Big Girl Bed

Montanna has now been officially sleeping in her new Big Girl Bed, aka: twin mattress on the floor with cute sheets and blankets, since Thursday night and has done so much better than we thought she would. She is so funny because I don't know if she thinks she will get in trouble if she gets out of bed, or if she just thinks she is unable to. If she doesn't feel like she is ready to go to bed yet, she will just lay there and cry for a couple minutes before falling asleep. We thought she would immediately roll out and want to be up with us. But she just lays there and goes to sleep hugging her Kitty, "Meow" and her Monkey, "Wally". Then, when she wakes up in the morning, she just lays there and plays on her bed until one of us comes to get her. I kind of wish she would just get up when she wakes up, but seriously, do I have such a good girl, or what!

Another new thing this last week is that Montanna has learned how to count to 3. Before she would say 2,3,2. Now she says 1,2,3! We will walk up the stairs counting to 3 and we will count fruit snacks and pretty much everything. Now we will start working to add 4 and 5 to the mix. She is talking and babbling all the time. We understand most of her 1 word and 2 and even some of her 3 word phrases, but when she starts a long sentence she usually loses us. It will be so much fun to know what she is talking about here soon. Sometimes she will tell us an entire story with lots of expression.

She keeps us busy and laughing and we love her!

Christmas...... finally

Here are some pictures of our trip to Utah for Christmas. My parents rented a cabin in Eden, Utah and we were able to all get together and celebrate for almost a week. It was so much fun to have my brother and sisters all together and to see the kids playing together. I can tell it is just going to get more and more fun each time we get together and the kids get a little older.

Montanna enjoying a refreshing shower

Uncle Brian reading to Montanna

Lydia and Montanna in their matching outfits

Family pic right after church

Baby Aubrey

Montanna playing air hockey

Me, my Dad, Montanna and Lydia

Montanna playing in the living room

Baby Aubrey was blessed

Bapa, Grandma, Lydia and Montanna

Adam and I out by the campfire

Evening campfire

Sick Montanna on Christmas. She had a cold and had a rough time, but she was a trooper!

More to come!

All of my other Christmas pictures are on our Mac and I need to figure out how to transfer them onto our other computer so I can add them to Picassa and post them here. I have Adam trying to figure it out. So, stay tuned..... more to come!

The Week Before Christmas

Pa with Darby and Montanna

Darby and Montanna out in the cold

Playing Rook

Princess Montanna

Darby, Montanna and Britney playing in the snow. Darby was so excited to see snow and wanted to make a snowman. The snow was a little too cold and powdery, but with a gallon of water they managed to put together two mini snowmen just for her.

Darby and Montanna having herbal tea! :)

Darby and Montanna looking at the Christmas Village

Pretending to go to bed.

Uncle Adam with Darby and Montanna

Montanna sitting on top of the fridge.

Adam opening some early Christmas presents

Adam and I under the Christmas Tree watching Montanna and her new shopping cart.

Montanna going shopping

Mom and Montanna opening presents