The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

We went home to Utah for Christmas this year and had a wonderful time. Here are some highlights of our week in pictures.

The family before we blessed Juliette on Sunday the 20th

Cute cousins Addy and Ellie in their Christmas dresses

Daddy with Juliette on her blessing day

Grandpa Wood ("Papa") and Juliette

Mommy with her girls

Daddy and Jules watching football

Ellie's first In N Out burger. Yum!

Making gingerbread cookies

Ellie's first painted nails

The cousins in their matching PJs from Grandma Wood

Opening presents Christmas morning

Ellie got a Tag Junior from Nana and Papa

The family on Christmas morning

Mommy and Juliette

Around the phone talking to Aunt Nanny on her mission in Sweden

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and wishing you a healthy and happy New Year!

Lots of New Posts

Be sure to scroll down and see all of the new posts. I am playing serious catch-up of all things pre and post baby. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving 2009

What a wonderful first holiday as a new little family! We had a great time going down to Houston and visiting with Rich's family for Thanksgiving. Here are some highlights of the trip!

Nana Nguyen and Jules

4 Generations

Richard and babies with Great Grandpa Vo

Nana's New Car

No one puts baby in a corner box

Aunt Maria's famous gingerbread men

Ellie and George on the bridge

Sweet & petite sisters

I can drink out of a big-girl glass!

The family at Thanksgiving dinner

Grandparents

We are so grateful to our wonderful parents for coming up and helping us out with cooking, cleaning, and the new baby. We love you so much!

Sisters

Here are some of my favorite shots (so far) of Ellie and Jules together.

Juliette's Birth Announcement

Halloween 2009

After being admitted into the hospital with contractions and the possibility of having Juliette on October 30th, I was happy that she wasn't quite ready to come yet and that I was able to enjoy Halloween with Ellie, my little witch. We had a great time at both Emily's & our own ward's Trunk-or-Treats. We capped off the night with a little trick-or-treating in our neighborhood as well. And in case you're wondering, witches usually wear black pointy hats and not cute orange bows. My little witch absolutely refused, so I'm wearing the hat in the family pic towards the bottom. And witches traditionally use brooms as their mode of transportation. Well, this is the year 2009 and witches are obviously traveling on Power Wheels 4-wheelers these days (thanks Owen, for sharing your awesome toy)!