Colorado

Last week we flew into Colorado Springs to visit our friends Kamron & Sarah Webb and their cute little girl Bentley. They live in a small beautiful town called Aurora about an hour and a half from Colorado Springs.

While we were there we got to go do temple work in the Denver temple, visited the Denver Zoo, went out to eat, the boys went to a Denver Nuggets game, Sarah & I went to the Pioneer Woman’s book signing in downtown Denver, made several pisookies & pie pops, ate Sarah’s delicious dinners, watched the worst movie in the history of movies, walked around an outdoor mall and almost froze to death, went to church, took lots of pictures with Sarah’s amazing photography skills, and had some fun talks! Maddix wasn't a huge fan of sleeping in the same room as us…he was awake at 5 every morning and woke up about 5 times each night. Luckily, he did pretty well during the day.

It was so much fun being able to hang out with our friends! We were so glad we were able to go visit them. Thanks Kam and Sarah!! {and Bentley for keeping Maddix entertained!!}

              

{photos by Sarah Webb}

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 :)

self esteem booster

first off..last night brig & i went to dinner with one of my best friends from high school & her husband {Lauren & Brent Herman}. we went to BJ’s. sooo good. we both agreed it was the best pizza we’ve ever tasted. it was so good to see lauren!! she’s the cutest sweetest girl ever. love her!

sometimes i have days where i just feel ugly or inadequate & i feel down on myself. last night was one of those nights. brig could tell something was wrong…like always. he reads me like a book! without me even admitting to him how i was feeling, he began to tell me how grateful he is for all i do & he let me know everything he loves about me. then he just held me & said “have you looked in the mirror lately? come on…right now. lets go!” he managed to pull me over to the bathroom mirror& made me stare at myself while telling me how beautiful i am, especially when i smile.
i love my husband so much! he always makes me feel 100% better! i am pretty much the luckiest girl ever :)
 
whoever said you cant find true love at 18..think again. ive got all the love i need from this man.

*..{Anniversary + New House + Cabin Trip + Baby Shower + etc}..*

So Brig and I celebrated our 1st anniversary on January 2nd! So exciting! We’ve had such an awesome first year. Got hitched, moved into a town house that my Dad owns, Brig started his job at University of Phoenix, straight A’s for both of us :), honeymooned in Cali, made another trip to the beach, found out that I’m pregnant!, started another semester of school, bought a house, a car, etc.
We are loving our new house




{ Maddix’s room…we’ve got a lot to do before that little boy comes :) }

{This was me at 34 weeks}
Last weekend Brig and I went up to my family’s cabin with my parents and grandparents. We had fun in the snow :)




{I just had to get a jumping picture!}

This past week, my mom and sisters threw me a baby shower. They did such an awesome job with the decorations!

 

{Mel got to come home for it! It was so good to see her!}

{My niece Tessa was such a big help! She liked bringing me each gift to open. so cute.}

{My cute mother-in-law & sister-in-laws…or sisters-in-law :) }

{Cute friends.}
Yesterday I went to lunch with my 2 best girl friends, Carissa & Lauren. Love those girls! Lauren was down visiting from Utah so we had to make a Costa Vida run! Unfortunately we were too busy talking so I forgot to get a picture of all of us :( After lunch, Lauren had to leave, but Carissa and I made a stop by the store “Hottie”.

{Trying on random hats :) Carissa was so worried that the worker ladies were going to kick us out! hah.}


{These pictures remind me of high school days :)…minus the pregnant belly}
BABY UPDATE: We are getting so excited for little Maddix Brigham. He will be here in about 4 weeks! }
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