one whole year!

happy first birthday to the most adorable little guy, and the sweetest son ever.

maddix is….giving cheesy smiles, laughing hysterically, dancing to music, giving kisses, taking steps, still nursing, eating lots, throwing food, loving to be outside, saying mamma, dadda, babba, nana, ba {ball}, teez {he says this when i tell him to say cheese for the camera}, and making us happier than ever.

stats: height- 30 in {60%}, weight- 20 lbs 5 oz {25%}

5 days old 1 month   2 months 3 months

4 months5 months6 months7 months    8 months 9 months 10 months 11 months1 year

its gone way too fast.

it has been such an incredible year watching you grow, learn, and be your cute self. you have such an awesome personality. maddix, thanks for being the cutest, sweetest, most adorable son we could ever ask for. we love you to pieces!

love, mom & dad.

sick day

brig came home after work yesterday with a VERY HIGH fever. i need to buy a thermometer for my boys. they get sick lots. he has been laying around all yesterday afternoon and all day today. poor guy. maddix and i took lots of trips out of the house today to avoid getting sick & to give daddy some quiet time. two trips to costco & one trip to once upon a child. {i love costco samples}. tonight i put maddix to bed, made dinner, woke brig up to eat with me :), then headed to mutual. for dinner i made delicious taquitos {recipe found here}. they were amazing. i also baked some yummy asparagus. sprinkled it with kosher salt and melted butter, soy sauce and balsamic vinegarette over it. it was delish. lets hope brig is better tomorrow..i dont like when people i love are sick. its sad.
on a good note, i got maddix lots of cute clothes today :) oh, and maddix turns one year old a week from today. talk about crazy business!

This is

bliss

i love being a mommy. i wouldn’t change where i am in life for anything. i sometimes feel overwhelmed, stressed for no reason, emotional, inadequate & whatever other crazy feelings that us girls feel. then when i get over myself, i think about how i have every reason in the world to be happy. lately i’ve been getting so emotional every time i look maddix in the eyes and he smiles at me so big. i love that little guy so much. he brings the spirit so strong into our home. i realized that i need to enjoy every single minute i have with him. he’s growing way too fast. it is so obvious how much brigham loves maddix. the other week my mom watched maddix while we went and saw a movie. i was in heaven. we had so much fun together. it was good for us. it takes a real man to go see a cheesy movie like that with his wife {the last song}. anyways, during the movie, brigham was missing maddix like crazy. he loves being with his little boy. the other night we were trying to get maddix to sleep in his crib finally. brigham was missing maddix too much so we ended up putting him back in our room for the night. it was precious. however, he will be back in his crib tonight. sorry brig!

so. my new nickname, thanks to brigham, is flavor of the week, i am constantly thinking of something new each week that i want to do or buy or learn. recently it’s been wanting to teach piano, buy a guitar & get better at it, take up running as a hobby , make headbands, eat healthier, and start back up with school. ever since i’ve become a stay at home mom, i have become determined. i want to be well rounded {you know what i mean} & get better at the talents that i already have. i WILL teach piano lessons. i WILL get better at guitar. i WILL start running more {i have to, i already signed up for a 1/2 marathon! so no getting out of that one}. i WILL eat healthier {not sure what my plan of attack will be since no sweets during the week wasn’t working for us. we used every excuse we could possible think of to “cheat”. my personal favorite was the playoffs. we had to have pasookies during playoffs. it was a must. well for me it was.} and i WILL start back up with school {most likely online & night classes}. anyone know of anyone selling a piano for cheap? or better yet, giving one away? :) how about a guitar? i’m all about used, cheap stuff. now i just need to face the fact that sleeping in is overrated, so that i can wake up at 5 to go running {the only time possible for me to get out & run due to brig’s work schedule & the scorching heat}. to any of you who didnt know, i have decided to go a different route with school. for several beyond several reasons. even though i’m not doing hygiene anymore, i am still determined to get a degree. now i just need to decide what to get my degree in…help please. things that interest me include anything that involves nutrition or health or pyschology{no to biology, math, english, or astrology. thanks tho.}

back to why i love life. i am a healthy girl. {let me rephrase that}. my body is healthy. i might not always eat the healthiest, but luckily my body performs the functions that it needs to! i have a roof over my head. i have a husband that loves me more than anything & treats me like a princess & is a worthy priesthood holder. i have a baby boy who is more adorable than ever. he always makes us smile. i have wonderful family & friends. i have the gospel in my life & a strong testimony. i am going to try to please my Heavenly Father every day by trying to be grateful for what i have. im not a fan of the side of me that complains. its so not attractive. ive come to realize that the heros in my life & those i look up to are always ones that are so happy even when life is rough. they find the good in the bad. the most attractive people to me are the happy ones. my husband is such an example of this. when he’s at home, he is the happiest. he loves being with his family.

am i rambling? sorry, this was much needed. thanks to those who listened.

now on to the fun stuff. my recent captures of life :)

      

p.s. i almost forgot. swimming season is here! we went swimming in our pool on saturday for the first time {the 1st time meaning longer than 2 minutes}. so fun. & it felt perfect. word of advice. if you’re going to play “toothpick”, use a “toothpick” not a bobby pin. just saying.

p.s.s. this weekend i found out that my husband knows every single primary song. impressive.

p.s.s.s. do i blog too much about my baby & husband? brig said that the readers might be getting sick of the same posts over & over. sorry guys, it’s my life!

thats all for now. promise.

Our New Life

We are loving life with our new little guy! He will be 2 weeks old tomorrow. Time flies! He is such a sweetheart. It melts my heart every time I look at that big lipped, chubby cheek, brown haired boy. He has been sleeping pretty well through the night which is amazing! Hopefully it stays that way! {fingers crossed}. He already has such a little personality. He loves making silly faces and smiling in his sleep. {My personal favorite}. He is already a huge fan of his dad. After screaming for 5 minutes non stop with me trying to do everything I can to make him happy so that he doesn’t turn purple, I hand him over to Brig and he is content as can be. I think he’s getting a little tired of the same face everyday. I don’t blame him!
This week we’re working on lots of new things!

• Moving him from the swing to the bassinet to sleep at night.
• Not feeding him every single time he cries. Only when I know he’s really, truly hungry {every 3 hours}. I know…seems like common sense but I always feel like he’s hungry when he cries!

We’ll see how I do! Overall, I love being Maddix’s mom! I’m so excited to watch this kid grow up. I just hope it doesn’t happen too fast!