I FEEL LIKE BLOGGING

Well folks it's your lucky day because I am blogging about nothing today. I've been home alone all week and just felt like posting. I just wanted to post come random cute pictures of my baby because even though she threw up on me so bad to the point where I had to change her, and me, and wash the boppy and wash the chair today, I wouldn't change it for the world! Here is a piece of heaven for you all.



Please don't eat me...



Yikes, who is that other baby!



Daddy?



Just too tired to take a bath.



Having fun in the bumbo chair. Could she be any cuter?



Someday she will hate me for posting all these naked pictures but who doesn't love a naked baby?

WAKING UP TO BRYSTAL

Here is what I get to wake up to in the morning.

THE WAY I AM

Since it was Valentines day I was reminissing the good old days...Our very first Valentines Day together, we had been engaged for about 2 weeks. Nate and a group of his friends who all happened to be dating my friends, had all been to the same mission together. They took us to this old building that used to be a school, but was now being used as a studio in Logan. Someone apparently had the hookups. The guys got all dressed up for us, as did us girls, and they made us a German dinner. I don't remember exactly what we had, just that it was some kind of fried chicken stuff, but it was very delicious, and I was quite impressed with their cooking skills. Oh and I forgot to mention that they totally decorated this place out with twinkly lights and balloons and all. Then to top it off, the music started and we all started to slow dance. It was probably the most romantic date I have ever been on, even though I had to share it with 4 other couples. (by the way those other couples are all now happily married) Anyways, I'll never forget that day.





Thank you Nathan for always staying with me and loving me no matter what. We are perfect for eachother and I can't imagine being with anyone else. I love everyday I have with you. And so I dedicate this song to you, for loving me "The Way I am".

VALENTINES DAY 2008

I must say that this is not really a Valentines Day I will remember. I spent the day alone with Brystal and Sophie since Nate has been out of town the last few weeks. I have a terrible cold, so I just sat around and moped in a pile of wadded up tissues. Not to mention the pounds I just put on from eating a bucket full of Valentine sugar cookies that I apparently made for no one but myself. I am ashamed to even admit how many I've had. But they were just so good....

We went for a nice long walk which was the best part of my day since being outside cleared my sinuses up completely and I was able to breath comfortably for one hour of my whole day. Plus Brystal had a good time and was happy, so that makes me happy.

Later that night we just lounged around watching TV, nothing special. Did hear from Nathan till 1 in the morning because he was working late, but.....

I got these delivered to me, so I know he was thinking of me regardless our situation. I have the best husband in the world. (please pretend like the table doesn't have stuff all over it. I just haven't felt like doing housework lately ok? don't judge me.)

HELLO UTAH

It has been so long since I have posted. I had such a great time in Utah. The flight there was too bad, but it was very long. and very hard to entertain a little baby the whole time. I spent 2 weeks in Utah where Brystal got to meet the family. They loved of course, (who wouldn't) and she was pretty good most of the time. We were always going going going so she did get a little tired of doing so much after a while. It has been nice to get home and get her back into her schedule, but we miss being there already. We saw lots of friends and family, went to lunch (alot) and even went to a movie. Brystal was blessed while we were up there as well. She is growing so much. She is starting to just babble, and has started to laugh outloud now. I can't believe how big she is getting, but she is still so small. I love her guts. Oh and it would not stop snowing the whole time I was there. Oh my heck, this picture doesn't even do justice of what it really looked like there. My front yard had about 4 foot snow banks. SOOOOO much snow. And then I came back home, and today in Houston, it is about 70 degrees and sunny. I went for a walk with Brystal today and didn't even need to put a blanket on her. It was hot. I miss the snow sometimes, but it is nice to be able to go outside and enjoy the weather and walk with the stroller without getting stuck in a snow bank.

BLESSING DAY

Brystal was blessed on February 3rd 2008. We did it in Utah where we have more family available to come. Nate was able to come out that weekend while I was there and bless her. I cannot even describe how happy I am to have such a great man for my husband. He did the best job on that blessing. I've never heard a better one, and I'm not just saying that cause it's my baby. It really was a very very special blessing, and I'm so glad that Nate was able to do it.



I know that Nathan loves his baby girl. I am the luckiest girl in the world right now.

WHITE DRESS #1

What a pretty princess. Her first white dress. Stay tuned over the years for more. She was so pretty and was so good. It was such a long hard day for her and she hardly complained at all. She was so good during the blessing, and when it was done, Nate lifted her up to show her off, and she just opened her big wide eyes for everyone to see how cute she is. I could just squeeze her guts out sometimes.

ONE HAPPY FAMILY

This was a very happy day for me. I just am so overwhelmed with happiness when I think of how lucky we are to have this little baby now, (and to top it off she's cute) But it was such a special day for me, something that I had been waiting for for such a long time. It was such a good blessing, I am just so happy, that's all I can say.

THE MEN

Michael, Clayton, Nathan, John, my Dad
These are the men who were so nice to come and help bless her. We really appreciate it too since it was snowing like crazy that day and some people couldn't come.

WHO WAS ALL THERE

My Parents, Kristie and Clayton, Tyler. And Nathan's two brothers, John and his family and Michael and Cindy. Lots of yummy food, but tons of snow. Some people couldn't make it due to the snow.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING CUTER?

This is the cutest thing I've ever seen. I came home one night and my neighbor had brought by these bunny slippersand hat. I know what your thinking...The bunny suit in "A Christmas Story"
But this is about a Billion times cuter in real life than these pictures. I only wish that I would
have gotten them when I first got there to keep her warm.

JUST THE GIRLS

The day before I left we went to my cousin Skye's baby shower, (hi skye) and before the shower we stopped by Kristie's house and just got to hang out. I thought it was really fun. It was cute to see Kristie as a little housewife, as she is a newly wed. She made us some yummy chicken enchiladas and the Oreo desert which was amazing and I wish I would have eaten more, but was saving room for baby shower food. I would like the recipe for that Kristie by the way.

We are a weird family, and you can't tell this but these pictures were actually taken out of the refrigerator since that was the only thing I could fine to set up the camera on that would get us all in the picture. I love hanging out with my mom and sister. (Oh ya and Brystal, she was sleeping in the other room)

WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

Some of you may have wondered what happened to me. Well our internet quit working about 2 weeks ago (technically not our internet, just some wireless we were picking up for over a year) and so we finally had to cave in and buy our own internet. Well I had to wait and wait for it to get mailed to us, and then wait to get it set up. When I set it up, it didn't work. I was mad and was on the phone with the At&t people for almost 2 hours trying to fix it and couldn't get it fixed so I had to wait till Nate got home for the weekend to get it fixed. FINALLY, it works and we are back in business. You can imagine that without being able to blog for 2 weeks was quite traumatic for me. Let's just hope it never happens again. So I have alot of catching up to do.

Well here is what the latest scoop on us is. This month marks the beginning of the busy season at work for Nate. As most of you remember our last years experience with this, he was in Oklahoma City for about 6 weeks only coming home on the weekends. Well here we are again doing it again. So I have been alone this last week with Brystal, and to help me not get so lonely while he is away, I will be going up to Utah this Wednesday the 23rd through the 6th of Feb, for 2 whole weeks. My family will finally get to meet Brystal for the first time, and Nathan will be able to come up on the weekends where we plan to bless her in my parents ward on Feb 3rd if anyone is interested in coming. Then I will return to Houston for only about 4 days before I head off again to Iowa to visit Dusty and Hilary ( my brother and his family) Lots of traveling, but I'm so excited to see my family especially since they haven't met Brystal. So for those of you in Utah who I haven't seen for awhile, give me a call. I'll see you soon. Oh and if anyone has any tips on flying with a newborn?.....it would be helpful, I'm scared to death.

THUMB WARS

Before I had a baby, I swore that I would never have a kid who sucked their thumb. NEVER! I just didn't want to have to deal with it becoming addicting and having a thumbsucker in 4th grade. I thought, how hard could it be to just get your kid to stop sucking their thumb and put a pacifier in their mouth. I am finding out that it is harder than I thought, and now I don't judge those thumbsucking kids' parents. I've tried it all, I've put mittens on her hands which just get slobbered on, I've tried holding the pacifier in her mouth, which she just spits out and screams, I try to pull it out when I can be she has it back in her mouth faster than you can blink. It's really hard, and I'm still working on it. But I'm afraid there is no hope.

This is how I find Brystal most of the time while she is napping.

She mostly likes to suck her thumb when she is tired, or a little cranky. (which can sometimes be a blessing when you can't run and put a binky in her mouth or pick her up every 5 minutes)

Naptime pose.

Here she is trying to get in both thumbs. It's official, this girl likes her thumbs, and nobody is stopping her.

But how could you not just love this little thing. She is so adorable when she sucks her thumb, but hopefully she'll grow out of it soon because it won't be so cute when she's 10.

Here are the sound effects that go with it.

M.D.

I just love to see Nathan holding Brystal, and He loves to hold her. So I like to get lots of pictures of them together, and I hope that they can have a close relationship throughout her life. She loves her daddy. Last night we watched this really dumb movie and it had a cheesy line that a father said to his daughter. He said she was an M.D.... My Daughter. Then when the dad died, she said she would miss her M.D.....My Dad. Sniff sniff, very touching. Anyways, we laughed at how cheesy it was and so I am labeling this post M.D. for Brystal and her Dad.