Dusting off this little gem...

I just found this post that I apparently never posted... was supposed to be filed way back in October. Oh well! Enjoy the not-so-new news.

We are now (mostly) moved in to our new two bedroom place and we are digging all the extra space. It feels as though we have more room to breathe. Ari has his own room, although he still sleeps in his own bassinet in our room so I can respond to his feeding needs in the middle of the night. Aside from a few boxes still to be unpacked in the living room, we are all set up here and almost ready to start entertaining again!

We are now members of Chico 1st Ward under the tutelage of Bishop Embleton whom I had the pleasure of meeting this past Sunday. We are loving our new ward. Ari enjoyed the songs in the Primary Program the children put on during Sacrament Meeting so much that he was laughing and shrieking with joy and got so excited that he tuckered himself out and slept through Sunday School and most of Relief Society!

Our first family pictures are up through the Picture People website: http://tinyurl.com/yj7j433 We got dressed up in our Halloween costumes for the occasion. Ari was so well behaved although he was a little tired and didn't give us any smiles. They still turned out great, and super cute!

'Tis the season for staying inside where it's warm and toasty while it's windy and rainy outside and thus I have been spending more time cooking meals and baking yummies. Been watching a lot of videos on foodnetwork.com and getting inspired along with some neat tips and tricks that I never knew about! More to come on the food front as I educate myself culinarily... is that a word?

We traveled to the Bay Area for Danny and Ashley Pionke's wedding reception set amongst the beautiful redwoods of Los Gatos. It was Ari's first experience being away from home and staying in a hotel. He did great! Of course having an Eastern King size bed to share helped a lot. I'm thinking we need to get one of those soon... the next big thing to save up for after we get a minivan. :)