The Family Photos, at last...

I don't know if they are worth the excitement because they just didn't turn out very good and there weren't very many to choose from in the end. Better luck next time!!

This is the one we ended up choosing! We all look the least crappy!

Then they got some of just Brylie and me and Brylie and Brad. They turned out good but it's not the family!!!!!!!

And the Gender is...

So of those that voted, 27 of you think we are having a boy and only 15 of you think we are having a girl. I think that by this photo, you can all tell what we're having (and if you can't, bless your heart and your eyes)!!! We are happy to announce we are having a boy!

Family Portraits...

Well, I don't have a copy of our portraits because they don't come until the 7th of November which is quite a down fall!! And I don't know how excited we are about the actual photos. We went to Sears because I had a coupon and first of all, the photographer was the age of my youngest brother. No offense Mac, but I was quite nervous about him taking our family photos. So we get in there and start to get ready. Now Brylie had had and 2 hour nap just prior to the photos so that she would be happy. She was quite happy until the kid freaked her out with the toys. And after one wouldn't work, he would go to another and try the same lame noise, "Hey" and then shake the toy in her face. Now we won't blame the kid entirely as Brylie suddenly became the worse girl I have ever seen. She is finally getting her bottom R tooth so she is more onery than normal. Anyway, the kid told us he had to take 6 different positions to keep his job and then proceeded only to take one or so in each position. Then he would say, "That was a good one so we'll move onto the next position." All in all, we felt bad for the kid as Sears doesn't require any skills to be a photographer, just a quick training session with another photographer during someone else's session and then your done. There was one thing we thought might have helped this experience be better. I think if we go during the day (our appt was at 6:00pm) the more experienced photographers will be working and would better know how to work with kids. Hopefully our pics will turn out worthy of our wall!! I will post them as soon as we get them!!

Only a cold...

Well, this last weekend, we have been laying low in the house as Brylie is sick and not feeling well at all. It started on Friday when I noticed she had a little cough. Nothing big I thought but I remembered this is how her RSV started when she was first born. So she started to get a runny nose but she was acting ok so we decided to go to the Ward Halloween party which was quite fun! After some good food, we decided that Brylie was starting to act a little onery and we left. That night, she went to sleep as usual but woke up only a few hours later with a croupy cough. I decided to sleep in her room as advised by our pediatrician's website for croup so the night began. Brylie would sleep for 20 minutes or so and then cough herself awake and wiggle and cry and so I held her in sitting upright positions to allow for her to breath and be more comfortable. All in all I probably got 4 hours of sleep or so and she probably got 5. The next day, I was beat, and so was Brylie. She didn't play much, all she did was snuggle and rest on me the whole day. I didn't do much but hold her and watch TV. Thank goodness for Tivo! Anyway, Brad took than night and said she seemed to sleep a little better and so today, she slept in her own bed all night long and didn't wake up once and she is acting like she is feeling better except for the yucky crust that has appeared on her nose and refuses to leave. This is one time when it's hard for me because I hate seeing her sick and hurting and miserable. Luckily, she won't remember this and hopefully Brad and I will forget. We love our little girl!!!

A Smile for the Holiday

Yesterday we decided to get some pumpkins that we could decorate so this is our trip to the pumpkin patch and the pictures we took. Brylie was a little afraid when she wasn't being held so we couldn't do more "smiley" alone pics. Next is the decorating part which we are excited to do for FHE.

Boy or Girl?

On October 26th we get to find out what we are having, boy or girl. So I thought it would be fun to set up a vote. Cast your vote below and share your excitement with us! I will surely let you all know after we find out!

Too good to be true?

You never know how smart your baby really is...you hope that they are smarter than all the rest and then when you see another doing something more advanced you worry about your own. Well, here is my little genius speaking quite clearly if you ask me at only 8 months. She has been saying this for a while and I have also heard her say, "MOM" when she finished all the applesauce and wanted more. I have also heard her say "Hi Cass" which I don't encourage and then both Brad and I have heard "Hi Dad" on a number of occasions. It is so fun to see the changes in our baby girl. She is growing up so much! She can now crawl backwards and go from sitting to crawling position and back to sitting. We really can't leave her on the couch or bed anymore and we have to block the stairs so she doesn't fall down. We just love her and can't wait for there to be two! Anyway, enjoy the video!!