Tonights the night.....

......that Braxton gets to go from this.....

(his pack and play in mom's and dad's room)



......to this.........

(his crib in his own room)

There is much preparation that needs to take place before bedtime tonight. We'll see how it goes!

What a special day

Sunday, May 2nd is now a special day in Braxton's life. It is a day he will probably never remember but it is one that I definitely will! It's so special because that is the day he was given a name and a beautiful blessing by his wonderful dad! After the blessing, when Nate came and sat back down, he looked at me and said, I don't remember one thing I said and that he had to concentrate on not choking up. I turned to him and told him he did a great job and that it was okay that he didn't get choked up and that Braxton didn't cry because I cried enough tears for all three of us! They were 100% tears of joy though. Braxton was such an angel that whole day! We were really worried that he would start crying as soon as they got to the circle...but he didn't! We were so relieved. Even while trying to get stuff ready before and then trying to feed and entertain all the family and friends we had over after he was such a good little guy!




Nate and I lucked out for sure with our little man. He is such a good baby. He is a joy to have in our home and brings such a sweet spirit to it! We love him so much! It's amazing how our love for him only grows more and more everyday and even after we think we already love him as much as possible we still find a way to love him more.



We are so grateful to all of the wonderful family and friends who came to support Braxton on his special day! Between the blessing and the brunch we had after there were about 81 people there to support him! It was so neat to see all those people who love us and Braxton enough to come and spend part of their day with us for him. Words cannot even describe how appreciative I am for everyone coming! Also, thanks to everyone for their patience at our home after. Our house is a pretty good size starter home but definitely not big enough for 81 people. We decided on Friday to get a gazebo for our back yard in order to try and fit everyone better. We were planning on putting a heater under it to keep everyone out there warm since it was supposed to be a high of about 57 that day! Poor Nate spent so much time on Saturday getting the gazebo put up and getting the yard ready only for us to wake up to about an inch and a half of snow Sunday morning. Needless to say, everyone stayed inside! We ended up with people in our unfinished basement at tables we set up, also upstairs in our office and spare bedroom! It was a little snug but our home was so full of love from everyone and their support! Despite the slight weather problem it turned out to be a very special, wonderful day!


Our Little Family (we were all just a little tired)


Braxton with......

Grandpa Mather

Aunt Lexi

My Cousin Christine and Joel

Aunt Natasha

Great Great Grandma Nelson

Grandma and Grandpa Nuttall


Grandma and Grandpa Mather

Great Grandma Gerry and Great Grandpa Keith

Worn our after such a long day


Braxton and his cute "warm for the spring" outfit (just perfect for the snow!)





Braxton had a little friend born only one day before he was! We were so sad that we couldn't go to his blessing because it ended up being the same day as Braxton's. We were so glad that him and his mom and dad decided to stop by later that night. Things have been so crazy lately that we haven't even had a chance to meet little Huston unitl then! He is such a cute little boy!
Can you believe Huston is only one day older than Braxton?!?!?!

Our Second Anniversary

So, it has been almost a month and a half since Nate and I celebrated our second anniversary but for some reason I have been skipping over those pictures as I have been doing my recent posts. So here it is... a month and a half late!

Braxton's actual due date was on March 13th (our wedding anniversary) but because he decided to come two weeks early we didn't have to spend it in the hospital! Nate's mom offered to watch him for us for a couple of hours so we could go to dinner and enjoy some us time which we were in dire need of! My wonderful husband took me to Cheese Cake Factory despite the over an hour wait. We went over to the mall and walked around for a little bit to kill some time! By the time we finally got seated, got our food, ate it and left we were both exhausted! On our way to dinner we had thought about maybe going to see a movie after we ate but as we left the restaurant we decided that probably wasn't a good idea. I don't think either of us would have made it though the whole thing.

The next day (Sunday) my family had Nate's family over for dinner. It's so nice that our families get along so well! We enjoyed a nice evening with all of us together. For our first anniversary Nate and I went down to Vegas for a couple of nights. Because we weren't home we totally forgot to eat our cake! So we decided that since both of our families were together and it was only the day after our second we would keep the celebration going through the next day and share our cake with everyone!!

Nate and I with our now TWO year old cake!


TWO YEARS!!!!!!


Our mom's decided it would be fun if we reenacted our special day by cutting a piece together and then feeding each other.

Nate played a long for a second, then he decided it wasn't such a cool idea! Those darn guys have to ruin all the fun!




Getting ready to feed each other

See that look in his eye and the smile on his face.......


I totally should have seen this one coming. He said he owed me - he wanted to do that on our wedding day. I told him if he did he would be sorry. He was smart and was really nice that day but he has been wanting to shove it in my face ever since. I actually was planning on doing the exact same thing to him - but I forgot.


My how a lot can change over two years!

Our Second Anniversary gift - two weeks early!


In case your wondering I think everyone at least tried a piece and it actually wasn't to bad. The fondant and the first little bit of cake under the frosting weren't very good but once we got to the middle it almost tasted just like a normal cake! We were all very impressed.

Happy Easter

Braxton celebrated his first Easter this year and it was so much fun! I have to admit that it ended up being more like Christmas than Easter and he didn't care as much as everyone else did.

We woke up Easter morning and went down stairs to see what the Easter Bunny brought.

Chloee with our Baskets

After looking through all our fun stuff we headed to my parents for a yummy breakfast and watched the first session of conference.

We gave Braxton a bath at Grandma's house before breakfast because we got home so late before because of the Priesthood Session the night before.



Braxton with his Easter Lamb from Grandma and Grandpa


Braxton in his Easter Outfit



Dad and Braxton with the fun stuff from Grandma and Grandpa


Braxton in his Basket



Our family


Our ENTIRE family

Then we headed to Nate's grandparents for a yummy Easter dinner and then back to his parents for our second dinner whith the Rosevear clan!

Braxton (5 weeks) and Tanner (7 weeks). Tanner's mom and Nate are cousins (I'm not sure what that makes Tanner and Braxton) Can't wait till they can play!!


Braxton and his only cousin Brynnlee. Brynnlee loves Braxton - she's so stinking cute with him!


Braxton and Brynnlee with their soon to be cousin Gabe!


We love holidays and being able to spend time with family but after all that runnung around we were all ready for bed when we got home, including Chloee, which is why I had to take these last pictures today

Braxton and his First Easter Bunny

Braxton with his singing and dancing Mickey Mouse from Great Great Grandpa!


Braxton with all the fun things he got from the easter bunny


Braxton with all his goodies from the day (see what I mean about Christmas!)

Snuggling with Chloee.....

Or should we say Chloee was snuggling with him!

Chloee's not allowed on the couch, at least she's not when Nate's home! Hopefully he doesn't find out our little secret!

Chloee has been so good with Braxton. I think she has finally figured out over the last couple of weeks that he is here to stay! In the beginning, she was a little confused. She would sniff him up and down quite often. In the middle of the night, after waking up to Braxton crying, Chloee would be quite annoyed. After patiently waiting by our bedroom door to be let out she would make her way to the end of the hall and spend the rest of the night in the bathroom on the rug.

As time went on though she slowly became more and more protective of him. When ever he would cry while in his swing or pack and play she would run to his side until I could get to him, then she would run away.

Now day's whenever we get home and she makes her rounds to welcome us back Braxton is now included! After greeting Nate and I Chloee goes straight for the car seat, sticks her big nose between the flaps on the car seat cover and sniffs around - sometimes including a little lick or two! She is pretty jealous of the idea that she has to now share our attention and unfortunately for her it's not shared very evenly. There are times when were talking to Braxton while he's laying on the floor or sitting in his swing and before you know it she's right there in between us and the swing or blanket in just the right spot that we can't see Braxton so our attention has to go to her! Also, whenever we talk playfully with Braxton or make silly noises, Chloee takes it upon her self to include her self in the fun by running as fast as she can to find a toy and bring it back to us.

Chloee really is such a good dog. We can't wait for the day when Braxton can start interacting with her. They are going to be great buds!