January was a crazy month for us. Even though, as I look back on the calendar, I see it could have been worse. I had a lot to do with Seminary and Adam got a new calling at church. He is now the Elder’s Quorum President. So, naturally, that makes our lives a little more hectic.

Spencer seems to grow more every day. It is hard to believe he’s getting so big. In the video that follow, you’ll see that he’s gotten so big. He’ll be 15 months tomorrow!

We had a great Christmas with my (Jessica’s) family. It was the first Christmas in 5 years that we were all together.

It started off quite differently than usual. On Christmas Eve, we were hit with a blizzard that dumped 14 inches of snow on us. So instead of doing the usual, go to the parent’s house on Christmas Eve, go home and come back Christmas morning thing, we packed for an overnight stay (just in case), and we did end up staying. We didn’t get any pictures of the snow, because I didn’t think about it. Oh well!

We had fun on Christmas morning. Spencer seemed to enjoy his getting presents, but lost interest with unwrapping very quickly. So, we just let him open presents as he was interested. And present opening lasted all day for him. It was fun. We know it will never happen that way again, but we still enjoyed it. Here are some of our favorite shots!

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Spencer’s favorite game is Peek-a-boo. He just loves it. He’ll put his own blanket over his head and pull it off so I can say peek-a-boo. Recently, his Grandpa (and I do it too) have been playing peek-a-boo around corners. Spencer just LOVES this, and wishes it would never end. Spencer has started to play around the corners too.

The other day, I got some video of him playing with me. You gotta watch till the very end. Spencer sure lets me know that he’s done playing…

Wednesday afternoon, began the War of the Butternut Squash. We had this big beautiful butternut squash. So, I decided to make in to a soup (sounds yummy right?).

I got all the other veggies sliced and started cooking them when it came time to do the same to the butternut squash. It was a pretty big one with a long neck and a very bulbous bottom (where the seeds and innards were). I thought the best way to deal with it was to cut it into two pieces, long neck and bulbous bottom. So I started slicing through the squash. It took a lot of work and l finally made it through when, as I was making my final slice, the knife went too fast with too much pressure and sliced right through the tip of my left pinky finger.

Holy cow, did it hurt something fierce. The first thing I did was run it under water to get a look at it, and I knew that I was going to need stitches. Then I called Adam, told him to come home and then my parents to see where they were on their journey home. Mind you this whole time, I’m trying not to cry my eyes out so I can communicate, and so Spencer didn’t freak.

When I took care of all that and was waiting for help to arrive, I finally REALLY cried. Spencer didn’t freak. On the contrary, he thought it was quite humorous. Silly baby.

The rest of the night, isn’t as dramatic. My dad took me to the ER, where we met Adam. The ER was too busy, so we went to an after hours ER that was much faster (and cheaper). I ended up with 3 stitches in my pinky finger tip and a tetanus shot. The worst part of getting the stitches was the doctor SQUEEZING my finger to look at it and giving me the shot to numb it…

The next night, I turned that squash into a lovely soup. It may have won the battle, but it did not win the war. Mwahahaha!

Spencer took his first steps! Spenc and I were at my Mom’s house working on Christmas presents for the family when Adam came in.

Spencer saw him from across the room, turned to him (while hanging on to my mom’s knees) and then let go and took a step toward Adam.

About a minute later, Spencer took two steps to Adam from the coffee table. We haven’t been able to replicate them yet, but we’ll try to catch them on film next time.

He’s getting SO big. Can’t believe it!