Merry Christmas!

Dear family and friends,

Another year has gone by faster than ever, and here we are still trying to figure out what happened to January. Here are some of the top highlights for 2009 (in chronological order).

We bought a condo at the beginning of the year and love having a place of our own.

We celebrated our 3^rd wedding anniversary two days before our little Camden made his appearance.

Michelle performed on the piano at Abravanel Hall. Camden kindly waited until the next night to come.

Camden was born May 7^th and already has two teeth with two more trying to break through right now. He crawls everywhere and wants to eat everything. We feel so grateful for our little guy and the happiness and challenges he brings.

Michelle is not in school anymore – as a student or as a teacher. Hooray!

We went to St. George this summer to celebrate Michelle’s Grandparents’ 50^th wedding anniversary. It was especially meaningful to Michelle because her Grandma passed away shortly afterward.

Brian’s parents drove from Maryland to deliver a special, Grandpa-made crib for Camden. It was exciting to see them.

We hiked Angels’ Landing (including our super hiker-baby).

Brian is still in school, but just finished his hardest (fullest) semester and is looking forward to being done next May.

We wish everyone a merry Christmas and thank you for your love and support. We are especially grateful for our Savior and hope you feel of His love at this Christmas season.

Love,

Brian, Michelle, and Camden Marchant

Under the tree

I was in the kitchen for awhile, while Camden played in our front room with Brian. When I looked in, this is what I saw:


Camden was playing with the toy, which he pushed over to the tree so he could get to the ornaments and higher branches!

7 months!

Well, this is just a quick update to celebrate that Camden is 7 months.

Camden's 7 favorite things:
1. Eating real food
2. Hanging upside down
3. Taking a bath
4. Electrical cords, cell phones, and electronics
5. Crawling and bouncing
6. Making sounds (pounding on the piano, singing)
7. Brushing his teeth

On Sunday, he started real crawling and he is starting to pull himself to stand up. He does a funny little fake giggle when he thinks it's appropriate (mostly when Brian or I laugh). I can hardly believe that he is not a little baby anymore.

I'm big!

Splash!

The only baby who was happy to see Santa

Merry Christmas!