Highlights of 2017
(warning: photo overload)

-Watched my baby bump grow and grow and tried our best to prepare for our baby.



-Celebrated 2 years of marriage by going out for steak!


-Had a baby shower



-Went on a spring break trip to California with my family


-Started a business!


-Completed my last semester of college! + my senior capstone project while huge and pregnant (and trying super hard not to slip on ice all winter long)!
-Graduated from BYU with a bachelor's degree in Communications (journalism) and a minor in Family Life


-Turned 22, and a few hours later....
-...became a mom to the sweetest baby boy EVER







-Watched my husband become a dad :)



-Dealt with PPD and went on TONS of walks around Provo


-Celebrated 4th of July by watching the Stadium of Fire fireworks from a grassy spot by the Provo Rec Center + eating Cold Stone


-Took Jack to Arizona for the first time
-Jack flipped me off on a daily basis while I was feeding him



-Went on a fun trip to Lake Nacimento with my in-laws






-Left Provo after being there for almost 4 years and moved up to a new apartment in Salt Lake City
-Kody gave Jack a blessing at church



-Took Jack to California for the first time







-Our little family dressed up for Halloween



-Went to Arizona for Thanksgiving



-Had the best Christmas ever in Park City!



RESOLUTIONS FOR 2018:
-Be better at reading scriptures
-Be more spiritually-minded
-Live a healthier lifestlye

Happy New Years!!!

xo

Jack has been getting BOTH of his bottom teeth over the last few days so he was a little bit fussier at times (like in these pictures). Poor buddy!

Opening his 'big' present before we left home! Oh my goodness, look at how fuzzy his little head is!

Jack wearing grandpa's silly hat!

Jack and Aunt Kati.

Jack and Tanner hanging out and living life to the fullest.

Christmas morning in his fancy Christmas Jammies (1 of 2).

I don't care how old he is or how much he pulls away, I will ALWAYS and forever squeeze my baby boy just like this.

Opening his first present!

I think the wrapping paper was his favorite thing.

Jack and some of his Van Dusen cousins in their matching jammies on Christmas Eve! HOW CUTE are all of them! Oh my goodness, they are just the sweetest little things ever

One of the best parts of the day was talking to my younger brother who is in Idaho on his mission (along with the rest of my family who is in Arizona). It was the best! He has been a 'zone leader' for a while now and I can tell he is such a great leader. He also hasn't changed his personality (which I am so grateful for) and is still the funniest, goofiest kid ever. I just love him. I miss him SO MUCH, and I can't wait until he comes home in 6 months and our family will all be together again! I have always been so close with my family (especially my two brothers...they are like my best friends) and it makes me sad to be so far from all of them lately..but it makes it so much more fun and exciting when we are together. Adding Kody and then Jack into the family and it is ALL of my favorite people in one place (even if it is via video chat). Having all of my favorite people together at the same time = literally my favorite thing in the entire world.

On Christmas day Jack went on his first sled ride (a teeny little 'hill' in front of the house we were staying in) with daddy! Don't think he really noticed or cared about it too much but he loved looking at all the snow! Kody is definitely winning the spot of the 'fun' parent so far. He really is the best dad to little Jack.

Love him more than words could EVER explain.

Merry Christmas!!!!

xo