i felt the need to ramble

yay for CHRISTMAS music!

{ive been waiting for delilah to start chattin up on 99.9 considering it started the night of halloween 2 years ago.}

this weekend was great. friday night we went to dinner and then walked around target. we had fun picking out toys and such that we would love to had if we were billionaires. i have come to realize, as has brigham, that my Christmas list is a tad bit longer than last years…and most of them are not what you call cheap or affordable. {please tell me i’m not the only one like this?} but after hearing the talks in sacrament meeting today i had a little bit of a change of heart. the youth speaker gave a great talk about learning to be grateful for what we have instead of always dwelling on what we do not have. brig and i both looked at each other and confessed that we could both use that great counsel.
last night my friend sarah took some pictures of our little family. she did great. probably my favorite part of pictures was towards the end when maddix was totally done, so brig would run around in a few circles while holding him to get him to laugh, then we’d hurry and pose and snap! :) it was awesome. after pics, sarah, melanie, and I went to costa vida for dinner with bentley and maddix while the hubs vegged out to ufc. then sarah and baby b came over, we put the kids to bed and had fun chatting about running, babies, bodies, and everything else. i love having girl talks! thanks sarah and melanie for the fun night! :)
 
    
thanksgiving is this week :) which means TURKEY TROT time!!! this has been a family tradition {kind-of-ish} for like the past…long time. brig will not be joining me due to turkey bowl-shmirky shmowl. im not bitter or anything :) {he will make up for it by running londons run with me in january so no worries!} im actually really ready for it this year so im excited!!
this morning i woke up to breakfast in bed :) i had a rough night with a terrible sore throat and a crying baby. did i mention i slept in until 8? dont remember the last time that happened! brig got up with maddix at 6:30, fed him, played with him, made me a delicious breakfast burrito and kindly delivered it to me in bed. along with a bottle of ketchup and my favorite pink water bottle :) thanks brig, you are the bomb dot com.
i felt the need to include my ridiculous Christmas list..just in case santa reads this.
 

1. NOT! okay, these are just weird. i saw someone wearing these at the airport. people really run in these?
2. these are hot. i would love to be seen running in these. i bet i could run 10x faster while wearing them as well! ;)
3. this is what i continue to dream about. maybe someday when im a rich nurse. HA! ya right. i would love to capture pictures of my little man and big man with this snazzy camera. but it looks like for now i’ll just keep dreaming about it..
4. santa, this one is a must. i cant stand to miss any more adorable moments of my sweet family. pretty please!! i want to capture every memory possible before my little man grows up too fast. {already happening by the way.}

oh and brigham wanted me to let you know that all he wants for Christmas is another year of health. i know, he’s so needy isnt he? sheesh. oh and a money clip while you’re at it.
love shelbs.
p.s i’ll be sure to leave you some yummy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and some cold milk :)