Sorensen Family

Monday, October 18, 2010

Brigham's a crawlin'...forward this time!

So Brigham FINALLY learned how to crawl!! He already knew how to go backwards, and sort of do an army crawl to one side, but within the last couple days he has taught himself how to go forward!! He did it a little on Saturday night, and I totally freaked out and scared him half to death and he fell on his face. So I think he was a little nervous to try it again :) He finally started crawling to the coffee table so he could kneel to it, then a little later I just decided to pull out the video camera and start filming and the video at the bottom is what he did right off the bat! Oh and of course Mikey isnt here to witness it :)
He has also started to want to stand up to EVERYTHING!! Even me when I am on the floor playing with him. He does pretty good kneeling but hasnt quite gotten the muscles developed for pulling himself all the way up. He is getting pretty daring and I dont like it at all! He was kneeling up to the couch and turned around towards the table and tried to stand up and fell backwards and hit his head on the wood on the bottom of the couch, poor kid! Of course he screamed, but hey, he screams when I cough!
He still only has the 3 teeth (1 on bottom and 2 on top) the 2nd bottom one keeps teasing us. he's blabbering a lot more, and singing, and dancing. This kid definitely got my sense of rythm! He has also learned how to entertain himself for more than 5 minutes! YAY for me! He is such a good kid and we are so blessed to have him in our lives!

So proud of himself for kneeling up to the table

I think this is right before he biffed it...notice the pillow in front of him?

Look at those BLUE eyes!

You can kinda see his top teeth

He loves banging things on the table

Daddy feeding him in his new high chair

He loves his daddy!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Brigham is 9 months old?!?

On our way home yesterday we took Brigham to his 9 month appt. They said he is doing great! He is 24 lbs 3 oz (90th percentile0, 30.25 inches tall (95th percentile) and 110th percentile on head circumference! HAHA! This last week he has started to get 3 more teeth! He is not a happy camper! The top 2 have finally cut through and the 2nd bottom one is almost there. He is getting to be such a big boy! He has also started to crawl...backwards! HAHA! He gets up on his knees a ton but doesnt realize he can move forward. Today he started to sit from being on his knees. Within the last few weeks he says "a da" when he is done with his bottle. Such a smart boy!

Also, I downloaded the pics from my camera :)

So here's some more of the special day!

My favorite!

He snuggles with Rebecca but not his own mommy! :(

Sealing part 2

Well we finally got sealed!! It was the most amazing 2 days ever! Friday was a busy busy day, we met Steve, Joann, and Sarah at Mr. Mac so Mike could get some temple pants that fit him :) He gained a little weight! HAHA! Then off to lunch and then the girls went to help me with my temple dress. Joann was so nice to buy my dress for me and it was gorgeous! Then back to the house to change and get to the temple for my endowment and oops I left our recommends at my parents house!! I was freaking out!! So I had to book it to Layton to grab them and then head straight to the temple. And of course there was an accident on the way but we made it. My dad met us there to pick up Brigham so he could watch him for the night. I was soo nervous for some reason, I had no idea what to expect and it was the most amazing thing in the world!! I told Mikey after that I want to have that peaceful feeling as much as we can! It was awesome!
Saturday morning came and we headed to the temple around 9:00, we got there and headed right to the nursery where Brigham would be until they had to bring him in for the sealing, it was kinda sad to leave him, but they said he got a little nap in, but not even close to what his normal morning nap it (about 2 hours) so he was not a happy little boy. We went into the sealing room and had some instruction from the sealer and he was definitely inspired. He mentioned some things about being an example to our family, and that this is a brand new start (which helped me out) and that Brigham was a special spirit. Also mentioned some other things that were just amazing! They brought Brigham in and of course he was screaming! Even we couldnt calm him down, until it was his turn to be sealed and all of a sudden he just stopped screaming and got the most heavenly look on his face. He definitely knew what was going on. Right then we all lost it! I dont think there was a dry eye in the whole room.
Satan was definitely working on us before we got sealed, with family issues, stress, traffic etc. it makes you realize how important family is and the temple. Satan really did not want us to get sealed! And we definitely felt that! But that only made me want it even more. It was such an amazing weekend and was so glad to be able to share it with family.
The next post has a bunch of pictures from the weekend...

An eternal family

WARNING...first there are a ton of pics, also, there were about 3 people taking pics at the same time so we are never looking at the same camera in any of the pics :)

He is soooo tired right there, he had had it by then, but still looks handsome!

His new puppy I got him, it barks songs!! He loves it!

He loves my ring :)

Brigham was totally done with pictures!

Right outside the temple...with our witnesses...E Dawg and Steve

Right after endowments

Look at Paisley! I love this picture!

Aww!! So cute!

We had to give him a flower to have him focus

Story of his day

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Busy September

Well September has been a somewhat crazy month. I got a new calling at the beginning of the month, instead of being an assistant to the Primary Presidency I am now a Primary teacher for the 5-6 year olds. We just got a new Presidency and they realized they didnt need an assistant! WOO! My class is great! We have been practicing for the primary program, which is today, for the last 2 weeks and today will be my first official lesson. Wish me luck! Out of all the classes in the primary this one is by far the best!
Our sealing is getting so close...less than 2 weeks away. We have it scheduled still at the Bountiful Temple but for a few days we were seriously considering moving it to Nauvoo. I'm hoping everything works out well.
We just got back from a little vacation on Friday. We went to southern California with Mikey, he had to visit a few people for work and we kinda tagged along. The first few days we stayed right down the street from Disneyland. Since Brigham is a little too young to know what is going on we decided not to pay the $90 a person to go to the park. Maybe in a few years? Wednesday we drove down to Huntington Beach and stayed right on the ocean!! It was heaven! I absolutely love the beach!
They were filming some type of movie or something that night right on the beach, so we might be in a movie! I was so sure Brigham was going to love the beach/ocean just as much as I do so I took him down to the water and put his feet in it...he didnt like it too much! He started screaming and shaking! Poor kid! We then headed to the pier where we had dinner at Ruby's diner, its a 50's themed restaurant and was pretty fun.
The next day we decided to spend a little more time on the beach, it was so beautiful and perfect weather! Again, Brigham didnt like the water :) I'm a mean mom!
We drove back Friday and stopped in Palm Springs so Mikey could do some more business, so he dropped us off at a little shopping center. He thought it was only going to take an hour at the most...well 3 hours later still no Mikey!! It was hot and not many stores to go in to! He finally picked us up at we made the 5 hour drive to PV. Brigham was exhausted and so tired of sitting! I felt so bad for him! We got him a bigger carseat and tried it out on this trip...I really think he would have been a lot worse in his old carseat. He did soo good! Other than sleeping...he moves SO much in his sleep and I am a very light sleeper so it just sucked being in the same room as him for 4 nights!
He is getting so close to crawling! For the last few weeks he gets on his hands and TOES!! I tried it one day and its freakin hard! But while we were in Cali he started to get his knees underneath him and kind of moving his arms and legs and then just face plants :) He better start moving cuz daddy said as soon as he starts walking we get to get a dog! Brigham can't wait!! He LOVES dogs!! Every night we go on walks and see a ton of doggies and he gets soo excited! He knows a few of the dogs and as soon as he sees them he starts kicking his legs and screaming. One of them does the same when she sees him. She loves to lick his feet and hands (scares me half to death) but he loves it. There is also another dog who will not follow her owner if she sees us coming, the owners will either have to wait til she gets to say hi to Brigham or they just carry her along. Its so cute!

Big dude standing up, doesnt last too long but he's trying