tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38311060684685783542012-01-25T07:36:07.136-08:00Brandonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-81955923395018648292011-04-10T23:20:00.001-07:002011-04-10T23:54:45.134-07:00

My kids make me so incredibly happy and I feel truly blessed to be their Mommy! Nathan and Reese are getting bigger by the day; way too fast! Life is absolutely wonderful with them running around. Brandon and I couldn't be happier! Here are some pictures of their adorableness lately!Reese is so fun and happy! She is quite the girl!You can't be too safe when a 3 year old is driving!Family snow day

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Nathan is so dang cute! Seriously, look at that sweet face! I just love him so much! He has turned into quite the talker now. I am so relieved that he has caught up with other kids his age. He is still so innocent and wears his heart on his sleeve. I love it and I fear for the day when his little heart gets broken. We went to Chick-fil-a with another family last night and he went to their 7 year

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I am 14 months old now and am a very busy girl. I'm always on the go. I can't possibly sit for more than 5 seconds at a time. My mommy always wants me to sit and read books with her, but I just have more important things to do like climb on the fire place, push my baby around, and scavenge the pantry. I absolutely love my big brother, Nathan! He is my best friend; when he isn't trying to take

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We were able to celebrate both Nathan's 3rd birthday and Reese's 1st Birthday last month. Having children born on the same day is quite nice right now, however, I have a feeling it won't always be as easy. We had a Buzz Lightyear and Pretty Flower BBQ. We had such a great turn out! Thank you to all of our family and friends who made it!Here is there super adorable invitation Brandon madeThe

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ReeseReese is 9 1/2 months old and is busy, busy, busy. She is into everything. I fear when she is a toddler. She can never sit still. I try so hard to be a good mother by having reading time with her, but she is just too crazy. She try's to eat the book or flip over or climb up me. One day we will finish a book...lol. At her 9 month check up she was 20 lbs and no longer in the 90th percentile. I

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I can't believe how big this boy is. Tonight as Brandon and I were putting him down, I pulled out his one piece jammies with the feet. I told Brandon that I like to put him in these because it makes him seem more like a baby. But, to our surprise, Nathan went ahead and said his bedtime prayers all by himself for the first time!!!! Which of course, canceled out the baby jammies. Normally we kneel

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This Christmas was the first time in 2 years that all my siblings were all able to be together, so we took family pictures. My parents have 5 kids and 12 grandkids under the age of 5. Yowza! It's a little crazy to say the least, but so fun!My brothers and I. Aren't they all so handsome!What a cute couple!!!!

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We took family pictures back in November. Brandon's brothers, girlfriend took them for us.My cute familyThe hubs and IThis picture captures Reese's personality completeyThis picture is totally Nathan; shy and sweet.They are just so cute!Love these two munchkins!

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I am always playing catch up when it comes to blogging. This last Halloween was so fun. Nathan was a dinosaur and Reese was a lady bug. Nathan loves dinosaur's and would do his very best Roar when in costume. We had my siblings over for dinner on Halloween night and all the kiddos went trick or treating. It took a few houses for Nathan to understand what we were doing, but he had fun. It was so

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This year was definitely more fun now that Nathan knew who Santa Claus was. He loved decorating the house and watching The Polar Express over and over again. He still wants to watch it, but I just can't do it anymore. We will have to put it in the back of our collection for a while. Santa Claus came to our house and brought everything we could have wanted and more!Decorating our beautiful tree!

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A couple of weeks ago we were able to take to the seas and visit Brandon's mother in Catalina. We decided to do Brandon's very favorite thing in the entire world...SAIL over. It took us 5 hours to get there and was such a blast! The kids did really well. The weather was great and it was such a nice vacation.Excited to set sail!Our Captain hard at work!The sweetest first mate ever!Grammy and

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Our little Reesers is just getting so big. She is such a delight to have in our family. I love that all I have to do is look at her and she is all smiles. This definitely is my favorite age; so happy and not yet mobile! We can already tell that she won't be shy like her big brother. She is quite the little talker and gives smiles away freely to anyone. At her 4 month appointment she weighed in at

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I have been so bad at keeping a record of this sweet little girl. Here are her 2 month pictures. She is such a doll. She is always so happy and smiley. At her 2 month appointment she was 23 inches long and 13.3 lbs. She is quite a big girl. The chunkier the better! I just love it!

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Last month Brandon blessed our sweet little girl. He gave her a very beautiful blessing and she did great too. She looked so beautiful in her little dress. It was the dress I wore for my blessing day. Our wonderful family came out in support of this little one. We had quite the house full for the weekend and enjoyed every minute of it. We love Reese so much and she just fits right in with our

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Reese is as sweet as they come. She is such a good baby and melts my heart everyday. She loves to do the 3 S's; smile, sleep and spit up. We've mastered sleeping through the night which is awesome! Gosh, I love this girl! W had her blessing a few weeks ago; post to come soon.Nathan is definitely a 2 year old. Fits are a daily occurrence, but he still can be so sweet. His little personality is

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It has been 4 weeks since our beautiful little girl has been with us. She is such a sweet little girl. She truly was meant for our family! It is much more difficult having 2 kids, that's for sure. Nathan is still having a hard time with life. Poor guy. He finally is staring to like her and likes to point out all her body parts and occasionally give loves. The combination of him being 2 and having

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Our beautiful girl has arrived! She decided to join our little family on June 13th 2009 at 10:27am. Weighing in at a whopping 8lbs 6oz and 19 inches long. She came 1 week early in order to share a birthday with her big brother, Nathan. Now they are exactly 2 years apart. Unfortunately, Brandon wasn't able to walk in his college graduation that morning. He didn't mind though, the birth of his

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Yes, we are aware that Nathan Looks just like his daddy. But, I just stumbled upon this picture of Brandon on his 2nd birthday and it scary how much they look alike. keep in mind that Nathan will be 2 next month.NathanBrandon

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Brandon and I were so excited for Easter this year. Being that Nathan was 9 months last year he didn't get much out of it. Nathan had so much fun dying eggs and then finding them Sunday morning! And yes, that is a cast on his arm. Unfortunately, his crazy boy injuries have already begun. He broke his wrist playing with his cousin the day before. He now has a super cool blue hard cast which he

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I"ve been so terrible at posting, so I am making up for lost time. This was back in January when we visited my bother Davin and his family in Cedar City Nathan got his very fist experience with snow. He was a little hesitant at first, but sure enjoyed going sledding!The hubby and I.Nathan SleddingDaddy and Nathan sledding together.Mommy and Nathan. Poor Nathan had to wear his cousins pink snow

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We had our ultrasound this last Friday. We were incredibly excited to find out what this little one will be. We didn't care either way. If it were to be a girl, it would be new and exciting and so many fun clothes! But if it were to be a boy, then Nathan would have a little buddy and I could dress them the same on Christmas and Easter. Seriously, how cute would that be?And the verdict is... a

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These days I can barely keep up with this busy boy. He loves to get into anything and everything. This particular instance was a cute one. He likes to stand on a chair in front of our mirror and brush his teeth. He absolutely loves to brush his teeth. he has like 3 tooth brushes that he uses and then puts them in the drawer and then takes out and uses all three again. He will stand there for 15

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We had such a wonderful Christmas. Last years Nathan was only 6 months old so it wasn't too exciting. However, this year he was so fun to watch. He loved all the decorations, the lights, and of course all his toys. The look on his face Christmas morning was priceless. Next year will be even better because then he will understand about Santa Claus.Seeing the lights at the Mission Inn.Searching for

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I am beginning to worry some friends in the blogging world since I haven't posted in 2 months. I had periodically lost the will to blog. I had been so sick with this baby and working on getting our new house to feel like a home, I got a little overwhelmed! I am feeling great now and the house is starting to come along nicely. I will post pictures of the house later. But for now, please enjoy our

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That's right everyone, we are expecting with baby #2. I am about 10 weeks along and it has been quite a journey so far. I have been sick as a dog these past few weeks. I didn't experience any nausea with Nathan, so this one has really thrown me off. I have had some relief the past couple of days, so let's hope the sickness is on the way out. Brandon is convinced it's a girl because of the

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Halloween feels like it has just flown by. We feel like we barely got to celebrate it. As you can see, Nathan was Elvis. He was the cutest little Elvis I have ever seen. My very talented sister in law made the costume for her son last year. I dyed his hair black and drew side burns on with eye liner. He was so dang cute! The highlight this year was our wards trunk or treat. We had a great time.

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We had the most wonderful opportunity to go to New York!!! Brandon was gone on business in New Jersey and they wanted to keep him for another week, but to keep the wife happy, his company offered to fly me out so I could spend the weekend with him. We had the best time. We would love to go back to do more and have more time to see everything! It was the first multi-night separation from the baby

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-79557887911756871852008-10-19T21:12:00.000-07:002008-10-19T21:26:52.655-07:00

Every year since I can remember, my family goes down to Encinitas for the annual Wavecrest Woodie car show. If you know my dad, then you know he loves Woodies! I'm not much of a car girl, but I go for the dogs. People always bring their dogs and I just love petting them all. In the past we have brought Phoebe, but this year we decided to leave her home. We had such a nice day. Enjoy our

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-76973461202489455102008-10-07T10:30:00.001-07:002008-10-07T22:44:04.678-07:00

Last night was the best night ever!!!! My mom and I got all dressed up and headed down to Hollywood to sit in the audience on Dancing with the Stars!!!! I absolutely love the show and never miss it. I had signed up online last season to receive tickets and just last week I finally got an email saying I could go! Not only was I going to go, but my wonderful brother in law is friends with Bruno's (

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I will be in the audience tonight!!!!! I will be wearing blue, so look for me!!!! Also, my brother in law is friends with Bruno's personal assistant, so he is gong to try to get us down on the floor to meet the cast and celebrities after the show!!! Wouldn't that be awesome!!

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We wrapped up our summer with a great trip to Lake Nacimiento with Brandon's brother's and their families. We had sooo much fun! It was so hot and the water felt so good! The water was in the 80's so it was absolutely perfect. It has been a long time since I have camped and I forgot how much fun it is. The only down side is that you feel like you are bringing your house with you, especially when

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Looks like we are going to be staying here in sunny California!!!! Brandon's company was moving to Georgia and we didn't feel that's what our family should do. Brandon had been putting his feelers out there looking for a new job that was here in SoCal. Well, a great company got a hold of his resume and fell in love with him. They set up an interview and B was there for like 3 hours. I either

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Nathan had his first bout with diaper rash. Thankfully he hadn't had it before now. Poor guy, it was awful! Every time I changed his diaper he just screamed. I felt so bad. Thank you to all the mother's who gave such great advice to cure his little bum. I tried to let him just go diaperless as much as I could. I'm so glad we don't have carpet on our bottom floor as I had to clean up pee numerous

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A couple weeks ago we were able to go to cousin Lucas' 2nd birthday party. We had so much fun! Travis and Kim sure know how to do a party right! They had a train that took all the kids up and down the street. It was such a hit! All the kiddos loved it! It took Nathan a while to warm up, but he eventually came around. He has turned into the shyest boy. If there is a big group of people he clings

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Nathan is all boy. He would be perfectly content if I let him play outside all day long. Lately it has been way too hot to play, but we have discovered that the sprinklers not only cool us off, but it makes it more fun! I have found that this activity often occurs in the early evening when I'm trying to make dinner and he is super antsy. (You mothers out there all know this time of night) Lately

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-8913958467412668592008-07-01T22:08:00.000-07:002008-07-01T23:19:26.261-07:00

We call him Nato for short.He loves bananas. One time I had a banana in my purse and he found it and started playing with it. I didn't think anything of it, but a couple minutes later I found that he had gnawed through the bottom brown stumpy part and was eating the actual banana. Gross. I guess he really wanted the banana.He thinks opening and closing doors, cabinets, drawers, toilet lids, etc

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Here is a cute video Brandon put together of some clips from Nathan's bday party.

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A couple weekends ago, Brandon's company paid for us all to go to Atlanta, Georgia for a long weekend. The CEO of the company lives there and they are gradually bringing the company out there. So there is a possibility that we could be moving there sometime down the road. Crazy thought, huh! I have never been to the South or the East coast so I really didn't know what to expect. It was absolutely

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We had quite the party for our little Nathan yesterday. We had a great turn out! We decided to have it at the park behind our house and it was a great choice. We had yummy food, great company, and lots of fun! It was super hot, but at least there was a breeze. Earlier this week I decided that since it was going to be hot, we needed some way to keep the kiddos cool and having fun. How you ask? A

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Nathan has been walking for the past few weeks and I haven't had a chance to post some clips of him until now. These are some of the beginning steps, and now he is all over the place. He still favor's the crawl, but each day he gets better and better at the walking thing. I can hardly believe he will be a year old in less than 2 weeks. We definitely are going to live it up for the big PARTAY!!!

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Today was such a wonderful day. Brandon woke me up this morning with Nathan and Phoebe in tow. He had cards from each one of them. They each said such wonderful things and were even written from Nathan and our dog, Phoebe. My husband is so cute. He then escorted me downstairs where he had a DVD cued up on the TV. Brandon made a DVD of pictures and video's put to music for me. He started with an

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May 8th was our fourth anniversary!!! It was a Thursday so we waited until Friday to celebrate. Brandon always likes to hold back on details so I am surprised with our dates; no matter how big or small. I love being surprised! This year he asked my mom and dad to watch Nathan and went out for a night out on the town. We went to my very favorite restaurant; The Melting Pot! It is so Yummy! There

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-37109172798041872042008-05-04T13:30:00.000-07:002008-05-04T14:37:18.035-07:00

One of our favorite places to go is the dog beach in Huntington Beach. Brandon, Nathan, Phoebe, and I packed up the car and headed out for the day. Brandon's little brother, Geoff, met us there with his Puggle, Daisy. Phoebe loves playing with other dogs and having the freedom to run all over the place. Nathan had a great time playing in the sand too. We had a super fun day!Here is a video of the

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I have been really bad about blogging lately. So here are a bunch pictures of Nathan from the past few months. We mostly like to see pictures anyway, right?Wearing green on St Patrick's Day!Looking awfully cute on Easter in his new outfit thanks to Grammy!The whole group on the Faulkner side.Nathan dying to go outside and Phoebe dying to come inside. Sounds about right.Typical Nathan...huge open

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-90468096078897689552008-04-07T09:42:00.000-07:002008-04-08T09:31:09.760-07:00

This last Saturday I had the privilege of attending my 3rd Bonjovi concert. And yet again, they didn't disappoint. B and I had a great time. He is the best person to go to a concert with. He isn't a super big fan like I am, but he is a good sport. He gets up and dances with me and even sings along to the songs he knows. I've got a keeper.My sister-in-law, Kelly, is the one who who introduced me

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We went to the beach last Saturday and Nathan had a blast in the sand. He kept picking up the sand with great enthusiasm. He thought it was the coolest thing ever. It was so nice down there. The forecast said cold and cloudy and it was neither. We enjoyed walking around, eating at Ruby's (Mmmm...our favorite!), and of course playing in the sand!He's on the move!Nothing like a little sand in the

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-48982346162850792912008-03-18T19:56:00.001-07:002008-03-19T11:19:34.923-07:00

We went to the doctor for Nathan's 9 month check up on Monday! He is getting so big so fast.STATSHeight - 61%Weight - 22%Head - 82%At his 6 month visit his head was in the 92%, so at least he is growing into his head now! He had a cold so I had the doctor look really good in his ears and listen to his chest good too. He checked out clean! She did suck his snot out and he hated it that. I hate

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-6625709837246217492008-03-14T09:37:00.000-07:002008-03-14T10:11:19.502-07:00

Last weekend we participated in a sailboat race to Catalina, it was awesome! The guy that took us out on his boat for Brandon's Christmas present invited us to be part of his crew for this race. B was a helpful member of the crew and I just tried to stay out of the way. The weather was absolutely gorgeous! It was in the 70's, but with the wind it was a little chilly. We dropped Nathan off at my

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-84300428867088709442008-03-10T20:44:00.001-07:002008-03-10T20:47:35.792-07:00

Isn't this the cutest set of buns you have ever seen? B was getting ready to give Nathan a bath and I had to snap a quick picture of my naked little boy. Of course as I was taking this pic he stood there peeing on the floor. Gotta love him!

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There really hasn't been anything exciting going on lately, so I have decided to post some updated pictures of my Nathan. He is so good and so sweet. This kid sleeps like you wouldn't believe and always has. He is a good eater and hardly ever cries, too. We really lucked out with him. If all our kids are just like him, we could have 12! Unfortunately we know that we will probably get the opposite

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I have been tagged twice, one for our Love Story and also the Wedding Day tag.This first one is the wedding day tag... I post pictures of our wedding day and then tag 3 friends who I wasn't able to attend their wedding. We haven't scanned in our pic's from our photographer yet. (I know I should really get on that) So these are pictures that friends and family took. Tag - Erika Gonzalez, Katie

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Nathan was due for his first hair cut. Only on the top though. For some reason his hair only grew on top. However, it was perfect for a mohawk. He started out doing great, but then the tears came out. He didn't like be confined I guess. Hopefully his hair will come in everywhere soon. He sure is a cute little guy!He looked so funny in the cape! Poor guy, but oh he is just so sweet!

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Nathan is certainly growing up too fast. I couldn't believe that he just darted off like that for the first time. Luckily I had the camera handy! Now he is really starting to get the hang of it. He is everywhere. I've been trying baby proof our house quickly. Pretty soon he will be in the cupboards. Yikes!

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For Brandon's Christmas gift, I had set up a day to go sailing. He absolutely loves to sail. When he was younger he used to go every weekend. So anytime he gets the chance to go again, he is in heaven. Brandon's dad has a friend who own's a beautiful 40ft sailboat who is always looking for an excuse to go out. It was such a gorgeous day! Brandon sailed the boat the entire time. It was a great day

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Was anyone else totally blind sighted by Kevin Federline's appearance on One Tree Hill last night? He is so nasty and he sings terrible. One Tree Hill is my guilty pleasure. I realize that I am probably way to old to watch it, but I have been hooked since day one. Last night I was just minding my own business, enjoying the drama in Tree Hill and then POW out of no where his ugly mug comes on

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We made our way up to Hollister (the city, not the store) for our nephew's baptism a couple weeks ago. While we were up there, we all piled in the cars and drove out to Carmel to the tide pools. It was so beautiful! As you can probably tell it was freezing! If you are wondering what Nathan has on, I think it is a Pooh costume. My sister-in-law let us use that for added warmth over his clothes. We

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-86498323252746891182008-01-08T20:41:00.001-08:002008-01-08T21:04:32.702-08:00

I am such a worrier! I worry about everything. I think I was actually getting better being married to Brandon since he is so mellow. But then... Motherhood happened. The minute I was pregnant, I worried about everything. Most people tell you that once you make it through the 1st trimester you can relax. I found new things to worry about with each trimester. The Sunday before Nathan was born, I

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-74289750748732280822008-01-04T09:23:00.000-08:002008-01-07T21:04:15.094-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas! Santa came to our house and everything. Nathan must have been a very good boy as he got a ton of presents. Phoebe was a very good dog as Santa didn't forget about her. He even filled her stocking too. We definitely got more of a reaction from her than Nathan. She was so excited and could smell her goodies the minute she woke up. Brandon was very good to me for

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-61435609512275841872007-12-19T14:57:00.000-08:002007-12-19T15:26:06.153-08:00

It's that wonderful time of year again! Oh how I love Christmas! We enjoy it to the absolute fullest! We kicked off our Christmas season by going to good ol' Tom's Farms to pick out our tree on December 1st. No time to waste! Nathan thought all the trees in the lot were so cool! He loved to feel the pine needles. As I decorated the tree, Brandon put up the lights on our house. It was a little

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-29688565896301436972007-12-05T14:49:00.000-08:002007-12-05T15:01:27.405-08:00

Oh how I love this little guy!!! He is so dang cute and such a good little boy! We have so much fun all day long! He thinks everything I do is hilarious and he cracks me up too! I just love being his mommy!

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This year was my first year hosting Thanksgiving. We switch off years between Brandon's mom and my family for Thanksgiving day. Brandon's sweet mother came over and basically did everything. Good thing because I got the flu the night before for the second time in two weeks. Other than feeling yucky all day, we had a great time. Brandon's brothers Jason, Aaron, Travis and his beautiful wife Kim

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-35898227928712868612007-11-28T17:35:00.001-08:002007-11-29T08:54:29.230-08:00

After ten weeks of grueling dancing, Helio and Julianne beat out the rest of the contestants on Dancing with the Stars. Helio is an Indy race car driver. He is so charming and just the cutest thing. Mel B came in second place. I really liked her too. It really didn't matter which one won, I would have been happy either way. By the way, I think I'm in love with Maksim, Mel B's partner. Yes he is

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-48846388735458448152007-11-15T14:44:00.000-08:002007-11-16T21:25:11.313-08:00

I realize this is way late, but the pictures are just too cute to not put up. Nathan had a great first Halloween! He is the cutest frog I've ever seen!We took pictures together where I was a princess and he was my frog prince. If you look closely you can see little kiss marks on his cheeks where the princess kissed him. Phoebe was an angel this year. She was a good sport to let me put her

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-21167311970516904302007-11-06T17:24:00.000-08:002007-11-06T17:26:21.741-08:00

Tag - Niki, Trisha, and Katrina

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Well... I've been tagged by Jenn. Hopefully I can think of 6 interesting things about me.1. I have 2 favorite foods. 1) Chocolate - I do not eat cookies without chocolate, cake without chocolate, or candy without chocolate. Let's face it, what's the point? 2) Chips & Salsa - I love going to Mexican restaurants and filling up on it! B is very sensitive to spicy foods, so I go through the many

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-89682920632504384622007-10-31T21:28:00.000-07:002007-11-01T10:50:18.034-07:00

I have to admit, I have fallen in love with "Dancing with the Stars." I don't care how corny it is, I just love it. I am still up in arms about Cheetah Girl, Sabrina, getting kicked off on Tuesday. She was by far the best person on the show. I just can't believe it! I thought for sure it would be either Marie Osmond or Jane Seymour. Marie is probably the weakest dancer, but she has personality

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-39611736434951687672007-10-22T09:16:00.000-07:002007-10-22T09:48:09.879-07:00

A couple of weeks ago, Brandon and I both had a super busy week. The enitre week one of us had something going on each night; therefore, the other needed to stay home with Nate. By the end of the week we missed each other so much. So... Saturday we decided to get out of the house and spend the day together!One of our favorite places to eat is Ruby's diner. We always get the same thing every time

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-61207852505513937972007-10-17T09:53:00.000-07:002007-10-17T12:37:47.256-07:00

It is so sad when your little guy is due for his immunizations. It's even sadder that evening and next day. When Nathan got his first series of shots at 2 months, he ran a little fever and was super tired and that was it. But for his 4 month shots, it was a totally different story. His little legs got all red and swollen where they gave him the shots. It was awful trying to get him dressed. He

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-49245359529682358152007-10-05T13:21:00.000-07:002007-10-05T19:10:21.399-07:00

The one thing I have been hopelessly waiting for is Nathan's first laugh. He first laughed Monday, September 24th while I was at my parents house. I go there every Monday as Brandon is at school. I was bummed that Brandon missed it. It was the cutest, sweetest laugh ever! For the rest of the week I couldn't get him to laugh for Daddy. He would do it with me, but not when Brandon was around.

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-52554482317278868932007-09-23T21:08:00.001-07:002007-09-23T21:21:52.239-07:00

Ok seriously... how cute is this picture? He looks like he is perfectly posing for it. It is so funny how incredible it is to have a kid. He is just so cute and so much fun. He is my entertainment. All day long we just play and I think everything he does is so amazing. I'm sure every mom thinks this of her child, as I am no exception.It's kind of funny, when I was pregnant I thought once I had

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-30202844855449381352007-09-22T15:47:00.000-07:002007-09-23T15:20:39.611-07:00

On Thursday night we went to an Anaheim Angels vs Seattle Mariners Game. Nathan got to experience his very first baseball game. It was a good first game too; Angels won 9 to 5 and there was even a fight between teams! We all dressed in our Angels apparel to support our favorite team.Nathan looks pretty cute, huh!Brandon and Nathan looking so handsome. Well... I guess we know who his Daddy is :)

Brandonnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831106068468578354.post-59662448530640563672007-09-11T16:22:00.000-07:002007-09-12T11:41:28.416-07:00

I have been receiving a bunch of old friends blog spots and I have enjoyed catching up on their lives. Life is so busy and this is a great way to keep in touch. So here it goes...Brandon and I have been married for 3 years and couldn't be happier! We are finally out of a one bedroom apartment and have moved into a house in Corona. We love it there! Phoebe, our dog, loves her beautiful backyard.

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