Maternity Pictures

These pictures are so fun! They were taken when I was 36 weeks - about 2 weeks before Braxton was born - it was supposed to be about a month before. It's hard to believe that I looked like this only a couple of weeks ago. I have a hard time remembering it so I'm so grateful that I have these pictures to help remind me. Thanks Lacie for taking such fun pictures!

3 Week Old Pictures

Thanks so much again Lacie! Because of you we have these adorable pictures of Braxton at 3 weeks old. Sorry, there's a lot to look through! I couldn't narrow it down.....

-Trying to find his finger...-

-Yep, he found it!-

-Realizing he's hungry-

-Some of Braxton's many famous faces-

Nice To Meet You Easter Bunny

Nate and I took Braxton to Fashion Place mall last night so that he could meet the Easter Bunny. Luckily he's not at the age yet where he would just scream......

so he slept instead! The Easter Bunny looked so comfy to sleep on.

5 Weeks Old.....

It's so hard to believe that our little guy joined our family 5 weeks ago yesterday! I knew that time would go fast but this is CRAZY!! He is still sleeping quite a bit but it seems he is spending more and more time awake as the days go by. He is really good at rolling from his side to his back but then he can't get back to his side! It's so fun to talk to him because he looks for our voice and his eyes follow things that we move back and forth. He is really good at making faces and rolling his eyes! I call him my little piglet - by about 3 weeks he was eating 5 ounces at most feedings and he is a good grunter!

We lucked out with a pretty good, happy baby. For the most part he only cries when he needs something - diaper change, some food, or get a bubble out of his tummy! He is starting to figure out that he likes to be held and if he cries he'll get it!

As far as night time goes, he has good nights and bad nights but luckily for us there are more of the good than the bad! He usually gets up between 1 and 2 and again between 4 and 6 for a diaper change and a feeding. He usually gets up a couple of times in between those times because he lost his pacifier. He is a little bit of a thumb sucker during the day but for some reason at night he can't find that either!

~New Born~

~1 Week old~



~2 Weeks old~



~3 Weeks old~

~One Month Old~



Braxton has been such a blessing in our home and a joy in our lives! Mommy and Daddy love you little man!

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Nate's sister is getting married this Thursday. With weddings comes a lot of fun things but one of the best is going through the temple! We had the opportunity to go to the temple with her as well as many other family and friends on Saturday. It's so neat to see all of the love and support given by all the people there. She decided to go through the Oquirrh Mountain temple and what a neat experience that was. Since that is the temple we are assigned to go to, Nate and I had the opportunity to help out during the open house. Nate did a middle of the night security watch and we both had the chance to clean one night in preparation for the next day's open house! We feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to participate in the open house and to be able to see every room of the temple and hear about all of the hidden things that make the temple so neat. Since the open house we haven't been back to that temple so it was so neat to be able to do a session there. What a Beautiful temple. Congratulations Natasha! We love you and are so proud of you~