Better late then never

I have been in Utah for the past month and it went by way too fast.  Matt and I went there at  the last minute for Christmas and thought it would be fun to surprise my family.  It was soo hard to keep it a secret from them for almost a month.  I was doing everything possible not to spill the beans, avoiding phone calls, making up stories about what we were doing for Christmas, and pretending that I've been very, very busy! (which is so far fetched for me)  But in the end, it was all worth it.  We showed up at my parents house on Christmas morning and my mom couldn't stop screaming "I can't believe it!" and my dad was shocked.  This has been one of my favorite Christmases.  It was a short vacation for Matt, he left on the 28th to go back to work.  He had a surgery rotation and wasn't going to be home much, so we decided it would be better for me to stay and spend some time with my family. My sister Tiffany and her family were in town and Michelle and her family were there, too.  I was able to meet the newest additions to the family, Soren and Zetta Tolman.  They were born this past November and were the sweetest twins I've ever seen.  

I love it when my sisters and I are together.  It doesn't happen very often.  All of my siblings live across the country.  There are only 2 out of 7 that live in Utah, so even if one of us comes home to visit mom and dad, we don't get to see everyone but at least some of us get to be together.

I was able to spend some time with my Nana while I was there. She is such an amazing woman. This past fall she was diagnosed with breast cancer and is now undergoing treatment. She has been through so much in her life and I look up to her so much.  I feel so lucky to have her in my life.

My sister-in-law Alison came in town from California with her little girl Sadie. It was so fun to see them. Ammon and Sadie are the only grandkids on the Nelson side of the family and are soo cute together.  If only they could be together more.

Before we went to Utah we had our own little Christmas.  I wanted to be able to start having some of our own christmas and our own traditions.  Matt got this dog for Ammon because he LOVES dogs.  Since I'm not too big on getting a dog, this works just perfectly.

Instead of having a nice traditional Christmas dinner, due to the fact that we were leaving in a couple of days to fly to Utah, we decided to go out to PF Changs with friends. I love that place.

Everything in one

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Christmas Party

Some of our friends here in Michigan got together for a Christmas party. We had a lot of fun eating good food, playing games and enjoying each others company. I am so thankful to have such good friends here. I don't know what I would do without them.


I swear every time our family tries to get a picture taken all together, Ammon will never smile or look at the camera. It drives me crazy some times. Oh well I still love him to death.


I love this picture of Steve and Kasey and their kids. Their kids are always so smiley and happy.


We had our party over at the Chase residence. Thanks, Jared and Margi, for putting such a fun party together.


These are our friends Darren and Natalie and their cute little girl Kara. Natalie made the best chocolate cheese cake... oh, I was in heaven.


Our neighbors and friends, Israel and Rebecca, and their little boy Max made it to the party. They have another little girl, Quincy but she was having fun playing and dancing in the other room at the time.

Some of the cutest pictures of Ammon yet...

I think that these first two pictures are my favorite pictures of my little boy. It shows his cute little personality perfectly.







One second he's just fine and then...... it's the end of the world.








Ammon loves to look and play with the Christmas tree. It's so cute to watch him stand there and stare at the lights.

Visitors!!!

This last month we were lucky enough to have family come and see us. First we had Matt's parents come in the middle of November. We had so much fun with them. They love to spoil their first grandson.




Then we had my brother Brandon come and see us for a weekend in the beginning of December. If it wasn't for him, our little family wouldn't exist (He was our matchmaker).



Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving this year with our good friends Jared and Margi Chase. It was a small and simple occasion, but it was so much fun. Thanks, you guys, for a fun Thanksgiving Day!

Ammon's first birthday

I can't believe my little boy is one year old. This past year has gone by so fast. It seems like yesterday when I was in the hospital meeting my sweet little angel. I have had so much fun with my little boy. He is my life, the reason I wake up every morning.
Here are some of the things that Ammon is up to at a year old.... He still loves dogs and says ruff and makes breathing noises like a dog all of the time. His new word is ball. He is obsessed with every kind of ball. That is why we decided to have a ball party for his birthday. It was so funny, I spent all day (kind of) making him a basketball cake for his birthday. When I put it down in front of him, he started to cry and put his body and hands as far from the cake as his high chair would allow. He wouldn't touch it. Luckily, we had back up cake that wasn't frosted!
Ammon has been making some great strides in his coordination. He can climb up the stairs, he can stand on his own, he can throw balls, and he can play the piano like a champ. He also has a toy train that he walks behind and pushes around like a shopping cart, redirecting it around obstacles. He should be walking on his own, soon. He loves when his daddy comes home from work. He gets so excited when he hears the front door open up and always crawls as fast as his chubby little legs will go to see him. Daddy spends a lot of time on the floor playing with Ammon when he isn't working. Ammon brings us so much joy in our lives.

Halloween

For halloween this year Ammon and I went to North Carolina to be with my sister Tiffany and her family. We had so much fun! Ammon and I went trick or treating with the whole family and yes.. Ammon had a candy bag. We would go up to the houses and we would hand over the bag and 'Ammon' would get some candy. Okay really it was just for me, I really wanted the candy but, hey, it worked. Ammon had fun with the candy too, though. He loved (and I mean LOVED) playing with it all. It was like he was in heaven looking at all of the candy. We would put everyones' candy in a big pile and Ammon would crawl as fast as he could to get over to the candy. He would then sit there and play with it for hours (it seemed like). It was so fun to watch him react with all of the candy. I guess he's just like his mom:)


I love this picture of Ammon.. It shows exactly what he thought about candy (sorry that it's side ways. I can't figure out how to rotate it but I had to put it up cause he is soo sticking cute.)

I love my sister so much. Thanks T for letting us be with you for Halloween.

Ward Halloween Party

Our ward had a halloween party this weekend and I'll have to say that Ammon was the cutest little boy there (I'm kind of biased though:)) He was a little doggie and he played the part perfectly don't you think?







For some reason every time I would take a picture or look like I was going to take a picture of Ammon he would make this face. HA ha I love it







Don't you think he has puppy dog eyes?