Annie

We have had a significant update and addition to our family... Annie! She is wonderful. I love being a mom of two. I really feel so happy about it. And Annie is wonderful. If we wanted to describe her personality, we would tell you that she is a happy baby. She is very cute.

Annalyse Morgan Terrill was born on the 11th of December in St. Lukes in Boise. We were glad Dr. Klomp found time for her and made the hospital find room for us so we could induce her. I was also glad I was already technically have contractions when we got to the hospital.

We wanted Annie to be the first baby blessed in 2014 (just kidding) so we had her blessed on January 1st at around 8:30 I think. It was that day that I was leaving Trevor with his parents and I was going to take the girls with me to Boise. Trevor would leave in a few days to go to Texas with his mom and dad to move down his stuff and I would stay with my family and recover. So, my parents drove from Boise to Idaho Falls and we had the blessing that day so that both grandpas could be there. It was in the Terrill's living room and Bishop Hildibrant was there. Annie will wonder if her parent's were inactive or something because we didn't do the blessing at the church, but it was because we chose to do it with family and that was the only day that worked. Her blessing dress was one that Great Grandma Donna Olsen had found and when we were going through her things after she passed away my mom got it and gave it to me, so it is a treasure.

Annie gets lots of loving from her big sister.

Guests!

It was such a treat to have Trevor's parents come and visit us. It is the first time we really felt like we had a place for someone to stay when they came to see us. We had a great time with them. We loved showing them around College Station.

They even helped us with a home improvement project! Yahoo!

Thanksgiving

Having Thanksgiving at Nate and Stephs was so fun! It felt so much like a big family dinner and was so yummy! What a great family.

Miracle #3 - A New Place to Live

We love our new house! It is so perfect for us. It has a lot more room and we are so proud of it! Yay for Texas trailer parks :) Seriously though, we have awesome neighbors and couldn't be happier. It was such a blessing and miracle how everything worked out for us to move in here. Once we found the place we wanted the hardest part was trying to sell our apartment contract mid semester. Yikes! But everything fell perfectly into place. Someone took over our contract the very next day after we moved out. We know that Heavenly Father is in the details of our lives and that He loves His children. We feel so blessed.

Settling In

Texas is treating us so great. We love it! Our ward is amazing. We have been invited over to lots of peoples' houses for dinner and have made some great friends. Alice and I have gotten into a routine of swimming in the afternoon. We don't always last long but it helps to cool us down. On Saturday when we went down we saw a family there that happens to be in our ward. Yay! Another friend in the apartment complex :)

Alice is growing up fast and we really enjoy seeing her learn so many new things. She really likes helping mom with dishes because there are  "bubbles!" She also really likes to go "bye-bye." She will let you know when she wants to leave because she brings you your shoes and then her shoes and once everyone has their shoes on she goes and knocks on the door. :)

Miralce #2 - Finding Friends

Welcome to Texas! We are here. We made it. The drive took us a few days and my mom flew down with Alice and met us in College Station. It was great to have her help and we are settling in nicely.

The day we were moving our stuff in, someone else was doing the same thing on the other side of our complex. They saw our license plates from Idaho and our baby furniture and they decided to come introduce themselves. They are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints too! How amazing that all the trouble we had with finding an apartment led us to move into this building on the same day they were moving in. We know that God's hand is in our lives and that meeting these new friends is not a coincidence. How amazing. We are so grateful that we know someone here now.

Fife

Just a bit of Texas news (and a reason to post a picture of our cute girl). We have decided to take "Kitty Fife" with us to Texas. She will come down to live with us once we find a house. Alice loves this cat and she is a great mouse/bug catcher! These are all great qualities for a Texas pet. Yay!