Photo Blog Update.....

I just wanted to let you know that I updated my photo blog today with some newborn pictures.  It was my very first time doing a brand-new baby, so I would LOVE any advice anyone would like to give me!  Be brutally honest, I want help!

Macie's Wedding Plans

Macie is still OBSESSED with getting married.  The plans get more and more detailed all the time, without any help from us.  It's so funny.....she already wants to be a BRIDE so bad.  She doesn't care about the after, besides getting a "big huge belly," she just wants the WEDDING!  So here are her detailed plans she reminds us of every day:

-Get married
-In the Temple
-In a white dress
-with white shoes
-and a white flower
-and a "married" (veil)
-Mommy will zip her up

-She will dance with Daddy
-and Twirl and twirl and twirl
-Mommy will sit down and watch her dance

The other weekend we went to a wedding reception.  Macie was SO EXCITED, but a little confused.  She thought we were going to the temple to see them get married.  So that was a little disappointing.  We got to the church and got inside and she said, "This isn't the temple."  So then we showed her the bride's pretty white dress and her wedding cake.  Macie kept wanting to see her white shoes, but her feet were covered up.  Then the reception got over, and the bride was walking around and Macie saw something very upsetting.........under her wedding gown she was wearing hot green and black converse shoes, haha.  Macie's face was so worried! "She needs WHITE shoes!"  We told her that SHE could have white shoes when she got married. 

Then last  Saturday we went to walk around the temple with the kids, and Macie even got to see a few couples getting their pictures taken outside.  But when it was time to leave she got so upset.  She wanted to get married herself.  She started to cry and said, "I all growed up, I get married today.  I all growed up!"  This is going to be a long wait. 

Branson's 1 year Photoshoot......

Branson doesn't turn one for about a week and a half, but TODAY I had time to take some pictures.  I will warn you, there are a million, and some of Macie too.  I am posting them here and on my photography blog because they are MY kids, so get ready for TONS of pictures.  And as always, feel free to give me any tips for improvement. 

Sunday Mornings.......

Sunday mornings are usually a little crazy around here, but yesterday took the cake!  For instance........I was showering, with the bathroom and bedroom doors shut, when I see the shower curtain move forward and Branson's little head pops in....followed by the rest of him:)  So he showered with me, fully clothed, and then decided to get out early and crawl around the bathroom soaking wet.  I guess Macie opened the doors for him, how nice.  I get out and give the kids a bath which went okay, then they both went down for a nap.  I used their nap time to get ready, make lunch, pack the diaper bag, get everything packed for my lesson, lay their clothes out, and get the house picked up from Branson's destruction.  I'm going to start calling him "Destructo", because he makes the biggest messes so fast, and he NEVER stops going!  So Branson wakes up first, and I get him all dressed and hair done.  Then Macie wakes up, on the wrong side of the bed, and will not stop bawling.  So I get her dressed, and start doing her hair (she's still bawling her head off) and she pukes from crying so hard!  So then we get her all cleaned up and finish her hair.  It's time to go to church, so we sart heading out the door and I look around my house to see it destroyed.....again....already.  While I was getting Macie ready Branson decided to pull everything out of the drawers in my bathroom, empty laundry baskets, pull ALL of the toilet paper off the roll, get into the shower and knock all the soaps and shampoos down, pull the hair trap out and suck on the bottom of it, leave trails of milk drips from the sippy and cracker crumbs and smashed cheese all over the kitchen, and pull a bunch of books off the shelves.  My house was clean an hour ago.  We make it through sacrament meeting, which is VERY crazy with Branson these days, and I start to teach my Sunday school class.  About half way through it Reed comes in and tells me that Macie needs me.  She was laying down on the floor in nursery, and had an enormous BLOWOUT.  It was everywhere.  She was up to her chest and down to her knees in runny poop!  We all just stood there not knowing what to do for a few minutes.  How are we going to get her home like that?!  So Reed took over my class and I got the kids home and Macie all cleaned up.  Then I had to wash the car seat, and her dress, and clean out the bathtub.  But luckily, Branson went back down for another nap, and Macie laid on the couch, and I was able to get the house in order again in time for Reed to get home.  After that it was pretty smooth sailing.  We ate dinner, hung out at home, then went to visit family, and the kids did great!  I'm sure I'm not the only one with Sunday mornings like this, just comes with the territory I guess.  But I sure do love those little kids......even my little destucto boy who turns ONE at the and of this month!  Here are some pictures I took the other day of bath time. 

Good News

Yes, it's true......we are expecting number 3.....already:)  I'm thirteen weeks along, and everything seems to be going great.  The due date is October 19.  I've actually felt pretty darn good considering, and I think this might be the easiest pregnancy so far......but, we'll see how the rest goes.  I've really been trying to eat good foods, and have been getting good whole grains and protein for breakfast, so I don't know if that's why I feel so much better, or if the pregnancy is just treating me better this time.  But I do love treats.....and when I do cave, which isn't very rare, I feel pretty yucky.  So....anyone who might be pregnant out there: make yourself eat breakfast, and make sure you are getting GOOD carbs and protein with every meal and snack, and see if you feel a whole lot better like I do!  There is one downfall to this feeling good thing though.....I've already started gaining my baby-weight, sigh.  We're excited to be adding to our family, and feel very blessed to be able to get them here so "easily" now.  Macie is very excited, and is always concerned about the baby.  She'll cover my belly with blankets and tell me the baby needs to stay warm.  She doesn't want Branson to crawl on my belly, and today on the way home from the Dr. she asked, "The baby okay Mommy?"  She also tells me that I have a "big huge belly."   But she made up for it by telling me it was "so pretty."  Reed asked her if my belly was huge, big, or small.  And she told him it was huge.  Then I asked her if Daddy had a huge, big, or small one, and she said, "Daddy has a tiny one!"  Hahaha!  If she thinks it's huge now, I don't know what she's going to think by the end!

Almost Spring.....

I planted some bulbs last fall, and they are starting to pop up..........makes me really happy.  Maybe that means spring will come one day. 



These will be little purple flowers that look like grapes....I can't remember what they're called.

These will be big yellow daffodils......

And these will be giant red tulips........





Branson is so cute when he sleeps.  He's always got this little teddy bear under his arm, and I love it.  He has been so cuddly the last couple weeks.  Well, only for a few seconds at a time, but he loves to give hugs.....and he gives really good tight ones.  It melts my heart:)

This is right when he woke up.  We had to leave, so I woke him up with the camera....probably very annoying to him.  

Last Friday we had one of our nicer days, so I took the kids for a walk, then we played outside for a little while.  It was 62 degrees, but a little windy.....but we'll take it.  Then Saturday was extremely windy, and we lost two of our patio chair cushions:( 

Macie's just like me and hates to wear shoes.  So even though it wasn't that warm, I couldn't get her to keep her shoes on. 

Blowing bubbles........Strawberry scented even.

Branson sitting in the stroller. 

Drawing with chalk.

She was so excited to be outside.....I wish we could do it again, but this week's weather looks cold and windy.