Happy New Year!

So, it's been quite a while since our last post! As you can imagine, tons has happened since early November.

First off, we went to Aaron's parent's for Thanksgiving. We had a great trip. It wasn't too snowy. We all went up into the hills and cut down Christmas trees. Julie was the lucky one to pick and cut down ours. It was a great little tree!

Then again, in December, we headed up to Kalispell for Christmas. We were able to stay at Jared and Anita's house. It was very busy, and tons of fun. Joseph really enjoyed being around Jared's girls. We were also able to meet Tim and Anna's baby boy, Abram, for the first time.

At the beginning of February, we also took a quick trip back up to Kalispell for Jadalin's baptism! She turned 8 in January. It was great to visit for that special occasion. It's hard to believe she is already that old. She's growing fast, and her sisters are right behind her!

Julie was able to work on her Independent Study class a lot during Aaron's winter break. After work, Aaron would come home and take Joseph out for about an hour and a half. Julie would stay home and do homework. This got her going, and now she's working hard to keep her momentum now that Aaron's back in school. Julie was able to take her first of 3 tests for this class, and just found out she received a 92, which is an A-. She's really happy with that! She also just got signed up for a class here at the local Institute. She's taking New Testament. It's the last religion class she needs for her bachelors. The director there, Bro. Rogers is helping a lot. She's registered for the weekly class, but can't attend because of her baby-watching duties, so she's doing it mainly independent study. But they're going to meet regularly and talk about the class and then she'll write a term paper at the end of the semester. She's really excited about this class, although that now means she's doing two classes at once! Wish her luck!

To add some sad news with the happy, Aaron's family did have two funerals during the month of January. His father's sister, Gail, passed away in early January. Then Aaron's great grandma (his dad's grandma) also passed away at the end of the month. We were able to travel up to Conrad, MT for Great Grandma's funeral. It was a great chance for Julie and Joseph to meet some more of the Denney/Denning family. (The two names are related, and it is really confusing)

Now for some happy news! Travis and Heather have welcomed their beautiful baby girl into their family! She was born January 25th weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces and 19 3/4 inches. She is happy and healthy, Heather is healing very well, and it sounds like Cardon is adjusting to his baby sister as well as can be expected. They have posted pictures on their blog, linked to the right.

Another wonderful addition is Miss Sadie Dawn Bigler, born February 10th to Stephanie and Nathan (and Brayden)! She was 7 lbs 1 oz and 19 inches. She is beautiful, and they are all doing well. They have pictures posted on their website. The link is to the right.

Aaron is well into his next semester at the U. He's enjoying his new classes. This semester he has two night classes (versus one last semester). That is definitely not ideal, but Julie and Joseph are handling them better than expected. We guess last semester got us adjusted to handle this semester's schedule. Aaron is also applying for a scholarship to help pay for next semester. Cross your fingers for us. It would really help a lot!

As always, we can tell you about Joseph. He is well over 30 pounds now. Probably about 32, Julie's guessing. He is getting taller as well. We think he was around 33 and some change when he was measured last. He has a doctor's appointment later this month, so we will get some official stats for you all. He is talking quite a bit. Well, he's always been a chatterbox, but now he's trying to say words. Julie says his official first word is "ball". He says it a lot. He also says "baby" and "trash" (he has an obsession with the trash can). Joseph also had his first trip to the nursery at church this past Sunday. (While the adults attend Sunday school and other meetings, the children between 1 1/2 to 3 go to a children's class) He did really well. It's a very full nursery with a lot of cryers. But Joseph didn't cry, and from what I was told, didn't push or hit either. That made us very happy. All in all, he's doing great. We absolutely adore our little guy!

Hopefully we've gotten all caught up. Oh, if you know Heidi, check out her latest blog! There's some great news there! Until next time, we hope you and your families the best and send our warmest wishes from Missoula!

It's November

Well, it hasn't been too long, but things are already happening. First off, today is our first snow day! Joseph and Julie were looking out the window noticing that the clouds were low on the hill. Next thing they knew, snowflakes were starting to come down. By the time Julie could get shoes and jackets for them both, it was already pouring down and sticking on everything. Joseph definitely didn't know what to make of it, but he was still sad to go inside for his nap.

Last Thursday Julie and Joseph had a WIC appointment, and they were finally able to learn how much this big boy weighs. Drumroll... 30 lbs! Julie and Aaron guessed right. We figured he had to weigh at least 30 and he was exactly 30 lbs. She can't remember exactly how tall he was. It was between 33 and 34 inches tall. He had grown around 3 inches or so and gained about 3 lbs or so since August. We though he might thin out when he started walking, but so far we're wrong.

Joseph's latest favorite activities are making towers with his legos, as well as putting them on our little gate (shown in the slideshow). He also likes to stack our shampoo bottles along the bathtub. He will literally do it for half an hour. We took a small video so you can see what we're talking about. It's pretty fascinating to watch. Julie's posted some fun new videos you can watch. As for the rest of the month, it's a countdown to Thanksgiving, then to the end of Aaron's school semester, then to Christmas! We'll update again soon. Til then, have a warm November!

Busy Month for the Denneys

Lots has been going on this month. Over General Conference weekend, we all went to Kalispell to visit with Aaron's family and watch Conference. Two weekends later Julie went to Rexburg with Aaron's mother and sister in law Anita. They threw a surprise baby shower for Tim's (Aaron's brother) wife Anna. We can't remember if we ever mentioned it or not, so forgive us if we haven't. Anna is expecting a sweet little boy, Abram Timothy, on November 22. Aaron took Joseph up to Kalispell for the weekend and hung out with the "boys". Although, with Jared's 3 girls, they barely outnumbered the girls. So there was a lot of traveling for us early this month.

After getting back, we were immediately hit with the stomach flu. Joseph first, then Julie, and then Aaron. Joseph had it the worst, Julie was taken out for a day, and Aaron wasn't hit too bad, but had to take care of the others for the few days they weren't doing so well. It was really hard to go through that. Especially watching poor Joseph all sick. But he's better now, still getting his appetite back, but feeling 100%.

Joseph is getting bigger every day. He's noticeably taller now. He can reach things on our counters, and is good at using his tippy toes to reach things he couldn't before. We are learning we have to be extra careful with where we place things now. We don't know how much he weighs, but we figure he has to be 30 lbs by now. He has a doctors appointment later in November, so we'll be able to find out for sure. He is getting really good at his signs. He uses these signs:"help, please, thank you, eat, milk, help, bath, water, brush teeth, shoes, and more" He recognizes the sign for dad, and is getting better at saying "papa". He's also saying "woof".

Our latest adventure was today, Halloween. Joseph was dressed up as a red M&M. It wasn't the fanciest costume, but it worked for the one door we trick or treated at. We even had a few trick or treaters at our house. One was Jordan, our favorite turtle. It was all around a great time, although a few scary costumes were a bit too scary for Joseph.

Julie has finally gathered a few pictures of Cyrus and Olivia. We haven't been able to capture a good picture of Cyrus yet. He's really a friendly, smiley guy. But now you can get an image of him. Olivia is also a few friendly, sweety little lady.

In other news, Aaron has officially been accepted into the teaching program here at U of M. So now he can officially work with the program and feels good about the work he's done this semester. It's winding down fast and he's trying not to get too excited about winter break.
To update all the news in the Burnham family, here's the baby count. Travis and Heather are expecting "Kaliya Nicole" in January. Stephanie and Nathan are expecting "Sadie" in February, and Stacie and Jim are expecting "Nicholas Taylor" in March. We are so excited about these new additions to the family!

Well, hopefully we've updated on most of the important news and not forgotten anything. The day to day is still just the day to day. Do check out our video page when you get the chance. Julie's worked hard to upload lots of new videos. We love to hear your comments, and will continue to keep in touch the best we can. Thanks for all your love and support!

Labor Day and more!

Hello everyone! As usual, we have lots to share! Since last month, school has started for Aaron, Joseph is walking all the time now, and Julie has started a new job! First off, we'll show you a cool new slideshow of pictures. These are all of Joseph.

As for school with Aaron, it's going well. He's officially working one job now, at the University Bookstore. It's flexible enough, and has a low stress level that he's able to work on classwork and not get behind. He's working really hard and trying to do his best to keep an open mind. U of M is not quite like BYU. But he's adjusting and really enjoying the work he's been doing.

As for Julie, she has a new job! As a few of you know, she started watching two children at the apartment Monday-Friday. Olivia is four months old and a sweetheart. Her cousin Cyrus is 17 months old and Joseph has really been enjoying having him around. They have been adjusting really well and so have Julie and Joseph. Soon we'll get photos of them so you can see the new additions to Julie and Joseph's week!

Labor Day passed not too long ago and Aaron's family came down from Kalispell. We all went out to Seeley Lake on Jared's boat. It was tons of fun. Anita was able to toss all three boys (Jared, Aaron and Josh) off the tube! We didn't get that on camera, but we did get Josh falling off by himself. It's on our video page. Here's a short slideshow from Labor Day.

Julie' s uploaded some fun new videos to our video page. There's Josh falling into Seeley Lake, Joseph walking, and a tour of our apartment. Enjoy! We'll be adding more soon, hopefully.

In Burnham news, Julie's brother Travis and his wife Heather are expecting a baby GIRL! Her name is Kaliya Nicole (which Julie just loves!) In equally exciting news, Julie's sister Stephanie and her husband Nathan are expecting a baby GIRL! They are super excited and still deciding on her name. We are all so happy to have some more girls in the Burnham family! They are due in January and February, respectively. Congratulations everyone!

Take care, and keep in touch!

Denney update

Aaron is preparing for school to start this August 27th. To further clarify, he is getting his masters degree in curriculum and instruction and will be getting his teaching license at the same time. We are very excited and Aaron is extremely motivated. He is glad to have finally figured out what he wants to do and he won't let anything get in the way. In really good news, Aaron now has Montana residency which has severely dropped our tuition bill! We are very excited about that and know it will help us greatly.

Joseph is doing well. He only takes timid steps now and then. We imagine he will just suddenly decide he wants to walk again and shock us all. In the meantime, we're okay with him crawling or spinning, or however he chooses to get about. We had an overwhelming response to his spinning video from our last post. It is one of our favorites as well. We don't know where he learned to do that because we sure didn't teach it to him, but he sure seems to like it so we don't mind. He has spun into a few doors, and once into our entertainment center. Anyway, he's doing just fine. He did finally begin to get molars. He has one on top and one on bottom. It was quite the ordeal, runny nose, tons of drool, cranky boy, the whole bit. But it's passing, and hopefully we'll have a break before the next one comes. Brave Joseph got his immunizations today. He got six shots at once. He was pretty unhappy about it, but was quite the trooper. In this picture Joseph is playing monster with Julie's fuzzy toe socks.

Julie has to let out a big apology to her sister Heidi, brother in law Ryan, and their sweet baby boy Athen. Amidst all the craziness in moving and not posting as often, we never announced Athen's birth! Julie was lucky enough to be at the hospital with Heidi and Ryan on the big day, May 24th, 2007. Although Heidi ended up having a c-section so Julie wasn't actually able to be there, she was the first outsider to see the sweet boy. He was 9lbs. 2 oz. and 21.5 inches! Julie took this picture from Heidi and Ryan's blog. There are many other adorable pictures of Athen there. There is a link to the left. Athen is growing very fast. He is already 15 pounds and 25 inches. He is such a doll!

Among other news that we haven't shared on the blog, Julie's sister in law Heather (Travis' wife) is expecting their second child in January! They have one boy, Cardon, who just turned 2, and are crossing their fingers for a little girl. They will find out August 27th!

Likewise, Julie's sister Stephanie is also expecting her second child! She has one boy Brayden, will will turn 2 in February, and she is expecting this little one a few weeks after Brayden's birthday!

In the latest events, the California Burnhams celebrated the second annual "Sydney Happened" 5K to raise money to MMA research and to remember sweet Sydney! We were sad we couldn't be there, but we still brought Sydney Happened to Montana. Aaron and Julie wore last year's shirts and went for a walk. It wasn't quite 5K, but it was a great time. Maybe next year we'll even get some of our friends involved.

Unfortunately Joseph wasn't able to stay awake through the whole walk!

Julie is constantly trying to add more fun videos to our video page. The link is on the left. Please check them out! She also fixed the last blog so you can click on the pictures now and get a better close up. Some of them are much better when they're not so small. Til next time, take care and keep us updated on all of your wonderful news. We love to hear it!