So, since I've turned into a "
Frugalista" I just
don't want to pay for pictures and cards etc. So I'm doing our family Christmas letter on our blog. :)
Lets start with youngest first,
Raymond Brian Wells arrived June 1st this year. He already decided he wants to to be
different from his sisters, arriving c-section.
He weighed 7lbs 14oz, and 21 1/2 inches long. He is now 6 months old and growing like a weed. He's tall and skinny and super wiggly. He's rolling over and sitting up. His smile lights up a room, and his sisters LOVE him to death.
Melody, 3 1/2
She is still our little
Sassafras, and Mommy's big helper. She started dance this year, and tells me all the time that tap is her favorite. She really
knows how to shake her booty and keeps us laughing.
Elise 5 1/2
We now have a
kindergartner! She LOVES school, and is doing awesome. She started clogging this year, and is so cute to watch. She just did her first Freestyle competition and placed 1st! She is also a "little mommy" to her brother and sister.
Ann
Has never been more busy! Taking care of 3 kiddos really takes up your free time. But wouldn't change it for anything! Plus she's been really busy with planning girls camp (a week long camp for the teenage girls in our church), Primary chorister (teaching songs to the young kids in our church) and now Activity Day's (planning activities for the 10-11 year old girls in our church).
Brian
Still loves working as a Senior Financial Analyst for Adobe. They sure keep him busy (but I guess that's good job security). He's still running like crazy, and has set some really high goals for next year. But we'll save those for next years Christmas letter ;) He is also really involved in our church too. Being Elders Quorum President really keeps him busy serving and watching over the men in our ward.
Now to explain the STRANGE medical year we've had. In
January our cute princess' caught pink eye (And gave it to Grandma Nina, sorry Grandma!) Then in February Elise swallowed a quarter! It was stuck in her windpipe, which resulted in a trip the Primary Children's Medical Center Emergency Room. They were able to dislodge it, but she came down with a fever and a bad sore throat a few days later. So back to the ER we went. Luckily she just had strep throat (which the doctors think she caught from our first visit to the ER) they gave us an
antibiotic for it, we now know she's allergic to it because of the bad rash she got. In May Melody was being wiggly on Ann's lap and decided to jump right as she was looking down, which resulted in a broken nose, this was 2 weeks
before she delivered Ray. When we went to the ultra sound and found out we were having a boy, we also discovered Ann had Placenta
Previa (the placenta was blocking the exit). So we got to welcome our sweet little boy into the world by c-section (which Ann wasn't too thrilled about). But when Ray arrived it was a blessing because we found out he had 2 knots in his
umbilical cord! And for the Grand Finale, in October Brian was playing basket ball at the church and went all out to stop the ball, and broke his thumb! Yup, that was just the icing on the cake for our weird medical year!
As we come to a close of 2011, and look back on everything that's happened were glad we really haven't had time for a dull moment.
Love,
Brian, Ann, Elise, Melody and Raymond Wells
The race this year was rainy and cold!
Brian rocked his 1/2 marathon at. 1 hour 43 min.
