Thursday, December 30, 2010 my Abuelita passed away. My mom called Thursday morning to let me know that her mother had passed away, but unfortunately I was at work, so Jon was the one who gave me the sad news. I was able to talk to my mom while she and my dad were on their way to Logan and she said that she was doing okay. My mom has been so strong through all of this and I'm sure it hasn't been easy on her. I am going to miss my grandmother, even though I haven't been able to see her very often since we moved from Utah, but she was a wonderful lady. She lived with us when my brother was born and because of her, I learned to speak Spanish. She was always so giving and loving to me. She was friendly and loved people. She loved to crochet and she made beautiful baby afghans and baby booties. She made Sophie a baby afghan and booties and we will cherish them forever. We were fortunate enough to visit her this past summer and she got to hold Sophie. In October when she got very ill, Sophie and I got the chance to go to Utah and I was able to say good-bye to my grandmother at that time. I am so grateful for her and the influence she has had on my life. We love you and miss you! I'm truly grateful for the gospel and the knowledge I have knowing that I will see her again someday. She is now reunited with her husband, whom she has been parted from for 33 years. I love you Abuelita!
The four generation picture we took this past summer with Abuelita.
Irene Oscanoa, 81 years old, of Logan Utah, died Thursday December 30, 2010 in Logan. She was born in Lima, Peru on May 9, 1929. She had four children Guillermo (Edi) Vidal, Edmundo (Irene) Oscanoa, Rosa (Randy) Reed, and Noemi (Luis) Salcedo. She leaves behind ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alejandro. Irene was a very sociable person. She loved to travel, to dance, and she enjoyed life to the fullest. She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, attending the Spanish branch in Logan. She loved living in Logan, and was grateful that she lived in the United States. She loved the wonderful American people, and she had a wonderful time living and working in this country.
This is one of my favorites, I love the two little teeth!
Truthfully, I love all the pictures!
What a beautiful smile!
Cute little tongue!
My sweet girl!
She looks so sweet!
She looks like she's ready to pray.
She was trying to roll over and he caught this image.
The four generation picture we took this past summer with Abuelita.
We went to court on Wednesday, December 29th and finalized the adoption. Sophie is now officially ours! We were so excited to finally have it done, but it was actually a little anticlimactic. We had to rearrange our flights to Utah, which meant less time with family during Christmas break, so that we could go to court and it took all of 3 minutes with the judge. The attorney prepared some questions to ask us, but the judge didn't want her to ask the questions, he looked over our paperwork and then signed the papers. That was it! He was gracious enough to let us take a picture with him, and as you can see he was very excited about it, he didn't even have the decency to get out of his chair. We were both a little disappointed about how things turned out, we looked at each other and said "we came home early for 3 minutes, they couldn't have squeezed us in before we left?" Oh well, the important thing is that Sophie is officially ours and that is the most wonderful thing in the world. Now we are looking forward to taking Sophie to the temple and having her sealed to us in March.
We spent Christmas Eve with Jon's family. We had dinner and a fun program, singing Christmas carols, reading Christmas stories and the best part was the nativity put on by the nieces and nephews.
The 12 Harper grandkids
Aunt Nicole with her three nieces; Avery, Sophie and Ashtyn.
Christmas Eve in our pajamas
Sophie had the most fun playing with the wrapping paper. Why do we bother buying toys?
Sophie with all of her Christmas gifts. She sure is loved!
Sophie in her Christmas outfit. Her shirt says I Love Santa and she has a reindeer on her bottom. Grandma Reed tied the ribbon in her hair while we were at the Pitt's house.
Sophie in her Christmas dress. She looked so beautiful! The dress had glitter all over it and we ended up with glitter all over us and Sophie.
My beautiful Christmas baby! 
This picture was actually taken at our house. Sophie learned how to roll and her favorite place to roll was under the Christmas tree. She loved to play with the ornaments, branches and lights, but also the Santa on the tree skirt.
This was taken at Grandma Harper's. Sophie got to try her first cracker, it was actually a chocolate animal cracker. She loved it!
Sophie playing RAGE with mommy. We played lots of games with family while in Utah. Sophie loves to get in on everything that is going on. She loved spending time with her cousins and grandparents.
Aunt Heather, Jon's sister gave Sophie these cute Santa slippers.
The present behind Sophie is Jon's, and he kept telling Sophie to open his present early so that he could see what was inside. She actually did get to the present and ripped the wrapping paper. Jon was very pleased, but he didn't peak inside.
Grandma Reed put this cute bow on Sophie's head just for fun, but she looked so cute.
Playing under Grandma and Grandpa Reed's Christmas tree. Their tree had ornaments with glitter and ribbon with glitter, so most of the time we were at my parent's house Sophie had glitter on her head. She sparkled!
Our Santa baby!
Sophie was in the recliner watching White Christmas with Grandpa Reed and mommy.
She was so tired, that she fell asleep during the movie.
My cute baby! I was being silly and I put Sophie's pants on her head. She looks like a little puppy. 