Well we have had a great few months! It has been a while since we updated so this will be extra long! We'll start off with Thanksgiving. We went to Connecticut again with Josh's Aunt and Uncle. It was very fun and we had a great time with them. We ate dinner at their friends house on the beach, and of course Josh had to show off and walk on some posts out in the water and go out the farthest, and GUESS WHAT?! He fell in! Ha ha it was funny. On the morning of Thanksgiving the guys went on a little hike and took the babies. Josh said it was really pretty and fun! On December 18th we left to go to Salt Lake to see our families for Christmas. The 19th was Josh's sisters birthday and so we went to this place called "Color Me Mine" in Park City and got to paint our own ceramics. It was their 12th birthday so we went to do Baptisms at the Provo temple afterwards. Then we went to eat at Tepenyaki's and went to get cake at Magelby's. One of the coolest things happened there! If you watch So You Think You Can Dance then this will be cool. We saw Ryan and Ashleigh from the show! They finished 5th and 6th in the finals. I was pretty excited and of course Ralph had to go get them from their table and ask them for a picture, but I'm glad he did! Now I have proof. Anyway, that night we headed to Richfield to see my family. Sunday we went to Church in Richfield. We also did our Christmas that day with grandma and grandpa and Tyler and Cori and my parents. My parents got us this AWESOME new camera and a really cool quilt, and some other great things! The next few days were spent hanging out with family, making our annual gingerbread houses, playing games etc. Josh and I won the gingerbread competition once again....We made our future in Utah with a house and a baby and a swing. My parents made Spongebob's Pineapple under the sea, Tyler and Cori made Christmas morning and my grandparents made a great house complete with an ice skater and santa falling off the roof and reindeer poop. We got to see Callen and Kellie and their new baby Brooklyn, she is a DOLL! I also got to go to lunch with Merica and her mom Patti and see her little girl. It was so fun to see everyone. On Wednesday we headed up to Salt Lake again to do a little maternity clothes shopping for my birthday. After that we went to my cousin Angee's for a little Christmas party with my Aunt and cousins. Santa came too and he called up baby Andersen! He/She got a cute outfit for either a boy or a girl. It was so fun to see all the little kids so excited....or scared to death. Angee, Jenni and Me are all pregnant so we got a picture of all of us! It is fun to be pregnant with them at the same time. Thursday was Christmas Eve and we spent it with Josh's family. We went to his Grandma's for the annual Christmas Eve Party. They always act out the birth of Christ and it is so fun every time! The new person always has to be the donkey so I had to do that a few years ago, but thankfully this time they didn't make me. No one new has married in yet. I was glad they didn't make a pregnant woman be the donkey! :) We opened our Christmas PJ's that night and I headed to bed. Josh and Jake (his brother) stayed up to put together a double shot his parents had got for a family gift. The next day was Christmas! I was the first one up believe it or not! I was still struggling with the time change. Everyone got up about 9 or so and we started opening presents. At the Andersen house they like to make it last ALL day. They have trees and presents in every room so we just migrate around the house opening presents all day. We started in the living room with Santa's gifts. We got this really cool Flip video camera! We really needed one with the baby coming and stuff and it is so small and it even does HD! Now we just need an HD TV ha ha. After a short break we headed downstairs and opened those gifts. Everyone got these machine gun nerf guns! Jacee, Ellie, Jake and Josh had lots of wars with those. It was so funny to watch. I will post a video of one of the wars. Then we went to the formal living room and opened the rest. Josh got me the cutest willow tree statues and a snuggie and a bumbles watch. The rest of the day was spent playing with toys and napping. We had a great Christmas dinner that night. The next day we kind of celebrated my birthday because we won't be there for it. Heidi made cupcakes and Cream Roll and we opened some presents. I got some more maternity clothes, a microphone for the computer, some shoes, and Forever Strong. Then that night we had a get together with all Josh's friends from High School. it was so fun! Courtney and Hailey have a little baby girl named Liberty. She was SUCH a doll and such a good baby. It was really preparing Josh and I!! :) Sunday we spent the whole day traveling back home. It was crazy with security and stuff at the airport. We almost missed our flight on the way to Utah. We had to run to the gate! Since we have been home I have not been feeling well at all so we went to the doctor yesterday. I guess my gall bladder is having issues, so I just have to watch what I eat and eat healthy! Everything is good with baby! We should find out soon what gender he/she is. I will be so glad to finally find out what we're having so we can stop saying it and start talking about names! We had a great Holiday! I hope everyone else did too. We are so blessed with WONDERFUL families. We can't wait to move closer to them. Thanks everyone for helping us make such good memories!
P.S. I know the pics are all at the top...it wasn't like that when I was writing it and I don't know how to fix it...SORRY!
