Merry, Merry to all!

Well Hello Family and Friends-
We hope that this blog finds you all well and happy this wonderful Christmas season. We are doing well. For those who do not reside in the state of Utah we have finally received snow and a lot of it. We have had to shovel our walks a couple of times and poor Aaron hurt his back shoveling the first snow of the season because there was so much of it.
We bought a tree the first Monday after Thanksgiving so that we could get as much use out of the $30 tree as we could. Poor thing is as dry as the Mojave desert and only has three needles left on it, oh well. Sammy has made the tree her new home, she is always under it and loves the water which is probably why the tree is in the state that it is.
So, another holiday has come and poor Ethan has been forced by his parents to put on cute outfits. He is so darling, we can't resist him in his Santa and Reindeer getups. Most of the pictures we took he was crying in so we won't show you those, but the good ones we did post on the blog for you to see.
Ethan and I went to Montana for Thanksgiving and when we returned our house was beautifully decorated by my father, brother and husband. I guess their original idea was to go overboard with the decorations and try to embarrass me in front of our neighbors but the house really turned out nicely.
Ethan continues to grow and amaze us. He is now holding things and switching the objects from hand to hand. He also rolls over all the way and then back. He loves to drink water from my water bottle and he is interested in adult food even though we haven't given him any yet. His first tooth is coming in which is the longest and worst process ever. We feel really sorry for him but there is not much that we can do other than rub his mouth and let him suck on ice chips.
Well, we love you all and hope that you know that you are always in our thoughts and prayers. We hope that you get to eat lots of sugar cookies, don't receive any fruit cakes, and find your self under the mistletoe at least once this season. Take care.

-Joelle, Aaron, & Ethan