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Braden laughed for the first time yesterday! A full out belly laugh! I totally was not expecting him to do it either...he's been doing this little chuckle type coo thing for a couple weeks, he really only did it when i layed him across my lap when getting ready to feed him-he knows what's coming and he loves it, hehe.
But yesterday he was laying on the floor, so happy-which he normally doesn't do-he LOVES to be held, anyway i sat down by him to play with thim and i did the whole "i'm gonna get you, i'm gonna get you, get you, get you!" with a little tickle by his collar bones and he started laughing, just that easy! i got it on tape so josh could see and he actually laughed a lot later that night too. I tried to show him off to my mom today and i got him super close but he made me act like a FOOL just for one chuckle.
I love his laugh!

Egh...Will Power

Dictionary.com says will power is:

-noun
Control of one's impulses and actions; self-control.

Stater Brother's has Entenmann's doughnuts on sale for $1.99 a box (pretty good size box). I walked passed at least 3 stands full of them as I ran in to get milk. Did I give in and buy a box? Almost, but no. This must be what progress feels like.

But, let me tell you this, my mouth is still watering. I can taste the chocolate. Feel the doughnut on my teeth as i bite down. I'm posting about it guys, come on. I think i might just regret not buying those dougnuts!

i LOVE this so much.

Braden's Blessing

Last sunday was Braden's Baby Blessing. Josh did such a great job, the spirit was so strong and we had TONS of family that made it a point to be there for us. We are so greatful for our family and friends and all the they mean to us. Thanks to everyone who supported us!

This white little outfit means a lot to us. I was dissapointed at first because i really wanted to get a blessing outfit made out of my wedding dress for him but started on it last minute and couldn't find anyone to do it. Josh's mom thankfully found the outfit that josh was blessed in and it is ADORABLE and very sentimental. I hope one day Braden will know how special it was to share this outfit with his dad.

He wasn't happy when i re-took his pictures...i didn't get a chance to do it on Sunday.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christams Tree!

A couple nights ago josh lugged out all our christmas stuff (his favorite party, right babe?) it only took us 3 nights to get it all up! I would explain why it took so long but i think anyone can understand how life gets busy... Me, Riley and our glow worm loving our finally finished tree

Growing up it was our tradition that my brother and i would fight-i mean take turns putting the tree topper on. This year was riley's first year old enough to do that...like how it turned out? haha we only had to move it slightly to center it!
I love starting new traditions within our little family

Braden took care of all these red ones...

So Riley really did a good job decorating the tree but for some reason she loved this one branch best of all...look four ornaments on one branch i think that should get some kind of award or something! what talent ;)

I hope everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit...whatever this may mean to you. Enjoy!

How embarassing!

I run with my cousin Katie most nights of the week. On our very first run together i warned her she would see me trip at some point.

Well last night was the night...

it looked a little worse in person. My right knee was swollen and blueish. i also scuffed my right hip and right elbow!

I guess i was getting a little tired on my run and wasn't picking my feet up high enough, i tripped over a crack on the sidewalk and it layed me out completely. The palms of my hands were only saved because i was wearing gloves! Luckily we were more than halfway done with our run so i didn't have too far to get back home.
Katie was so nice about it, didn't even laugh at all like she should have...pretty embarassing but i knew it would happen at some point!

Cousins...

From the left:Me, Stacy(cousin), Katie(cousin) and Lisa(sister in law) on 4th of july in "due date order" all with in 2months of each other!

This past week we got a shot of all of us with out our baby bellies and just our babies :) Katie's baby Nathan (third from the left) took cuts and decided he needed to be born first and arrived 3 days before Lisa's baby :)
We attended Ryan's baby blessing this past saturday (the baby all in white) and were able to get a shot of all the boys born in this just since July! Look how many boys were born in just a few months of each other! They are going to have so much fun growing up together :)

Nathan looks so cute in this picture(on the very right) looks like he's saying "what guys?"

We tried to get one of Riley and Hailey but you can see how Hailey felt about that idea! She looked so cute too!


*As you may have noticed. i added "Pick of the Week" (play on words-ohh getting fancy!) to the top right hand side of my blog. I got this cute idea from my friend sarah, who does a Photo of Week on hers. I'm going to put up some random picture from our lives each week! Enjoy