The cute flower girls

Kyle's wedding

Kyle and Emily got married in the Salt Lake temple on December 30th. I was mildly dreading this trip to Utah, mostly because I'm 8 months pregnant and also because I knew Kaitlin would be a little terror after the Christmas rush finally wore off. It was actually such a fun trip. Kyle and Emily were that happy couple that made you remember your own wedding day, and it was really fun to watch them go through the whole process. Plus, I love shopping in Utah. The best part was watching Kaitlin and Ady play together (yes, that's right, play- not hit). They did so great, and they provided much entertainment to the rest of us.

Hanging out with old BYU friends

We went to Brick Oven with our friend Christa, who was randomly in town the same time we were. The three of us were American Heritage TAs when we were at BYU, and it was so fun to catch up - it's amazing how you can see someone once ever 4 or 5 years and yet it felt like only days had passed.

Just hanging out after dinner

Handsome boys

Just for fun, Michael, his brother Jeffrey, and their dad pulled out their highschool letterman jackets to see if they still fit.

More Christmas

Grandma Bailey gave Kaitlin a pair of roller skates. She loves them, and as long as she's holding one of our hands or holding onto the wall she does really well. I hid them of course the second we got home and I'll pull them out later when I can trust her balance a little more than I can now.

Another visit from Santa at Bailey's house.

Posing with my sister-in-law Jenn on Christmas morning. We're actually due the same day, and no, we didn't plan it that way. Kaitlin and Jenn's daughter Ady are only 3 months apart, so it'll be fun to have the new baby girls be close too.

Christmas morning 2008

Gotta love Littlest pet shop. Kaitlin wanted this so she could be as "cool as Eden."

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Santa brought Kaitlin a big wagon for Christmas (inspired by several zoo trips last summer). Mike and I stayed up late on Christmas eve putting the wagon together, and between trying to watch Dark Knight (way too creepy for me by the way) and really bad wagon directions, it took forever. I should point out of course that Mike was doing the assembling and I handed him a hammer occasionally. Anyway, a few hours and a lot of almost cussing later, there was a pretty green wagon waiting on Christmas morning. When we tried it out with Kaitlin in it on Christmas morning, we realized that we put it together wrong--something about leaving the washers off the wheels. So, Mike was really sweet to pull the wheels off and put it together all over again. It's perfect now, and we're so excited for some fun zoo trips this summer.

Ward Christmas Party

Michael's mom made a Santa suit a few years ago, and so Michael ends up playing Santa Clause often for ward parties and the random visitor that stops by our house/his parents' house on Christmas eve. This year Kaitlin has been so incredibly excited for Santa to come, and I wondered how she'd react to this "familiar Santa" at the ward Christmas party. Even some of the other parents around us in line were making remarks like "I hope Kaitlin doesn't scream out that it's her daddy!" I don't know how much longer we'll be able to get away with it, but she didn't make the connection at all. In fact, after the party she told me how sad she was that daddy had missed Santa.

Getting ready for church

Just had to include a cute photo or two of the bitty girl all dressed up. It's a small miracle for her to keep her shoes and tights on all the way until we get to church, so we had to document it.