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GIRL! we found out yesterday that our new baby that is due on May 4th is a girl. we are so excited!

happy early birthday to justin!

since justin's birthday on the 27th is going to be busy with family and the wedding dinner for his brother, i decided to surprise him and celebrate it two weeks early! he was surprised and it was so much fun. i made him his favorite meal - steak and twice baked potatoes with brocolli, onion, and mushrooms. it was a novelty for us - i don't cook meat much, and steak might happen twice in one year (poor justy). i also made an ice cream cake. it turned out pretty good.

jorgen loved blowing out daddy's candles.

a close up on the cake, there were two different types of ice cream in there...the big brown blob is actually a delicious little caramel filled chocolate cup - it was yummy!!

latest project

i love sewing! i have decided to take on sewing lately and have had so much fun with it. a few weeks ago i made four baby hooded towels with cute ribbon on the hood and they turned out so cute. sorry if i sound like i'm bragging - i'm really not trying to, i am just surprised that i can sew (well, sort of:D). who would have thought being a domestic housewife would be this fun! i don't think i'll ever get into making clothes but i do love making other things. justin's birthday is two weeks from today and since it is his brother miles' wedding dinner and it will be so busy with all of his family here i decided to celebrate it tonight...he doesn't know so this will be fun! he mentioned awhile back that he wanted one of his favorite scriptures on something in our room so he could remember it and i haven't done anything until now. i made cute hanging signs (see, i don't even know what to call the crafts i make:D) to go above our bed (no frames aloud due to earthquakes). i am proud of them - i love the fabric! they look simple but there were so many different steps and details involved. thanks to all of my siblings for helping me out with this one - they answered so many questions for me! love you all! happy birthday to justin!

we elfed ourselves!

check out this site - and if you do one too - please share! happy holidays!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1142011244

handsome boy!!!

i don't know if i've ever seen a handsomer boy!!!

daddy getting him ready for church...

a couple of good poses for the camera...


just playing while mommy and daddy get ready too...

if you didn't notice in the other pictures he has a really bad scare across his face, mostly on his eye. he was riding his trike yesterday and crashed into the tree. neither justin nor me saw it when it happened but by the position of the trike when we came to the rescue, it looked like he was doing some serious triking! it was flipped upside down and twisted all funky. we think he scraped his face on the tree. he was a good sport, he didn't cry that much....it looks so sad though! poor kid. so with the scrape on his face, i decided to really dress him up today. the jacket is going to stay at home because it is still pretty big on him but it looked too cute to not take a couple of shots while he had it on. he is so handsome. just like his daddy!

climbing on the couch

jorgen loves to climb!! one of his favorite places to climb onto is the over-sized chair by the christmas tree.



he also loves climbing on top of the couch to see pictures of his grandparents and then turn on and off the light while he's there. it's so cute to see him point to each of his grandparents - he loves and misses them so much!!

i decorated our tree with some random ornaments i've received in the past and then bought a bunch of bells to go all over it so jorgen would have fun with them too. he jingles them all the time and moves them around.