Holiday's and More

So what can I say I’m a lazy blogger. I love to get on and hear all the wonderful updates of all my friends who blog, but I’m a poor reciprocator of all the fun details of my life. But to get a late post out there and off my mind here are a bunch of pics from Christmas.
We had a Jolly ol’ time back in Utah and Pocatello with family. I had the third family wedding this year with my brother Ammon getting hitched. So my brother’s really were on the ball in 2010. It was a little hectic playing single mommy through those festivities since Adam had to work back in Portland. But lots of anxious aunts and uncles filled in perfectly for an extra helping hand. And it was SOOO nice to have a husband again after 4 days of vacationing without him. Christmas day was spent with the Wadsworth’s and Emeri got spoiled just enough by Grandma and Grandpa that we decided to save our present for her and give it to her in Feb for her birthday. Cheap? Of course...but hello, she’s 10 months old. One new toy is almost too much excitement to handle in and of itself. Both kids also got some authentic silk PJ’s from their aunt and uncle Heidi and Jacob who just returned from China. And Ephraim got a sweet Samari sword to go with his. Since receiving it he’s seen it once and asked to play with it, but since it has a tip that could rival some of our kitchen chef knives I’ve hid it, and he probably won’t appreciate it till he’s 11 or so and I hang it up as a wall decoration.  Emeri barely survives his presence as it is.
We also had some family photos taken so we could do our first family New Year letter. Sorry for any readers who didn’t get one, and please enjoy the photo’s here instead.
With the letter came the announcement to many that we are expecting #3. Little Brother is the best guess and he’s due to arrive end of May. We are so excited to add to the fun, joy, and excitement of our little growing family. Oh and did I mention adding a bit more stress, fatigue, and insanity? Yeah we figured we could use a little more of that in our day to day lives as well. 
Speaking of insanity my old friend Danelle convinced me that I really need to be a determined mother and get Ephraim potty trained. So starting tomorrow....(I think) we’re gonna give it our best effort. I have been putting it off cause I really don’t want to deal with the clean up. And I adore my little Ephraim. We’re the best of friends, and I can’t imagine this process nourishing our friendship much. So for all those who have embarked this journey and are gun-ho I’m all ears for some serious rah rah pep talks to get me going and trudging through this first and hopefully ONLY attempt to potty train Ephraim.