Surgery

On Thursday December 20th Ethan had wrist surgery. We went there at 10:30 am, did all the paper work and such and then he went into the operating room by 11:30. The procedure was about an hour and 20 mins and so I went shopping at a Sears that was closing down the street just to pass the time.
When I went to the waiting room for surgery patients, I had to wait about 45 min until I got to go see him. While I waited I just fed Kelsey and kept her occupied. It was a long day for everyone, but Kelsey did exceptionally well considering the fact that she missed 2 nap times!
Any way, they called me back and we got to go see Ethan. It was kinda hard to see him lying in the bed all drugged up and out of it. His mind was still as sharp as ever though which was comforting. When he first saw me he said, "I've always wanted to know what it felt like to have a perfect ulna... and now I do" He had to whisper because he was so tired, but it was hilarious. He was telling me a funny story about when he was even more out of it. The nurse said "I'm giving you Percocet, have you ever had this" and he said "Only when I am really depressed!" He said she laughed but he doesn't really remember.
After he drank a little bit, he asked me where Jabari Parker (a basketball player) chose to play college. Oh Ethan! Even after surgery, your mind is still on sports. We were in the recovery room, which was a giant room with curtained off sections with tons of other patients in their respected curtains, for about 30 mins. I ran down the hall to get his prescription and then they were like okay, he is well enough. Time to pack up and go! They seriously give you like no time to gather your thoughts! They are so about the in and out. I mean he didn't need to stay but they kicked us out so fast the doctor didn't even have time to come see us. He had to call on the phone and apologize!
Anyway, everything is going well and he said his pain is minimal which is a blessing. Now the fun part is helping him do everything. I am so happy to serve him, but it just reminds me how much I DONT want twins! I am basically taking care of two very dependent people and let me tell you, it has been one day and I am exhausted! God bless all you mothers of twins!

 Before surgery...

 After surgery.

 Excited to see dad!

After 45 min of recovery

Watching the BYU bowl game vs Sand Diego!

O.co Santa

 Overstock had Santa come and visit and so we decided to take Kelsey. It was really fun because she is not into being scared about strangers yet and so we just put her on his lap and she tried to pull off his beard. It was fun seeing Santa, but my favorite part was dressing up Kelsey in a Christmas outfit and taking pictures in line. She was super smiley the whole time, but towards the end she was done with smiling... although those are some great pictures too.
Ethan's sister Hannah was spending the day with us and so we were able to bring her along as well. The whole event just got me excited for how fun Christmas is going to be from now on!

Gingerbread house party

 We had the whole Wing family over to decorate Gingerbread houses and it was super fun. We decided to use rice krispies instead because lets face it, no one likes gingerbread and rice krispies are much much easier to shape.  People got really cleave with their shaping. We had a wreath, a snowman, an igloo, a house, the arch from France, and Holden's graham cracker teepee! We had a lot of fun and it was great to have everyone in our home. We missed Dan and Emily this time because they were in Disneyland again. poor them right?!

Snow Day

On Saturday December 15, we had enough snow to build snowmen and we decided that it was time to show Kesley the snow. We had a great time and I think for the most part, if we kept the snow out of her face, Kelsey loved the snow. However she was not really a fan of her coat and warm gear. We put her in the snow and she fell over and then tried to roll over, and then started crying and we couldn't help but laugh. It reminded of us Ralphie's little brother on a Christmas Story. It was hilarious

 

 Ralphie! RALPHIE!!!

Solids!!

 We started food on December 5th and she loves it!

 These are most of the babies Kesley's age in the ward! They will play like this for so long. Like 45 min

 Kelsey also loves no one more than herself :)

A Quarter Century

Yesterday was my birthday and I turned 25! I love my birthday and this year did not disappoint.
In the morning, Ethan stayed home from basketball so that I could go on a run WITHOUT the stroller. I never realized how easy running up hills was when you do not have to push 30 lbs!In the afternoon all my ward buddies came over and they brought their kids. There were about 7 babies all within 2 months of each other. We threw dominoes in the middle of the floor and sat them all around them. They all just talked and laughed at each other while they shared dominoes. It was so cute. That night Ethan and I went out to Red Robin while my friend watched Kelsey and then we had cake and presents. It was a great day. I received so many nice cards, calls, and texts from friends and family. I do have to say though, that I do not feel any olde, but when I say 25 it kinda scares me how that sounds! Over a great day and now we are that much closer to Christmas!

Nephi

 Ethan was asked to play Nephi in the ward primary activity. It was hilarious. The whole room had people dressed as Book of Mormon characters, the middle had Lehi's tent where breakfast was served, Samuel the Laminate was in one corner, Captain Moroni, Mormon abridging the plates, and then Nephi shooting his bow. I obviously thought Nephi was the cutest and so I got a lot of pictures of Nephi.