General Conference in our house

General Conference today was fabulous! Not only because there were some great messages, but also because Brayden was only awake for half of the morning session :D That makes a huge difference in my ability to truly listen. Here's some little pictures/videos of our family watching General Conference. As always, Brayden loved the music and would watch intently during each song. The rest of the time he was very busy trying to get the computer, my iTouch that I was taking notes on and some OnYums that we were eating (as you'll see in the videos). 

For those of you who weren't able to watch conference today, join us tomorrow!! It's not every day you get to listen to a prophet of God and apostles speak to us. It's from 12-2pm & 4-6pm Eastern Time. You can just go to the church's website to watch online.

My birthday gifts!

On my actual birthday I got some clothes & birthday money from my mom and Preston gave me a "Super Special Birthday Week" schedule, which was the gift of his time to make the whole week special. Each day was themed (bowling, movies, our favorite tv shows, swimming, games and dinner by Preston). I thought those were pretty good gifts, but then the next day I got both of these in the mail ...

Abiie G2G Babydeck stroller!

I ordered this from daipers.com (awesome site!) to replace the one that the airlines broke. So, it may not really be my birthday gift, but I don't have to pay for it and I was super excited to get it! Look at it ... it has a baby changing station that flips out! So nifty!

iPod Touch - 4th generation!!

My new favorite gift EVER! Unfortunately, I saw the package with my name and opened it up not knowing that Preston was hoping to have it be a surprise that he could see me open. Oops. . . But, I do love it! It has a camera, external speakers and has already been so helpful! I listed to the whole Sept. Ensign while I did things with the iTouch in my pocket. Love it. 

We also went out to Olive Garden to celebrate on my birthday, so here's some pictures of that. I'm wearing one of my cute birthday shirts from my mom!

Here's each of us with our favorite parts of the meal.

Brayden: breadsticks.

gobbled them up.

Angie: The never-ending pasta bowl!

I knew what I wanted before I got there!

Preston: The salad.

always his Olive Garden favorite.

As you can see, I had yet another wonderful birthday! With some extra wonderful presents. :D

Good Habits Start Young

Brayden loves to brush his teeth! His TWO teeth. Hehe. What a goof. 

It all started with his obsession watching us brush our teeth until I finally got him his own from Dollar Tree so that he'd have something else to grab than my toothbrush. Now he'll put it in his mouth and try to brush his teeth like a big boy. He likes to suck the water out of it too :) He gets the biggest grin if I help him make the "brushing sound" on his teeth. So cute. So silly. So Brayden.

I Love Boys

especially these boys! They're the best!

Pictures are compliments of the Porters :) Thanks!

23 and counting

Yep folks, that's right. I have officially been alive for 23 years and I'm goin' strong! Because it's my special day I get to spend time doing things I love ... sleeping in until almost 8, eating the best birthday breakfast ever, and now blogging. Of course I got to go do some errands at the store and the bank and I have some more things to do, but it's all fun when it's on my birthday. I think it's almost impossible for me to get upset on my birthday. It's a happy day.

I wonder why every day isn't like this?? I should work on that. Maybe I'll figure that out in the next 23 years to come. (that's weird to think about ... 2033 ... )

Here's some pictures from the football game on Saturday. We were wearing our blue and hoping for the Y's victory, but it was a win-win for us. We can still say that "we" won!

" Oh no, another interception!"

A Day Just Like Today

Today has been a typical day in the life of Brayden. Nothing special, but fun nonetheless. Plus, I actually took pictures of our daily activity, so I figured it'd be a good time to post and keep all you family updated. Brayden actually slept in until about 7:45 today - thanks buddy! Then we played with some toys and read some books. Then I made breakfast. I just have to say how proud I've been of myself. I have only eaten cold cereal once in about 2 weeks! (until today) Brayden has been spoiled with eggs, blueberry pancakes, french toast, etc. But, today he got some Gerber oatmeal with peaches and I ate cereal. After cleaning up from breakfast we went out on our daily walk with Sadie. We have the routine down. We all go out, I turn on the sprinkler systems that we have outside, we walk around the neighborhood and then I turn the water off when we get home. Brayden gets all relaxed during the walk, so I just give him a bottle and lay him down for his first nap. None of that is documented through pictures, but the rest of the day gets more exciting anyway. Today we ate lunch, played in the tub, threw a ball for Sadie and then it was time for nap #2. Of course, he doesn't always want it to be nap #2, so I hear him laughing and talking for a while before I go in to find him sitting in his crib. He stands up and gets all excited until I lay him down with a bottle again and now he's out. That's our day so far. Like I said, nothing special, but I love it. Well, I guess that depends on what part of the day we're in, but today I love it.

Sadie's getting tired from chasing the ball in this heat, so ...

she drops it for Brayden instead.

Brayden reaches for it, throws it (with some help)

and then watches Sadie run it back.

Such a pretty puppy!

And a very cute boy!

Here's the not-so-nappy Brayden

The title of this post comes from a song that my Mumsy and Grammy used to sing to me when I was little and I've heard them sing it to Brayden on occasion. It's a pretty soothing song, I'll admit. It puts me to sleep! :D

[Chorus:] Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy. Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry. Sunshine on the water looks so lovely. Sunshine almost always (or all around me) makes me high.

If I had a day that I could give to you, I'd give to you a day just like today. If I had a song that I could sing for you, I'd sing a song to make you feel this way. [chorus]

If I had a tale that I could tell you, I'd tell a talesure to make you smile. If I had a wish that I could wish for you, I'd make a wish for sunshine all the while. [Chorus].

(thanks to Mumsy & leoslyrics.com for all the words!)

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