so much news!

I am very honored and pleased to announce the birth of my very first nephew, (on my side that is), Jaxon Alexander Collins. To make a long horrible story short- my sister was told on Thursday that she was going to deliver probably within the next 24 hours! She was 3cm going on four so being the very overly excited aunt I am I drove down that same day! (I was not missing this)!! So Thursday comes and goes with no baby, and Friday, and Saturday, and Sunday... STILL NO BABY! Needless to say I wasn't prepared to stay any longer so on Monday morning I drove back up to Flagstaff. The funny thing about this is that when I got home I called my sister to tell her I made it home okay in the snow and ask her how she was feeling... She said nothing had changed. I joked with her "That's okay, I haven't walked in my front door yet so I am sure you'll go into labor any minute now..." Sure as heck 8pm rolls around and her water breaks! AHHH! I was so frustrated!! I knew it was going to happen that way! So Danny and I load the dogs into his piece of crap car to drive down to Phoenix. Okay, so I probably shouldn't call his car that but really it is. His heater core is broken so we had to drive (IN A BLIZZARD) with the windows rolled down, no heater, and with paper towels to wipe the windshield the entire drive. Misery! We ended up getting to Casa Grande at 1:30 in the morning. After 2 hours of shut eye in the front seat of the car we receive a phone call that my sister is in active labor. I rush in just in time to say good luck before she starts pushing!! At 6:26 am little baby Jaxon graced us with his presence weighing in at 6 pounds 10 ounces and 20 inches!! He is amazing! I love him so much! He is so tiny and perfect and makes me want babies really, really, REALLY badly!! And can I just say that the number 6 was predominant during this birth? Scary. Lindsay (my sister) was in room 6, he was born at 6:26, on the 16th, weighing 6lbs 10 ounces... weird, weird, weird!! Oh well, he is too precious and wonderful to be anti anything!! Here are some pictures!! Can't wait for you to meet him!!











Congratulations Lindsay and Welcome Jaxon!!!


On to the next!! Danny and I are trying to be conservative this year with gifts. On Valentines day this past year he made me a coupon book that I LOVED! So when I asked him what he wanted for Christmas this year you can bet he asked for one in return!! I have to admit, I had SO much fun putting this together! Thank you Ginger and Glitz for the amazing scrapbooking materials that made it all possible!! Here are so pictures of the final project (unbound)...




Don't just love it? Speaking of love, I LOVE Danny!! We have been in the midst of a horrible snow storm! It has been non-stop snow since Monday!! Whereas ya'll might think this is awesome it most certainly is not!! Daniel, being the loving husband he is, has been doing most of the shoveling because I hurt my back!! What a nice guy, huh? I finally got him to stop for a picture and this is what he gave me... dork!


And lastly, I simply cannot wait for my baptism this weekend!! Mostly in part because I get to see all you guys and I miss you so much! Today the Elders came by to settle some details about talks, prayers, and hymns! I felt like I was planning a wedding all over again! Hahah!! Thank you to Becky and Ben for volunteering to do the talks! I appreciate it very much!! I am so excited for this special day and to share it with all of you! Katy, you will be sincerely missed! Well, other than all of that my life is truckin' along!! Can't wait to see you Saturday... please dress warm and take your time coming up!! The roads have just been crazy!! Love ya'll and I'll see you real soon!!!!!