like her so much, I thought I would share some pictures of her for your viewing pleasure :-)





Isn't she lovely? One night we decided to put egg on our face. It's suppose to be like a natural exfoliator or something. I dont know. It was late maybe? Haha.




Hope you all had a great week and that you have an even better up coming week :-)

Love & Miss you!

Eckert's Farm

We went to Eckert's Farm yesterday for lunch and the intent of purchasing a Christmas tree. However, as we were paying for lunch, we received a 20% off coupon that was good not only at the restaurant, the country store (where they sell fabulous pies!!) and the garden store. So we ended up just walking through the garden store and looking at Christmas trees and will go back on Monday and actually buy one...and we bought a pie :-)



Davids second tooth has finally broke through the gum. I can't believe he has teeth. My baby. Hope you all had a great week!