Christmas was awesome! For some reason the stress of the season never came. Possibly due to keeping it simple. Azure loved everything about Christmas. We don't really do the "Santa Claus" thing, but she doesn't seem to be missing out. Her cousins talk about him... we try to keep it more focused on our Savior. Anyway, I marvel that her favorite gift each year is the least expensive and most simple of them all. Kids are fabulous!!! Now our focus is completely on Baby Noodle's arrival, hope it's soon. Hope all is well with y'all. THANKS GIGI for your comments. I am unsure of how to respond to them...kind of a computer dummy- I am.

First Halloween

Azure was so excited to be a scarecrow for halloween. I think she would have worn her costume for the next month, had I let her. This was her first halloween that she knows of. We still didn't do the trick or treat thing. Our ward was involved with a tri-ward carnival put on by all the YM & YW. So, she ended up with about 8 pieces of candy. And she was completely content with that. We are so glad that we did NO SUGAR until 2 yrs old... she will actually choose broccoli over cookies. That is all.

A.J. the Co-pilot

So Azure went for her first plane ride a few weeks back. Ever since she has been able to speak she has asked "when it is my turn to fly plane". Kenyon decided that would be a great daddy/daughter date. And I had no fears, since I wouldn't be required to be on that very small airplane. She loved all 30 minutes of her flight. The pilot was even kind enough to let her fly the plane for about half the time. She did a dive and stalled out, but righted it without any problems-the pilot told her what to do. She is such a smart girl. I continue to be amazed by just how much small children pick up on. So upon exiting the airplane, she asked Kenyon if she could have a turn flying the helicopter,located just down the runway. But she does seem to be satisfied with her one flight, for now.

Baby "Noodle"

We are having a boy! The due date is January 28th. We are so excited, especially Azure, she keeps asking when baby "Noodle" can come out. She named him about a month ago and refuses to hear about calling him anything else...we'll keep working on that. I can just picture her getting all kinds of upset during his baby blessing when his REAL name is used. If it's anything like how she reacted to me sitting on the stand with my primary class during the Primary Presentation then it would make for the most interesting babies blessing ever! (She told Kenyon those kids can sit up there all by themselves and I need to sit by her, then she cried during the entire meeting-out in the hall, cuz she couldn't get over it. Then she was still so upset that she had to be brought out of nursery. She then told me that she didn't want to stay at church and wanted to go home "RIGHT NOW". This is the same girl that wants every day to be Sunday so she can go to church.) All is well.

mosquitos

So I learned that some kids have an allergy to mosquitos... Azure is one of them. She gets so puffy, everyone always asks what happened to her, as though she's been beaten severely. I can't say that I blame them. Take a gander at the picture of proof. Unfortunately, we harbor half the nations mosquito population in our new yard. Hmmm, how do you get past that?