Guess what?!

So as most of you guys know already... we are having a baby! We are super excited, especially for Brody to have a sibling! He has always loved to play with his cousins and other kids so I am very excited to give him a buddy.

Brody has already been practicing holding a baby and pushing a baby in a little stroller. Lets just say I am glad he has a few months to prepare... Anyways, we are super excited and happy about our family getting bigger.

Weekend Without Daddy

This weekend Adam went camping with my family. So since Brody is such a Daddy's boy I tried to do fun stuff with him so that we wouldn't mind not having as much time with Daddy on the weekends that he is used to.

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We went to Target to get some stuff that we needed for Primary. While we were there I got my flu shot and then gave Brody the sticker. He kept taking it off and saying, "wow!" Who knew a sticker would be so exciting.

 We headed over to the Halloween section to kill time. I put the mask on myself first and Brody laughed so hard. Then I put it on him and he thought it was so silly and got mad when I took it off of him. I showed him the picture of it on him and he just kept saying "silly boy, silly boy." He cracks me up!!

 We read LOTS of books. Lots. Which isn't rare for us, but the amount he let me read him was shocking.

 Brody loves to play hide and seek.  He is getting pretty good at it too. I was looking for him in all of his normal places and could not find him. Eventually, he started laughing and I found him under one of the cushions.

Friday morning we woke up and made some delicious Blueberry muffins. He was such a great help.

 We then took the muffins to the park. We had a picnic, went for a jog, watched the cross country meet and football games and played at the park. It was quite the morning. I had no idea that the park would be so packed, but it ended up making it more entertaining for Brody.

Brody playing at the park.

Later that day I was doing laundry and come back from getting a new batch of clothes and found Brody in the dryer! He is seriously so entertaining and has the best personality! Love that kid!!

My baby is offically a big boy.

Arizona still has not cooled off much.  We still go outside for five minutes and Brody's face is red and he is sweaty. I am literally counting down the days until it is nice enough that we can go outside and play. Soon. I hope.  But even though it is still warm outside, we are still having a blast!  

Brody is definitely starting to seem A LOT older to me. He no longer is the little baby that will cuddle with me or that is unable to communicate.  He has started to be very helpful around the house and I find it adorable. He will pick up his diaper and open the back door and through it out, he loves to help me cook, he will throw the garbage and recycling in the right containers and my favorite is whenever my phone goes off he will search for it and then run and bring it to me. It is hilarious!

 

Adam was babysitting one day and I came home to Brody sitting on this table just watching Adam and cheering for him every time he hit the ball. I was so impressed that he stayed on the table. Now every time Adam plays pool we have to pull the table out so Brody can watch. 

 

 Lately, he has been very into his sunglasses (even though they are way too small for him.) He will put them on and climb into his car and say "bye-bye" and blow kisses. 

When went grocery shopping and a cute little old man gave him this balloon and he LOVES it. He wouldn't let us take it off his wrist and now we still have it tied to his teepee we have. Every day he will run up, hit it, laugh and run away.

 

 Brody is VERY attached to my sister Kristen. She recently went moved away to college and Brody is freaking out. One day he woke up from his nap and grabbed his drink and kept asking to go see Kristen. I kept telling him that she was gone but he wouldn't listen. Eventually he had a mental breakdown and started to cry. It is funny because we will Skype with Kristen and he will think that she is playing with him and will look for his body behind the screen. We definitely miss her though.

My parents went up to Idaho to drop off Kristen and the day that they got home it was pouring rain all day! Brody got to wear a jacket for the first time since probably last January. I thought he looked so adorable in it. (Obviously, it wasn't that cold since I still put him in shorts.)

 Isn't he just so cute?!?

 Adam's mom came into town and while we were waiting for dinner she took him on a little walk.

 Brody and I went to the zoo with my mom.

 This picture he just seems so old to me, well mostly tall.

One day I was baking some cookies for a family in the ward and I put down my oven mitts only to turn around and find that Brody had put them on and was staring into the oven checking on the cookies!

One picture that I need to take is my Grandma and Brody. He is crazy about her. Every time we go over to her house Brody will run right up to her and give her a hug. He will then follow her around the whole house, wherever she goes, he is with her.  The other day when we were there I was cutting my Grandpas hair and I looked over and my Grandma was on the floor playing legos with Brody. Which is amazing especially for my Grandma since she rarely knows what is going on or who we are. Yet, somehow she always knows Brody. It is so sweet and I love watching them together! I am so grateful to still have all my Grandparents in my life because they are the MOST amazing people I know.

I love my little man! He is seriously a blast and so much fun. He makes everyday incredible whether it's going out and doing fun things or just staying in. I am so grateful for him and the happiness he brings to me. Well and Adam for making it possible that I am able to stay at home and actually raise my boy and get to experience every moment of him growing up.