changes

The new year has come and with it we are going through a change...

 Brandon no longer works nights yay!!! That is so nice to be sleeping next to my husband more than two nights a week even if he is a cover hog some nights... don't worry i'm developing some major skills on how to get them back.  Brandon just started student teaching on Monday he wakes up at 6 in the morning and is at the school at 7 until 3:30 and than he comes home to play and take care of miss Zoey while I'm at work.  I now come home to my hubby and cute little baby sleeping.  It is kind of hard because I use to put her to bed and now I just get to check on her no more two minutes of cuddling before putting her to bed.  But I'm so happy to be able to finally hopefully getting her more on a regular sleep schedule.  But for me I get less hours of sleep just because she goes to bed while I'm still at work and I don't get home until she has been asleep for almost two hours.  Making my mornings a different routine.  I didn't get on here to rant or rave just a new schedule and I kind of miss my family in the evenings more now than when I did when I went back to work. Just because I don't get to see my happy baby until the morning and I say goodbye to her at 1 in the afternoon.  Anyways...

Were in for a big change this is Brandon's last semester at BYU he will be graduating in April.  That is going to be so nice.  Than he will start looking for jobs as a special ed teacher hopefully we will find one locally.  But once he graduates he is going to go back up to USDC and work the morning shift while he finds a job.  So that is one happy good change this year.

Zoey is going to be 1 I can't believe it she still is my little tiny girl.  I took her to the doctor yesterday and guess how much she weighs 14 pounds 12 ounces and that was with her clothes on.  She loves to eat when her throat isn't killing her.  If you are about to put something in your mouth to eat it and she wants it she yells for you to stop so that you give her a bite and she happily chews it.  Her little throat is sore and she still wants to eat everything but she doesn't swallow so she starts to look like a chipmunk with her cheeks storing food.  It is quite funny until I do the finger sweep and she bites down with all 6 teeth to stop me.  You wouldn't know she was sick because she is still so happy and energetic playing with everything and anything.  the only thing that is different is she doesn't talk quite as much and the volume of her voice is not as loud.  Zoey also loves to dance she loves to sway from right to left when your holding her hands to stand but the best part is she picks up her foot and points it and than puts it down and repeats with the other one.  I just love this little girl oh so much!

is it really 2013???

!!!HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

guess what all my new year resolutions i made last year they didn't really pan out.  i was planning on blogging or writing in my journal more.  well i didn't do both instead i cuddled, played, and loved on my little girl.  but i figure i better do a year in review so i will remember what happened this year in a couple of years right?

JANUARY- i turned 25 holy cow a quarter of a century that is crazy.  we bought our first home in the middle of the month and moved in two days after getting the keys.  we got to listen to our little girls heartbeat weekly.  it was so comforting being hooked up for an hour listening to her little heartbeat.

FEBRUARY- this is the month i had anticipated for over 8 months it was becoming time to bring our little girl into the world.  but before she came we had some bumps in our path.  my mom took me to a non-stress test one day because Brandon couldn't be there. on  that nst test her little heartbeat had dropped a couple of times so they wanted me admitted to Labor and Delivery to monitor for 24 hours and debate about her coming a week earlier than planned.  I remember the ultrasound they did on her and she only weighed 4 pounds I was praying that she could stay with me a little longer to get a little bigger.  Well they let me go home.  We went to my parents for a week because we had a doctors appointment every day either in AF or Provo.  On February 18 we were told that we would be induced on the 20th.  Zoey Margaret was born on Presidents Day 2/20/12 at 2:09pm weighing 5 pounds 3 ounces. That is definitely one of my favorite days ever!!!

MARCH- just a couple weeks later my sister Laura had a little girl Declyn she was born with a head full of hair making it a wonderful month for the chick and the duck to cuddle.

APRIL- Zoey was blessed on April 8 on a beautiful Easter Sunday her blessing was short and sweet.  this month was full of unpacking and organizing our house.  But the best part of this month was being able to stay home and cuddle my little z bug all day even if she still did wake up 3 to 4 times a night it was wonderful.

MAY-  I went back to work and it was kind of hard leaving my sweet baby.  but this month was a big month for us we had OUR 4 YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!! we went out on a date while our friend cory watched zoey for us it was nice to be able to go out on a date and come home to our beautiful daughter.  We also bought a brand new car after the dodge had died on us :(

JUNE- we had another niece born this month Savannah banana or that is what i call her.  Zoey went to 7 peaks and lounged in the water for about 20 minutes and than decided she was hungry.

JULY- I started a family water fight on the fourth of July it was super fun and enjoyed running around.

AUGUST- Our angel turned 2 on the 23 and I had a 5 day weekend that week.  we celebrated her birthday and than i went to my first scrapbooking all day party thing it was lots of fun.  I really enjoyed being able to get my creative juices flowing.

SEPTEMBER- we went to the Zoo as a family for the first time we loved being able to show zoey all the animals and i look forward doing this again with her this next year.

OCTOBER- we dressed up for Halloween as a whole family zoey was a cute elephant, i was a dark angel, a pixie or whatever else (i guess), and hubby dressed up as the phantom from phantom of the opera.  we went trick or treating with our friends Adam, Becca, and Wellington.

NOVEMBER- Brandon turned 26 becoming an old man we went to Tucano's and a BYU basketball game for his birthday.  I got Thanksgiving off for the first time and it was wonderful not worrying about having to go into work.  I went Black Friday shopping on Thursday night and got all the stuff we really wanted for Zoey.  I went out on Black Friday morning and i guess the stores i went to were just really dead it was weird.

DECEMBER- we went up to temple square, had a wonderful first Christmas with zoey and no the end of the world did not happen :(... also Brandon and I had a hard time buying presents for us this year because really our present is a beautiful happy healthy baby girl who has both of us wrapped around her little fingers.  oh yeah Brandon is quitting up at USDC this month which is very exciting because one more semester of school and than he will be gradumacated from the Y.

so this upcoming year i hope i blog more but no promises... because I'm going to be chasing and playing with a cute little girl everyday 

2012 Best Moments

Zoey 1st Christmas

Zoey's 1st candy bar, and Halloween

Zoey @ The Zoo

Zoey's Blessing Day April 8

Zoey being loved on by family 2.20.12

Zoey in my arms for the first time

Zoey in Daddy's arms

Best Moment: she has just entered the world and she let out a big cry and than was handed over to me.

***Best Moments*** 

• we bought our first home
• we had our 2nd daughter (who is one of best joys in our life)
• we had our 4th wedding anniversary
• we enjoyed being with family and friends this year.

***Happy New Year***

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

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    I'm so grateful for many things and I know I can't name them all but believe me I'm so grateful.  This year I have so much to be thankful for we moved into our first house we had our beautiful baby girl Zoey. So in tradition here comes my 10 things I'm grateful for.

1. BRANDON- He is truly an amazing husband to me.  He has been here for me a lot this year he stayed over night in an uncomfortable hospital room not only 2 nights but 3 nights this year to be with me.  I rely on him so much and I don't know what I would do without him.  He is an amazing dad to our little girl.  I just love watching them play together.  I love to see the smile on his face when she is staring into his eyes and hearing her say "da da".
2. OUR GIRLS- ZOEY- she is such a great joy and a wonderful blessing to us.  Each day we never take for granted this little girl.  We have enjoyed watching her grow. LEXY- for being our precious sweet angel and being a guardian angel to her little sister.  We love both of our daughters so much.
3. FAMILY- this year we added three new babies into our family. Zoey, Declyn, and Savannah.  I love them all so much.  Our family is a one of a kind family and we love them oh so much.  This year I'm grateful for everything that has happened in my life I wouldn't change a thing because it has made me who I am.  I'm so very grateful to my family for being there for me when I needed them the most 2 years ago the day Lexy was born.  It was a sad day but I'm so glad that my family and friends were able to come and get me to smile and to laugh while I was holding her in my arms.  I'm so happy to know that Lexy knew my laughter, my voice, my heartbeat from inside and knows how much I love her.  I'm so grateful for little miss Zoey for being such a happy, loving baby who is getting bigger everyday and learning new things all the time.  Like saying mama and dada they are the best sounds to hear.  I'm grateful for my mom she has been such a wonderful mum.  I'm grateful for my sister Laura she is one of the kindest most loving person I know.  I'm so grateful that we have been able to be pregnant twice together.  When I was little I thought all my babies were going to be the youngest cousins in the family but they aren't they have cousins the same age I'm so grateful for that.
4. OUR HOME- We moved into our home at the end of January and we have enjoyed having our own place.
5. OUR JOBS- I'm so grateful to have a job that can provide for our family and have insurance.
6. FRIENDS- we have some really great friends and were so thankful for them.
7. OUR SAVIOR- He is so amazing and we are so grateful for His love.
8. HEAVENLY FATHER- He is the reason we are so grateful for everything.
9. SMILES AND LAUGHTER- life would just be so dull if you couldn't laugh and smile they are one of the greatest expressions.  I love walking into Zoey's room after she has been asleep and seeing the biggest smile on her face.  I love seeing Brandon smile at his little girl and at me.
10. PEOPLE YOU HARDLY KNOW BUT THEY MAKE YOUR LIFE CHANGE: These last two years I have been taking my mom to Utah Valley Hospital to get her treatment.  In that time we have met such wonderful people with the biggest hearts and the positive attitudes.  This year I had only met him a couple of times but within those couple of times he had changed the way to view life.  He found out he had cancer a week before he came home from his mission.  He had an emergency surgery for his appendix  in a third world country and that is when they found tumors.  His story was an amazing story to hear.  You could feel how much he loved everyone.  We were with him for his last treatment and he said I'm going to go and enjoy the rest of my life I'm at peace.  Mom and I went to his memorial and for somebody that I only knew a couple of times I felt the amazing feeling of how he is in a better place and not in pain.  It was very clear how much he enjoyed his life hearing his best friend speak, his mission president speak, and his mom speak.  He only knew my name and I knew his and we shared stories when we were there and to me I'm so grateful to have only a couple of hours of knowing him but knowing that he helped me change.  So this year I'm grateful for getting to know him because he has been thought about at least once every week.  I remember to enjoy life to its fullest like he was able to.

Getting so Big

I can't believe it our little Zoey is going to be 8 months old this month.  I can't believe that 8 months ago I was holding our little girl in our arms and just cuddling with her.  Zoey is no longer content just hanging out in our arms for more than 2 minutes at a time.  Zoey has learned that there is so much to learn.  Like trying new foods she started eating solids in August starting with rice cereal, than she started getting the really yummy stuff avocados, peas, butternut squash, sweet potato, carrots.  My favorite face she has pulled was with beef and broth.  We have only given her that meat once because while it is one cute face it is also not fun to eat something you don't like.  Zoey has also been learning that she can roll over and sit up.  Zoey does so well with both she is now learning how to crawl she tries to just move being flat against the floor, than she does an amazing push up.  So she is getting there.  Zoey has also learned some sounds and when she cries she says "mama" it breaks my heart because she is crying but and the same time it is so sweet to hear "mama" come out of her mouth.  Zoey also has learned how to say "BA" I don't know what that is yet but she says it quite a bit.  For daddy she yells "ah" well you got to hear it but I think she thinks it means daddy.  Daddy and Zoey have "ah" yelling matches at each other and she gets the biggest smile when he "ah's" back at her.  I also was able to teach Zoey how to blow raspberries and it makes me laugh when she tries to blow raspberries on her toys.