Christmas on the mainland

Tayden chillin' with Grandma Peggy.

Tayden chillin' with his awesome cousin, Avery, and Papanua.

Hangin' with Grand-momma Miller (still not sure what she wants to be called :)

Talkin' with GPT (coolest name ever!)

The newest member of Bronco nation!

HHHmmmmm......

Gotta love this :)

We started our adventure with a red eye to California. Let's just say it was a long flight. Sleeping with a wiggling baby on your lap is difficult. We caught up on sleep later that day though at Tyler's brother's house in Palmdale, CA. His brother, Ryan, and his wife, Diana had an amazing set up for us in their guest bedroom. We had a crib, changing table, diapers, and lots of other baby stuff. It was more than we have in Hawaii Tayden. Their three kids are so cute with Tayden and loved him. Michelle (8) always wanted to hold him. We stayed at Uncle Paul and Aunt Karen's house for some of the time too. We hung out with cousin Scott most of the time and it was always a blast! Tyler spent a lot of the time working on the house and fixing it up. Tayden and I spent a lot of time in front of the fireplace. It was great to see all of the family and spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with them. It was so fun to let everyone meet Tayden!!! We were able to talk to my brother, Jason, on Christmas day and it was amazing! I was beginning to forget how funny he is haha. Only my parents were able to talk to Michael because he didn't have a good internet connection. Hopefully we will be able to talk to him on Mother's Day. We really miss those two but we know they are working hard and that they are in the right place.
After Christmas we headed up to Boise to see our Idaho families. We stayed in Boise, but the Millers drove down from Sandpoint to spend a few days with us and to be there for Tayden's blessing. We really appreciate them making the drive down because we found out having a baby makes traveling a little harder. We played tons of games with the family, ate delicious food, and just hung out. It was so awesome that everyone was able to see Tayden because he is changing so fast! He loves to talk and make funny noises. My sister brought a jumper that attaches to a doorway and Tayden loved hanging out in that thing. He would spin around mainly but soon he was bouncing a little bit. He now loves standing up while holding onto someone's hands for balance. Sometimes he prefers standing over sitting...silly kid :) He rolled from his front to his back for the first time!!! He was freaking out about having tummy time so he pushed with his arms and flipped onto his back. That scared him even worse but he rolled for the first time! He loved laying on the floor and looking at his cousin Avery. She is almost 8 months and they both found the other to be very interesting. We hope they are going to be close cousins...along with another boy cousin (Baby Willy) that is coming in June!!! YAY! Congrats to my sister and brother-in-law!
We are now back in the land of humidity and we can definitely tell because Tayden's skin is no longer dry and his hands and neck are constantly sweaty. Tyler is going to be busy this semester but he thinks he is going to really like some of his classes. He is trying to find an internship for this summer and he found a couple great options in Boise...so maybe we will be in Idaho for the summer!
Well, I hope that makes up for not blogging at all in December. I will try and be better :) We hope everyone is enjoying the new year!