Lots to catch up on........

So, it's been quite a while since I last blogged and I must say there has been a lot going on with our family! So, I apologize for all the pictures that you will see and for the length. I will try to be better at posting at least once a month. :)

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Here is Paige at 2 months old. Just such a cute picture, I had to share.

Addison had a crazy hair day at school in October. Here are a couple of pictures of her hair. I think me trying to do her hair crazy actually turned out pretty cute...maybe I should try to do her hair crazy more often. :)

At the end of October, we were able to go to Great Grandma Stagg's house. She turned 95!! Some of her great neighbors had a birthday party for her. We decided to just show up and surprise her. She said that us showing up was the best birthday present. She was able to see her 6th great grandchild. It was fun and we are grateful we were able to go.
After Great Grandma Stagg's birthday was Halloween. Addison went as a cheerleader and later revised it to be a vampire cheerleader, because she wanted something scary. There is a picture below of her with her teeth. Paige was a pumpkin...thanks to the outfit Nana Howard bought Addison when she was Paige's age. That's the one nice thing about Addison and Paige being born at the same time....clothes are in the right size at the right season. :)
Here is Addison and Daddy before trick-or-treating. Brett was a car crash victim...you'll see why that is a very fitting thing for him a little later....Addison and cousin Benjamin...SUPER BOY!
Here Addison is showing her real cheerleading powers by stopping her 2 cousins.
Here she is with her teeth.
Of course, Halloween wouldn't be Halloween without Brett's pumpkins. This year he did Hannah Montana for Addison and Achmed the Dead Terrorist.....I KEEEEL YOU!!!

The nice thing about Paige being blessed November 1st is that the family that was able to come and be here for Halloween and were able to go trick-or-treating with Addison. They had a good time.

So, as I mentioned before, Brett was the victim of a car crash....his own. He was on his way to a job interview. He was traveling straight and a lady in a big van turned left into him....the light was green....Brett was in a car that is usually visible from the road--last time I checked white cars don't blend into the pavement...but for some reason, she didn't see him and hit him. Now, you wouldn't think one would get enough speed going while taking a left turn to do much damage....but she did over $13,000 worth of damage to our car. :( Unfortunately, it was deemed a total loss by the insurance company. Here are pictures of our sad car. As frustrating as the situation was, Brett was not hurt. I am grateful he was inspired to take this car because it has side curtain airbags and I know that if it didn't have that, he would have been in much more pain or received much worse injuries. Enjoy the carnage!

Now to happier things. Paige was blessed by her daddy on November 1st. Here is one of the only pictures we got of her on her actual blessing day. Here Aunt Terra (my sister) is holding her.

Here is Paige and her daddy. She loves him!
Here is Paige and her big sister. They love each other!
Here is just a cute picture of Paige sleeping.
In November, we hosted Thanksgiving at our house...there were 14 people here (Brett's family and my sister and her husband and baby boy)....we've had over 27 here for Thanksgiving in 2008....so this was a pretty quiet Thanksgiving compared the that one. :)

On Saturday we were able to meet my brother, Sean and his family and go to Temple Square. Addison loves playing with her cousins. Here she is with Heather and Kara.
I think I figured out that this is our first actual family photo...never got one in the hospital or when we got home or on Paige's blessing day....and you can't even see Paige....oh well...she's the one in the stroller all nice and warm.
After Thanksgiving, we put up the tree. Here is Brett helping Addison put up the star. She was so excited to help decorate.
We finally got our gingerbread houses made this year. It was a lot of fun to make them from scratch the way my mom did. I cut them out and even used the melted sugar to put them together....Terra and I had a great time putting the houses together and getting sugar burns. Talk about some bonding! We were giggling so much, I am surprised we didn't get more burns....Needless to say, some of the gingerbread houses could never pass a housing inspection... Here is Addison decorating her house and one with her by the finished masterpiece. It was a lot of fun! Terra and Josh were there to laugh and have fun with us.


Here is a picture of Addison and Paige...Paige is now 4 months old!!
Some friends of ours invited us up to Logan to go to a play. It was sooo much fun. The play was put on by a theater company called Pickleville Playhouse. They usually perform at Bear Lake in the summer and come to Logan for some shows around Christmas. We are planning a family vacation to Bear Lake this summer and we want to go see them again! Here is Addison with Santa. This was our first date with just mommy, daddy and Addison and no Paige. I think Addison needed some just her and parents time....she's done very well adjusting and we wanted to give her some special time.
Now is time for Christmas....at the end of November, we were able to get another car. After a lot of analysis, comparisons and haggling, we decided on a Honda (imagine that!). We got a CR-V. It's a 4WD vehicle that is large enough to fit 3 car seats and has good cargo room. We are very glad we got it because we got to Casper the Tuesday before Christmas and it started snowing right when we got there and didn't stop until Sunday morning when we left. We figured it dumped about 1ft 6inchs!

Here are some pictures of the festivities. Addison got a Hannah Montana dress up kit and LOVED it! I got a cricut and then I noticed something on the tree....being the snoop I am, I took them off the tree and said, "Wow! Who got the Michael Buble tickets?!". I looked at Brett and he just smiled. I am excited to go in March! I've got a great hubby! Brett got some speakers for his computer, a sonic care toothbrush and some other misc. things.

It is so much fun spending time with my family. Everyone but my brother Trevor and Dustin were able to make it. It was a FULL house with 12 adults, 6 kids, 2 babies and 2 dogs but so much fun. We stayed up so late every night playing games and just enjoying being together. I wish we could get together a lot more often as an entire family. We have so much fun. I am so thankful for the temple and the fact that my parents were sealed together, which means all of us will be able to be together forever!

These are more recent pictures--taken when Paige was 5 months old. She loves her baths.
Here is Paige smiling. She is such a sweet and happy baby. We are so blessed to have her and Addison in our family.
Addison was also able to start rice cereal after she turned 4 months. We are still trying to get the hang of it....here are some of her messy pictures. :)

So, that is about all for the pictures. Paige will be 6 months in a couple of weeks!! I can't believe how big she is getting. She is rolling over (not too much), but she is learning. :)

Brett still hasn't been able to find anything in the job area. He has been unemployed now for 10 months. He has applied for about 175 jobs and has had about 17 interviews....luckily we are in a financial position that it hasn't been hard financially on us. We have for sure been blessed through this all.

I started back to work the day after Paige's blessing. I am grateful that I have a job, but it is still hard to leave my girls everyday. Brett is being an AWESOME stay-at-home dad. He is so good with Paige and really helps Addison with all her school work.

Well, that is all I can think of. I will probably think of more right after I post this...but for now, this should suffice. :)

Thank you to all our friends and family for your love and support. Many have helped us when Brett gets his interviews by watching the girls or picking up or dropping off Addison and when Brett had his accident. We live in a great place! We love you all!