Christmas 2011

We made it through our 3 weeks extra long vacation to Utah. I was so scared of the airport, the routine change, the extra people - everything honestly scared me. Thankfully things went alot smoother than planned. The only thing that was a bummer was that Sydney got sick. Her right eye got a little infection and she had an earache. We were able to soothe her with Triamic Infants Syrup, oils and lots of cuddling. I even let her sleep on my chest for the first time. During our Utah trip she also officially started going to bed earlier. At first around 8:30 but by the end it was about 7:30 every night. We also started doing the 11 pm dream feed which helped me sleep until 4:30 - 5 am every morning.

My family loved her. Could not get enough. She slept through her first christmas morning and new years eve - but she was a happy baby. Its funny how life becomes so much slower when a baby comes. Slower but happier. Below are some highlights of the trip - my picture taking was down since I was taking care of her most of the time or just too plain tired to take them :)

Highlights with Gerbers

Arrived on 12/22 - debbie flew us in earlier instead of our original plan of 12/24.
We did an Elk Sleigh Ride
We made jewlery watches
We did the nativity scene
We watched old Christmas movies
We had 3 sessions of Gerber University
We took pictures of Sydney
We went to a pizza buffet
We went to Gardner Village
We ate at Archibalds
We got in the hot tub
We had the ENTIRE family there for Christmas
We went to church

Highlight with Goez
Jael had her baby on 12/30 ( Logan Sterling Thompson)
We played Scene It
We watched lots of Blue Ray Movies
We cleaned
The boys played basketball
We redid Julio's & Jeanette closet
We visited Jael
We did Zumba 2 on the Wii
We had Melynda and Marco over
We blessed Sydney on 01/01 at the Gerbers Lundstrum Ward
Mom went into the hot tub for the first time
Tyson worked on his App
We went to H&M at Fashion Place mall
Sydney had an ear ache :(