I love my baby!

Today I watched Oprah, Marie Osmond was on there talking about her son who committed suicide earlier this year. I normally don't watch Oprah but wanted to see what Marie would say. I couldn't stop crying, and am crying right now as I write this. I don't know if it's because I have a son of my own or what but it really hit home. Having battled depression all my life, and more now than ever, I just know how it feels to get to the lowest point in life and I feel for their family. She said one thing that hit me hard and that was 'tell your kids they aren't a burden in your life' her son felt like he was a burden and wanted to get rid of that for her. I know I get frustrated with Brigham but I love him more than anything in this world and don't know what I would do if anything happened to him. I hope he doesn't ever have to go through depression like I do and hope he is a happy, healthy boy.
I know that we are given these trials to help us and if anything ever does happen to Brigham I know we are sealed and we will always be a family. I can't imagine going through life not knowing about eternal families and that you will see your loved ones when we die. I'm so grateful I have that knowledge.
Everybody please give your kids an extra hug tonight!

Halloween

Happy Halloween! Last night we went to our ward party/trunk-or-treat and it was so much fun! Other than being colder than heck and extremely windy! All the kids looked adorable dressed up, but I have to say I think Brigham was by far the cutest! And Mikey was by far the geekiest! He dressed up as Iron man with a white T-shirt with the letters "Fe" written on it. LAME! Anyways a ton of people showed up and we lasted almost the whole time until we got rid of the candy we wanted to :) We didnt take Brigham around to get candy since he only has like 3 and a half teeth and that means mom would be eating most of the candy...which I dont need!! By the way I have lost 19 pounds!! WOO WOO!! Almost half way there!

The last couple weeks have been horrible! All of us have had a cold, Brigham and I still have it, Mikey has been out of town a little more than normal, and I have 2 kidney stones! I had to go to the E.R. one day he was gone, I couldnt sleep and I basically couldnt do anything. I was getting nauseous and dizzy and thats not good when you are home alone with a 10 month old! So I dropped Brigham off at a friends house and headed to the E.R. They did a CT scan and found 2 stones, one in my left kidney and one almost to my bladder. The one almost to my bladder was blocking the urine so it was backing up into my kidney and really hurting. That one is 1/4 of an inch! I still havent passed it but it feels so much better (most of the time) Because the reason I get so many stones is the amount of pop I drink I have stopped drinking as much pop and thats how I am losing weight!

Story of my life...now that he can crawl he hates being held and wants to explore everywhere!

Cutest little lion! His costume made his cheeks look even chubbier!

Geeky daddy!

Total cheeser! And you can see all his teeth!

Rough day

My sweet pumpkin

Friday we had the Herb's and Kleinman's over for dinner and to carve pumpkins

Look at that curl!

WHOA!

He knows what's good! :)

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!

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