Nogger!

Brandon and I had my parents watch Brooklyn on the 23rd of December and we were able to go to the Annual Christmas Nogger with a bunch of our friends!

The boys had a beard growing contest.

We seriously know some of the funniest people that you will ever meet.

The sweaters were all pretty awesome, and though Brandon and I didn't win the sweater or beard contest, I think we do win for the most redneck couple. :) (The prego belly pretty much wins it for you everytime!)

Family Christmas Party!

We had our annual Olsen Family Christmas Party on the 18th of December in Mount Pleasant, Utah. We were so lucky that Santa was able to make time in his busy schedule to come and visit us.

This was the year to see whether or not Brooklyn would be scared of Santa.

Yep, she pretty much loved him!

Brooklyn is 5 million times more scared of the doctor than she is of Santa. Even when Santa was leaving she kept running up to him to jingle his belt of bells. :)

We got together with the cousins a lot over the Christmas Break! My mom and dad sure know how to throw a party... well, let's just say my mom does. :)

Brandon and Emily.

Little Cheese Ball.

Once there was a Snowman!

Brooklyn has been slightly obsessed with Snowman this winter. She see's one and won't stop repeating the word "No-Man" for hours! :)

We took advantage of the huge snow storms that they had in Fountain Green while we were there.

Brooklyn LOVED playing in the snow, even with her over-sized gloves!

Pony Tail

Before we left for our LONG Christmas Break/Vacation, I noticed Brooklyn's hair was rather long.

Just figured that this was a monumental day in the life of a girl . . .

Brooklyn's first full Pony Tail!!

'Tis the Season . . .

for Family pictures!!

Go Aggies!




Love her little smile here!

30 Weeks!

I just had my 30 week doctor appointment, and everything is looking good! Except my figure that is! :) No I really can't complain to much, I enjoy this phase of pregnancy much more than the first three or four months of sickness.

We are getting so excited to meet this little girl! But by no means ready yet. Thank goodness we still have 10 more weeks. We are still working on our "have to have mastered list" with Brooklyn before the baby comes.
1~Get rid of the Binki (done with that at 13 months, CHECK!)
2~Follows mom really well and stays close by in stores and things (for the most part she does really well, CHECK!)
3~Eats on her own with a fork (CHECK, though she prefers to use her hands. :)
4~Sleeping in a big girl bed (Her room is done, but we are waiting til after Christmas to move her into a real bed, kind of nervous about this.)
5~POTTY TRAINING!! (One of her Christmas gifts will be a little potty seat, we will see if she is interested and then possibly work on that before the baby gets here. If she's not interested, well than I'm not to worried about it. It would just be nice to not have two kids in diapers.)
Any advice??

Little Ones!

For Thanksgiving this year we were with the Aagard Family!! A small and very intimate setting, in comparisons to Brandon's May Family Thanksgiving. :) We only have 4 cousins on the Aagard Family side, so we are very close. It was a lot different not having Grandma Aagard around, but we managed to have a wonderful time. We did however, have some new additions to the family.

My sisters Alyson, Jessica, and I were all pregnant at the same time. I say "were" because now I am the only one who is still in the pregnant state.
Alyson had her baby, Christian Aagard Strait, on September 21st 2010. (7 lbs. 14 oz. & 20.5 inches)

and Jessica had her baby, Kayson Coby Knudsen, on November 10th 2010. (8 lbs. 14 oz. & 21.5 inches)


Needless to say, I get a little jealous that my sisters have their baby's here. But I am happy to discover that Brooklyn is AMAZING round the little ones. She tries to help with everything and wants to constantly kiss them. I was able to go stay with Jessica for a couple of days to help her out, and Brooklyn was an angel. Hopefully, she'll be the same with our new baby.

Brandon and I were also able to get out and do some Black Friday Shopping! We found some killer deals and are so excited for Brooklyn to open her Christmas presents this year. If you didn't know, we are pretty excited for Christmas!!