Big Baby!

     I'd like to introduce Charlie's new baby, Big Baby! She's a little bit creepy and a little bit smart. No one really knows what to make of her but we keep finding her in some pretty interesting situations.

Blowing up whoopee cushions, in the hallway with a note and drawing that reads, "Me and Dad" and there's two stick figures drawn with the note. And then playing Jenga with McClane's new teddy bear and Charlie's teddy bear.

Here she is trying to get a hostess cupcake out of my closet, brushing her teeth, drinking from my water bottle while watching TV and playing with Brock's R/C car.

And here she is on the kitchen counter watching more TV and drinking the rest of someone's soda.

     Aside from having a new 'baby' in the house we also had some fun celebrating Christmas and New Year's this week. We attended a fun Kmetzsch family gathering Sunday evening.

The white elephant gift exchange was a little large but fun.

McClane got a box full of t-shirts and Charlie got a tin full of snacks. Mark got a nice woman's watch and with a helpful suggestion from his Uncle Blaine, he went the next day to the store the watch came from and exchanged it for a cool man's watch worth over $100 dollars! Now that's a total score from a white elephant gift exchange. Isaac got a bag full of bubble gum, a couple kitchen towels and some jolly ranchers. Carter ended up with a small brass fox that he sold for $5 bucks to his Uncle Blaine. Brock got a Harry Potter coloring book, soap and a trophy and Kayli got a tin full of fancy pretzels.

     We also had a little car trouble Sunday after church. Thankfully we were only out a vehicle for about 24 hours and due to having two other drivers in the house with their own cars we still had transportation.

First time we've actually used our AAA!

      We also are doing a little home improvement project. I'm finally getting my bedroom repainted and new flooring installed.

From green to grey! And the wood cabinets are now white. Hopefully we'll have our bedroom back together by tomorrow night.

I'm really a fan of this laminate floor!

     And to finish off 2015 Greg took the boys on the front runner train round-trip from American Fork to Ogden, which they enjoyed.

Not a bad way to spend a cold winter afternoon.

     We also celebrated the New Year with several neighbors and had a great time.

Yummy food, good friends, fun games and fireworks!

     We also had an addition to our extended family with the birth of our niece/cousin Halle Claire Atkinson being born on December 29 in Australia! We only wish we could be there to see her in person but we're so excited that her Baker grandparents are there with her and the rest of her family. Welcome to the world Halle!

      Now here's to the New Year and whatever it may bring!