Grateful!!!

So for the past few weeks we have been going through a lot of ups and downs with our life. We have also been able to see all the many blessing that we have been given. At this time of year there are so many things to be thankful for! Our family is really grateful that Steve has a job that is able to provide a roof over our heads and be able to give us food on our table; especially when a lot of families are having a hard time finding or keeping a job! Also we are very grateful for both sets of families that we come from. We are grateful that we have such great parents and siblings that seem so willing to help us out when we need it or when we don't even ask! We have learned this year that our families are very important to us and want to let you all know that we are grateful for you, our parents and siblings!!! There are some people that are not related to us by name, but we do consider you family because of the close bond that we share with you. And for that we are truly grateful!!!! We are also grateful to be married to one another and have each other as life-time (and eternal) companions with such a great little boy to help us through every day!!!! The health of everyone including the little Daisy is also another blessing that we feel very grateful for!!!! For all that read this post thank you for your friendship and kindness we are very blessed to have you in our lives, even if we don't see you every day we are truly grateful for you!!! Your support also means a lot to our little family!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Our little family! We're grateful for each member!!!

The McClaskeys

(Maverick is missing-sorry this was taken before he was born)

The Phillips

Daisy Rae

We went to have the targeted ultrasound today and got some really great pictures of little Miss Daisy!!! She is doing very well, she is at 13 ounces and growing. She's got a great heartbeat and great lungs. Just for those who want to know, she is still a girl, she hasn't shown us anything that would make us think any differently! She is just so cute and it's funny how little babies have their own personality even before they come out into the world. We really love her and can't wait for when she comes, which shouldn't be anytime before March!!!! Here is our very favorite picture that we decided to use. We hope you all like it as much as we do!!!

We call this picture "The Thinking Girl". The funny thing is, when she came up on the screen like this, Steve had his hand/arm in the same position! The tech. said that she was being just like here dad!!! What a "daddy's girl" this little one is!!! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Halloween

So this year we went up to I.F. for the weekend to see Sharifa's parents and really enjoyed our weekend. Ethan really loved going to the different houses and getting candy from everyone that we went and saw. He made us stop at every house on his grandparent's street so that he could get more candy!! A few houses didn't have anyone home and it made Ethan not too happy 'cause he didn't get any candy. We had to watch him very closely because he would knock on people's door and would try to walk into their houses!!! This year Sharifa thought that Ethan should dress up for something that truly fits him, so he was a little devil!!!( Ha!Ha!Ha!) We really enjoyed going out with him and seeing his reactions every time someone would give him or let him choose a piece of candy, it was like a little boy at Disneyland!! He really did get a lot of candy that night so we thought maybe we should help him out with the eating of the treats, 'cause we don't want him to get a stomach ache!!! We think that he will love Halloween next year too!!! Sharifa's parents grew pumpkins in their garden this year and had a special one picked out for Ethan to help design. Ethan and Grandpa pulled the guts out while daddy helped by putting a face to the Jack-O-Lantern. Here are some pictures of our fun afternoon/evening!!!!

Ethan and his first pumpkin before it's carved!

Ethan helping Grandpa cut the top off of the pumpkin!Ethan helping daddy get all the guts out of the pumpkin!

Ethan checking out the pumpkin's guts!

Grandpa showing Ethan where to put the guts!

Daddy carving the pumpkin!The finished Jack-O-Lantern

The boys with their finished master piece!!!

Ethan as a cute little devil! Doesn't this just fit him so well?Ethan and Grandpa were tried of waiting so they started on their way!Ethan checking out another person's pumpkin!

On sunday, Ethan tried out his new suit! Doesn't he look just so handsome?! A devil one day and an angel the next!(Ha! Ha! Ha!)

It's a...

So, for those of you who don't know the exciting news, we went to the doctor's yesterday and were able to see that are baby is doing just fine. She is now up to 10 ounces, has a strong heart beat, nice size head, and a very nice size tummy. If you didn't catch that we told you that are baby is a girl!!!! Yes, we have decided to name her Daisy Rae (pronounced like Ray- except female version) Phillips! She was being a lot like her mother and sleeping really crazy. She had her little legs tucked over her head, silly girl!!! So we didn't get a picture to post on the blog, in about two weeks we'll be going back to have our 3D pictures and we'll be sure to show them to you all! For the mean time we'll post a few fun pics. of Ethan that have been taken over the past few days/months/.

Ethan thinks he is going to go on a trip with Grandma if he just fits himself into her suitcase. She had just returned from a trip though! By-the-way he really did fit in the suitcase, and you could zip it up!! Ha! Ha!

Ethan decides he is ready for a big-boy-bed!! He is trying out Grandma's bed just to make sure he likes it!This is our cat, Hobbes, that we had to give away to a nice family because we couldn't find a place that would allow pets live in the place for little or no money! We sure do miss the friendly little feller!!

Our new Home

So it's been so crazy the past few weeks. We have been living with Steve's parents and it has been nice to have a place to stay, but we really wanted to have a place of our own. It's been kinda hard with Ethan being all crazy and having to stay on his tail. A few weeks ago we thought we found a great little house for our little family, but it turned out that it wasn't so great at all! There was some sewage problems with the house and we had to find that out on our own with out being informed about it by our landlords. We had moved everything in and Sharifa had unpacked a lot of boxes and we had to get out of the house fast so that Ethan, Sharifa, and the baby to be would be safe. Luckily Steve's parents let us come back to their house to stay for a few days. Also, later we were able to find a great condo in a different city. The condo has three bedrooms and two and a half bathes, it 's great!!!!We love it and can't wait to meet all the new people around us and in our new ward! One thing that we like about living here is that there seems to be more young families than older people, so that means that there are little kids for Ethan to play with!!!Our new home!!!

Ethan exploring our new area!!Time spent with Grandma while leaving with our Grandparents!!Ethan spending time with Grandpa while leaving with them!

Ethan borrowing one of the monkey's Army hat (oops, Marine Cover)!! Doesn't he look just so cute?!!!!