Milestones

This past Tuesday Finn really got the hang of sitting up! Yeah, he's pretty much a pro now. He's got two tiny bottom teeth that are making their way out of his little gums as well. Also, he's finally starting to eat solids on a consistent basis (mainly this was my fault that it didn't happen more often, I was kinda just lazy with the whole thing). Unfortunately, his system is still getting used to the new foods and he's been constipated on occasion because of them. When something new happens, it definitely seems to have a domino effect. It's pretty neat to watch it all take place!

Sittin' up at Grandma Marci's

Holiday Tidbits

As always, Christmas was a blast. We spent loads of time with family eating, laughing, watching sports, and having an all around good time. Most of Hilary's extended family was in town for the holidays which was, as always, extra fun. We were able to spend time with them for a few days before Christmas. This year, I had to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas day so our little family celebrated the holiday in Logan. It was the first time since we've been married that we spent Christmas away from our families and although we missed everyone, it was very pleasant.

In between my morning shifts, we sang some Christmas songs and opened gifts. Finn was most excited that we cleared room under the tree so he could lay underneath the limbs and attempt to stick electrical cords in his mouth. We then spent most the day gorging on copious amounts of chocolate and I made a potato casserole with the assistance of our sweet new food processor from Oma and Opa Frazier.

Finn getting some Great-Grandma love.

One thing that is great about this time of year is that we tend to reflect on life and the Savior and think about how to squeeze a little extra sugar out of life during the coming year. And by that, I mean we usually think about setting some goals. I figured I would share some of my goals with the blog-o-sphere so I'll have a little extra motivation to fulfill them. I'll make a blog post about each of them during the coming year. So here it goes:

• Goal #1: Become an expert at making thin crust pizza (b/c Hils loves it and it is the bee's knees of all pizzas).
• Goal #2: Become an expert at making Brazilian rice and beans and pao de queso.
• Goal #3: Don't be clumsy. Lately I've been getting clumsier. I've been breaking dishes, knocking over bottles, and doing idiotic things. Today I was cleaning the blade of our immersion blender with my fingers while it was plugged in and I had my other hand on the "Go" button. If the clusmy fairy had sprinkled idiocy dust on my finger at that moment, it would have been a terrible afternoon.
• Goal #4: Simplify. I was doing some organizing today and realized we have tons of stuff. I realized I need to prioritize my life a little, buy less stuff, focus my energy towards less things, and get rid of things that take up lots of space. And this may include selling a couple bikes (**Ouch**).
• Goal #5: Learn to run without getting hurt. Every time I run consistently for a few months I tend to get a sore knee or a stress fracture in my foot.
• Goal #6: Learn Spanish and CLEP out of the first 2 Spanish classes.
• Goal #7: Learn to use coupons when grocery shopping.
• Goal #8: Make slow cooker yogurt.
• Goal #9: Create 2 pieces of art per month.
• Goal #10: Study scriptures 365 days this coming year.
• Goal #11: Learn how our DSLR camera works.
• Goal #12: No candy, soda, or cake (except on birthdays) for a year. I know this goal has something to do with my perpetual tummy ache I've had since Christmas.

12 goals. 12 months. 12 posts. That works great.

Merry Christmas!

Oh Christmas tree

I probably thought about putting up the Christmas tree this year for about a half a second. I don't really like our tree, it's super scrawny and bare looking. I came home one day though, and Dennen had put it up. He even put 5 strands of lights on it to make it look good! I definitely like our tree now. He also set it up in Finn's room because Finn loves to lay under it (plus, it was the only place in our house where it would fit).

We also did a craft swap with our friends the Banburys. They sent us these sweet ornaments! I am working on sending them hats (I just have Trey's left to make guys, sorry it has taken me forever).

Gotta have a picture of Finn in front of the tree.

Finn sportin' his cute jacket from Grandma Marci.

I hate this

What do I hate most when I go to the gym? Seeing people with the sleeves of their t-shirts cut off!! Why do you think tank tops were invented? So you don't have to do this to your shirts!

Believe it or not, girls have even joined in too! I saw a girl at the gym that was wearing a shirt that looked like the guy in the purple one (the best pic I could find of a girl was Hilary Duff).

You may only wear a t-shirt like these if you look like this dude.

Now he knows how to rock a cut off t-shirt!

Give away galore!

I have been pretty busy lately with my crochet hook... Here's a picture just to prove it.

Finn drowning in yarn

Well, onto the title of this blog post. The give away! Go here and just follow the directions to enter. There are a lot of cool vendors giving away stuff.

My lovely sisters styled my headbands for my etsy site and the give away. We went up to USU and I used an old brick wall from one of the buildings as the background. I really like the look. Thanks again sistas!

And finally I had to take a picture of Finn in his sweet mobile command center (as Dennen would call it). Dennen and Finn went on their first little jaunt today with it.

Dennen looks stoked, Finn looks confused

Feist

Happy December 1st!

Lately I've been loving this song. The music video is pretty cool too.