Go Romney!

Braydan and I have gotten into the election the last few weeks (thanks to the Dyers), and even though Mitt Romney lost Florida yesterday, I still have hope that he'll win most of the western states (cross your fingers california!). I got goosebumps from watching this speech yesterday. Some people have asked me if I like him just cause he's Mormon, but I think that's just a small part of it. Braydan and I were looking at our stock and it's gone way down. Our economy needs Romney desperately! As you'll see from the video, he's for strong families, strong schools, and strong economy. I know it's probably crazy, but I pray for him! I think our country will be a nightmare if Hilary gets in, and just the same old if Mcain gets in. SO, I guess I'm asking you all to pray for him and spread the word.

Happy Feet

Kaleb's walking! We thought he'd do it a while ago cause he crawled early and has been cruising around (using furniture) for months. But, alas, they do it when they're ready I suppose. Now he'll probably be more of a handfull!

Awesome Wonder

I finally got my picture framed (don't ask how much it cost) ! It's a Greg Olsen titled "awesome wonder." I love it because (if you can't tell) Christ is sitting in nature, as if he's looking over all his creations. I love it because I love the outdoors, and it's when I'm out in nature that I feel closest to him. I don't know how anyone can deny his existance after standing on a mountain peak or watching a crystal clear waterfall. It's a testimony builder to me that he lives and loves us!

Christmas

Well, we survived our first Christmas in Washington!! I actually handled it pretty well and didn't even miss family (yeah right!!) Thank goodness for friends in the ward. I initially invited the missionaries for christmas eve dinner (cause I was thinking of my missionary brother josh), but then we both asked some friends so we had 10 people!! I had fun getting everything ready and bossing braydan around. He asked half way through christmas eve day when he could go back to work :) Ha, ha. After the dinner, we acted out the christmas story and played games. You can see that kaleb wasn't a very cooperative baby Jesus. He didn't like the idea of being swadled by mother Mary and lying in a manger.

Christmas day we relaxed and had fun surprising eachother. I thought braydan knew what I was getting him the whole time, but he was surprised. Yeah!! My present from him was a picture of Christ that I've wanted. It's so beautiful that I almost cried. It seemed very appropriate to open that on Christmas day. That night, our friends the Bettilyons invited us for dinner with some other friends. It was a good Christmas. We're so blessed and I know that Heavenly Father has had a hand in our lives! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

P.S. None of our Christmas Day pictures turned out :( I was very sad, but you can just imagine a big mess of wrapping paper that Kaleb tore up. That's pretty much what it looked like.

Babe Ruth

Kaleb likes to play fetch. My mom wanted to see this video, so I thought you all might enjoy it too!

Christmas Letter

Because I'm kinda a tree hugger (or just cheap), I decided to blog my christmas letter! Hope you all don't mind. I've never done one, so bear with me!

This year has been a whirlwind of change! I feel like we're different people from last January! Just to name a few major differences: we're no longer Utah residents, but Washingtonians! We're no longer poor college students, but poor house owners :) We're no longer childless, but w/ child. Wait, that sounds wrong. Anyway, we have a cute little 10 month old boy! We're no longer jobless, but professionals. (That's right, I'm a professional mommy). We're no longer one car people, but TWO! Hallelujah for that. And finally, although I'm sure there's more, we're bloggers! Ha, ha. Moving to a new state, buying our first home, having our first baby, and getting our degrees, all in a few months, was crazy and stressful, but somehow life stays busy still. But that's good or we'd be bored!

We've made some good friends here and Braydan is happy with his work as a geotechnical engineer. Thank goodness for those friends or I'd grumble about his long hours (i guess I still do sometimes). We both got called into the YW and YM, so it's fun being a part of activites and planning --makes us feel young again. Wait...we're not that old.

Kaleb is my life and light! He's what I dream about, obsess over and love to death. I'm in awe of everything he does, every little smile, funny gesture, attempts at talking, or even when he's dead asleep. Sometimes when I rock him, I hold him closer and feel terror that he's growing up too fast! I can't imagine my life without him!

I agreed in September to watch a 4 year old girl, Tori, during the days. She keeps me on my toes and makes me laugh. She's the only girl in her family, and the youngest, so I think she's struggled accepting Kaleb and sharing attention with him. It's getting better and she actually asked to hold him the other day! He didn't really like it, but I was all for it.

Well, I think that's it. I hope you're all enjoying this Christmas season and remember to come visit us sometime next year!
Love Jessica, Braydan and Kaleb

Curious George....

I asked Braydan to watch Kaleb for 5 min. while I went to take a shower. Well, I barely got in before I hear a knock on the door. I ended up skipping the shower and giving kaleb one to wash his blue body. Braydan got distracted and Kaleb took advantage of that, finding a beautiful blue stamp to suck on. What a mess!













He also likes everything about the Christmas Tree--pulling off the lights, decorations, tree needles, unwrapping presents, eating pinecones, etc. The other picture is him in my "keep-sake" chest. Once again, I wasn't watching him close enough and the next thing I knew, he had opened it, CLIMBED INSIDE, and proceeded to pull everything out. (He's holding my old graduation hat).