11 Months

Dellin is 11 months today and such a happy little guy. He has been the perfect 2nd child in every way.

He LOVES Sterling Henry and wants to do whatever he is doing.
He LOVES having carrying anything in his mouth. He has something in it all day.

He likes his bottle. We are hoping he likes milk more. We will find out next month.
He has 5 teeth and has been a pretty good teether.
He stands and cruises but is not interested in walking yet.
He has the BIGGEST SMILE EVER!
He loves to wrestle and chase/be chased by Sterling Henry.
He doesn't like it when Sterling Henry bites him.
He has the saddest cry. He can turn it on and off pretty fast.
He is a total snuggle-bug.
He is tall for his age but skinny (not my genes).
He is a tease.

We LOVE our Delli Belly boy! He makes us laugh everyday and is the reason we are having another baby so close. We only hope they're all this easy.

Preggers

Here are a few questions I have been getting A LOT lately.

Are you excited? YES!

How old is Dellin? 11 Months.

How far apart will they be? 16 Months

Did you plan it? YES!

You are going to have your hands full aren't you? YES, but they are already.

So... you want a lot of kids? YES!

Will you be moving? YES! (Not sure where but somewhere bigger, with a washer/dryer, and NO STAIRS!)

Will your next kids be this close? Hopefully.

Having a family is different for everyone. Some people can plan, others can't. Children are a HUGE blessing and we feel very lucky to be having our 3rd.

We leave to Utah TOMORROW! (I couldn't resist using Christmas colors.)

National Tree and Trains

The boys got to spend lots of time with dad this weekend which basically mean we all had a wonderful weekend. We went to the National Tree on Friday night last minute. The boys needed to get out of the house, so we packed them up and headed out. It was cold but we were well prepared with warm clothes and lots of hot chocolate!

Here is Sterling Henry all bundled up. I am obsessed with his new dog mittens. He kept them on all night.

The National Christmas tree is always beautiful but particularly pretty this year. Here is our little growing family.

Last year just a month before Dellin was born.

This was 3 years ago before I was even pregnant with Sterling Henry. We went that year with our friends Wes and Ann. Ann and I spent the night talking about kids and wondering if we would ever be able to get pregnant. 3 years later, we both have 2 kids. Life can turn around pretty fast!

They have trains set up all around the base. Little Man was in heaven and could have looked at them all night.

We even got to visit Santa's workshop. He is a busy man.

Yesterday we went to the Botanical Gardens to see the train exhibit. We are standing in front of Machu Picchu. They had scenes from all over the world.

We ended the weekend by attending Matt and Eliza's annual Neil Diamond Christmas party.

What a weekend!

We leave to Utah in 4 days... YIPEE!

Recent Projects

Here are some of the recent projects that I have been working on.

Baby booties. I made the pink pair for my new niece Norah Jane Christensen.


A new hat for Dellin.

This is Sterling Henry's latest project. He likes to decorate the tree with binkies.

We love you Santa!

We had our ward Christmas party on Saturday. It was a wonderful evening and we had a special visitor.

I love these pictures.

This one is my favorite by far...
Thank you Santa for making my boys so happy!

Family Stockings

I put up our Christmas decor 2 weeks ago...


I debated putting up one for baby #3...
Now it feels complete.

We can't wait to meet this baby in May!

Temple Christmas Lights

On Saturday we went to the temple to enjoy the Christmas lights. Colby and Maria joined us. We stopped at their house first and had Maria's delicious pizza and then off we went.

It was FREEZING. The lights were beautiful and worth the cold trip. The boys loved all the lights and didn't seem to mind the cold.

Sterling Henry is currently obsessed with Colby. He probably asked Colby "if we were going to see the lights" on the way up about 100 times. We love having Maria and Colby here.
We have lots more Christmas activities planned if we can just brave the cold...

Finally!

We bought a tiny Christmas tree the first year that we were married. I finally threw the thing away after loosing a piece to the stand and having it fall over every second. I couldn't wait to get a new one this year. Growing up we always put white lights on the tree but I was obsessed with the colored lights at the store. We put it up last night, and it is so fun having a tree in the house. Sterling Henry is in heaven, and Dellin hasn't tried to eat it or pull it over yet.

Sterling Henry stood this close to it all night.

We don't have tons of decorations on it, but that is the one of the perks to colored lights―it looks more decorated than it really is. If it were up to me we would always have colored lights on the tree. But Sterling isn't convinced... yet!
And the stockings are up too.

I believe it's going to be a good Christmas this year. Sterling Henry is starting to understand how exciting Christmas can be, and that is making it all so much more fun!