Happy Birthday Delcia Marie Erdmann!! Born December 27th, 2008 at 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 21 inches long. She's doing well and mom is recovering too.
Well we've officially passed our due date. Janessa reached 40 wks (I guess that's the magic number), this past thursday (Dec. 18th). She has celebrated this milestone by hiking, massages, and anything else she can think of to speed the process up. It's been snowing here in Salt Lake and we've gotten probably around 1.5 feet in the past several days. We were trying to keep Ness occupied and under some physical capacity so we set off for a walk in the snow at the park. She even chased after Bridger and his captive duck for a while, but Delcia will not budge. At least it's beautiful out here. We'll keep you all posted. And this will probably be one of the first places we post a picture, when she does arrive. Keep tuned. It's looking like more of a Christmas baby than we'd expected.
It snowed in Utah. Since the birth of Delcia isn't amongst us just yet, I had to make it out and tell the snow that she soon would be and that I might have to take a few days away from the snow. It's been a bare year, and we were definitely reminded of that on the out, but up top we were able to manage to find a few sweet turns. I was also reminded of how long it had been since I walked up a hill. I'll get um next time. So much for the ripping year squezzed in before Delcia. 
Jillene, Colin and Kirra were in town for the week, so we had the priveledge of babysitting Kirra Mar a couple times. She is such a fun, sweet little girl with a big smile and lots to say- even though we can't quite understand her. She loves her uncle John and is always happy to see us and Bridger. She got so upset at our house one day and I finally figured out why- she couldn't find Bridger, he was sleeping under the table! She is a very funny little girl. We love having her around. 
We are thankful that we were able to drive to Idaho and back with out incident and only a few potty breaks. As you can see Janessa is getting a little more plump to rival Santa for the holidays. We had a great time sharing Thanksgiving with some of her family up in Idaho. We all noticed Ness's cute stomach that jiggled when she laughed. We had plenty to eat and lots of entertainment between all the grand kids and uncle Chris of course. We went on a family excursion to hunt for a Christmas tree for Jenny and Chris. The dogs probably enjoyed the romp through the snow more than anyone else but we all had a great time and found the perfect tree. Some of us went to the pool while others saw a movie and John and Chris even got some fishing in.
I'm finally updating the blog! Don't ask me what I do with all my time, but it still seems to fly by. So a few of my good friends threw a baby shower for me last Saturday. They worked so hard planning it and it was obvious that they had put a lot of time and effort into it. It was really fun to get together with so many good girlfriends and to share this exciting time together. The shower was book themed, so everyone contributed a favorite childrens book addressed to Delcia. The books are really sweet and we can't wait to read them together. I also received some great advice and encouragement on becoming a mother. Scary!
that her friends from Capital threw. I'll let her tell you about it sometime.
My sister Sarah has been in Colorado for some training and was able to pop on over for the weekend. We loaded up the car and took Bridger up memory grove on Saturday where he developed quite a drool stash. Of course we were able to do some other stuff too, before dropping her off at the airport Sun. We went to a movie Sat. night and church Sun. morning, but that's about all we had time for. We had a good time relaxing and visiting with Sarah and we are glad she got a chance to come out and see us.
Well, this saturday was a notable one... Firstly Janessa's family and friends had a baby shower for Delcia. Which means Delcia's uncle Jigidy and cousin G-man were in town. Since Grady is months old he had to sit this fishing trip out, But I'm sure he'll make subsequent ones. Unfortunately the fish weren't jumping into our nets like we expected, but I caught this nice Cutty on a mouse pattern I tied that morning. It's not all that often that something like that occurs. More on the shower to follow.
(Ness even practiced in the middle of the night when she got a charlie horse)
