Christmas

This year we had another amazing Christmas. It started out Christmas Eve at Brock's grandparent's house with delicious dinner, reading of Christmas stories, including Luke chapter 2, and jammies.

Here we are after popping our fun poppers. They have these hats and a toy in them. Jace's toy was a magnifying glass.



We told the boys (Jace, Beckett, Nixon) that we were going to say a prayer to get them to hold still...


...it didn't last very long.


Jace and Nixon each got to open one present. They were thrilled! So were the girls(Kallie, me, Natalie)



Then came Christmas day. It was a long, fun day filled with lots of family time. First we had our own little family present opening session at our house.
We let Jace cut the last ring on his countdown that he made at school.


Our tree


The boys seeing the presents under the tree for the first time. We had been keeping all the presents in our room until then.


Going for it!


Then we made our way to Grandma and Grandpa Keddington's house for some more present opening. Unfortunately (or fortunately for you) I didn't get many pictures of this. It was so great though, like always. Jace just kept saying "Its just what I wanted!" Although, I kept thinking, when you go through every toy catalog, and every toy aisle at every store pointing to everything you see saying, "I want that for Christmas" you're bound to get something you wanted. We just nodded and said, told him he must have been a very good boy this year. After everyone had finished opening, grandpa told the boys to head downstairs for one last present. They LOVED it!




Then it was off to Brock's uncle Gary's house for the annual Keddington Christmas morning breakfast of scones, hashbrowns, fruit, and all sorts of deliciousness. I brought Julia along since she doesn't have inlaws to take care of her while our parents are gone. Again, no pictures.
We made it back to our house in time to get things cleaned up before my brothers and sister came over for our present exchange. Nolan and Treo couldn't make it, but Justin, Maria, Dane, Annie, their girls, Brock, me, our boys, and Julia were all there. We ended up going to Denny's (the only place open) for some lunch. Its crazy what one has to resort to when mom and dad's famous smorgasbord is happening in Malaysia without us. We were able to all gather around the computer for a few minutes though, and Skype them in. And they even sent presents for the boys (and the baby girl) which they LOVED. Here are some pictures of those.

Granny and Grandpa got Jace this awesome Bumblebee transformer glove that makes noises, and shoots. It goes perfectly with the Bumblebee mask that Brock had picked out for Jace.




They got Nixon this riding Mater truck. He loves it so much! And Jace loves to push him, at very dangerous speeds, in the kitchen around our island.



Then it was back to Brock's grandparent's for, yup, you guessed it, more presents. As you can see we were very spoiled, as we are every year. I just can't believe I have to wait 362 more days! Unless you count my birthday, then I only have two months! Yippee! I hope you all had a very merry Christmas as well, and that you have a Happy New Year!

Here Comes Santa Clause!

Well, this year we didn't get any good pictures of the boys with Santa. Jace was perfect, of course. He knows what's at stake. But Nixon doesn't quite understand the "Naughty List" yet. It shows.
Here are pictures from our ward Christmas Party a week ago.



We finally gave up and got Nixon the heck outta there.


Then today Santa came to visit Jace's preschool class. I got them all dressed up in their Christmas pajamas and everything. I thought I had Nixon all excited. He was saying "Santa, Santa, Santa" the whole way there. And even when Santa came, he started chanting his name again. But, as you will see below, he pretty much hates Santa.

Here are some of Darla, one of Jace's teachers, reading Christmas books to the kids while they waited for their special visitor.



Then the big guy showed up, and had all the kids excited.


He even gave each of the kids a blanket. Jace went up to get his before I could get Nixon up there.


And, here we go again. Its not even like a quiet, nervous cry. Its like a "Get back here mom! I think he's going to kill me!" cry.



My sister-in-law Kallie brought Beckett too. He wasn't too big of a fan either.


Maybe next year we'll have some better luck.

Oh BOY!

It's a GIRL! For those of you whom I have not yet contacted, Brock and I went in to have our ultrasound yesterday. I got out of the gym around 10:45, and headed to the 11:00 appointment. I had a message on my phone from the Dr.'s office saying that the ultrasound technician was coming in from Park City and because of the horrible snow storm she was running late. They asked if I could come in later. Well, I was a little upset. I had already waited until 21 weeks, and I could not wait another minute! I told them I was already on my way, and so was Brock, so they said to come on in. I got there, and they had a couple in the room, and there was one couple in front of me. This wouldn't have been so bad except for the fact that I had dutifully drinken, (or is it drank, or drunk) my 32 ounces of water, and I was going to pee my pants. I asked if it would be okay if I went to the bathroom, and the lady said, "Yeah, just empty your bladder a little bit, and then drink some more water. You should be just fine." Um, what? Empty my bladder a "little bit"? Is that even possible? "I can't stop once I've started. It stings!" -Lloyd Christmas, Dumb and Dumber. Anyway, I emptied it all the way, and big surprise, I had to go again like 5 minutes later. When they finally called us back, I was really nervous. She was doing all the normal checks- head size, heart chambers, kidneys, bladder, bla bla bla right? I was trying to see if I could see anything down there. Then she said, "Well, I think...wait just a second." Then she pushed on my stomach and wiggled it all around, and said, yup, you're having a girl!" I immediately started crying, and asked if she was sure. She said she was shaking her around to make sure nothing was hiding. Jace said, "Well, I think its a boy." Brock even got a little teary-eyed. I am still very much in shock, and will hold on to a little skepticism until this baby comes out a girl. I love my two boys more than anything, but I think its time that I get to play dress up! Buy some bows, some jewelry, and some fluffy things. We're so excited!

Christmas Cards

Hey everyone, our Christmas cards just came in. Please leave a comment with your address if you would like one, or you can email it to me at bjkeddington@comcast.net. I have plenty, so don't be shy!