Hannah is growing up so fast! During the last three weeks here in Utah, she has started clapping her hands, waving, and occasionally standing (briefly) on her own. She also has loved toddling around Nana's house assisted by the little walker that used to be Andrew's. It won't be long before she's walking on her own and then running, so her sweet chubby baby body probably won't be around much longer. My friend put it best when she said, "This is the only time in a girl's life when a pot belly and thunder thighs are the cutest thing ever!"Last weekend, at a swap meet in Las Vegas with Bryan's family, I saw the most adorable little pink boots for Hannah. They were soft and fur-lined with cute little flowers on them. I was so excited! I found Hannah's size and slipped them on her foot (not an easy task, because she has thick feet that she clenches in a ball whenever I try to put shoes on her!) They fit perfectly on her foot, but there was no way I could get the zipper up around her cute chunky ankles (cankles!) I even tried the next size up, hoping that I would have better luck with the zipper, but to no avail! The owner of the shoe booth watching us smiled and laughed, "Ahh, GORDITA!"
I love that sweet baby body!
Andrew and Jaden building an archway
Jaden showing his piano skills to Uncle David/Bryan
Ashlyn and Andrew dancing at the reception
This was my very favorite tree this year. It was a life-size Grinch dressed as Santa with the decorated tree and toys and gifts stuffed in his sack. SO cute and creative!
We took a break and enjoyed delicious warm cinnamon rolls and cinnamon sugar scones. You could smell them almost immediately when you walked in the doors; how could we resist?! Silly Andrew chose popcorn instead.
When Logan sat down and looked at his scone and popcorn he announced, "Now that's what I call a MEAL!"
I had been physically SICK about this day for about a week, just dreading how awful traveling alone with three young children on an airplane would be! I imagined that by then end of the flight, every fellow passenger would seriously hate me! That is, if I didn't loose one of the kids in the airport before we even made it to the plane! (I purposely dressed them in the brightest colors they had, just in case I had to look for them in a crowd.)
We made it through check-in and security relatively quickly, and got to the terminal in plenty of time. Andrew and Logan loved watching our plane prepare for our flight and asked lots of questions (most of which I didn't know the answers to). They couldn't wait to get on the plane!
When it was Andrew's turn, he pulled out a handwritten list (front and back!) that he read to Santa. That sure made Mrs. Claus laugh. The thing he wants the most on his list is a Wii. 
This was our only Ohio Christmas activity this year because tomorrow, the kids and I are