January Birthdays!

We've got two in January and two in July. Funny how things happen sometimes.

First is Jocelyn's birthday on Jan. 6th. Here she is with her big sisters who had a great time decorating the cake for her.

I was trying to give her a bite of her cake here-I think she wanted me to put the whole thing in-look at the size of that mouth. That comes from Aaron. As a matter of fact we played 'chubby bunny' with his family during christmas and I think his final number of marshmallows was 27!

Second comes Makell's birthday on the 19th of January. She was so excited to finally have boy barbies. "Now there can be daddies" she said.  She loves to go in her room and play by herself with the dollhouse Aaron made for them. She'll be in there for hours. Sometimes I think she must have fallen asleep so I'll go check-but she's awake and just playing with those dolls.

Now here's a sad story. Aaron made this awesome birthday cake for Makell-then he made the frosting. It was so runny that it soaked into the cake. I attempted to peel the layers apart to cut it and make it into a cute little cat shaped cake but it was stuck together. So I drizzled the rest of the frosting on top as best as I could making a cat face. It was pathetic. I gave Makell the first big piece and here's the kicker-she wouldn't eat all of it. What kid doesn't devour cake and then ask for more? Well, I guess presentation really is that important-even for a four-year-old.

We went to St. George with my family last week. We used our Worldmark points (which we love) so it was basically free. While the guys went to look for more real estate the girls (and kids) decided to pile in the hot-tub. I don't think we could've fit one more person! (Who said this was only a 6-man tub?) It was a blast and much needed R&R for my family! Thanks Aaron! (It was his idea to invite everyone a long and I was so happy-he's always so thoughtful.) 

Well here it is January. I made it through the holidays. The decorations are taken down, not to mention almost all my regular decor as well. Aaron is getting us ready for "the move" although we still don't know where or when. As far as where we're considering St. George for the moment. We found a cute little house there for only $1400/mo. 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, fenced yard and a gardener (and it's not me-not that I did it anyway). Now we just need to find a job... Actually a general contractor called off an ad that Aaron has posted and said he wants to hire him to finish a 4500 sq. ft. basement. Yeah!!! If he likes him I'm sure he'll keep using him too. He'll like him-who doesn't? I sure do. :) He's also past his 2nd interview with Edward Jones. He's got one more and then he'll begin working for them. We'll see how that goes. He doesn't like the door-to-door thing very much from what he's told me but he's so great with people so who knows! My friend and cub scout leader partner Jaime brought us a huge plate of muffins a few nights ago. Seriously there had to be 40 on there! She's so sweet and this isn't the first time she's brought me sweet things. She's such a great example to me. I just love it here-it will be so hard to leave, if that's what ends up happening. We still haven't had any buyers for this house so I think it's going to go into foreclosure. So sad. What's worse is my entire family is in the same pickle we are. Rick sure did a number on all of us-we never should've trusted him with everything. He still says he's going to pay though-although he hasn't now for 9 months. Wow, I can't believe this has been going on for that long.
Macey has been sitting up and rolling over for a couple of weeks now. She's so dang cute. I'm actually really glad that she's a girl now. I was quite disappointed when we first found out but now...I just think she's great. She's sitting in my lap right now trying to help me type. When I put her on the floor she can be across the room in no time. She just rolls and spins and rolls some more until she gets to where she wants to go. I get the feeling she's going to be very independent. She's going on 7 months now and I've been trying to give her rice cereal. She hated it until I mixed it with a banana last night. She ate a little bit after that. She still is waking up twice in the night and it's killing me. I feel like a zombie all day. It probably doesn't help that Aaron and I stay up until almost 11pm every night either. I'm hoping that she'll cut it down to at least once. She was sleeping through the night for a few nights in a row but then she went back to this, hence the rice cereal. Any other suggestions? You'd think after having done this 3 other times I'd remember what to do-actually I think the other ones did the same thing now that I think of it. Thank heaven they all sleep great now. Jocelyn figured out how to get out of her crib two nights ago. Aaron put her in it and next thing we knew she was coming out her door. So I lowered her mattress to the last slot. She can't get out now but i'm sure that's not going to last for very long. I'm planning on moving her to a toddler bed and Macey into the crib as soon as we move anyway so it's not that big of a deal. Well this is getting quite lengthy and the girls need a bath before Olivia is off to school so I'd better go. Have a great wednesday-and go spend time with your family. Like my visiting-teaching companion says (who just found out her sweet 11 yr. old boy has cancer) "Go spend time with your family-you'll never regret it". I just love her, and if you're still reading this please say a little (or LARGE) prayer for her little boy, his name is Jacob. Thanks.