January in Summary

Ok, I have officially become the worst blogger!  In an effort to get caught up before the baby arrives, I am going to blog one month at a time.  Sorry for the picture overload and lameness.  I can't promise its going to get any better either.  Let's be honest, it will probably get worse.  But here's to somewhat maintaining my own personal history...

In mid January, we continued our tradition of a besties progressive dinner.  It was stellar once again!  We started at Tricia's with appetizers and salad, then made our way to the Schofield's for the main course.  We ended at our house for dessert.  Deeds and Kim were coming into town that night so Kim could look for wedding dresses the next day, so Deeds was nice enough to take a picture of our progressive dinner crew.  I sure love these friends and I'm so happy that we still spend time together!

While Deeds was in town, we went to Lonestar Taqueria.  Don't have a single picture of Deeds, but here's James enjoying his burrito!

Later in January, we were starting and ending projects.  T, O, and I have decided to make Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings quiet books.  This is mostly just to have an ongoing project to work on so we have an excuse to get together every so often.  We met at Joann's one Saturday and bought all the felt that we will need.  Check out that receipt!  We almost broke Joann's!

That afternoon, James and I worked on a couple of projects around the house that were on list of things to get done before the baby comes.  I sewed curtains for our kitchen window.  Sewing and I don't get along the best (especially with a large belly in the way), so it was not the most fun and they are not the most pretty, but they will get the job done.

James constructed the workbench he got from my parents for Christmas.  He loves it and it fits in our garage perfectly!

This is me and sewing not getting along.

The first run on a finished product.  Even though I measured them many times, they ended up slightly different lengths and not even long enough to cover the bottom of the window.  Oy vei!

About a week later, I worked up the motivation to "fix" them.  I added loops at the top to lengthen them and attempted to make them the same length.  The right one is still slightly longer.  That may or may not get fixed.

We got to babysit little Sadie lady one night.  She is so sweet!  She loved James this time.  He's going to be such a good daddy!

And here's just a random pregnancy pic...29 weeks!

There's January!

Another Year in the Books

Ryan and Kara drove back to Utah the same day that we did and they stayed with us for a couple of day.  Hurray!  It was so fun that the holidays hadn't quite ended yet because they were here.  Ryan and James both worked on New Years Eve day, so Kara and I hung out and ran some errands.  That evening we had a little New Years Eve party.

Our poor, dry, droopy tree that was not watered for over a week!

 The party consisted of one round of PR, Martinelli's at about 10pm, and being in bed around 10:30pm.  Perfect for this pregnant lady!

 

There is definitely a pregnant belly there!

This year has been so eventful for us!  We went on some awesome trips, bought a house, and got pregnant!  We feel so blessed!  Here's what was marked off the bucket list in 2014:

1)  See Mount Rushmore - 05/24/2014

2)  I marked Alaska off my list of states I still need to visit.  I'm up to 31/50 visited! - 08/10/14

     I also did a session at the Anchorage Temple marking another new temple off my list.

3)  Own a home - 08/14/2014

4)  Fly first class - 08/14/2014

5)  Memorize The Living Christ - 12/31/2014

This upcoming 2015 is going to be quite the adventure!  Looking forward to it!

Cosby Family Christmas

It was a grand time in B-town California for Christmas this year!  I was so excited to take James home and show him how a Cosby Christmas is done.  We left on Tuesday morning, drove all day, and went straight to Sequoia Sandwiches with my dad for dinner.  Priorities!  My mom was down in LA at Disneyland with Ryan's family.  She got home later that night.  On Christmas Eve, we had our usual party with the Petersen's.  My dad left in the middle of the party to head down to Burbank to pick up Deeds and Kim.  The troops were gathering!

Wyatt's current picture face phase.  Love him!

I was long gone asleep by the time Deeds and Kim got to the house, but Deeds and I initiated Kim and James on our Christmas morning tradition of waking up in the middle of the night to go downstairs to see what Santa brought us.  Deeds and Kim got a tent and James and I got four more folding chairs for our card table...love it!  James and I also exchanged our Santa gifts.  James got me an awesome three-dimensional globe that I get to build.  It will be perfect for the baby's room!  Then the four of us got situated on the couches and fell asleep watching Galaxy Quest until the parentals woke up.  Once Ryan's family arrived, it was present time!

The classic from the stairs shot.  The Grossen's didn't come until the next day.  It would have been a tight squeeze if they had been there, but we would have made it work.  We missed them!

This was a Christmas gift hit...

Yep, a mullet wig for Deeds!

My favorite thing about this picture is Deeds' face and Wyatt is so proud!

So fun to have Kim there with us!  Can't wait for her to be an official part of the fam!

Deeds got my dad this Pepsi can with dangling bullets wind chime.  A perfect combo for my dad!

After crazy snow fall in Utah, the the Grossen's finally arrived, and it was the best time ever having the entire family there at the same time.  There really isn't anything better for me!  We mostly just hung out and played game and relaxed.

 

 James and I hit the road to come back home yesterday morning.  It seemed like it took forever to make it back.  We hit some snow around Beaver and our windshield wiper fluid stopped working.  I had to pee every few hours.  Slowly but surely we finally made it back to our casa.  We had to stop at the Red Barn to get some ice cream.  Leave it to us to stop for ice cream when it was 15 degrees outside.  We love the Red Barn!

 I had looked forward to this Christmas vacation for months, and then it was over before I knew it.  I really tried to just sit and enjoy every moment with my family.  I left my phone upstairs on silent every day.  I tried to take minimal naps.  Some of my favorite moments were walking with my parents around the neighborhood in the morning.  Next Christmas, we will have an 8-month-old.  How wild is that?!  Merry Christmas everyone!