Twiners

Haley came into town. She was our first visitor from my family. June loved having her around and wanted to be just like Haley. She loves her auntie. We got to show Haley around town and try a few new restaurants in our neighborhood.

Stock Show

We went to the stock show this week with Carrie and Christina from our ward. Apparently Denver has one of the biggest stock shows in the country. The kids were in heaven. The petting zoo had goats, sheep, ducks, a donkey, and even a llama. June ran around from animal to animal touching each one. No fear! June has been into farm animals and their noises so it was fun to hear her say "quack, quack" along with the ducks. We came home nice and smelly, but it was worth it. 

Play Group

June and I love our little play group with friends from the ward. Our ward is small and there are mostly young kids. Here is June hugging Merit who was born about a week after her. I need to get June a real bracelet so she can stop wearing all her toys as bracelets!

Holidays

Our much anticipated Christmas break was a little less relaxing than we expected. As we were descending on the plane into San Francisco to visit Michael’s family we got texts from Rebecca saying that they though Michael’s dad may have had a heart attack and that he was being taken away on an ambulance. We arrived at our hotel in San Francisco not quite sure what to think. Luckily his dad did not have a heart attack, but they still wanted to keep him in the hospital for a few days for tests. We spent the holidays worried about Michael’s dad and not sure what to do with ourselves. The night before we left, Michael’s dad got released from the hospital and we were able to do a day after Christmas celebration with dinner and presents. We love Michael’s dad and hope that he has a quick recovery. 

Hugs and Kisses

Christopher and June loved giving each other lots of hugs and kisses on our most recent trip to San Francisco/Modesto. It was cute to see them be sweet with each other. We've got to keep working on June being sweet with her other cousin Kendall (Leah's baby). Those two love to go at it.

Santa

Our sweet, friendly little girl is finally getting a little more common sense. She is getting a little stranger shy and it was particularly apparent with Santa. We had tried to have her meet Santa at our ward party the morning this picture was taken and she would not have it. At Michael's work party we waited in line with her cousins for a good hour and we tried again mostly for the sake of a good crying Santa picture. I started to feel a little guilty when it was our turn and I saw June's lip start to quiver in anticipation. The last picture is our third attempt with Kate being her guide. She did much better.

As a side note, when I was growing up I used to love holding any baby I could get my hands on. I was always disappointed when the baby wanted their mom again. I used to reassure myself thinking that one day I would be a mom and be a baby’s favorite. As it turns out, June loves to go to other people and when I reach for her she shakes her head no and laughs. 

Thanksgiving 2011

It was our first Thanksgiving without our families so Michael and I decided to go big and go to the Four Seasons since no one wanted to make Thanksgiving dinner for two adults and Michael was working most of the weekend. June did great and we enjoyed walking around downtown after our meal. I flew out the next day for San Diego for Megan's baby shower.