CHRISTMAS!!!

We had a very lovely Christmas!! It was rather relaxing. We spent Christmas Eve with Mike’s family and just had an enjoyable time. We got a cute picture of three generations with Mike, Brody and Grampy. How they all look alike, so cute. Christmas day we opened our gifts together and loved relaxing. Brody was cute opening his gifts. We told him for so long the he could not touch the gifts and he had to leave the bows alone that when we put the gift in front of him to open he pulled his hand a way and looked at us like we were crazy. It was funny! At least I know he was listening. Once he realized it was ok for him to touch the present he loved ripping it open. Really he loved the boxes and the wrapping paper more than his presents.

We than went over to Aunt Myrna and Uncle Mariano’s for lunch and loved being with their family. It was a beautiful day; we did get snow on Christmas and lots of it. It was a fun first Christmas with Brody. What great memories we will have.

Things to catch up on!!!

Well as you can see it has been a while. These past couple of months have been very busy. We were able to go out to Colorado for Thanksgiving it was a blast, and I forgot to take pictures. So sorry there are none to share. It was our first long drive with Brody. He handled it very well. We thought at first that he would do better if we drove through the night so he would just sleep. That did not work as well as we thought it would. But he really did great. On the drive home we drove during the day and he was fine also. So maybe that is a sign that traveling will be fun when he gets older. He was just ready to not be in his car seat for a long time. While there we just had a fun relaxing time. Brody loved all of the attention that he got from his aunts and uncles but mainly he loved his nieces just oohing and aahing over him.

Mike and I finished off the semester and are enjoying our break. I have been able to read just for fun. Also I have done some long well needed house cleaning. It is just very nice not having to worry about homework.

Halloween!

Halloween was fun we had a ward party and than Trunk-or-Treat after. Here is Brody in his Teddy Bear costume, and Holly in her Pirate Princess costume. We won the best decorated car!!! Really we did not do much, we put it together last minute. We made the car as dark and black as we could by putting black trash bags over all the windows. We put up some caution tape and spider webs, played some halloween music and had a strobe light. Then Mike got in and layed down in the back wearing all black with a tub of dry ice. So you might be able to see where this is going... Mike would grab all the kids oh and all of the adults as they came by to take candy from the back. It was fun watching everyone jump. Mike enjoyed watching the little girls run away crying. We did not get a very good picture of the car, to dark. Sorry y'all missed out, it was AWESOME!!! And what can we say we set out to win and we did. And what did we get for winning? A Snickers bar, and it wasn't even the giant size one. That was fine, we just had fun...

TEETH!!!!

Brody has two teeth!!!!! This past week Brody was acting more hungry than normal, so he was just a little fussy. So I just thought he was just growing more. Thursday I was feeling around his mouth and I felt a little bump. Friday I put my finger in his mouth to feel the bump and he bit me and he bit me hard..!! That was when I found out he had teeth. I looked and saw he had two teeth. He really gave no indications that he was teething, except drooling, which has been very normal for him ever since day one. He is just getting so big. We are having fun trying new foods and actually making our own baby food, it’s a great way to save money. He is really beginning to like green beans. Mike really likes that, they are his favorite.

What a cute laugh!!!

I was able to take this and it turned out rather nice. It is a little dark, sorry about that, but I hope that ya’ll can hear his cute little laugh. Mike and I are always trying to find ways to get Brody to laugh. He will smile and just hold in his laugh and turn so red. I also have to make sure that Brody does not see the camera because he likes to look at it and grab at it so he will stop laughing or doing what ever he is doing so we do not always get the picture that we wanted. So I’m surprised that I was able to take this as long as I did.

Our life

It is amazing how fast life changes. It has been four and a half months since Brody was born and life has just gone so fast. Brody is getting so big and we are having so much fun with him. He is really a happy baby. He always laughs and smiles at us and at everyone around us. He really loves the ladies, and just gives them all a look that they can’t resist. It is really scary how the girls just flock to him. I hope this is not an indication of what his teenage years are going to be like. Brody is growing and getting big. He weighs 13lbs. 15oz. and is 26 ½ in. long. Because he is doing so well we have started him on rice cereal, which has been fun to watch.

Mike is still working hard and going to school. He does not like his classes, and has not liked some of the things that are being taught. They bring up the church and say the church is doing things wrong. We have decided to take action and write to the dean of the department about the professor. We do not know what it will do, but at least they will know that it offended a student in the class.

I am enjoying my classes, and I am starting to figure out how to balance everything I get to do during the day. It’s pretty fun. I am setting up my internships and hope to be able to fit it all into my schedule next semester and summer semester. And then I will be done. Wahoo!!!!

Make a Smilebox photobook

Our new rides!

Well, we only had Brody’s stroller for four months and it broke. So with the money we got back from the refund we bought Brody a new ride here it is… A jeep stroller, it is an awesome jogger and it rides so smooth!!!

Now that we have Brody we decided that we needed a more family friendly vehicle. We love our truck, but really I got tired of having to sit straight up. That was the only way we could fit the car seat in. We have been looking for a car and this is what we found and for a great price. Here is our new ride a silver Pontiac vibe, and we love it. And the gas mileage is great.