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The Blessing

On July 6, 2008 Brody was blessed. It was awesome to have all of our friends and family together. It was pretty sweet that with everyone that came we filled up over half of our chapel. We doubled the amount of people in our ward that Sunday. Brody was so very cute in his blessing outfit. And he stayed warm in his blessing blanket that my mother made. Thanks Grandma Linda. We enjoyed spending time with everyone that came.

Mike gave a very special blessing and know he was inspired to say all that he did. Brody is a great child and we just love him so much. Thanks to all that came and supported us on this very special day of ours. WE LOVE Y'ALL!!!!!

The 4th PARTY!!!!

Well on the 4th of July many of my family was in town, mainly because they came for Brody's baby blessing, but none the less they were here and we had lots of fun. The whole family met at Aunt Myrna's and Uncle Mariano's house to have a fun BBQ and fireworks. It is always fun to get together when ever possible. Thank goodness for Myrna and Mariano and them opening up their home to have the get together. There was no way everyone could fit in our apartment. Keeping the guys busy practicing their putting...
Isabelle is practicing too!!!

The cooking of the food!!!

I just had to put this one Janette looks sooooo CUTE!!!

Dinner time! Yummy!!!!

A month later with Brody...

It has been a month now and I think we are finally getting into a routine with Brody. It was a rocky start there for a little bit but it is getting much better. He is slowly gaining his weight back, just not as he should be. He is a month old and is not back to his birth weight yet, which he should be. He should be gaining about an ounce a day, he is not doing that. He has been at 7lbs 12oz for about a week. So we are now using a formula chaser after I feed him, we hope this will help him to gain the weight that he needs to. We just have to go in each week to check his weight and make sure he is gaining.

We are really excited that he is a very alert baby; he loves to just look at anyone who talks to him. He smiles and sounds like he is beginning to giggle. I know people say that smiling is because of gas, but I say it is because he loves me. So really I’ll take his smiles no matter what, if they are gas or not.

We just love having him here with us, so we can kiss and hug him when ever we want!!!! Enjoy the pictures of our sweet baby Brody. We certainly do…

Fun with Family...

I can sit cross legged just like Uncle Mariano.

Cousin Aubrey is holding me so nicely!!!

Sleeping in the arms of my dad.

Hey look Serena is making funny faces at me.

Here are some pics!

Hi everyone!!!

This is his Sunday outfit.

His legs are toothpicks...

Isn't this great sleeping and smiling! I was smiling because he was sleeping.

What a cutie!!!

He's finally here. HOORAY

On May 28th, 2008 our lovely Brody Michael was born, his weight was 8 pounds 1 oz and was 22 inches long. He is the cutest kid ever!! He is already showing his great personality. He is a very calm child and when he fusses he is pretty easy to calm. He does have very long fingers and feet which we just love showing off. I think he is going to be very tall when he gets older.

Well, it was a very interesting labor. I was in labor for 22 hours, when at 9 centimeters my body stopped progressing, I was dilated at 9 centimeters for about 3 hours when my doctor came in and said she was concerned, and felt it would be best for both Brody and I if we did a c-section. This freaked us out a little, but we wanted what was best for the both of us. It was not but a few minutes after that that our sweet bundle of joy was born. It goes pretty fast once they cut you open and pull him out. It takes much longer for the docs to sew you back together.

It has been a real adjustment healing from the c-section. You do not realize that pretty much all of your movements are helped by your stomach muscles. But all is going well and looking good. I can’t wait to be fully recovered from the surgery.

Mike has truly been a rock for me during this whole thing. He knew what to say and how to help me when I get frustrated because I need help doing things that I could do before. I’m so grateful for him and his love for Brody and I.