For Posterity..

Okay, so don't watch this unless you are one of Brady's grandmas because it will be completely boring. I was talking to a friend yesterday about how Brady started learning to crawl, but he looks so gimpy! He can't quite get his one leg bent correctly and it kind of causes him to go in circles. Very cute. Anyway, I figured I better get it on camera now before he gets this whole crawling thing down.

Happy Birthday John!

You probably can't see the pictures very well, but my brother Johnny put this photo collage together for us for John's birthday. I was so excited when he gave it to us and now I feel like a need a really nice camera and a class in adobe photoshop to learn how to do fun things like this!!!

A Weekend With My Little Bro...

This past weekend my little brother came out to visit us and take a break from his guiding in the Grand Canyon this summer. It was so fun to have him here. On Friday we took a trip to Muir Woods to see some redwoods, which were so beautiful. Saturday we got on BART and headed to an A's game, followed by dinner at McCovey's (one of John and Johnny's favorite restaurants...totally a guy place...tv monitors on every wall showing every sport you could think of) and then we topped it all off by going to see the new Harry Potter movie. It was a pretty fantastic weekend! Thanks so much Johnny for coming out to visit. Brady misses you already!

More pictures from the weekend....

Belated 4th of July post...

I figured it was about time to post again. We have had a fun couple of weeks with family. For the 4th of July, we went to Utah and then continued on up to Bear Lake for a few days of water skiing, pizza, and oreo shakes. Could there be anything better?

Brady had his first experience on a ski boat and he loved it. Every time he was zipped into his life jacket and the boat started moving, he would just zonk out! It was fantastic. If only he would do that for his naps at home. It was so fun to be all together with the family.

See Jane Run...

About a week ago, I was able to participate in the See Jane Run Half Marathon in Alameda. It was seriously a lot of fun. I ended up driving down with a bunch of women from my stake and it was such a great experience. At the end of the race they had all of the goodies as usual, as well as chocolate for all the participants. Who wouldn't run for chocolate! John and Brady were at the finish line to cheer me on, which was the best part of all.

My little bird....

When we came back from our vacation in Yosemite a couple of weeks ago, I was doing a little weeding in my flower pots in my front yard. I picked up what I thought to be a dead flower, but turned out to be a bird's nest! I was completely shocked! I was certain that because I had touched it, the bird wouldn't return. Well....




I WAS WRONG!!! Our little bird has since laid four eggs! It is so fun to go out there every morning and evening and to see this sweet little mom sitting on her eggs. She rarely leaves. It has kind of given me a really cool perspective on motherhood. Definitely one of those things I could use in a Sacrament talk someday. :)

Yosemite...Wahoo!!!

About a week ago, John and I (and Brady of course) traveled with my sister and her husband to Yosemite. It was seriously amazing! It was my first time there and WOW, it was incredible. The pictures don't really do it justice. We spent most of our time in Yosemite Valley where you get to experience these massive cliff walls on either side of the valley. So beautiful! We went hiking and biking and really just just enjoyed spending time with family. My sister is moving to Arkansas this summer, so it was great to be able to spend some quality time with her before she moves away. And let's be honest, she was a great babysitter! It was Brady's first camping trip...well...if you can call it camping.....we stayed in heated tents. I would totally recommend this trip to anyone, even if you don't like camping. It is worth it to see such beauty!
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Brady got progressively more and more tired throughout the trip. By the end, he was a bit out of it as you can see from the picture. He was definitely a trooper! Below is the picture we took at the top of our hike. Brady basically slept the whole time...I love hiking with dead weight on my back!!!

Yosemite Trip

Here are a few more pictures of out trip. I have to say my favorite has to be the one where Brady's belly is completely protruding over his pants. That's enough to make any parent proud I'm sure.

A few photos of my baby boy....

We went down to San Jose to see the Winchester Mystery Mansion last Friday when my family was in town. If you haven't seen it, you should definitely check it out. It's pretty crazy with stairs leading to a random ceiling and doors to nowhere...very interesting stuff.



Brady was very enthralled with the whole thing....um not really.


This is a random picture, but my son recently discovered toast and absolutely loves it! I don't really know how much actually makes it into his stomach, but he sure loves sucking on it. He really just devours it!

My not so secret garden...

Last weekend my family was out again (I'm pretty sure I spent every weekend in April with my family so far. I would have to say that is pretty impressive as I live in California and they live in Utah. Kind of crazy, but lots of fun). This past trip had a specific purpose though....to plant my garden! Now, it may not look like anything special in the photos, but it is pretty awesome to me. I should have put a before and after shot so you all could see that it was basically just dirt before my cute cousins created this masterpiece. I never knew that plants could bring so much joy. I go out there at least once a day and sit on my porch and just soak it all in. I just really hope I don't kill all the plants by the end of the summer. Thanks so much to my mom, Aunt Judy, and Loni and Heidi for helping me put my beautiful garden together!!!!

Our Day at the Park...

So, Brady and I went to the park with some of our friends today. The weather has been so nice out, it was so much fun!

Brady discovered his toes and the swings...

Brady doesn't exactly look like he's loving the swings here....okay, he really doesn't appear that he's enjoying it at all...normally he loves it! It is really so fun to see him grow up.

At Brady's last check up, my doctor said that Brady would start to discover his feet pretty soon and sure enough about a week and a half later, he did. Now I can't keep them out of his mouth, not that I'm trying. I think it's pretty cute.

The month of vacations....

So, April has been kind of crazy for our family. It truly has been the month of vacations (well...at least for Brady and me. John has been super crazy at work, so I decided to take some time to spend with family). We were out in Utah for conference and then two days later my family flew out to spend their spring break in sunny California, and next week my mom is coming out again with my aunt and cousins. I guess they just can't get enough of us. :)

Brady going gangster and happy about it!

Brady still gangster, but not so sure about it anymore.

When my family came down we took a drive down to Monterey to visit the aquarium. It was beautiful and so much fun! Brady is starting to get much more observant and he really loved looking at all the fish. It was so fun to watch!
Brady sporting his new swimming outfit with grandpa.

My son....the platypus.

Ever since Brady was born, he has rarely closed his mouth. I always thought it was because his tongue was too big (and he does have an extremely long tongue...thank you John), but now I am wondering if he knew all along that his lips were just too big for his little face and when he closed them he looked like a platypus. He has recently over come this concern and finally learned to close his mouth and wow.... I'm not sure what I think. All I have to say is that Angelina Jolie has nothing on his lips!

Back from the dead.....mostly.

So, I hate being sick. What's worse than being sick yourself is having to take care of a very sick 6 month old child while you are sick yourself. Two Sundays ago, in the wee hours of the morning, we ended up in the emergency room because Brady was having a very difficult time breathing. Once we got him there, he calmed down and the doctor diagnosed him as having RSV, a respiratory virus that apparently is pretty common in your babies, and the only cure was just to wait it out. Well, that's what we've been doing for the last few weeks, and bless his little heart, he decided he wanted to share his virus with the rest of the family! Wahoo for being sick...not so much. Anyway, we are finally slowly on the mend and are very, VERY excited about getting back to normal life again!!!

The above shot was one of those 'I can't believe I got this on camera' shots. As a side note, at the time Brady was very confused about what was going inside his nose.

Why is it that naked baby pictures are so cute.....

Brady had a little mishap with the rice cereal the other day, but it did give us an opportunity for some cute diaper shots. Check out those rolls! I don't even know if I can count that high!



Um....yes, that is the true size of his belly...very impressive if I do say so myself.