Christmas news letter

Dear Family & Friends,

The year is almost at an end and it has been a great year for our family. Milo was born February 4 and he is now 10 months old. At 5-6 months Milo would sit at the bottom of the stairs and just pat the bottom step, then with no warning or any hint that he would be able to climb the stairs I found him in the hallway on the second floor. I was out of the room for no more than 5 Minutes when I noticed he was no longer on the main floor. Crazy baby Milo.

Milo has been trying to walk for the last month or so and is getting better at it, he is now taking 4-5 steps without falling. He is very much a boy!! He eats like a boy, he sure can put that food away. Milo also loves his dad's electronics. He loves the remotes, computers and phones. I wonder what if he will be a computer guy like his dad.

Meg is a sweetheart. She loves her big sister Mia and follows Mia's footsteps. Meg has to go everywhere Mia goes and play with the same things Mia plays with. In a lot of ways they can be the same. However, Meg is very different than Mia. Meg is more shy and dose her very best not to smile at anyone or talk to anyone she doesn't know. Just like in our family picture; she will not smile. We don't have any family pictures with Meg smiling. I can get her to smile if it is just her and mom. Meg is a daddy's girl, I have never seen a little girl that loves her dad so much. We are so excited that Meg is now potty trained. She started potty training on Nov. 30^th and it didn't take long at all for her to catch on. She reminds me that she gets a sticker for her chart after every time she goes potty.

Mia doesn't have a shy bone in her body. She will go up to any person and say hi. She is so good at making friends with everyone. She loves being apart of her mom's daycare. Mia has grown up so much in the past year. She knows how to color in the lines and dose great in our preschool. She is a perfectionist, if her work isn't just the way she wants it she will throw it away and insist on starting over. Mia loves to help take care of her baby brother. Mia is a BIG show off, when new people come over she gets so hyper and is jumping off the walls. She loves to show people what she can do. She loves praise and love. She can shut right down if someone is mad at her or disappointed in her. She loves music and is always wanting to dance and sing to the music.

Hyrum has had a very busy year with his job. Earlier this year he applied for a new position in the company he works for. He got the position as a new pen tester. Over the past year he has been studying for the CISSP certification which he took on Nov. 20^th. Hyrum loves his new job and is a true workaholic, but we love him.

I (Sylvia) have been loving my job as a stay at home mom to my kids and also other kids who have parents that need to go to work. We have a great preschool and kids that keep our house busy from 7:30am to 6:00pm Mon- Fri. I currently have 14 kids that come to my house every week. I was able to hire a nice girl to come help me in my daycare. She is a great help to me and it's nice that I get adult interaction everyday.

We are also excited to announce that I am pregnant and due Aug. 4, 2011. But I always have my babies a week to 2 weeks early so this is going to be a July Baby!! Hyrum and I are very excited to share our birthday month with our new baby.

We love you all and hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

With Much Love,

Hyrum, Sylvia, Mia, Meg, Milo and New baby!!