Aunt and Uncle Again!

Shortly after Brian's brother Blake and his wife Shanshan moved back to China, they announced that they were pregnant! And 9 short months later, baby Cecilia made her grand entrance into this world! Shanshan was actually more than a week over due when CeCe was born. Brian thinks that the extra cooking time is why she has so much hair!

CeCe at 3 weeks

Penni Pooper

Little Penni pooper (who is not so little anymore) has been so fun to have in our house. Yes, she is the naughtiest dog who ever lived, but you can't help but love her. This little lady:

*LOVES to play with Zoey. (And that's an understatement)
*Is having the.hardest.time. grasping this whole "potty training" thing

*Likes to sleep on her back

*Will eat anything off the floor

*Likes to cuddle up and sleep under your chin

*Is growing WAY to fast for my liking

*Goes crazy when you blow in her face

Brian has given her the nick name "magic feet" because when she's excited she cannot keep still. It is SO funny. Her 2 little front paws just can't stay on the ground.

On a side note, the dog mom:

*is sick and tired of mud+dogs. I've lost track of how many times I've bathed them

*is sick and tired of cleaning up pee

*can't stay mad at them

*loves watching them snuggle

*has lost track of how many times I've stepped on the little one

The poor doggies don't have names anymore. They are known as the big one and the little one. For the longest time after we got Penni, I couldn't tell if her and Zoey were fighting or playing, but I think they love each other now.

Christmas 2011 = Crazy

Ok, so it wasn't that bad. I just felt like we were constantly on the move. Christmas eve we had dinner at my parents house where there was a lovely dinner, games and the Christmas story read from the bible. We headed home to spend the night in our own bed. Christmas morning we woke up and opened our presents from Santa and each other. Brian gave me a puppy (Penni, not another puppy) and the attachments for my Bosch mixer. I gave Brian some car parts, jeans, and new g's! (He was thrilled, in case you were wondering). We drove back down to my parents house for presents and the phone call to the missionary. My parents have 9 o'clock church, so they got home from Sacrament and were FRANTICALLY opening gifts, because we were to call my brother at 12:30. So we got there and it was pandemonium. I did not like it. It was a race to open presents the fastest. I got to talk to Eric first, but it was only for 10 minutes before we headed to Haber's for Christmas dinner. Dinner was delicious, the company was excellent, but I'd have to say my favorite part was when Lily (my 4 year old niece) announced that her mom was pregnant. Jenni was waiting to tell the family, but her daughter kind of spilled the beans for her. She's due in June, and we are SO excited!