Hope you have some time on your hands...

Here are just a few (not kidding) pictures from our last couple weeks. It was hard to even narrow it down to just these! Hope everyone is enjoying their New Year celebrations!

Grandma Michelle and Jenell

Grandpa Mark and Jenell

Daddy and Jenell in the snow for the first time!




Me, Jenell and my brother

Catching the memories on film! (See Tim scheming in the background?)

Jenell and Mommy in Polluck Pines

Ahhh! So many presents!

Aunt Emily and Jenell engaging in Holiday cheer! :)

Bedtime at Great-Grandma Jenell's

"Happy Birthday Jesus!"

Playing with her new toy from Aunt Rebecca and Uncle Jacob

Spending some quality time with Tatum. :(

Uncle Kyle and Jenell being silly

Being cute right after waking up

Gazing into eachother's eyes

I wish I hadn't cut their heads off but it is still cute!

I love it when she makes this face! Pursely probably wasn't so thrilled..

Auntie Em has the "new peanut" :)

Love it.

Doesn't it look like she's faking? LOL

Uncle Kyle got Jenell to fall asleep when no one else could!

"In the snow" for the first time

In her new bouncer from Uncle Kyle and Auntie Em

Christmas Eve on the way to the vet

At the pizza place in Polluck Pines

Gettin' love from all angles!

Daddy's favorite picture

Caught 'cha!

Reading with Uncle Kyle

Playing with her phone- (she is always eating Mommy's) she LOVES it!

Pretty centerpiece mom and Grandma sent

Tatum

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of our Savior! We enjoyed time with family, good food and we did a lot of relaxing! :) (I'll get pictures up from our Christmas at some point!!)

Christmas Eve was rough, because our dog, Tatum's health took a turn for the worse. We'd seen the vet on the 23rd because among other things, she'd been lethargic and not eating and we made an appointment to go back and get her bloodwork done on the 3rd. On the 24th, we began noticing blood in her stool which got progressively worse- we ended up spending the evening in Cordelia at the emergency vet. ( which would not have been possible without the support of Grandma Sandy! Thank you!) After many hours, tests and tears, we were informed that she was in kidney failure and with lots of hospitalization and treatment we could lessen her pain for awhile. It would not have been a permanent solution, though and it would have cost an exorbitant amount of money- so we made the decision to have her put to sleep.

Tatum had lived with us a little over a year ( we got her right before we found out we were pregnant with Jenell) and we knew that we were her "retirement home" when we adopted her. She fit in like a part of the family from day one- she loved to laze on the couch, bark at dogs on the TV and get her tummy rubbed by everyone and anyone. Everywhere we went we got comments on how beautiful she was and how sweet and laid back she was. She stuck by me through Tim's deployment and even hobbled up into bed with me a few times when I heard "bumps in the night". We were so blessed to have her as part of our family and we will miss her dearly!

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone's enjoying this Christmas season! I know we are! Tim is out of school for the next 4 weeks- awesome! Jenell is getting HUGE (as you can see) and we're not getting any smaller, either.

Oh-before I forget...LOL I wanted to blog this weeks ago.. we had a "bird" living somewhere in our home for about 2 weeks and we would hear it chirp every so often.. We figured since it wasn't dead after two weeks, it probably wasn't stuck somewhere in a vent or something where it couldn't get food... LOL One night, when Tim and Jenell were asleep, I decided to follow the noise... it led me to our coat closet- which happens to also be where we store our board games. Turns out our sweet little birdy was CatchPhrase turned upside down sitting on one of it's buttons.. so every once in a while it would "chirp"... :)

We're making a trip to Davis for my cousin's baby shower/housewarming on Saturday and then heading with my brother and his wife to Grandma Jenell's for an early Christmas in Shingle Springs. Both Tim and Jenell are sick right now so I'm praying we are ALL well on Saturday! :)

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks! Jenell is officially six months old now! :) It's happening so fast! ( Sorry for any typos... I'm rushing @ the library) ;)

Silly girl playing with her stocking

Can you even believe her?


Drinking "wa-wa" from the cup... it doesn't always look this pretty..

Yay for mixed vegetables!

I love her gummy, orange smile.

Being a sweetie in her silly outfit. It was COLD outside!

Giving everyone a big hug in the cute outfit that Great-Grandma Maybelle made for her.

She would have the other limbs out, too if it were possible. (SleepSack)

At the Paluck's Christmas party having too much fun!