Happy Birthday Patcy May!!! (her birthday is on the 18th, but I don't trust myself to actually post something on that day :-)

Patcy May Keizer will be 1 this month!! I can not believe how fast time has flown!!! Patcy has just recently gone from walking from furniture to furniture, to actually having the confidence to walk accross the middle of the room. She also just learned the other day how to stand up all by herself in the middle of the room with no assistance. She is such a cutie and so fun to play with (she especially loves to play with her daddy). She used to eat anything I gave her, but now she has learned that if she doesn't like something, she can simply spit it out! I was hoping she'd never catch onto that one. :-) She doesn't have any specific words yet, though we know she understands quite a bit (especially 'no')! She does sign 'All Done' 'milk' and 'more' (though 'more' is just with one hand for now). It's funny, she'll come up to me, concentrate really hard and start sqeezing her hand in and out...sometimes it takes me awhile to realize she's trying to tell me she wants milk. And even more surprising, she really does want to nurse! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful, happy, beautiful daughter!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATCY!!!

Rick and Brenda are still chugging along!! Rick is doing great at school and enjoying most of it! He is working out quite a bit to hopefully get into really good shape in time for baseball season. He's hopeing to play for the men's city league in Brigham City. Brenda got sick of working on the couch (working in the back room at the desk never worked because Patcy was either sleeping or didn't want to spend her play time in the small room when she could be out in the living room), so they moved the couch into the bedroom (it was a close call, but the couch fit...after taking the door off it's hindges) and Brenda's desk into the living room. It's so much nicer to work at a desk AND be able to watch Patcy at the same time. Plus Patcy is getting a kick out of playing underneath the desk - fortunate for her, she still fits underneath standing straight up. We'll see how long that lasts!

We all had a fun trip to California where we were able to spend Christmas and New Years with family and friends. Rick's family especially enjoyed being able to spend time with Patcy!

More fun Pics of us and Patcy over the past few months...
Patcy's first time on Santa's lap and she didn't cry!!


Patcy having fun in the hotel room at Tahoe


Patcy having fun in the snow with Auntie Mookie


Rick, Pop (Patcy's Great Great Grandpa), Rick Sr.

Visiting Rick's Grandmother's (Patcy May) Grave sight


Happy New Year!!! Rick, you look possessed!