Shopping with Grandma

Yesterday Tyler had a Simply Mac Century Ride and afterwards there was a club social. It was a lot of fun. Braelyn woke up at 7:30 and ate. Then we got everything ready to go to grandma's. Since we were going to have to go to Morgan for the social, I figured why not go up earlier and spend time with my mom. At 9:00 we got everything loaded up in the car and headed out (Tyler had left at 6:30 so that he could go the ride that started at 7:00. There is construction on the freeway between Mountain Green and Morgan, and at one point you have to go over the bumpies on the side of the road that are if you fall asleep while driving. Braelyn just giggled. She thought that was the funnest thing. So every few minutes, I would go over the bumpies again just so she would stay happy. It was pretty cute I have to say :) When we got to Grandma and Grandpa Kippen's house, I found out that my mom was heading to Ogden to get school supplies, so I decided that Braelyn and I would ride with her. It was better than sitting t my parents' house doing nothing. It was Braelyn's first experience at Walmart. Normally Tyler watches her while I go to the store for grocery shopping. She kept looking around and all the people and the bright colors. She even got a present! I bought her a play mat with the toys. She loves it. I held up the pink one and the red one and she stared at the red one. It must have been more attention getting. So that is the one that I bought. We went to the social and talked with all of our cycling buddies. After we went back to Grandma's house and played on the play mat and went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Mickelsen. Braelyn slept the whole time. We had a really fun day and wore Braelyn out. She went to bed at 10 pm and slept until 8 this morning. What a good little baby that we have! At church she was very well behaved. I couldn't have asked for a better baby! She is our little angel!!!

Braelyn's Fit

I know it is bad to laugh at my hungry baby girl, but I couldn't help it. Today I fed Braelyn then we went to visit Grandma Kippen at the hospital. Don't worry--that's where she works. After we saw Grandma, we went to the Weber State Bookstore to pick up some thing for Grandma. When we got home, Braelyn was screaming because she was hungry. I pulled her out of the carseat and changed her diaper, which made her happy but only for a minute. I made me a sandwich because I needed to eat as well. She had scooted to the edge of the blanket by that time. She was in the middle to begin with.

The I got me some ice water to drink while I fed her. In the minute that I got my water, she had scooted even more. I couldn't help but laugh. I know you may think that I am an aweful mom for letting her scream, but she was going to anyway, so why not hurry and take care of myself at the same time. I have to admit it was really cute, and it was the first real tantrum she had thrown, so I had to post about it.

I can't believe she is getting so big. The time has gone by so fast. I am loving every minute of being a mom, and Tyler is so wonderful when he gets home from work. He takes her from me and plays with her and usually feeds her. He puts her to bed every night. She sleeps much better when daddy puts her to bed. We love our little munchkin!

Busy Bodies

Today was a busy day for Tyler and me. We did yardwork, laundry, and cleaned. Tyler came home from work early, so it was really nice to have him for more of the afternoon. We have renters living in the basement now, so I had to work on doing all the laundry in one day rather than doing half and half like I normally do. Me and Braelyn worked worked worked all day on folding and washing laundry. Tyler mowed the back lawn while I raked up the grass clippings and picked the fruit. We now have plums and a few apples. We should get peaches by the fall as well. Then I mowed the front lawn while Tyler played with Braelyn. She is our little outdoors girl. She loves to be outside.

Braelyn always makes me smile when I stick her in her crib. She loves her mobile and it makes her so happy to listen to the music and watch the animals move in circles. It made me laugh so of course I had to take a video of it! Especially since she was wearing one of my favorite outfits today!

Tyler's Bike Race

Tyler did so well at his bike race tonight. He got into a breakaway and even won one of the prize laps. I was so proud of him. Braelyn and I cheered really loud! I was especially excited because he won me free one hour Structura massage. :) YAY!! He took third place! I was so happy for him! He really deserved it. I wish he could have won, but everyone is so fast and my number one priorities are his safety and happiness. It is so much fun to watch him race!
After the race, we came home and gave Braelyn her bath. She absoutely loves her bath. And guess what?! She somewhat giggled for Mama. It wasn't nearly as loud or as long as when she giggled for Tyler, but STILL!! I was so happy! She is our little angel and I don't know what I would do without her!! We love her so much! MAMA AND DADDY LOVE YOU MONKEY!!

Silly Goose

Braelyn was being such a silly goose today. I put her in her swing and she twisted herself so that she was sideways. When I noticed this, I took a picture, of course, then fixed it. A couple minutes later, I heard some cute little coos so I went to check on her. She had twisted herself again, even though I had buckled her in. I smiled at her and said, "what did you do?" to her and she just got a huge smile on her face. It was almost as if she was teasing me. "Haha mama, now you have to come fix me again. Neiner, Niener, Niener." Then she fell asleep in her swing and hr bow fell down over her eyes. So Cute! I was so proud of myself today. I cleaned the living room, dining room, and kitchen. I ran the dishwasher and unloaded it, washed the dishes, and fly-ladied my sink. I windexed my appliances (they are black and I discovered that windex works better than clorox wipes) and mirrors, and swept my entire house. All I will have to do tomorrow is mop my kitchen, dining room, and living room. Now tonight we are heading to Tyler's bike race. Don't worry, pictures will be posted later tonight! Thanks Karli for helping me to realize I want to BLOG!! Two days, and I'm already having a ball!!

Growing So Fast

Our little girl is getting so big so fast! She is smiling now and it is so exciting. And the greatest thing happened last night. She was laughing! She was laughing at her daddy. It was so cute we were laughing really hard. To the point that I had tears rolling down my cheeks.

The last few days have been very eventful. On Saturday, Braelyn stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Matson while Tyler and I went to the Logan temple for my cousin's wedding. After the wedding, we picked up our little girl and went to the luncheon. Following that, we dropped her off again, and Tyler and I went to the JOSH GROBAN Concert! He loved it so much. I'm so happy I surprised him with tickets. It was worth it to see the smile on his face. We had really great seats. Sunday I woke up with a headache and accidentally slept until 12:15. oops. All in all it was a great weekend, but I am very happy to start the week all over again. Today we had a very adventurous day. Braelyn and I went to spend the day with Danika and Karli. We visited and played and while the girls were sleeping, we made lots and lots and LOTS of cookies. We didn't realize that the recipe made so many :) They were yummy and it was a very great day!

Braelyn Rose Matson

It's been awhile since I have updated the blog and so many things have happened. On June 6, 2011 the greatest gift joined our lives. Our little princess was finally born. She was due on May 30th, but one week and 14 1/2 hours later Braelyn Rose Matson was born. She joined our family at 9:40 p.m. She weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.

She was bigger than we expected, but she also got to bake and extra week so all is well. We knew she was going to have a lot of hair, but we didn't expect it to be blonde. Daddy was so proud. He got to cut the cord and learn all about the placenta and everything.

Her first bath was interesting. She screamed until it was time to wash her hair. Then she was like a lady at the salon. She loved it. She had lots of curly dirty blonde hair. It looks a little red in the picture though.

Her bili numbers were really high, so a couple days after we got her home, she had to start being on the bili lights. A few days later, she no longer needed them, and she was a much happier camper. We love her so much!! She is such a blessing in our lives!