Abbi turns 6

I can't believe I forgot to blog this!! (actually, yes I can! pregnant brain...enough said).

On April 20th, Abbi turned 6 years old! She is getting so big! She is almost done with Kindergarten (only a couple of weeks left), and has grown SO much this last year. Maybe going to school does that?

Here is a picture of her with Bryce and Cambria. By the way, she picked PINK cake with PINK frosting! I could not convince her otherwise! LOL!! And of course, she is wearing her pretty PINK dress!
Here is a picture of Abbi with some of her "loot."

My little Asian Princess

Isn't she just beautiful? The kids had their school program this last Monday, and the theme was "Children from around the World." The kids were encouraged to dress up as kids from other cultures. With the help of my friend Kayla (I could NOT have come up with this stuff without you!!), Abbi was dressed up as Japanese (with REAL Japanese chopsticks and a fan from uncle Clark and auntie Racinda from their stay in Japan), and Bryce was a very cute Guatemalan dude. My camera spazzed out before I could get a picture of him (bummer), but thankfully I have him on the video camera. The kids did an EXCELLENT job at their program. Bryce had several lines to say, and as a surprise to Rick and I, he also had a SOLO!! He did GREAT!

Baby: food

I find it very funny that when describing what the size of a baby is while in utero, food is always used as the analogy. (at least in all the baby books I've read and the websites I've gone to)

First it was the size of a pea.
Then it was the size of a plum.
Then a lemon, a grapefruit, a turnip (my personal favorite),
and right now? The baby is a green pepper.

And why is it that when the baby only weighs 5-7 ounces, I've already gained 10 lbs? These questions and many other pregnancy related ones have stumped me! Although most things can easily stump me these days. :-)

And speaking of babies....we are eagerly anticipating the birth of our new nephew by Josh and Cindy (well--Cindy will be doing the hard work). We have a poll going for when the baby will come and how much he'll weigh, etc. but most of us have already had our dates pass by with no baby to count for. Come on Baby Festus!!! (that's his name while in utero).

Oh where, oh where have the Wadholm's been?

What has happened to this blog anyway? It's almost like it has been abandoned!! Well, here's the story...

The beginning of February, we found out we are expecting Wadholm #4, and ever since then, Jenn has had terrible pregnant brain (or as a dear friend has referred to it--placenta brain). At first it was the morning sickness and the extreme tiredness, but then it was the forgetfulness. And Rick has been busy, busy, busy finishing up this semester's classes. His brain has been too full of "smart" things to do any blogging (not as smart thing). However, maybe things will pick up a little here now as Rick is done for the semester and Jenn has moved into the more energetic 2nd trimester (sorry, that doesn't helped with the forgetfulness, though).

We just got back from our District council and had a wonderful time. We love to be able to catch up with old friends (not that our friends are old...heehee), and also to see family in the cities. Jenn sat through some meetings, but then played hooky to shop with a friend (hello!! We were in the cities!!!).

We had fun getting to see Racinda, Rick Sr., and Beau for supper. Clark and Racinda bought a house and some of the family was/is up to help with a few renovations. We didn't have time to go see the house, so we're hoping they send some pictures soon (hint, hint). We missed out on seeing Clark though, as he was having so much fun redoing the kitchen floor, he didn't join us. The best part was getting to talk pregnancy things with Racinda as we are only 1 week aparat. She is looking so cute!! Here is a picture of us showing our baby bellies.

Not to be outdone, Rick and Ron had to pose with their "baby" bellies, too! LOL!!

Cambria cuts her hair

This actually happened sometime in February (I can't even remember exactly when now), but Cambria decided it was time for a hair cut. I thought she was being a good girl and washing her hands after using the bathroom (thus the reason she was in the bathroom so long), but I was sadly mistaken when she came out with one hand behind her back and proudly proclaiming, "Look what I did!" Oh she was so pleased with herself. Before I even looked at her hair, I had her show me her hand--so she pulled it out and sure enough, it was full of hair. THEN I looked up and saw that she had chopped a nice chunk off the front. Oh dear! I kind of "fixed it."

These pictures don't even show how good of a job she did since I took them after I "fixed" the botched job. But now she has nice, short bangs!

Happy New Year

Yes, I do realized that it is the 23rd of January!! But for this blog, it is a new year! What's happened since my last post? Let's see.....Christmas, more Christmas, and even MORE Christmas (that's what happens when you have a big family), a wedding, a conference, school resumed, and 2 birthdays....yep, we've been pretty busy here!
Here's a picture of all of us this Christmas--and of course Cambria decided it was the perfect time to throw a fit--oh well!Here are the 4 older sisters in my family: Julie, Heather, me, and Heidi

Here is Amber on her wedding day--what a beautiful bride!!Here is Cambria getting ready to eat her pink birthday cake! Hooray for 3!!!

Happenings

What's been happening at the Wadholm's? We have been enjoying Christmas this whole month with programs here and there and many parties. It's seems there is something to do or go to everyday....it's a good thing we love Christmas so much!

Here is a picture of the kids right before our church Christmas program. The kids all did a great job!

This picture is of Bryce as "Papa Snowman" for his school Christmas program. He was soooo cute, and he did a wonderful job with all the lines he had to say.

We are getting ready to go the the grandparents for Christmas tomorrow. Jenn's sister Amber is getting married on Saturday--so we will have a very busy weekend. We will also be traveling to see Rick's family at their new home in Garrison, ND. We can't wait to see all the family!

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!
Love, the Wadholm's