Christmas 2009 + some other stuff

I was so excited to go home to Colorado for Christmas this year. I haven't been home for Christmas in 5 years and have missed it. We didn't pack as much into our trip as we normally do so we had lots of down time hanging out with my parents which was nice. I hate not living in the same state as them.


Before I get into Christmas though-

@ BYU-I you have to apply to get into the Bachelor of Fine Arts program (BFA) for graphic design (or any other medium) and so Nic applied this semester.... and HE GOT IN! Congrats my Nic! He scored way above average (they only expect "average" for those applying- you work up to being awesome while in the program) on nearly every category. I'm proud. He is going year round till he graduates a year from now- so just 3 more semesters and we'll both be done!


By the way... I GRADUATED!! I got a B.S. in Communication (emphasis in advertising) with clusters in Graphic Design and Home and Family living. I'm pretty excited but it doesn't feel real yet- perhaps next week when Nic goes to school and I don't. I'm waiting to walk till April so my parents could be there... so cap and gown pictures in a few months.
I'll post more about daphne tomorrow ON HER BIRTHDAY! I can't believe our baby is ONE.... Crazy!

for now, here is a really sad picture of her trying to get into the kitchen while I'm making dinner.

Ok- So Christmas! Nic, Daphne and I got spoiled- thanks to our parents, grandparents, siblings and friends for making Daph's first Christmas (and her first of 2 birthday parties- more on that later too) so awesome. Thanks everyone! Here are a few (ok.. maybe like a hundred. sorry.) of my favorite pics from Christmas morning.

It seems here like she really knows what she is doing- she did in fact pick up a few presents with her name on it- can this baby read?

What is it?......

A sock monkey!


Ok- i can't believe I am posting this awful picture of me. This is me literally the second I discovered what it was that Nic got me- a glockenspiel. (an awesome instrument that I have some hope of learning!) you play it kind of like the xylophone so here I am making that gesture. Nic also got me a dress, some chevron tights i've been wanting way bad and this awesome gray skirt. Thanks love! I didn't get any pictures of him opening his gifts but I got a dread tam, a david sedaris book, best in show and a holga.
I've been slap chopping non-stop! thanks blake and ali!! :)

Daph's most awesome facial expression!


Playing with her cousin Jon and something that glows

Daph looks pretty weird without those big, kissable cheeks!



This was yesterday. we were eating dinner while daphne played alone in her room. She started crying and so we went in to find her like this. apparently she wanted to change but just couldn't get it done. We laughed and laughed. Oh how we love this baby!
Happy new year everyone!

caution... it's a poop story.

read at your own risk :)

today nic and i experienced perhaps our worst/funniest moment in parenting.
we were galavanting around gateway in SLC when we noticed daph smelled not-so-fresh. we could only find a 1 person (locking) bathroom and of course, not a changing table in sight. So, nic came in with me and we decided to change daphne in her stroller.

we are awesome.

so, worst diaper ever. like 3x worse than any nasty diaper thus far.
halfway through changing her, i lift her up to wipe some more and drop the diaper (FACE down) first on the stroller (thankfully the plastic part) then on the ground (changed rotations in the air thank goodness so we didn't have to haz-mat the floor.

well, we did have to clean up inches of poop off of our stroller.
it was horrible. but, it was also hillarious.
nic and i were laughing sooooo hard.

i think at times like that you can only laugh.
or else you'd cry.
then puke.
then cry somemore.

which one?

Nic's Grandma Jane is super sweet. She watches daphne weekly so we can go to school. She drives all the way up to Rexburg- rain, shine or snow and last week she even brought us soup for lunch too! She really wants us to enter Daphne into the local newspaper's cute baby contest (they choose the cutest baby born each month during 2009) Nic's cousin Missy entered her baby Jacoby last year and he won! She even filled out the entry form for us, paid the entry fee and addressed the self-addressed envelopes we needed to send in with it. We just don't know which picture to enter! Please vote on your favorite on the sidebar ----------------> We're leaving for UT on Friday morning (then to denver on Saturday!!!) so the voting ends thursday night. Please vote! :)

#1 headband model

#2 sideways tongue

#3 little bear

#4 little smirk

Old Nana.

I have a Nana. She is a wonderful lady and I love her. Daphne is named after her. Her name is Kathryn and so Daphne Ryn is a tribute to my sweet Nana. My mom is Nana to her grandkids, so when my oldest nephew Sid was little and met our Nana he started calling her Old Nana. It may seem like a mean term but it's not and she loves it :)

Nana gave Daphne this little bathrobe and so I thought I would share some pictures with her. I think it's so cute that she (at 81) frequents our blog. Oh, and daph is pretty cute too!





here she is literally RUNNING away from me. arghh :)



we've been seeing this face a lot in the past 2 days. Daphne started Sunday with 2 teeth and now has FIVE! she's actually dealing with it pretty well thankfully.

Sugar Bites

My mother-in-law Janell defies your better judgment to never trust a skinny chef. She is both a great cook and super tiny :) Nic and I encouraged her after her latest round of delicious homemade candy to open her own Etsy shop. And she did! So here it is... now introducing yet another pedersen/bingham family run etsy shop (we're taking the place over)

sugarbites

walnut caramels, rocky road fudge, black licorice caramels, peppermint kiss fudge, fleur de sel caramels (my FAVORITE!)

all come in lovely packaging, ready to be sent as gifts or just to make yourself feel good when you open the package (not that the fudge won't make you feel good, because it will)


so go ahead... support your local etsy shop!
*nic took all the lovely photos for her shop.

i want one!

so if you're looking for a christmas gift for nic.kirsten.daphne... here you go!
:)

I-house

ramblings & wanderings

just stumbled upon a delightful blog:

sayyestohoboken

wow. so stylish and cute.

check it.
(wow.. this is my 3rd post of the day. what is wrong with me? i have a house to unpack and bachelors degree to finish... not to mention the darling daughter (though she's in bed) and the dashing husband who wants to watch always sunny with me... )