Bri Lee's Blog: January 2013

Well, things have been going pretty well here. The holidays were of course hectic and crazy but awesome and wonderful as well :) Thanksgiving went great and Christmas was Amazing! Everyone got what they wanted and loved all of their presents so that to me is always an amazing feeling. Im starting the spring semester next week and couldnt be anymore ready, im a little nervous but i think im going to do great.

So Thanksgiving, not a whole lot to comment on, Thanksgiving has become in the past 4 or so years the holiday were my family has done their own thing, not everyone is at my grandmas like at christmas time. which is okay, and this year is the first year where i havent eaten a whole lot but still felt like i ate the whole turkey :/ blehhh i did better on christmas haha :) anyways it was the usual, turkey and ham lunch, i always make the deviled eggs on the holidays and we have none left by the end of the day, desserts and all that jazz. over all it was a nice Thanksgiving.

Christmas on the other hand is a lot more chaos and i love it! Nathan woke up to a brand new bike, which he loved to death, in the middle of opening presents he would randomly stop and turn around and say "i love you bike" hahaha hes so stinkin cute sometimes :) he also got a Kindle Fire this year, something he rarely puts down some days. Kayla and Anthony were surprised by new ipod touches, something they rarely put down ever haha since they can have games and apps and music and even text on them just like a iphone would, yeah theyre on it all the time so they can finally leave mine and my moms phones alone yay! They got other stuff too but mainly thats the big stuff, it was awesome seeing them open everything and get excited. oh yeah me, well i got a new camera, its still digital but its a step closer to the camera im really wanting, but i love it. it takes awesome pictures and ive used it alot so far. so im really happy with it :) After opening gifts we got to work on making the food for when everyone got to my grandmas. the usual stuff, everyone one of my aunts and uncles came like usual and then we got to my favorite tradition Chinese Christmas/White Elephant. This year i got stuck with Binoculars, my sister got a cute little picture frame, my mom got a whistle key finder thing, and Anthony got a $20 gift card to applebee's. over all not too bad. its always really fun to see what everyone is going to end up with and see who is going to steal what from different relatives. There's usually always a different rivalry each year which always ends up hilariously funny. Its probably one of my favorite things about Christmas, i wish we could do it more often. Oh yeah and we had a WHITE CHRISTMAS!!!! there was a huge Thunderstorm Christmas eve night which kept me up all night, it was a crazy crazy thunderstorm, i thought it was just a regular thunderstorm but when i woke up that morning it had snowed with the thunderstorm! and then it snowed all day long afterward! everyone was so extremely ecstatic and happy, it was so awesome! :)

Just before Christmas we got the best present of all. Kayla had her baby girl on December 6th. She was induced and had one of the easiest labors ive ever seen or heard of, like seriously, its so not fair. My mom had to get her their by 4 in the morning, so i took the boys to school, got ready and headed over there, by the time i got their she was already at a 9 so i stayed in the room for about 10 mins then let her get to pushin. about 20 mins later my mom came and got me, i honestly thought they were just taking a break or she wasnt ready yet but nope she already pushed her out, my mom told me she only had to pushed about 3 or 4 times and out came the baby! Lucky butt let me tell ya! Kenzlee May was born at 10:24am, she was 7lbs 2oz 20.5 inches long. My little niece is perfect, shes so cute and adorable i just wanted to squeeze and hug and kiss on her all day long! like when i had Jack it was just me, my mom and my brothers at the hospital with her, the only difference was the boys went to school, they didnt get to miss and stay there all day like with me, it was a little overwhelming for me at the time. So i got to pick them up while my mom stayed with Kay and Kenz. As soon as they saw her though it was the most awesome moment ever, words cant decribe it perfectly. Since she had a natural birth she was in the hospital for only 3 days, but to be honest it felt like an eternity! Kim and Casey came to the hospital to meet their baby girl for the first time on the second day. Another moment that i cannot acuratly describe. After the hospital they were here for a week before they headed home to Utah. And like when i had Jack they were kind enough to let Kayla and us visit where they were staying and came to visit us as well, they even took kayla shopping and let kayla keep baby kenzlee while they went and shopped themselves, which for me was pretty amazing. the only thing that was really bummy is by the 2 to last day before they had to leave Nathan and i got the tummy bug so we werent able to see or say our final goodbye to Kim, Casey and Kenzlee but i am thankful that i did get the time i got with her and i know Kayla is as well.

Over all things went perfectly. Kayla will be back in school this week and everything is slowly getting back to normal. well as normal as possible, my grandparents are remodeling their house, which means we got new floors, new painting, etc. crazy hectic but exciting and interesting as well. So i think thats all for now ill post more laterz :)

Me and Nathan on Christmas day

Me and my mommy on Christmas day

Me and Anthony settin up his ipod :)

Gypsy looooved the snow, she was a little hesitant at first because shes never been around it before but that did not last long, she wanted to be outside all the time :)