Christmas...Brek and Hallie!

So cute!!
Wide awake
So stinking cute...and yes she has panties on!


So here is the low down......Brek has RSV! Hallie is still her little stinker self with and attitude and we had an amazing Christmas!
Yeah i know...RSV...sucky stuff. Atleast it has not settled to much in her lungs so she is home with us and not in the hospital. Ever since she was born she has always been really stuffy, which Dr. C says that most babies are until about 3 months. So i took her to the dr today to get her all checked out and he said that she has a secondary infection in her nose and sinus and so he put he on some antibiotics. He told me to keep a good eye on her and if i think its getting worse to take her back in. OH and guess what...they weighed her and fully clothed she weighed
9lbs 2 oz!! Wow my baby is growing. I just look at her and she still is so little, but some moms give birth to babies this size! AHHH....does not sound fun to me!!! Ouch!
Oh...next with Hallie. She is repeating everything i say to her. So for instance...when we had our really bad week after brek was born..i would get after her and i would say...Hallie dont do that, do you hear me?! So about a week ago...hallie and i were in the shower and i was washing her hair and was dumping a cup of water on her head. Well she turned around and gave me this really dirty look and said... Mom dont do that...do you hear me?! I thought i was going to die. I cant believe she said that to me! So since then...everything i say..she is repeating me! Time to watch my mouth i think!
So our Christmas was so good. We didnt do anything huge...we just spent tons of time with family! There is nothing better then being with family during the holidays. We got very spoiled and it was so fun to watch Hallie be so excited that santa came and brought her toys. But now when she sees anyone with a beard she thinks its santa! I think next year will be fun with Hallie and Brek being one!
I just love my little girls so much...there is not a greater blessing in life then being able to be blessed to have children. I am so grateful to beable to have my own children and have a family of my own. I dont think i would trade the way my life is for anything in this whole world.
I also am so grateful for such a wonderful husband i have. He is seriously so amazing. He is such a hard worker and will do anything for us. He puts up with so much and always has a smile on his face and is always making sure that i am happy and letting me know how much he loves me!

Breklyn's Blessing

Yesterday was Breklyn's Special day. She was surrounded by some very special people and her daddy gave her an amazing blessing. We were very blessed to have so many family and friends join us. We are so very blessed to be the parents of such a special little girl! She is the sweetest little thing in the whole world. I seriously could just snuggle her all day and it wouldnt bother me one bit! We are so blessed to have 2 sweet very healthy little girls to call our own. I dont know where we would be with out them. They are my whole world and i would do anything for them.
After the blessing we all got together and had a luncheon. It was so fun to catch up with some family and friends what we have not seen in a while.
Oh and Breklyn's blessing dress, was actually my dress that i wore when i was blessed. Hallie wore it to be blessed in also. It is such a pretty dress, i looks antique because its kinda going yellow, but it has so much meaning i dont mind. She looked so beautiful in it!
I love you little Brek!

8 Things!

My 8 Favorite TV Shows

1. The Hills

2. The Mentalist
3. Barney

4. The Hills

5. Americas Next Top Model

6. American Idol

7. Barney.....Ha Ha...ok this is Hallie's Fav
8. The Hills
.....I dont watch much t.v. to be honest as you can tell. Barney is about what the most i have watched lately! You cant say no to that sweet face when she says so nicely...mommy moe barney pease! Priceless!

My 8 Favorite Restaurants

1. Old Griss Mill

2. Costa Vida

3. Olive Garden

4. Chili's

5. Firehouse Pizzeria

6. Wingers

7. Great Harvest (Logan, Utah)

8. Iggy's

8 Things that Happened Yesterday
1. Woke up and walked on my mom's treadmill

2. Bathed and fed Baby Brek

3. Fed and bathed Hallie

4. Cleaned up the house a little bit, i was kinda lazy yesterday

5. Got myself ready for the day

6. Made lunch

7. Visited with my amazing friend Amanda! She lifts my spirits just to be around her! She is an amazeing person and i have always looked up to her! I love her!

8. Went and delivered some birth annoucements and went to sams and got our christmas cards made!

8 Things I Look Forward To

1. When Breklyn starts smiling and making her sweet noices!

2. Losing more weight! I have already lost the baby weight...but more needs to come off! I just wish it would hurry! I am getting anxious to fit in my jeans i have not worn for 2 years!
3. Waking up to my 2 beautiful girls every morning.

4. Being married to Brad for eternity

5. Summer! I seriously hate being cold!

6. Owning our own home one day...the one i live in is fine, but its not the same!

7. Spending more time with my girls and and my sweet amazing hubby! Love them so much!

8. Tomorrow and all the days to follow.

8 Thing i love about Winter!
1. Christmas

2. Reading stories as a family about the true meaning of Christmas

3. Giving to someone off an angel tree!

4. Shopping for my hubby and Girls

5. Spending long periods of time with family

6. Christmas

7. Cooking treats with my mom

8. The excuse to buy presents!

8 Things On My Wish List

1. To be the best mom and wife i can be.

2. To become the next Betty Crocker!
3. Visit Brad's mission in England

4. To use my craftiness more often
5. Staying home with my kids forever

6. Just to be happy.

7. To teach my kids the gospel and raise them and prepare them for the hardships in life

8. For Garrett to love me for my decision i made for him!

Here is a cute picture i took of my Hallie yesterday! Her talented and funnest Aunt Jamie made all the girls in the family these cutest tu tu's! Seriously...hallie dances to "daddys music" in this atleast for 1 hour everyday! She is so funny and so cute!

One Month Old!!!

I know i know i have already posted a picture like this...but my computer is being a stupid head right now and it wont let me get the new ones! Sorry new ones to come soon!
Can you beleive that my little Brek baby is one month old today! I cant! Time goes by so fast sometime i forget to stop and just cherish every little minute! She is such a sweet baby! The last couple of days she has started to try and focus a little bit more! I cant wait for the first time she can really see me and we can start all the real smiles! I love my little Brek so much!

Lots of PICTURES!

SO... i am a little bit late at getting this thing updated...so here is the newest but oldest news on Baby Brek. I took her to her two week check up which was over a week ago and she was only back at her birth weight of 5 lbs 13 oz. She is in the 1 percentile of everything. Dr. C said that she is looking really good and growing good for being 3 weeks early. He was suprised at how developed her lungs were for being so early and that she never crys. Yes i know i have a little tiny thing that i have to make cry. Trust me when she does, its pathetic. Dont get me wrong i am not complaining at all after what i went through with her sister...but it seriously is so cute. Oh and the cutest faces she makes when she is mad. She puts on a good show!
Everything is going really good. Nothing really new. I am loving the homemaker life! We are getting things put together us three girls that are home all day. We are finally getting somewhat of a daily routine down. YaY!
I do have to put a shout out to my wonderful and amazing hubby! He is so so so good to us and he is such a hardworker and will do anything for his girl! We seriously love him so much and are so grateful for everything little thing he does for us. We seem to always look over the little thing and i am so thankful to have him in our lives! He keeps me positive and always working to try and be the best mom and wife that i can possibly be! I love you Brad!

Update and pictures

Sleepy baby Breklyn
Oh i love her
Blue eyes open
Sweetest face
hiding from hal's kisses
Billi lights and sunshine
Billi lights
Billi lights
On our way home from the hospital

So everything is going good in our home! We have an extremely good baby that enjoys her sleep! When we brought her home she was sleeping up to 6 and 7 hours until waking up to eat. So i talked to the dr and he said that i have to start waking her up every 3 hours so she will grow because she is so tiny. Trust me Hallie never slept, so this is so new to me! During the day i wake up about every 3 to 4 hours for a feeding and at night i am up 1 maybe 2 times with her. She is such a sweet heart i just cant get enough of her.
She had to be under the billi lights for 2 days. When we left the hospital her jaundice was at a 9 and the next day it was at a 16.4. Ouch! Being told that your baby has to be under the lights and having the baby blues.....not the excitement i look forward to everyday! But we are past those days....thank goodness.
I take Breklyn in on monday for her 2 week check up.............i know she is almost 2 weeks old! Time goes by so fast! So i will post again then and give the update from the dr.
Hope you enjoy the pictures....but trust me she is much cuter in person!

Oh so helpful Hallie!

I just needed to say that my little Hallie has been such a helpful hand with her new little sister. She has been suprisingly good with her. She just always wants to know where she is and she wants to kiss her. Oh and hold her of course! I was a little worried before i had her that we would have trouble, but we have come out pretty good. I love my Hallie so much. She is seriously such a sweet girl and has the funnest personality that any one could ask for. She is so funny, i seriously could just sit and watch her all day and probably never stop laughing!

Hallie i love you so much!
Love, Mommy!

Our Newest Addition

Breklyn Paige Ward
5lbs 13oz 18inches
Born: November 9, 2008
at 11:04 pm

Here is our the newest beauty that has joined our family. She is my little itty bitty. She is such a good baby, we are loving her so much!
This is a picture i took of her laying in her light bed! (French Fry warmer) She had jaundice pretty bad, so she was under the lights for 2 days. It was so sad, but she actually came to like the warmness of it. She is a good sleeper, which is such a blessing in our family since her older sister which is now 2 and a half still sometimes wakes up at night!
Labor was good. She was born on my first push! I know i am making it sound really easy, but it really was!

Anyways, i will post some more pictures later. Just thought i would show her off for a minute!

Girls Day!

Well since my adventure has started that i was put on bed rest, Hallie and i have just couched out at home. Most days, we dont shower until like 5 at night, we usually are wearing pj's and i usually dont do my hair or make up. So i thought since today we, actually got around doing our hair and that we actually got dressed i should take a picture of it! Man we are hott! Ok hallie is cute, but me....i am just fat and prego!
The other adventure we have had while me being home so much, is the wonderful....wait, wait...we need a drum roll....................................
......................................................................................................................POTTY TRAINING! Believe me its been one roller coaster for the both of us! She is not all the way potty trained, but she is getting better! She has actually stayed dry all morning! Wahoo!
Other then us being ugly and lazy and going through many loads of laundry...we are still good! No baby yet though! I wish she was here already, but she is hangin on.

Hollywood!

I just came across these pictures and i think that they are so cute so i thought i would share them!

Mommy, me dishes!

So Hallie's new little thing she is always wanting to help me with is the dishes. When i was younger my grandma made me these little aprons to help my mom do the dishes with. The other day at my moms house i came across them and hallie loves them! She is so funny, it usually ends up just being a huge mess of water all over the place, but heck....water doesnt hurt anything right! This is one thing i usually let her get away with making a huge mess with. Hallie will most of the time just pour one glass of water into the next, its usually just back and forth. I must admit it is kinda fun having a little friend while doing the wonderful and dreaded dishes everyday!

Anyone out there??

I just want to know if anyone is even reading my blog? If so please comment me and leave me your email address so i can add you. If no one is reading this, i might just do away with it!

Thanks!

HALLOWEEN 2008

This is how Hallie hair looked for her costume! Her little witch hat wouldnt stay on so i tried something new! Her hair is finally starting to grow a little!

My little grumpy WITCH!

Isnt she so cute! I was not going to atempt the face painting thing. It would have been everywhere!

This Halloween was kinda a drag for us! Since mommy being on bedrest and all, Hallie and i just hung out all day at home. When dad got home we decided to get her ready and to go see the grandmas. Then we went to trunk or treat at our chruch. Then we headed back to my mom' s so daddy could take hallie trick or treating with her cousins while mommy rested!
Hopefully next year i can join in all the fun and i will have something more exciting to post on it!

Hope everyone had a good one!

Baby Update

Well, here is the latest of the little one growin inside! Wednesday night i went into preterm labor! Yay for me! Ok not really. I started having contractions that were timeable around 6:30p.m. and so i went and layed around to see if they would ease up a little bit. Well two hours later they were getting harder and harder and were about 8 minutes apart. So, we came home and by 9:30 they were getting about 5 minutes apart. We called the dr and they said to try a few things what we had already tried to see if they would go away. Well they just kept getting stronger. By 10:00, i said lets go! We got to the hospital and got me in a room and were checking the baby and i had only efaced like 20 % more then what i was the monday before. So they said, well lets check in an hour and see if you have progressed. If not you will be sent home. So of course an hour later with contractions 3 minutes apart, i didnt change! Crap! So they gave me the wonderful "shaky" shot to stop my labor and sent me home. So now here i am on bedrest at my house, miserable, still contractioning and doing everything possible to keep here in until atleast the 10th! Which puts me at 37 weeks!

Wish me luck, we will let you know when she is here and put up some pictures!

32 Weeks and Counting and the latest!

My little nun!

Always sticking her tongue out!

Her hair is finally somewhat long enough to do piggy tails!

This is kinda an updated baby bump picture, it was my 6 month mark probably, not really sure!

Daddy took the day off to go hunting, so when he was finished, hallie and Brad went and helped papa on the farm move the cows!

My cute little Hallie bug, she loves riding her bike in our house with her sunglasses and hat on. She is seriously such a hoot!

Hallie and her cousin Dawson showing off there Home Depot Kids shop Aprons. So cute!

Look at this sleeping BEAUTY! She is so precious, i love her so much!

So i am now 32 weeks along and ready to be 40 weeks and have this little baby in my arms. This has to be one of the easiest pregnancy's but come on now....but you know how you just get to that point when its dragging on and you have nothing ready for this baby to come! I seriously have so much stuff to do with the nursery and organizing things that i think i just keep telling myself i have tons of time left but in all reality, its coming pretty dang soon! This baby could come at any time.

So, this past weekend was a good one, not only that conference was really good, but Brad's brother from american fork came up and spent the weekend. It is always so fun when the whole family comes and hangs out! Brad's brother mike took hallie to Home Depot on saturday morning to a work shop where they can build something and they got her this really cute apron. She looked so cute in it! She ran around in it most the morning. She loves her cousins so much! The picture of her sleeping is of her having her nap, she was so tired from playing so hard.

So this is about the most exciting news in our boring life!
Until next time!

OOOPPS!!!

So i just needed to make a quick post, on my tag post, i just did it the fast way and copy and pasted. Well little did i know i forgot to change one answer all the way, so i accidently have Jena's husband as my answer! OOPPS! Sorry Jena!
So here is my real answer


Who is smarter: I would say that Brad is. I am a little on the slow side.

2 posts in one day... i am doing good!

So i just thought that i should post something, i dont know about what...but i have a blog so i guess i should use it.
Lets see...i am getting really big! I am on the COUNT DOWN!!! Yay! We got 9 weeks left until we get to see our little girl! (Lets hope she comes out a girl!) I dont know what my problem is, but i still keep having dreams that i am having a boy! I seriously just cant convince myself that i am having a girl. I am just weird or what!
Nothing is really new in our lives. We are just getting ready for this baby. Brad is still working hard at his job and seems to still like it. I am counting down the days of how many i still have to go to work at Coke. I am not exactly loving it right now. Long Story i will not bore anyone with.
My little Hallie, lets be honest...she seriously is the cutest and the best little girl that any mother could ever ask for! I just lover her so much!
So yeah, our lives are not really that exciting, i am sorry. Hopefully when this new little one comes i will have lots of good stories to tell!

Tag!

What is his name: Bradley D

What is her name: Shannon or Shanny

How long have you been together: 3 years and 5 months

How long did you date: Ha Ha, we dated for 1 month to the day and then got engaged and married 4 months later

How old is he: 25

How old is she: 22

Who eats more: Brad guarenteed, hallie is trying to compete sometimes though

Who said I love you first: Me!

Who is taller? Him, i am short

Who sings better? Well , i would say Brad does, and he sings alot more then me so he gets plenty of practice

Who is smarter: Derek is for sure. I am kinda slow!

Who does the laundry: Brad did most of it until up until a couple months ago, now i mainly do it!

Who pays the bills: I like to take care of that, but lately its been both of us working on that one

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed: ME, ME i do!

Who mows the lawn: Our land lord, sweetest man on earth

Who drives: I would say both of us do

Who is more stubborn: Umm....i would say we are both very very hard headed!

Who kissed who first: Ha ha...i kissed him on our first date!

Who proposed: Bradley did! So cute!

Who has more friends: I would say Brad. I dont have many anymore , just my little hallie!

Who is more sensitive: I am a woman, that is prego, what more can i say??

I am a huge slacker!

So, i know i have been a major slacker lately at this whole blogging thing, so i apologize to anyone that takes the time to look at my blog. I am not even sure what i should blog about this time, but i will do my best.
Everything is going well with our family. Our little girl is growing up so much and is copping such a bossy attitude with her mother! She is so funny and is growing up so fast! Our other little baby bean is growing, making mommy look huge! I am 27 weeks along and i look about 20 months along! We are getting so excited to see what she is going to look like! I really am just hoping that she still comes out a girl! I dont think i was this worried about it with Hallie, maybe its just because i really want another little girl and because Brad and I cannot agree on any names! Hopefully she wont go nameless for to long after she is born.
Work is going well for the both of us. I am not planning on going back to Coke after i have the baby, i will just find something part time somewhere. Brad is still really liking his job at Duc Works. He has been working some long hours lately though because they are so busy, but i guess i cant complain, because it could be worse and they could have no work at all for him. He is such a hard worker and is such a wonderful father. He does so much for our little family. I am so grateful to have him in my life. I love him so much and i know Hallie loves him so very much too. She is such a daddy's girl and i love watching them together.
I dont have any recent pictures downloaded on the computer, but i will get some and get some posted. Hallie is changing so much everyday!
OH and guess what.....i am now blonde! I know its such a shocker, you should have seen some of my family and friends faces, wow, they were like " Wow your blonde!" Yeah i think i was have a mid life crisis or something!

Newsers!!!

So i decided now that i really need to update a little bit on Hallie. Here are some recent events that we have experienced with her. She is just so funny!




The other day Brad, Hallie and I needed to go get some groceries so we went into lee's and of course Hallie just takes off. So i am like ok, lets try the little shopper thing. Well it was Crazy!!! She was on a mad dash and she never watches where she is going so she was almost running people off the aisles and knocking things down. Lets just say we have not tried this again since!



The other night, Brad and I are watching one of our reality shows and Hallie kept putting this bucket on her head and walking around. She looked so stinking cute in it and is so funny. She just kept saying Hi momma and Hi Dada! She is a hoot!






Now that Brad gets off at 3:30 everyday, he goes and gets Hallie and takes her to go feed the cows on grandpas farm. Hallie loves the cows. I swear we take a ride to the farm at least once a day so she can see them. One day when they were up feeding, one of the calf's were out so Hallie decided to go after it. She started chasing after this calf. She is not scared of anything. She is our little cow girl!!!