Stuff We've Been Doing

Last weekend my parents invited us to go fishing at the Island Park Resevoir. Ryan was already going up that way bird hunting with some friends in the morning so Brecken & I met him and my parents up there in the afternoon. We had a fire and roasted hot dogs and did a little fishing, which wasn't any good. But Ryan did do really good bird hunting that morning. Him and his friend Tyler both limited out and we had a really good meal the next night for dinner!

Grandma Michelle and Brecken

The ladies at my church put together a little open house type baby shower for me and Brecken this week. We all got together and had a bite to eat and everyone got to see and hold the baby! He got passed around to everyone there I think. You know how a bunch of ladies are when there's a new baby around!

Brecken got his first hair cut last Tuesday. His hair was getting really long on top and in back especially and Ryan and my mom kept commenting about it and how he needed a hair cut. I thought it was kind of weird to even think about cutting a 1 month old baby's hair but I finally decided to cut it when Ryan kept saying he had a mollet! So we had Aunt Rach come over and she cut his hair while I held him. He was such a good boy too! I think he actually liked having her run her fingers through his hair. He just sat there very patiently. He looks so darn cute now. I can spike it on top and it doesn't flop over like it did before!

A couple of weekends ago my sister Brittni and her husband Devin came to visit and it was the first time they got to see Brecken. We all went bowling and took Gavin along with us. (He was spending the day hanging out with Uncle Ryan.) It was a lot of fun!

Gavin

Brecken & Aunt Brittni

Ryan showing his cool bowling moves!

Cousins!

We have had lots of family come to visit and see Brecken. The weekend he was born most of the cousins on Ryan's side of the family were sick so they didn't get to come and see him until this last weekend when everyone was feeling better. Thanks to Lindsay, Tara, and Holly for sparing us the illness! We appreciate it! The cousins finally made it to see Brecken and we are so excited that he has so many to grow up with and be friends! Mitch and Tara's baby Kendall is 6 months older and Cade and Lindsay's baby Kearslee is 3 months older so they are all really close in age and it will be really fun to see them grow up together. I'm sure Gavin and Reegan will have lots to teach Brecken about being mischevious and being a boy!

Brecken, McKenzie, Gavin, & Kearslee

Just a couple weeks ago when I saw Kearslee I was thinking how little she was and when I saw her last weekend compared to Brecken I couldn't believe how big she was getting!

Gavin and Baby Brecken!

Kenzie is the oldest cousin and she is so good with the younger cousins!

2 WEEKS OLD

Today Brecken is 2 weeks old! I can't believe it's already been 2 weeks since he arrived! It seems like just the other day we were headed to the hospital. He is getting so big already. In 2 weeks he has gained over a pound. He was 6 lbs 15 oz when he was born and at his appointment on Wednesday he was 8 lbs! He is going to be a CHUNKY MONKEY! We love him so much and are so happy to have him in our family! It is so crazy how much a little baby can change your life. I find myself just sitting here watching him and thinking how beautiful he is and how much I love him. Ryan is totally in love too! Every night he comes home from work and immediately takes Brecken from me and they spend the evening together while I get dinner ready and finish things up before we get Brecken ready for bed. He is actually a good little sleeper for the most part. We put him to bed around 9:00 or 9:30 and he only gets up 2 times and usually goes right back to sleep. We have had a couple of rough nights but for the most part we are sleeping alright. I got a new camera for my birthday in August from Ryan and I love it. I have taken so many pictures of the baby but I just can't help it. I snap random pictures of him all the time! He is just so darn cute!