AAHHHH

I am sick of this!!! Last night I felt like someone punched me in my face because my cheek was hurting so bad and has continued to hurt even until right now. So I was talking to Nick, and my friend Melissa, and they said I have a sinus infection. Never had one before, but it was really hurting! So I went to the doctor today and turns out I do. He put me on antibiotics (first time in my life) and hopefully I will feel better by Sunday. You know that book, the Secret?, well, I'm putting out in the universe that I want to get better and hopefully it comes back to me. hahaha

Crawling and Standing

Colette is a baby on the go! Only 7 months old and she loves to crawl on all fours and pulls herself up to stand on everything she can get her hands on. Her favourite are my pant legs when I am cooking in the kitchen.

Colette Playing with Toys

This little sheep Colette got at her baby shower from the Hargreaves family and she just loves it so much!!

Ugly Sweater Paaaarty

We were invited to an Ugly Christmas Sweater party and boy oh boy there were some nuggets of beauty at this party. You can't really see in the picture, but my favourite was my friend Cassie's husband's, Chris. He wore a ladies red turtleneck, with a green sweater vest. It was so funny! Since Nick and I don't have any ugly Christmas sweaters (Thank you Grandma's for never purchasing us one) I made a felt scene on one of Nick's sweaters. It was funny! We also played a white elephant game where we walked away with a sweet score of games and toilet paper :) Tonight we will be playing Checkers...(And Colette slept the whole time)

Setting up Christmas

Cute nativity my mom sent me! OH, and I also got out the felt nativity that my mom made when I was a baby...family members may know what I'm talking about...anyways, I set it on a shelf that Colette can pull herself up to, and I think she has a crush on baby Jesus because she is always grabbing him out of the manger and playing with him way more than anyone else. hehe

We officially have all our Christmas decorations up. Well, we only have a handful due to all the moves we have had in our three years of marriage. But when we got our Christmas tree out, Colette was very interested in it. She crawled over, inspected the tree (with her mouth), then got on her knees to feel the lights. Now she does this every morning when we get up. She also loves the bows on the packages and tries to grab ornaments, but I made sure to put those out of her grasp.
So I guess you can say we are all ready for Christmas! But first we have to prepare for Nick's 29th Birthday on Saturday!!!!! We are very excited for that around these parts :)

Sick, sick, sick

It has been a rough 2 weeks for Colette and I. So as you read, I got sick at Thanksgiving...I've been sick since and I have passed it along to Colette. I never get sick, no, really. NEVER. I told Nick that is must be a whole different set of colds out in the East and my ultra strong immune system can't hack them. He had no comment...But what makes me so sad is that Colette is sick because of me. I lost my voice, she did too- I am coughing up a storm, so is she. I called into work last night sick, and today I have decided that we are going to get 100% better!!! No more of this nonsense! So we have stayed in for two whole days napping, drinking fluids, breathing in a humidifier, and Colette even tried an orange for the first time! (I thought that Vitamin C might help her...)
Outcome thus far? Still sick...but that boogie syringe they give you at the hospital has worked like a charm! (For her, not me.) Let's hope we start to feel better tomorrow.
P.S. Nick's finals are Monday so we don't see him everyday from 7:00am-8:00pm. We really miss him around these parts.

This one goes out to the one I love

Enjoy Nick!

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year we met up with a couple friends from the ward and each brought a piece of the meal so that we didn't each have to make a meal for our little families. It was great! The food was wonderful, the company was great...just one hiccup- I was sick! With what? I don't know, but it hit me hard and I haven't felt like myself since. Today was the first day where I am starting to feel better.
So that day we had Thanksgiving, then we left early (sad cause I like to play games) but I was about to crash, and when we got home I did. I slept from 5:00-7:00, then woke up and put Colette to sleep. Then I tried my best to get back to sleep, but couldn't, before I had to head into work (at Target). My shift started at 12:45 am and went until 9:15 am. So yes, I was there when all the crazies were there. Yet I didn't see any crazies! From 1-2 there was a rush (46" TV for $398, apparently that is a good deal), and there was an infant with her mom, in a sweatshirt, waiting in the freezing cold line outside, and screaming the whole time inside.. not sure what that mom was thinking! But no shoving, pepper spray, or hair pulling. I did see a man offer $$ to someone for a certain item..but that's it. After 2 am, the store was quiet and slow. I worked in the shoe section, so the slippers were the only thing selling there. But I recovered from lack of sleep over the next couple of days, and realized something very important. Black Friday deals are not that great. I had to do some marketing at Target, and some items were only $3 off, and you don't realize that because the new sign covers the old one!! So there you have it. No need to Black Friday shop at 1:00 am.
Other than that, Thanksgiving was great. Colette just loved mashed potatoes and corn, of which we let her go to town on and we are very thankful for all the blessings we receive, our families, and the gospel in our lives.

Only a mother....

...could love this face covered in food, boogies, and sticky little fingers.

Two little Teeth

They came in great and she loves using them on everything. She even bit my toe once. I guess when we fly to Utah in January, Uncle Reid might have to have a look at them :) Her first dentist appointment.