The Stand-off

One of my challenges with Brigham lately has been that he wants me, his eight and a half months pregnant mother with back problems to carry him everywhere... especially up the stairs! This afternoon I tried to get Brig to follow me upstairs, but he refused to take one step up on his own. Boldly, (for it’s hard for me to make him so upset!) I told him I was going to go up to the computer and he could come up when he was ready. For 10 minutes I could hear him fussing for me at the bottom of the stairs. Finally he went silent and I kept waiting for him to walk into our office/scrapbook room (which my husband insists I call the “scroffice”) where I was at the computer. He never did. Finally I decided to go check on him and almost tripped on the kid when I made it to the bottom of the stairs. He was asleep on the stairs!! The kid can sleep anywhere! It was so cute until I realized that unknowingly he won our little stand-off and I had to CARRY him up the stairs to put him in his bed! What a stinker!

Our Brave Ride on the Light Rail

So, for those of you who don’t know, Tyler and I live an hour away from our parents. Since the light rail opened I’ve been wondering if it would be a decent way to travel to Mom’s house. It doesn’t get us super close, but close enough for her to pick us up on the other side without it being a very big deal. I thought it would be a good option for those rare times when I want to come visit in the morning and have Tyler meet up with us when he gets off of work that evening. (We don’t want to have both of our cars make the hour drive for the same trip.)

We found the opportunity to try out the train one weekend when we were planning on spending the night at my mom and dad’s house. Friday morning as Tyler dropped us off at the light rail station, I was so nervous! As we approached the doors of the train the loudspeaker told us to “Please stand clear of the doors”. I suddenly felt rushed and was afraid we’d miss this train, so with Brigham in my arms I jumped on and the doors closed right behind us. I didn’t even get a chance to kiss my husband goodbye! With everyone staring at me, my pregnant belly, overstuffed backpack, and the alarmed two-year old in my arms I hurried to the closest seat I could find that wasn’t near any scary looking passengers.

As soon as I took my seat the train started moving and Brigham surprised me and everyone around us by exclaiming “All aboard! All aboard!” As the train picked up speed, he was delighted and said “Whoo Hoo!”.

Brigham and I ended up near the bike racks where there were several college students on their way to school. I was surprised there weren’t too many weirdo’s on the train and we felt quite comfortable. It took Brig a while to become comfortable enough to get off my lap, but eventually he did sit next to me. He watched people get on and off, took pictures with his toy camera, played with his Hotwheels, and watched out the window. He did so good during the whole seventy minutes it took us to get to our stop. I didn’t even have to bust out his snacks until the last ten minutes of the trip! I don’t think we’ll take the train very often (it’s more convenient for me than it is for my mom) but it’s nice to have the option and I wouldn’t mind using it once in a while. It’ll let you know what happens when I try it with a two and a half year old and an infant!

Our Morning at the Zoo!

Last Friday Brigham and I went to the Phoenix Zoo with Tyler’s sister Jennie and 3 of her 4 children. Brigham had so much fun with Kadyn, Reagan, and baby Jaron. (I hope I spelled that right Jennie! Sorry if I didn’t!) Brigham was so cute as he tried to keep up with his older cousins. He would follow Reagan as she ran along, mimicking her every move. I thought it was funny that here we were, viewing some really neat animals but Brigham and Reagan took the most pleasure in watching the ducks in the pond during our picnic. Check out the adorable pictures I took. (I’m not sure how little Jaron didn’t make it into any pictures... I’m so sad!) Brigham has the cutest cousins!

Brigham’s First Time on the Potty!

So although Brigham is not quite ready to potty train I got him a little seat so that he could get used to the idea. He is starting to show a little interest, but the wide hole in the seat scared him so he was so excited when we sat him on the toilet with a seat his size. He kept telling Tyler and I, “I doing it! I doing it!”. Of course, he didn’t really do anything. But I still feel like our little guy is getting so big! I think we have a long way to go till he understands the whole “using the potty” concept, but it was still exciting to see him sitting on the toilet all proud of himself.

A Snowy Valentines Day!

Last weekend Tyler and I were finally able to escape to my parents cabin up north for the weekend. It seems that every time we want to go it ends up snowing like crazy, which is intimidating to us since we’ve only been in snow a few times. Anyway, we decided to brave the snow and drove up friday afternoon. The cabin looked beautiful covered in snow- I should have taken pictures of it! It only took us a couple of minutes of trying to tromp through 10+ inches of snow in running shoes to realize we were going to need snow boots! We were so lucky to find shoes in all three of our sizes at the gas station down the road! Brigham loved his boots and tromped all around the cabin in them that night. On Saturday we finally had the nerve to go out into the cold. We drove up the canyon and found a small area to get out and play. It took some prompting but we finally got Brig to let us put him down in the snow. He and Tyler had fun picking up big chunks of snow and throwing them at each other and me! We didn’t last long in the cold, but we had fun and were happy to show Brigham snow for the first time!

Still My Baby

Upstairs in our “loft” (it’s more of a landing, but we are grateful for the space and call it our loft) we have a couch and chair and a small TV for Brigham’s movies. Lately Brigham prefers to sit in the chair while he watches his shows. The other day I found him curled up, sound asleep in his favorite chair. I haven’t seen him in this position since he was tiny (not that he really ever was!). It was so cute I took six pictures that all look the same... here’s the best one!

What a cuite!!

Brighams Halloween chicken costume and Graduation outfit

Me and Brig at the camera in a box

There we are again at the box camera!! He's even cuter with his momma


Our little chunk!!!!!!!!!!! It that comfortable????????

Home sweet home (almost)

It's so close to being done! The tile's in, the carpet's in, it's freshly painted, landscaping is done. All that's left to be put in is the appliances. Why do we have to wait 4 more weeks? Argh!

Oh, well. We're still really excited and can't wait to move in and paint and decorate. Who knows what we'll do with the backyard.