Happy January!

I realize saying this in the middle of January is a bit late, but HAPPY NEW YEAR! Please know that I have every intention of keeping this up to date this year. I have a renewed motivation, a "resolution" if you will, to update our blog at least once a month. We'll see how things go. So far so good :)

This picture is one of my favorites from the Holidays. Not only do we love the Christmas dress from Grandma Price, but what's more we love that she would get so excited about a little plastic camel. Simple pleasures...she's so dang cute! Ok, so I'm a little biased, but still. How can you not love this little girl!?! Can you believe she's 10 months old already?!
It's pretty crazy.



Life is good at the Price home. Christmas was really great, and we loved having Jentri with us in our first house this Christmas. As was predicted, she was more interested in the wrapping paper than the actual gifts, but at least she enjoyed ripping them open. Christmas morning was off to a bit of a rough start, in that Jentri was so excited for Santa to come she woke up at 4 AM. I thought we had more time before all that Christmas anticipation stuff. Ok so the real story is that she'd been coming down with a cold and hadn't been sleeping well the poor little thing! Not a fun thing for your first Christmas. Luckily she went back to sleep that morning, but was awakened later by her dad coming down the stairs singing Christmas Carols VERY loudly. He's a pretty deep sleeper, so when he woke up he just thought Jen and I were downstairs waiting for him to open presents. Little did he know, we were sleeping! I'm pretty sure I was a little less than merry and bright that morning, my bad. Sorry Jake!


Jentri of course got some clothes and toys for Christmas. Her favorite things right now are toys she can shake, make noise with, and of course put in her mouth. She also loves books. I caught her just this morning turning the pages of one of her board books and pointing to things and "talking" as if telling the story. It was pretty cute. Anyway, back to Christmas...





Uncle Zac and Aunt Aly got her a Tickle Me Elmo that she still will have NOTHING to do with. Even with no tickling involved she's deathly afraid of him. What's not to like about Elmo? C'mon Jen. Hopefully she'll come around.






She was a big hit in this year's Nativity at Grandma Snarr's house. She was dressed as a little lamb, and was super cute! Cousin Sydney really got into her part as Mary, and was great at protecting her "newborn babe." She felt it necessary to interrupt the narration with a classic line, "Will someone PLEASE get this lamb back to where it belongs, she's TRYING to get the baby Jesus!" We were laughing pretty hard. We knew poor Sydney was serious, but we couldn't help it. It did help a little that Grandpa (a.k.a. Joseph) just continued reading the Christmas Story....but only a little.



So there's a little synopsis of our Holiday. Life these days consists of a constant effort to keep our little one out of trouble. She's very good at and willing to pull everything out of the diaper bag, and to take all of the books off the bottom two shelves so I can dust. What a helper! She's getting much faster at crawling, and is side-steppin her way from couch to couch. She wants to walk so badly, but is still reluctant to let go of fingers just yet. It won't be long now!

She's just a happy, sweet, little cutie! (I don't know if I've mentioned that before) :) It's so fun to see her try new things and become more and more interactive. It's official--I love bein' a mom!

Hope all is well with all of you. Again, I love reading your blogs and keeping in touch. Love ya'll! Have a great day!

Daddy Jake tried some pigtails, but ended up with some Shrek-like horns. Still pretty cute though! :)

Merry Christmas to All...

Hey Everyone,

Raise your hand if you can't believe it's December already!?! Mine is raised!
Man, this year is just going too fast.

A few things that have happened since I posted last... Jentri
is 9 months and counting! She's officially crawling and
getting into everything, and like some babies goes straight
for the wall outlets. Luckily there hasn't been any electricution involved, so we're fortunate there. She definitely keeps us on our toes! She's to the point where sitting on Mama's lap is in no way where she wants to be for any length of time. And watch your thumbs and forefingers because she'll grab on and run for the door! She's pulling herself up on chairs, and even pulled one over on her head when I wasn't watching at church on Sunday. Whoopsies!


She also survived her first ear infection, and was on antibiotics for a week or so. She's also got her bottom two teeth, and teething actually isn't as horrible as I thought it would be. She was quite ornery, don't get me wrong, but most of the time it didn't take me long to get her calmed down when she was hurting. What fun!

We're so excited for her first Christmas, we have a plethora of empty boxes wrapped up for her to open, since that's what she'll be content playing with. Well, really I have to keep reminding myself that she's only 9 mos. old and really doesn't need all the fun toys and cute outfits I see and want to buy for her. Jake seems to think she needs a Wii, but we all know who that would really be for. :)

Anyway, as far as life for the rest of us, it's going great. Jake's got a review at his job this next week and will be getting a raise, so can't complain there. I've started waiting tables again a couple of nights a week at Applebee's in Orem, which has been pretty fun. It gets me out of the house if nothing else, and we've got a little extra money for Christmas.

We're still teaching the 6&7 year olds in Primary, and that is SO fun. The kids are so funny, and we've learned a lot from them. A couple of weeks ago we were talking a little about the creation, and I asked them who causes the apples to grow, to which they replied without hesitation, "Johnny Appleseed." How silly of me to not know the answer to that obvious question! :) And last week we asked what Heavenly Father and Jesus said to Joseph Smith when they appeared to him in the Sacred Grove. The kids so matter of factly said, "They said, 'What's yer name?'" I was laughing so hard! Needless to say, they put a smile on my face! We'll miss them when we get a new class in a couple weeks.

Well, that's us. We hope you all have a Merry Christmas! Let us know how you're doing. I love reading blogs, it's so fun! We've also loved getting Christmas cards from some of you! Keep 'em comin'! We feel so blessed to have you all in our lives, THANK YOU for all you do! We love you! Merry Christmas!

Hunting Buddies

What a pair! I'm giving you a secret sneak peek at Jentri's Halloween costume by posting these pics, but I couldn't resist. We had no trouble finding something for Jake to wear hunting, we just had to go through the old Murray High "Game Clothes" box and he was set.

He survived his first deer hunt this last weekend with his Dad and brothers. Unfortunately, the deer survived too, but the boys said they had a good time anyway. Jen and I had fun at home with her Aunt Aly and Cousins Kaylee and Katelynn. I don't think we would have wanted to be out in the snow! Brrr!

Is it really October? I know I say this just
about every post, but where has this year gone? Jake's almost been at his "new" job for a year now, and Jentri will be 8 months old on the 4th.
So crazy! Life is good & busy! This month has seemed especially busy,
but I think I like it better that way. More gets done when there's more to do.

Well, I think that's it for now. Hope all is well with all of you! Love ya'll!

Our little Shirley Temple

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Who does Jentri look like????

September Already?

I am so incredibly bad at this! I really can't believe that it's September already, and our little Jentri Ann is SIX MONTHS old! She's doing so many things that every day I just think, "when did she get so old?" or "when did she learn to do that?" I know, six whole months isn't really very old in the scheme of things, but time has really flown by!

I'm amazed at how almost every little thing she does makes me so happy and excited. When Jake comes home from work I'll tell him a huge slew of things she did during the day. Simple things like sucking on her toes while making cooing noises, sitting up for longer than she did the day before, holding her bottle by herself for a few seconds, or sticking out her tongue and "talking." I just eat this stuff up! It's so fun to watch her grow and try new things, as simple as they may be.

She's such a happy little girl, and most of the time it makes me forget all the stupid stuff I stress over. She's so curious, active, and busy, even at such a young age. I feel so lucky to have her! I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but she's so darn CUTE!

She went to her first "Princess Party" for cousin Brynlee this week, and got to dress up as Snow White. Also, Daddy Jake let her eat her first chocolate cupcake. I wasn't there unfortunately, otherwise I would have tried to advise him against it, but apparently she loved it. And we haven't had any adverse effects other than a few crumbs in her diaper and frosting in her hair. :)

Life for Jake and I is still the same old routine. Jake's getting more and more involved at his job, which he loves, so I can't complain there. As for me, I'm just "chillin' like a villain" being a stay at home mom. Which of course keeps me pretty busy. I am exploring the possibility of substitute teaching one day a week, but haven't really gotten around to doing anything with it, so we'll see.

I am still open to suggestions for books to read in our ward book club, if anyone has any. Thanks, Em, for the recommendation for "The Five Love Languages." Sounds like a good one! It's on my list!

Well, that's all for now I guess :) I added some links to family and friends' blogs, but didn't ask permission on any of them. I won't be offended if you don't want it on here, just let me know :) Have a lovely day!

It's been way too long since I've updated this! My bad. Well, the months of June and July have presented plenty of "firsts" for our little Jentri Ann. She was the life of the party at the Sederberg Reunion, and was so excited to meet Grandma and Grandpa Great.

She also met and had fun with her New York cousins Hannah, Megan, and Allison, accompanying them on their first trip to Hogle Zoo. She's started eating rice cereal, responded surprisingly well to the fireworks display at Murray Park, survived Snarr family pictures, went swimming in Grandma Price's pool, just to name a few.

She'll be 5 months next week, pretty crazy! At her 4 month checkup, the doctor called her "tall and thin" with a height of 25 inches, and weight of 13 lbs. 8 oz... Just 4 oz. more than her two month old cousin, Cade! We're pretty sure she gets her height from her mom, but as Uncle Luke said, "Yeah, she is almost as tall as her mom!" Well, take it for what it's worth I guess. :)

Nobody seems to believe me that she's a talker, but it's true! I woke up to her talking this morning in fact. She loves playing and talking with Daddy especially, and laughs up a storm whenever he's around. (She'll still laugh for me, but nowhere near as much) Her little giggle is so cute, and she makes all sorts of cute "talking" noises. She also seems to be partial to the Disney Channel, often fussing while we watch the news or anything else. She'll stop and tune in as soon as we change it back.

As for Jake and I, life is good! We love our house, neighborhood, and ward. We've just been called to teach the 6-7 year olds in primary, which is exciting. Although I think we need to ask more thought provoking questions in class because the kids seem to answer all questions with "Can I hold Jentri?" So, a work in progress I suppose.

I'm also working as the "Literacy Specialist" in our ward, a.k.a. "The Book Club Lady." Any suggestions for some good book club books, let me know.


I'll admit I feel a little out of sorts without the stress of preparing for the upcoming school year, but I'm glad I can stay home with my cute baby girl. I do get cabin fever every once in a while, but overall it's been a great experience. Jake has mentioned he'd like me to go back to teaching so he can get a truck, but I'm pretty sure he's kidding. At least he'd better be. :)

Well, I guess that's all for now. Hope all is well with all of you. We feel so blessed, and are grateful for all of you! Happy Saturday!

-Jake, Kate, and Jentri