Dangerous?

Very.

Cute?

Undoubtedly.

To happen again?

I hope not.

note to self. . . put stool away after use.

First Ultrasound

We went in to the Women's Pregnancy Center for a free ultrasound just so we could see our babe and she was moving all over! She was flipping around and then when she settled down, she had to keep adjusting to get comfortable. I think we have another tummy sleeper on the way :) She didn't seem to want to stay on her back.

We don't actually know that it's a girl, but for some reason, I just want to call this one "she" so for now, that's what it is.

Brayden's New Picture Face

It's kinda, sort of close to a smile. . . ish. Hehe. He sure is cute no matter what face he makes!

Our "tag" finally came!

We finally got our license plate - or as they call it here, our tag - on Friday and turned the rental car in Saturday morning! So, we officially have our new car to drive. And the first place we went was the 4 hour each way trip to Orlando to visit the temple. So nice. We love it there.

My little baby's all grown up!

Two things.

First, Brayden is taking steps on his own and enjoying it! YAY!! Finally! This is the boy who has been "walking" around with his Mommy for about 6 months now. He's taken up to 3 steps several times, and the longest he's gone was about 15 steps!! That's a lot folks! So, go Brayden go!

Second is just a story that I HAVE to share because it was just too cute and so Brayden! We went to the new playground in the Governor's Square Mall last week with a couple other ladies and their kids and it was so fun. Brayden wasn't sure what to do at first and seriously sat in the same spot watching all the other kids for about 10 minutes. But, that's not really the story. The story is the slide. Yes, Brayden went down the slide all by himself! First, I let him climb up the stairs by himself, spotting him just to be sure and then I ran around so I'd be at the top of the slide with him, but he's so smart and turned around like he was going down stairs and pushed himself into position going backwards on his tummy. He sat there gripping the plastic top of the slide as hard as he could until he let out a huge squeal as he decided to let go. HAHA. I totally didn't give this story justice, but it was so adorable and funny and very Brayden. He's the daredevil, but he always screams when he's being daring. Did I ever mention that he did 10 pull-ups? Like, for real. We have a bar in our laundry room and Preston held him up to it one time and Brayden started pulling himself up. He'd go all the way and then let himself back down. Every time Preston would give him a little push in the bootie, he'd pull himself up again until  he was squealing each time and getting shaky like you or I would. Definite muscle man here.

All You Tallahassee Mamas

Here's an idea I'm just going to put out there. I actually have to give credit to my mom which is where the idea originated. Again, this is JUST AN IDEA!!

I've done baby swapping with some of you out there which has been most wonderful and always a needed break for just Preston and I to get away. But, I often get left wondering if our dates are too long or if we're imposing too much, etc. SO. . .  here's nd idea that I wanted to get feedback on. If people are interested then we can work on setting it up.

We would have a group list with everyone's name, number and email who was interested. We'd each start out with the same amount of Babysitting Bucks (or minute money? I'm open to suggestions) that would equal time as payment. So, let's say we start out with 3 60min, 2 30min,  and 4 15min (total of 5 hours). Then when you want your date night, you can contact anyone from the sheet who's also involved and pay them with the amount of time that they watch your kid(s).

Here's my thoughts on this idea.

PROS

• You can spend as much time away from your kid(s) as you spent watching someone else's. 
• You still feel like you're paying someone for their babysitting
• It's kind of fun
• You can offer to watch other people's kids while you're already planning to babysit if you need extra cash (the fake stuff anyway)

CONS

• I would really really hate for it to get too formal or have people feeling like they should have gotten a little more "money" for their time. That's why the smallest bill would be 15 minutes.
• It's more work than just calling me up

SO I WANT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS!!! PLEASE!

Let me know if you think it's a good idea, needs tweaking or is just not so practical.

I just had to get it out there. Love all ya'll!

Holiday Highlights

First of all, thanks for the congratulations. We all need those posts that get a lot of comments every now and then as a reminder that people do care about our lives. Sad that we have to be reminded, but it's true.

Anyway, I still want to post something from Christmas, but we did so much that I won't go into a lot of detail. Here's some photo highlights.

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

Brayden LOVED watching his birthday video multiple times. This was his first full viewing and he got to sit on his new rocking horse holding his new ball.

The AMAZING cake Angela Durtschi made for the party!

Enjoying his duck head from the cake :)

And the kid's favorite. . . PRESENTS!

THE FLIGHT TO UTAH

He FINALLY fell asleep for about half of the second flight 

But then he got up 30 minutes before we landed :)

 UTAH BIRTHDAY PARTY

Brayden started some MAJOR teething and decided he could cry if he wanted to at his party.  But the other kids liked the toys :)

The good news is that he came home with 4 more teeth! 2 of them are still working their way all the way out, but you can feel them.

Having a little fun despite the teething

 SHARING FRUIT

TEMPLE SQUARE

We went with my Mom and brother, but I didn't see a group picture. . . too bad.

 PIZZA CELEBRATION

Steve finished Community College! Now he's moving on to the University of Utah. Way to go!

 4th ANNUAL SPAGHETTI FACTORY DINNER WITH THE SHARPS

The boys

We started going to Spaghetti Factory to celebrate Alisa's and Preston's birthdays when we first met before any of us were married (we all met in the same ward) and we decided we had to continue the tradition even if it's a little early.

 ANGIE'S FRIENDS

All the cute kiddos!! I loved seeing everyone! Sorry if I don't have a picture of you. . . I was pretty awful about taking pictures everywhere, but I seriously loved seeing each of you!

 ZOO LIGHTS & SANTA

Brayden's first time seeing Santa and he loved him. He had to keep feeling the long white beard.

Zoo lights with the Brown's

 CHRISTMAS EVE

CHRISTMAS DAY

Looking through the stocking

Finding his presents :)