John and Chels get married!!!

On December 18th one of our favorite couples get married. Yay Chelsie and John! We went to the SLC temple for the wedding and then off to the Joseph Smith Building for an amazing dinner. Chelsie has been one of my very best roommates and we adore John. Perfect match.


Just married!



Here we have Chelsie's mom stepping in to pin up the train because John didn't have a chance figuring out what to do with all those ruffles.



The family pic



Ashley and me. You know for the middle of December it wasn't too cold



This is what happens when you say "Hey you guys make this pic look like a candid."



Here we have the groom holding the dress from the wet ground while ducking out of the picture of Chelsie and her friends.



Ashley, Chelsie, and me.



Dinner! We got to sit with our friends Travis and Bryce. They had Chase and I laughing all night long.



Anna and the bride.



My family



Chase loves playing a real piano whenever he can, especially a grand piano. Let me narrate this pic for you. CHASE-singing and playing either Rascal Flatts or the Beatles. JENNI-singing along with a beautiful harmony. TRAVIS-Laughing at the crying baby in his lap. ANNA-the crying baby who would probably like to get out of her dress and snuggle up with some blankets for a much needed nap

Precious Moments

One of my favorite times with Anna is when I lay her on her back and I put my face just above hers and talk and sing to her. She just lays there wide eyed, smiles, and discovers my face with her tiny little hands. These pictures are of Anna doing this very thing with her daddy. I also love when we are in the car and I reach back from the front seat to put her pacifier back in and she just grabs onto my fingers. It's almost as if she was thinking, "Oh there you are Mama, I was looking for you."

Cue the diaper montage

Until this photo op I didn't realize just how much Anna loves hanging out in her diaper.

How do I look?

Thanksgiving Vacation Part 3

In downtown LA there is a district called Little Japan, mostly full of shops and restaurants. We went to a Japanese grocery store and then ate some authentic Ramen, (not the 10-cent kind that comes in a wrapper :)



Insides the Japanese Grocery store. To me it looks like a plate of hot dogs cut to look like squid and a boiled egg. Hence the uncertain look on Chase's face.



Chase checking out all the restaurants making sure he picked what he wanted. We don't ever go out for Japanese food so naturally he didn't want to make a wrong choice. We actually left the first place we went to due to a totally incoherent menu and high prices, not to mention everything seemed to come raw. I ended up picking the restaurant and I think I did a pretty good job.



Mr. Ramen, Home of gigantic soup bowls and delicious ramen.



Thanks for the wonderful vacation Trevor and Liz.

Disneyland

I had no idea we were going to Disneyland until the day before. Trev scored us some tickets. Boo yah! I love theme parks, but I have a special place in my heart for all things Disney. I was a little nervous if it would be hard to take little Anna to Disneyland, but she actually went on some rides. Anna rode on Pirates of the Carribean, Haunted Mansion and Buzz Lightyear. Anna opted out of Space Mountain since she was tired, but she loved the other rides. Since it was Monday after Thanksgiving the park was dead and the longest we waited was about 20 minutes. We got to ride pretty much everything we wanted. It was a fabulous day.




Outside California Adventure



In line for the Haunted Mansion



A little afternoon nap in the stroller for Ben



Pirates of the Caribbean



Next to the Tower of Terror. I had never been on this before and I loved it!



And a close up

Doctor Visit

Here are the stats from the 4 month check up

Anna is 25in long and weighs 11lbs 11oz
Percentiles

• 25th in weight
• 51st in head
• 90th in length

She also got her shots. She let out one little yelp, but never cried.


And just for your fyi here are Anna's past stats



2 MONTH CHECKUP

Anna weighed 9lb 10 oz

• 50th in head
• 50th in length
• 25th in weight

2 WEEK CHECKUP

Anna weighed 7lbs 11oz

• 50th in head
• 25th in weight

Anna was born weighing 6lb 12oz :)

Thanksgiving Vacation Part 2

I didn't realize until after having Anna how much it means to a parent when people want to hold your baby. I love it! So I was feeling really good after Trevor and Liz got to hold and play with Anna. Even Ben liked to play with Anna. He called her "Onna" all weekend. So cute.

Aunt Liz









Benny, Liz, and Anna



I think Ben has got this babysitting thing down. Pacifier in, my job here is done :)



Aunt Liz let Anna borrow her Boppy pillow. They make all kinds of things for babies now.





Waking up with Daddy



Exercising in the man cave. Props to Trev for not letting Ben interrupt his workout.



Game Day. This picture was taken before our one point loss against the Utes. She and her daddy wasn't as happy after the game.











"Hi!"



"Have you guys ever laid in a Boppy. It's awesome."



People often comment on how alert Anna is. I love her beautiful, bright blue eyes.