Picture Overload

I sold my soul and got a new camera. I couldn't be more thrilled. This is something I've wanted for years now and having Jack sealed the deal. Thus, even more pictures will gob up my blog. Thats fun to say- gob blog. The latest happenings for us include: Lost premier party, Jack's blessing, Winterfest, and Valentines Day.

We fought it for long time, but we finally gave in to the TV gods- we are Lost fans. This is the final season and we just had to watch the opening episode in style, so we had a Lost party with our friends, the Tippets. If you don't watch Lost, it won't mean much to you, but we had Dharma tees, food, costumes, the whole works. I loved it.

Jack's blessing was on February 7th. Logan did a wonderful job. We decided it would be easier for everyone if we just did it in Gunnison. We did it in the 2nd ward. It was nice to have so many friends and family there. We appreciated everyone who made the effort to come.

On February 13th, as part of my Valentines gift, we went to Ogden to the Winterfest. I didn't realize what a hole Ogden was until then. It felt like Gotham City. I was just waiting for the Joker to mug me. None the less, it was a good old time. We got there at the end as things were winding down. We mostly just watched the snowmobile races. I ran to a couple stores as well.

Then on Valentines day we tried our hand at some chocolate making which turned out to be fun and delicious. It was also the rat's birthday. That's right, last year for our Valentines date we went to Petsmart and bought rats. If that doesn't say love, I don't know what does. We now have a Christenson tradition to get a rat of some sort every Valentines day. This year we gave Jack a little squeaky love rat. Jack also got to enjoy a V-day bath with rubber ducks.

Jack's blessing.

Jack with his BF Charlie.

Me with my BFs Mckell and Seidi. Sorry about your head Jack- that looks uncomfortable.

The fam.

The booties made by Grandma Chappell.

The invitation.

The hatch of course.

Dharma treats.

Dharma babies.

The smoke monster, Dr. Jack Shephard, Charlie, Claire, and baby Aaron. Jenna- you win the costume prize. I love it. Note we all have cool Dharma tees made by yours truly.

Get it- its an island with a plane crashed into it.

The love rat. Jack named him pinky-whitey.

Sizzles is jealous of the new rodent.

Jack's V-day bath.

Making chocolates!

Mint covered mint oreos. Holy smokes.

The winterfest in Ogden. This is the snowmobile races. I think I see two face lurking behind that tree.

Jack all bundled up. His favorite part was breathing the cigarette smoke from all the lovely folks.

He slept most of the day. About 6 hours. Is that normal?

Mom playing with the new camera. Oh by the way, Jack is partially blind due to his retinas being burned out by a camera flash.

Why its nice to have friends with talent

Thanks to my talented friend Mysha, we were able to get some pictures of Jack. He is 4 weeks old here. Enjoy! P.S. don't mind my retarded face. I get stage fright and every time I sensed she was about to take a picture of me, I froze and didn't know what to do except look like an idiot.

Chameleon

Jack looks different in every picture I take. Here are a few pics of my little chameleon. This first one is his cute Weezer tee I made him. Long live Weezer.

Some more pics!

Baby Jack Logan!

Little Jack (literally, he was much smaller than I ever would have guessed being a 10lb baby myself) made his entrance on Dec 19th at 11:10pm. He weighed 6lbs 5 oz and was 19.5 inches long. Everything went great and we are doing well! A few quick pictures...

Happy Halloween?

I've been super busy lately with my giant "To Do" list before the baby comes. I'm happy to say that list is nearly done, but my blogging has suffered greatly and will probably continue to suffer even more when the baby arrives. Some day I'll get good at this. Here are some random catch up pictures.

My work baby shower. Thanks Megan and Jennica! So fun!

I was a rabbit for Halloween. Let's face it- if I was an animal it would definitely be a rabbit.

The Pumpkin walk with some friends from the ward.

Levi and Lacey's wedding on the 9th. It was a miracle we made it. After worrying about going into labor on the freeway, rescheduling a final, and driving through a blizzard, we finally made it. So glad we got to be there!
Me at 38 weeks pregnant. Almost there! This was also the night we went to Cafe Sabor, Logan's ex-favorite restaurant, to celebrate all his hard work and the semester ending. He ironically got food poisoning and I doubt we will ever return.

The Musings of the Kitten Rat

Oh how we love the Kitten rat. His greedy and hyperactive behavior brings entertainment to us daily. Here he is attempting to take an apple back to his lair under the TV stand as well as defeat the rat barricade aka the rat-i-cade.