Make Up Pictures of 2009

As many of you may have noticed I have not been very good about posting pictures with a few of my blogs. I am now going to make that up with this set of pictures:

Arlee sitting in front of her first Christmas Tree

Arlee in the army crawl stage.  She was about to fall right here and she was just tooooo fast for my camera!  ha ha

After putting up the Christmas Tree at what used to be my grandpa's house and then we were renting it. We found out that we were needing to move.  We were packing up in this picture and now we are gone from there as mentioned in an earlier post.

This was the process of packing up the kitchen.  Trust me we are not messy people.

This is how we stayed organized: stuff on the left was going to our new house and the stuff on the right was going to the storage unit.

Here is a picture of me and Arlee in our old house with her new beautiful orange dress on.

Arlee and Hans in our old house.

Hans giving Arlee a tender kiss... AWE!

FUDGE MAKING DAY!!!   I love this day.  I get together with Hans' sister- in- law, Amy (right) and her sister, Shelly (middle) and her mom, Judy (left).  We have done this for three years now and I have enjoyed the time that we have spent together.  Judy even gave me her beloved recipe.  : ) Thank you Judy!

ME!  I borrowed this apron in hopes that I would look like Betty Crocker or something... Honestly, I think that I look good. : )

Hans on his 27th birthday.  I made him a very special cake! His birthday landed on a Sunday this year.  We went to his parents' house for dinner and then my family and his came over to our house to eat the awesome cake that I made him.

Hans' cake.  I opted for the number candles in hopes that I wouldn't have to light a lot and I mean  A LOT of candles.  It worked out very nicely.  By the way, I decorated it myself!  I am selling my secrets if anyone is interested.  ; )

Hans and Arlee on his birthday.

Arlee helping out Hans with his presents. This got her going for Christmas; which was only five days later.

Wow I was really happy about something, but Arlee sure does look cute!  This is on Christmas morning at my parents' house.

Well... there you have it!  Some of the pictures that I have not added to other posts. Let's just say that I am going to be working on this the whole time that I have the blog going.  Oh well. 

Chelsey

After the Holidays and reflecting on 2009.

After the Holidays:

As many of you my have realized... the holidays are over until next month.  Crazy huh?  With the holidays being over that means back to reality.  Hans is back in school and working.  Nothing has really changed with me or Arlee, but we don't get to see Hans as much as we were.  It was so nice waking up and still having him home.  We were able to run errands together and with a little baby that helps out a lot having the help.  I am sure that he enjoyed all the time that we got to spend together while still getting things done around the house. 

Reflecting on 2009 (in a nut shell):

Hans and I were able to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary on March 1st. Arlee was born on March 25th- best day ever and almost ready to think about doing it again.  ; ) My grandpa passed away on June 6th. I turned 22 on July 13th. Hans started is second year of pharmacy school the end of August. First Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's with Arlee in our family.  Lets not forget that Hans turned 27 on December 20th.  Such an old man... Just kidding I love you!  Haha.  Arlee's present to him on his birthday was crawling!  It was great.  Hans was so happy to be able to have her crawl to him.

It really has been a great year for our little family.  We look forward to more first with Arlee and eachother.  Happy New Year everyone!

The Hoges

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Check out our new Blog

We now have a customized blog thanks to my friend Jeni for showing me how.  You need to check it out.  It is a lot better than it was before.  Thaaaank you Jeni!

Arlee is Crawling!

Arlee is now crawling.  The first time was on Hans' birthday on Sunday, December 20th.  Yea Go lil' bug! 

Chels

We finally moved!

The wait has come and past.  We have made the move.  Hans and I packed up all the boxes, text some friends and family to help and made our move twenty-nine blocks south on Monday the 15th of December.  I was able to put up the Christmas tree yet again, but hey like my mother-in-law said, "if you put up the Christmas tree they will call you right after you finish to move.  So I took her advice and did and the next day they called saying that we could move.  I put up the tree on Thursday and she called on Friday and we moved on Monday.  It was a busy week for us.  Right now we are taking a break from the unpacking and relaxing.  Well atleast I am... Hans is setting up the computer while Arlee is trying to grab the computer.  It is great to have a break.  I will tell you that it is not easy packing with a needy little girl.  When Arlee is not able to see me or Hans then she starts to cry.  So she made it really hard going in and out of the room to grab different things.  I was so glad that she slept for a long time so we could pack with out any interruptions.   Hans was home all Saturday and we were able to pack for a couple of hours before going to the Jazz vs. Lakers game, which my parents and I gave him for an early birthday present.  We then packed all Sunday with the exception of sacrament meeting.  We felt bad about packing that day, but we were not going to have any other time to do it with the short notice that we had.  My little sister, Kali was nice enough to assist us for a couple of hours while Arlee was yet again sleeping!  : P Napping babies are the best when you want to get something accomplished.  I will be updating you all on our little adventures at the new house and things that come up.  By the way, Hans' mom broke her wrist after helping us move.  Sorry Ulla!

The Hoges

I gave up!

Okay, so I gave up.  I put our Christmas tree up.  It looks great!  It is starting to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go..... Just kidding.  At least it looks like it in our living room.  Arlee was really into the bright red ornaments.  She would army crawl right up to them.  Trying to grab them and then would end up on her face.  Good times were to be had watching her.  I have wrapped all the presents that we have right now.  I really need to get it together and get the rest of my shopping done.  Hans has been working, studying and going to school a lot so it has been hard to go out together. We haven't done anything for Arlee yet.  It is just crazy how busy two people with one child can get.  The thing is I even stay home!  One would think that I have more time, but I don't.  I have been trying to pack a lot and stuff, but not too successful.  I felt really good just for getting the tree up.  With Hans not having anytime to go with me I might just have to do it myself.  I don't want to, but if we do end up moving before Christmas it is going to be really difficult to get anything done.  Well I think that I am done telling my sob story.  You have to admit though I am a pro at it. : )
I found some "to and from" tags down in the basement.  They are from when my grandma was alive about 14 years ago. So they are really old, because she bought them before then of course.  I thought it was really cool to find them and be able to use them with our gifts.  We now have modern wrapping paper with an antique flare. : )  I also found some old wrapping paper that I am planning on using on a special someones present.  Wouldn't you like to know if it is yours?  My plan is to go out tomorrow and get the shopping done and my sister's gift shipped.  We will just have to see what happens.