New niece!

Rollie and Heidie had their baby yesterday! She was 4 lbs. 4 oz. and 17 1/4 inches long. Her name is Ember Linzy Moon. She was born by c-section at 37 weeks and all is going well. She is breathing good and sucking. I'm sure they are letting her eat, but I haven't got all the new info yet. Since they live in North Dakota, I'm not sure when I will get to see her and hold her, so pictures will have to do for now.

We are going home for Christmas and we leave this Saturday! I am excited for some vacation time and to see my family. I also get to see my best friend Chrissy, who is going through a divorce right now. For a while things were ugly for her, but it is all getting settled now. She still has some rough times, but it seems to be getting better. So we will drive to Evanston first and then to Idaho Falls on the 22nd to see Alden's family. Since Alden has a new job, we are only going to be gone about 10 days. But it will be fun.

So Alden's new job is selling in-home water purifiers and air purifiers. The company is called Rain Soft. Right now he is doing his training and when we get back from vacation he will start going to people's homes. It's a pretty cool filtration system that softens the water without salt. I hope it works out for him. Looking for a new job every 6 months or so gets old.

Alden and I did our Christmas together last Sunday. We had egg nog and opened gifts from each other. We didn't do tons for each other, but it was fun and I got a few surprises. I picked out some new books and lotions and Alden surprised me with a necklace and matching earrings and two carved giraffe's. They are made of wood and burned to make the markings of a giraffe. They are kind of big like 1 1/2 feet to 2 feet tall. So cool. He got some new clothes and picked out a new pocket knife and a couple of computer gadgets. We had a fun day.

Until next time...