love

This little girl is my side-kick.  I love her more than words can explain... Sometimes at night while I lie in bed talking with Bruce we just stop and stare.. she is so beautiful...  then I start freaking out asking Bruce if I show her enough love, if I kiss her enough {her cheeks are way too kissable haha}  I don't want her to think for one second that she is not loved.  Being the amazing husband he is, he reassures me that she is a very loved baby and that I am a good mommy.  Sometimes I am just so overcome with love and gratitude for her I just sit there and cry.  Why on earth did Heavenly Father share such an amazing gift with me???  I will never know, but I am so grateful..  I am grateful that he felt I was worthy enough to raise her in this crazy world... I just pray I don't fail.  That she will grow up knowing how lucky she is to have a Father in Heaven, and that she will know how much he loves her.  I seriously would have waited 100 more years, just for her.. She was worth the wait.  I would go through all that again over and over, just as long as I got her.  It is so amazing to me that you can love something so much, in such a short amount of time.. Bruce and I are always saying we don't even remember what our life was like without her in it.. She completes us.  Today{and always} I am so grateful to be a mom, I am so grateful to be able to spend every single day taking care of the most beautiful little girl, I am so grateful for eternal families, and I am so grateful for my life.  I thought I was lucky when I got Bruce... he is so incredible... then I got Bristyn..  and I look at my life and can't help but think I am the luckiest girl in the world.  I love my little family so much.

bath time

Bristyn seriously loves her bath time!!! I look forward to bath time all day long because she just loves it so much...  She squeals, and kicks the whole entire time... then she will throw me a couple adorable smiles... I just love my girl sooooo much!

Savings!

Today I did my trip to Walmart for the rest of my coupons this week... Let me just tell you I love saving money!!!  I know I would have saved more, but we were in a big hurry cause Bruce had to get to his meeting, and I messed up a few times... I guess practice makes perfect right :)  We were both thrilled with how much we saved, and we actually ended up saving a lot more because I price matched almost every item we bought. Like the cereal.. at Walmart it was almost $4, but I saw it in another add for $1.50... The nice thing is we got stuff that we need... its not just a bunch of random stuff.. We will eventually use all the stuff we got, so why not get it now when its cheap!  Right :)   Bristyn did so good, as usual.. She was all smiles the whole time!  I am so grateful Bruce is into it too, so we can make it a family trip!!!

We got:

6 boxes of cereal

4 bottles of laundry soap

4 hydro razors & 4 refills

3 venus razors and 3 refills

4 boxes dishwasher tablets

3 jars mayo

5 bottles contact solution

3 boxes tampons

3 bags pretzel m&ms {my favorite}

3 boxes of wheat thins

3 bags of chips

3 tubes of toothpaste

4 bottles of asprin

3 bottles of salad dressing

4 crystal lights

tin foil (for for 8 cents!!!)

3 packages huggies wipes

Couponing!!!

Okay, I LOVE couponing!!! I seriously don't know why I didn't start it years ago.  The other day I was watching the show extreme couponing and I knew I had to try it... A few of the wives out here have been doing it for a few months so they kinda told me what to do and I made my first trip today!  I went to CVS and got all this amazing stuff!!! And it makes me so excited to think I still have to go to wal-mart this week and use more coupons!  I am so excited to start building our year supply through couponing... Its a little time consuming, but well worth it!  I love saving money!!! 

Today I got...

4 packages of diapers

2 big boxes of Oatmeal Cereal

5 Pantene Shampoo's 

1 Pantene Conditioner

6 Deoderants

1 Similac Formula

4 boxes of toothpaste

2 dental floss

Total:  $156.54 - I payed:  $78.57 - Saved:  $77.97!!!!

Dehydrating!

So I have gotten into dehydrating!!!   Bruce and I already have a lot of food storage {Bruce is a little obsessed} but, I figure you can never have too much!  The other day Bruce bought me an amazing dehydrator.  We have a cheap one at home, but he has wanted this one for a long time so we finally caved in and got it!  Today is my first try we are doing bananas and strawberries!!! I seriously can't wait until they are done :)  I want to try to dehydrate every day, if not every other day... Wish me luck :)

For awesome dehydrating information go to dehydrate 2 store...

Father's Day

"It's the touch of a father that makes a child feel safe, and the love in his heart to make dreams come true."

Today is Bruce's first Father's Day!  This is a day he has waited to celebrate for such a long time, and I am so grateful we were able to today!!!  I made Bruce a big blanket full of pictures of him and Bristyn, and it turned out super cool!  Then we are going to Gander Mountain and he can buy whatever he wants.  I am just so grateful we were able to spend the whole day with him, and shower him with our love!  He has two girls that are absolutely crazy about him :)  Don't worry we had to put Bristyn in her "built ford tough" shirt that daddy HAD to buy her! haha...  I am just so grateful for Bruce, he is honestly the best daddy to our little girl in the world.  Before Bristyn came along I use to pray to Heavenly Father and ask him to please let me make Bruce a daddy... and I am so grateful that prayer was finally answered.  There is nothing I love more than watching these two together, they have the most amazing bond.  Bristyn LOVES her daddy so much, and she has him wrapped around her tiny finger.  Happy Father's day babe.. You are honestly amazing and I love you so much!

Also, Happy Fathers Day to my amazing Dad, and my amazing Father-in-Law... They are two men that I love dearly, and I am so grateful for them.  

the little things

Last night my sweet hubby made my day.  Bristyn had been pretty tough all night, for some reason she was screaming for like 2 hours straight.  Nothing I could do would help.  This is so unlike her, and I was totally overwhelmed.  9:30 rolls around and I decided to put her to bed early (I usually wait until Bruce gets home so they can play for like 30 minutes.)  She didn't take a good nap, so I am sure it was that.  She went right to bed and I was exhausted.... 10:00 comes and Bruce gets home and I felt awful, I was so into trying to help Bristyn I completely forgot to make dinner..  He said no problem I will just go grab a pizza.  He leaves and is gone for awhile but I don't think anything of it... 30 minutes goes by and my sweet husband walks in with a big bag full of Carrabba's.  Carrabba's is our ALL time favorite restaurant.  My in-laws got us into it like 6 months ago and now we go every single weekend.  It is our Saturday night date night almost every weekend.   I will get Bristyn to sleep, put her in her car seat, and we go out and enjoy some time together!  The second he walked in the door with our dinner my hard day all of a sudden went away... We sat down together, enjoyed our food, and talked about our days... Those little moments I cherish so much.  It is so hard to have quality one on one time with Bristyn always needing my attention.  I love Bruce so much, and I am so grateful for him.. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing husband who loves me unconditionally.  I know his day was so much harder than mine, I mean I get to play with our adorable little girl all day, he is out knocking doors from like 1:30-10:00 at night... I know the last thing he wanted to do was go get us dinner, but he acted like it was no big deal and tried his best to turn my hard day into a good one.  I am so blessed. 

sleeping baby

There is nothing I love more than a sleeping baby..  I could seriously watch her sleep for hours.

hanging by the pool

Yesterday the weather was so amazing (low 80's with a light breeze) so all the wives took advantage of it and went to the pool.  The Dr. said not to take her in the sun until 6 months, so Bris and I just hung out in the shade.  Poor Kyson was taking a nap and Bristyn kept screaming... eventually she woke him up. Sorry Kyson!!!  We were there for a good 3 hours and Bristyn loved watching all the kids play in the pool, she was kicking and screaming.. I swear she was trying to jump out of my arms to go play with them.  haha.  I am so grateful for a fun group of wives this year.. It has been so much fun!

Sundays with Daddy!!!

Bristyn and I look forward to Sundays ALL week long because it is the only day we get daddy all day long!  She absolutely adores her daddy.. She just smiles at him all day long and can't stop staring at him.. I think she has her first crush :)  

Church is beginning to become a whole new thing for us.  We love the ward out her, everyone is so nice and so welcoming.  Haha they even call Bristyn bling baby cause of her pacifier, and cause I always have her all decked out.  I was really looking forward to going to church, to get my spiritual feed, but Bristyn had a different idea in mind.  She has now discovered she has a voice... and with that new discovery she screams all day long.  She can be happy or sad, and she will scream.  Honestly it is so cute and Bruce and I laugh.. but it is so embarrassing.   Both sunday school and relief society I am pretty sure I would have to leave like 5 times because she would start screaming and she would think it was so funny.  By the end of church I was so overwhelmed.  Luckily I have a good hubby that helped me a lot.   But i was able to get some cute pictures of daddy and Bristyn playing.. like I said before she LOVES her daddy.  We are so lucky to have him. 

Don't worry... Its Mid June, and we both had to wear sweaters today when we went to the grocery store!  I am telling you, Michigan has the craziest weather.  On like Tuesday it was 90 degrees out and miserable and then yesterday and today its like 60-70 degrees out and chilly.  haha I will never understand it.  But, it gave me a good excuse to put Bristyn in her cute sweater that she would have never been able to wear in Arizona!

4 Months!

Our little girl turned 4 months old today!!!

Wow, it has been 4 months since Bristyn entered our lives... and I can honestly say its been the best 4 months of our lives.  She brings so much joy to her mommy and daddy!  Being her mom is an absolute blessing, and I cherish every second with her.  I love having my little sidekick by my side all day long.  I never in a million years thought I could love something so much, and so unconditionally.   Bruce and I both are just amazed and grateful that we were blessed with such a perfect baby girl.

Things Bristyn is doing at 4 months

-She knows her name!

-She LOVES to give kisses.  Anytime Bruce or I say kiss and go to kiss her she will open her mouth, and move her face so we kiss her right on the lips and she just sits there smiling.. and she loves getting kisses on her cheeks too.  

-Rolling over.  She actually rolled across the room this morning...  First time, and we were shocked!  She rolled right off her blanket.  Usually she just rolls from her back to tummy. 

-Trying to sit up.  Anytime she is laying flat she tries to lift her head and upper body to sit up.  She loves to sit up.

-Smiling like crazy

-Eating Rice Cereal

-Sitting in her Bumbo

-loves watching Baby Einstein

-Talks all day long

-I have only heard a couple giggles, but she squeals all the time!

-She loves to stand up.

-Loves bath time, she kicks her legs and splashes the water and then lays there and smiles!

-She is starting to like toys

-She can take her binkie out of her mouth, and then slowly put it back in.  Most of the time its not the right way, but she is doing better!

-She gets more curious every single day.  Its hilarious!

-She is a total mommy's girl, but she loves it when daddy is home from work!

-She loves being cuddled!
-She is still sleeping through the night...  She does to bed around between 9-11 and wakes up around 9am.  Its amazing :)
-She wears size 1-2 huggies diapers (but she is almost to a size 2)
-She wears 3-6 month clothes

She had her 4 month checkup and shots today!  She did so good, we are so proud of her!  Every time we would lay her on the table she would roll right to her belly and start playing with the paper.  Her stats are...
Height - 25.5 inches - 90%
Weight - 14 pounds - 50%-75%
Head - 16.5 cm - 75%

Rice Cereal

I decided to give Bristyn rice cereal for the very first time tonight, and she LOVED it!  She would move her mouth trying to catch the spoon, it was so cute.  I didn't give her a lot, I just wanted to see how she would like it.. Tomorrow we will start a little for breakfast and a little for dinner.  Have I mentioned how much I am in love all these new adventures with my little angel :)

a girls best friend

This little bunny/blankie has quickly become Bristyn's best friend!  One day I just decided to try and see if she would like to hold it, and she doesn't let it leave her side for very long now.  She can't sleep without it touching her face, it is so adorable!