Blessing Day

We blessed L on the 29th so most of our family and friends could be there.  It was so nice to see everyone and feel their love and support for us and L.

 E is not very cooperative when it comes to taking pictures.

Our awesome friends, the Potters!!

Tyler's dad.  We were so happy he was able to come up and be in the circle!

My parents...

I love this picture.  My dad was ready to be done, mom was directing somebody, E was beyond ready to be done and Tyler was barely hanging on! Ha!!

a little better...

Her super cute dress!  I love it!  Kinda reminds me of my wedding dress is a way.  Maybe that's why I picked it!

She mostly just wanted to eat it!  Silly girl!

Love her little feet!

We just love our little princess!

Our Christmas Vacation Part 2

So we met our amazing, wonderful friends, the Potters, while here in NC, then they moved to Utah 2 months later! Crazies! (jk) But it was just enough time for all of us to become really close.  So while we were there we hooked up with them as much as we could.
One of these times we went to a place called Jungle Jim's.  The kids loved it!
(my camera sucks at taking pictures while people are in motion so I apologize for the blurriness)
Airplanes were a big hit!

L just chilling in the stroller.

Mom and E on the rollercoaster.  Bad idea for me! I'm not as young as I sometimes think I still am!

Emma and Mia on the Jeeps.

E's favorite ride by far was the merry-go-round!  She kept asking to go on the "horsies" over and over again!

Love this face!

Bumper cars were Tyler and Steven's favorite.  A way to get out all their aggression I guess!
Love Tyler's faces in these pictures! Classic!

Again on the merry-go-round...

We miss the Potter's so much!

Back at home...
E got pretty close to my brother Davis.  It was pretty cute!  They would sit and watch football together sometimes! haha!

My dad with the girls.

Aunt Jackie!!

And my mom...

We were also able to bless L while we were there and celebrate E's birthday...but I'll save those for another time!
We had so much fun and were so sad to leave!!  Especially since out plane trip home was so horrendous!  But in the end it was all worth it (I guess...jk)  We miss everyone there and can't wait to see everyone again, but until then we will sit back and enjoy our warm NC winters (well at least I will!)

Our Christmas Vacation (Part 1)

We spent 3 weeks in Utah so there are a lot of pictures.  So rather than make a super long post I will break it into two parts.  You're welcome.
(I LOVE E's face on this pic! Haha!)

We were fortunate enough to be with family this past Christmas season.  It was a blissful 3 weeks!  We were both pretty homesick so it was much needed!  I flew out with L on the 17th then Tyler flew out with E on the 18th (who received many compliments on how "mellow and calm" of a child she was! What?!  MY 2 year old? Ya right!).  It was just cheaper that way...and I got a little extra time with my mom.  Before my 2 year old monopolized her! :)
E loved the snow.  She is definitely her daddy's girl.  I am the opposite.  I like snow on Christmas, and thats about it.  I don't like winter, I don't like cold and I don't really like snow.  Anyway...E had the time of her life.  She was constantly begging to go outside.
She also re-fell-in-love with Tilly.  Most of these expressions on her face are because Tilly just came outside.

 I think L will be a little like me about the cold. :)

Christmas was great too!  The girls (and us too) were super spoiled.  Sadly I didn't take any pictures of their loot, but oh well.
Last year my mom made matching pajamas for everyone, so this year she made the girls nightgowns to match us!  She's very talented.

L made it about half way through opening presents before she was ready to go back to bed (as were we all).

Then we went to Cedar City to spend time with Tyler's family.  Sadly I forgot the camera.  How? I have no idea...but we had a wonderful time relaxing and eating great Mexican food!

We then came back up to my parents to see my sister go through the temple before she leaves on her mission to Anaheim, CA next month!  And also to celebrate New Years!
E had a lot of fun with this bottle...no it was not full or even slightly filled with anything but water for her in case you were wondering. :)

L was ready to call it a night at like 5:00! Haha!

 I was obviously not good enough to hold E!

 Happy New Year!