Cold Cold Cold and Belated Birthdays

We started the new year off in Rexburg! We hit the sledding hills with Charlie & Ellie and their parents. It was freezing (as the weather in Idaho continues to be..) We have had a ton of snow this January and have had a lot of single digit temperatures. 

The next weekend brought birthday festivities! The annual party was moved to Boise this year where we celebrated with delicious chocolate cake that was suberbly frosted by Abby. The kids all got along great and had a lot of fun together. We went to the Boise Aquarium.

 Eliza and Afton dressed alike so we could spot them in the crowd.

 The puffin were my favorite animal/bird/fish at the aquarium. Thanks Boise Stubbs! I don't know if we can top that next year.

And this little baby continues to grow and change. He crawls, pulls himself up, stays up all night and all sorts of crazy things. He is 9 months old and a dainty 14 pounds. He has gained 10 pounds since birth, Wahoo!  And he is amazingly cute. We like him. We would like him even more if he would sleep sometimes!