Here is a look at what we’ve been up to these first 2 weeks of December:

PACKER and TRAINS

Packer just loves playing trains right now and I love watching him play trains. He gets so excited to hook them together. Too cute.

THE HOGLE ZOO

Before Cali was born we took the boys to the zoo to see the lights. They had tons of animals made out of lights. It was really cold so most of the real animals were not there but the Penguins were! The boys were super excited with the lights so it made for a fun night. The Falabella cousins also made it fun.

 

and ever since Ben and I went to New York our eldest child is obsessed with the Statue of Liberty – he spotted this one at Red Robin when we stopped for dinner.

2 Days in the Hospital

Cali was born at the Provo Hospital, early in the a.m. so Ben and I tried to get some sleep afterwards – -  the little snow men down below sang Jingle Bells all day and then we were bombarded with some sort of Motorcycle Riders something – not a peaceful morning of recovery!

PROUD PARENTS

baby Claira came to visit. Cali looks very intrigued. and I thought a crying Claira picture would be good to balance out the perfect baby pics that we find on Ericas blog. And below is baby Packer! He is having a little bit of a hard time adjusting. He has taken to grunting at the world and ignoring mom. But he is very sweet with his little sister and Dad has become first choice. Benji is loving having a little sister and just has a million questions about life!

3 DAYS OLD

4 GENERATIONS

FRIDAY DECEMBER 12:

That would be a pile of Turkey and leftovers on our roof! To make a long story short we clogged the sink/disposal on Friday afternoon: Jana and Mom called Mr Fix It Robertson and decided to find the clog and fix the sink before Grandparents, Aunts, and Siblings dropped in to visit. Undoing the plumbing to the kitchen sink was a peice of cake BUT the clog was not there – – so it must be further down the line… I’m not about to bring a hose in the house and start spraying it in hopes that it goes down a pipe so… I call a ward member and he brings the hose in! Again to make a long story short the food found its way out of the ventilatuon pipe on the roof and tried to come up out of the Washer drain before we finally got it flushed out and working. So thankful for willing and helpful neighbors!

here is Benji with his Uncle John. My boys love it when their aunts and uncles come to play with them… so much fun.

GOODBYE GRANDMA

We were very sad to say goodbye to Grandma Robertson on Saturday. She spent the week taking care of Cali, reading books to Packer, playing make believe with Benji, and feeding the whole family. I think we wore her out pretty good and we definitely appreciate all that she did while she was here. Thanks mom!

SATURDAY

Baby Cali has been a good sleeper. She seems to sleep best when the rest of the house is up and going. Nights and days were mixed up at first but now she’s sleeping night and day.

Here is Cali with her cousins: Cali = 1 week, Mia = 3 months, Anna = 6 months. They grow up fast!

We had the Thanksgiving party at our house this year and it was fun. We have always gone to be with my parents or Ben’s parents but we decided it would be best to stay close to Dr and hospital so this was our first Utah Thanksgiving. Of course the baby didn’t come so we could have travelled but… luckily we had a lot of family around, the turkey turned out, and we just really enjoyed the holiday. Throughout the week we got to play with my siblings: Shannon, Sean, Joel, and Tracie (and husband John). We also had the Carters over for Thanksgiving dinner and some of the week – they are friends of the family that came from Oroville to hang out with the college kids. And we got to spend some time with Bens siblings: Pete and Matt and Michelle – our local Nettesheim families, ( being local they get taken for granted and not mentioned as much on the blog but we LOVE having all of them close by.)

On Wednesday night we stayed up late playing cards and more Settlers.

 

On Thursday, Ben got up early and worked on his first Turkey dinner – he said that he highly underestimated the nastinness of a “pre cooked, needing to be cleaned out and prepared for the oven turkey”! but he got it in the oven and by 9am the house was smelling so good but it was an 18 pounder and on slow cook mode so we wouldn’t be ready to eat until 3:30. In the mean time we had plenty of time to make the potatoes and veggies and salads and… the rest of the Thanksgiving Feast. Luckily everyone pitched in on the cooking – I think they knew that a “Jana” dinner might not be up to par 🙂 . And Uncle Sean pretended to cook the “Benji Turkey” so everyone was happy.

  

This was our Thanksgiving Dinner group. Packer fell asleep before dinner but he got plenty of leftovers. Actually we all got plenty of leftovers – 4 days later we are still going strong on potatoes and turkey! And I have successfully eaten Pumpkin and Chocolate Pie everyday since! We are Thankful for friends and family and health and strength. For the Gospel and testimonies and a Savior. Ben and I feel that we are very blessed and are grateful for all that we have. What a great holiday!