Whats been happening...

First walk trying out our stroller

The weather has been slowly becoming warmer outside, so I have taken Brady on a couple of walks.  Our neighborhood has all dirt roads with only hills; Brady seems to enjoy the bumpy ride because he always falls asleep.  I love the walker and can’t wait till I can go jogging with it, or when we can take it to the Zoo!



Brady and I got sick for a couple of days with a bug that was going around; it’s tough to get anything done holding him all day for 2 days.  Since then he is feeling better and giving us LOTS and LOTS of smiles!  It’s hard to catch them on camera, my really good ones have been on my gofey  phone camera which doesn’t work well.  Yesterday during conference my sister Alisa and her husband Matt watched the last session with us, they were able to get consistent smiles from Brady for 5 min!  We finally got some of his good faces on a good camera.    

Brady LOVES to sit up!  He doesn’t like sitting half up in his boppy, but all the way up in the corner of a couch or in someone’s arms.   He still enjoys tummy time, most of the time.  More frequently the past week or so Brady is going longer between night feedings.  Sat. night I got 6 full hours STRAIGHT of sleep!  Then another 3, man, I had so much energy it was great!  I didn’t even fall asleep through any conference sessions!  

We enjoyed just sitting on the couch watching conference this weekend, and spending time with Will.  He has been working the past few Sat. to make up for days he has taken off, so it was nice for him to take a break.

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Nebraska

We have been here for a little over a week.  Our moving truck came Monday so we unloaded that and are still getting things organized from that.  It was great to go back to church on Sunday, and to see my old leaders from my High School days.  I've been able to go on a couple runs on the hills I missed so much, and boy do they make me sore!  Brady is getting bigger and still has good and bad days, we still love him though!  We can usually get him to smile a couple times throughout the day.  We like to think he smiles for us because it's more then when we passes gas or falls a sleep.  I haven't been able to get a great picture of his adorable smiles with a good camera, these are just from my phone, but these are the best I have.

Love the dimples!  Sometimes we can get him to smile with them, but usually it only comes out with specific facial expressions

This is his, I know you want to take a picture of me, but I am not going to give you my full cute-ness smile, so this is what you get

Blessings and more

Before we moved we were able to bless Brady.  I am so grateful for the Priesthood and the blessings it provides, and for a Husband who is able to hold it and bless our family.  We had lots of family show up for the blessing and open house.  It is overwhelming to know how much our little family is loved. 

A lot of people have asked me about my feelings of moving to Nebraska and I never know what to say  I lived there before for 3 ½ years, and Will has been living there for 2 months.  The last week with Waiting for Will to get here, packing up the moving truck, and getting everything organized I was just ready to be done with it all; not even trying to think about unloading the truck into storage, still not having my things, looking for homes, studying for my PTA exam, and dealing with snow… I am not looking forward to.  

I am going to miss Arizona very much.  Almost all of both our families live there, many friends and ward members, Arizona has beautiful mountains great for rock climbing, hiking, camping, ect.  Nebraska has green grass and hills, my parents and more siblings.  We are both excited to start this new adventure with our new family member and a new job.  Will and I both know this is where the Lord wants us to be for some reason, we just don’t know what.  I am excited to see old friends and members from my high school years.  I am continuing to learn that saying “goodbye” means nothing.  We have so many forms of communication to stay in touch it makes it easy; but the thing I have realized the most is this:  If you have good friends and family, it  doesn’t matter how far apart you live or how long it has been since you talked, you always seem to pick up where you left off.  We did have an open house before we left to see family members one last time, but it’s never for an official good bye, just for another time to get together.

Past few weeks

Excuse the long posts, I am using my blog more as a journal as well as informing friends and family.

Will back after being gone for a month

We had great help packing from family.

The past 3 months have been crazy but full of many many blessings. Will accepted his new job in Omaha, Nebraska Jan. 2^nd. Within the next 2 ½ weeks He packed up most of his stuff, and we bought a newer-used truck that should hopefully last us for years and work great in the snow for a pretty good deal.  The week of Christmas we managed to pay off my Honda.  Jan. 23^rd Will left me to drive to Nebraska and start work the 28^th. 

Bradys changing table.
He was such a trooper with the cold breeze 

 My last day of work was Feb. 8^th.  Between those two weeks I managed to pack up the rest of the house and garage, with help from family and friends, and move everything over to my father-in-laws to store.  We took up a whole garage space, and a guest bedroom.  I wanted to get everything moved out of the house as soon as I could so I could go stay with my sister and not be alone in the home.  After moving out and deep cleaning it, we put up our “For Rent” sign.

I had about 2 weeks from when I quit work till I had Brady.  During that time I hung out with some   The week Will came into town when I had Brady was perfect timing.  Will came in Tuesday and Friday we signed a contract with the renters and they had the house Sat. 

We have been so blessed with how quickly we found a truck for Will, I was able to move the house, and how soon we found renters.  Besides Brady, the biggest blessing of ALL has been that Will was able to make it to Arizona both times. 

 

The first time he flew stand by when he came after I had Brady.  Both to AZ and from AZ he was the very last passenger on the flight because one person had cancelled.  The second time he came, he drove with my Brother and Mom to bring back the trailer he took up the first time.  What is typically a 22hr drive when driving straight through with 2 drivers took 2 ½ very long days.  My brothers truck which had never had any problems broke down 2 weeks before the trip to AZ.  Then on the trip, it broke down 6miles outside of Denver at midnight.  They were then towed to a car place and tried to sleep in the truck with 25deg weather.  The next day after the truck was fix, it broke down in the middle of nowhere only 3 hrs later.  They were able to get another tow truck and be towed to a small town; by the time they got there shop had closed, so they had to get a hotel and stay another night waiting for it to be fixed.  Needless to say, instead of Will getting here early afternoon Tuesday he finally made it late Wed night.  We are all glad they made it, and the drives back to Nebraska have been a lot less eventful.

Brady slept most of the way both days

One Month

Brady turned 1 month old yesterday!  He has changed so much and is learning quick.  Sometimes when I talk to him, he turns his head and looks at me and concentrates really hard.  Brady enjoys most of his bath time, not the getting out of the warm water part... but who does? 

We went to the doctor yesterday, when he was exactly one month.  These are his stats:

Newborn:  8lbs 3 oz  (he dropped to 7lb 8 oz in the first week); 19.25in long
One month: 8lbs 13oz; 21in long

My little boy is getting so big!  We love him to pieces!  We are excited because Will is coming into town sometime this week and Brady gets to spend time with his daddy!

Three Weeks Old

Can you see his hickie?

 Brady is now 3 weeks!  He is growing so fast!  He has lost his new born chubby cheeks already, which I am sad about, and is starting to look older.  I love to see all of his goofy faces when is is angry, or dreaming.  It makes me wonder all the time what his imagination is going through.  Brady is doing pretty good with sleeping during the night, he goes 3-5 hrs between feedings; the hardest thing is he makes SO much noise!  One night he just growled for 2 hrs straight!  He knows weather he wants his pacifier or just to suck on his hand/arm.  Brady gave himself his first hickie yesterday.  I was playing with him after his nap and noticed this big purple streak.  I knew he did it himself because there was another day where he was sucking away at his arm pretty good, and I took his arm out of his mouth because I didn't want him to get one, he had a HUGE red spot.  This time, he successfully gave himself a full one that is still showing a day later. 

Brady and I have been enjoying many visits from friends and family.  We were able to go for a walk with my friend and her son.  During the day I have a really hard time getting him to sleep by himself during naps.  I LOVES to fall asleep on my chest, which makes it really difficult to get things done, but he is just too cute I can't get mad.  Lately he is up for about 1 to 1 1/2 hrs after feeding so he only sleeps for 45-60min before next feeding which is when I take a nap with him because I can't get anything else done.  Some of my favorite faces he makes are really hard to get pictures of.  He likes to lay on my chest, fold his arms, then arch his head and back up to just look at me with a "I am deep in thought" look on his face.  Then, whenever I burp him, he looks at me like "mom, are you serious.  this is SO annoying" and as soon as he gives me a loud burp, he flings himself back to eat some more.  I am so bummed that I can't get pictures of these cute faces. 

I LOVE being a mom to this little boy!  I am so grateful for the opportunity!  I am especially grateful that Will will be in town next week and Brady and I will be able to move back to NE with him to be a complete family again!  Yay!

I tried so hard to get his "thinking" pose of his face on his arms, but he was just too tired

Nearly 2 weeks...mile stones

Over the past week and a half Brady has been learning and growing so much!

*  He lost his umbilical cord at day 6
* Took his first real bath!  Enjoys it most of the time
* Mostly puts himself to sleep, sometimes without the pacifier, some times with
* Likes to stay awake for sometimes 4-5 hrs at a time
*  Loves playing with Grandma
* Loves to suck on his fist or arm, which ever is most handy
*  Starting to tolerate tummy time
* Manages to pee all over himself and whomever is holding him multiple times a day
* Taken a bottle and downs it like there is no tomorrow