Baby Brooklyn

My sister-in-law, Alicen, took Brooklyn's pictures when she was one week old (I'm just slow sharing them!) She always does great work and I love how these turned out. Here are a few of my favorites:

And here are a bunch more:
Thanks Alicen!!

How Time Flies

We have loved the past 2 weeks with our sweet little Brooklyn, and she has already started to look a little less newborn-like and act more alert. I'm so not anxious for her to get any bigger as I am loving this phase she's in.

On Feb 3rd, Chris and I celebrated our 4-year anniversary- it feels in some ways like we just got married, but so much has happened since then that it makes our wedding seem like it was forever ago. But it's been a good 4 years and we look forward to many, many more together. Here is our engagement picture:

And here are a bunch of pictures from the past 2 weeks:

In case you can't tell, Christopher is a very sweet and adoring brother!

Chris' mom was able to come visit and help for a few days. I'm bugged I never got a picture with her and Brooklyn, but these are from when she, Chris and Kelsey took Christopher to the Treehouse Museum:

My mom also came to help and we enjoyed our time with her as well! Our kids our lucky to have these Grandmas!

More pictures of Brooklyn to come soon...

Brooklyn Kae Waldron

Well she's finally here, we welcomed Brooklyn Kae Waldron last night at 630pm! The pregnancy went well as did the labor. Sara makes it look easy; she is now 2-for-2 for pregnancies without throwing up or any other kind of incidence.

We got the call to come into the hospital at 515am and it was slow going for a while. Sara's uncle was able to deliver Brooklyn and he did a great job. Mom and baby are doing well...here's a few pictures of her right after she was born.

Brooklyn Kae Waldron 7lbs. 12oz. 20 inches long.

She came out grinning!

Christopher was sad to see his mom on the hospital bed...he wouldn't even sit on her lap. Despite his stone-cold look he kept giving his sister hugs and kisses and holding out his arms to hold her. He's going to be a good big brother!

She has got some good hair, after she had her bath the nurse put a little purple bow in it.

Dr. Great-uncle Dayton

Christmas Pictures

I figured I'd just put pictures up instead of writing out everything we've done and enjoyed the past couple of weeks (I really had to limit which pictures to share and still maybe went overboard!)

Loving cousin time

Christopher wasn't super excited about Santa this year

Shepherd Christopher listening to angel Kyla in the Nativity on Christmas Eve

Our sweet but somewhat humorous Nativity

Enjoying Christmas morning

Cute matching PJs, thanks to David and Heather

Landon, Christopher, Taylor

Enjoying the Christmas lights

Kind of random, but one night we had a massage contest- the whole thing was quite funny, and Chris won!

Awesome Uncle Tia took the kids to the Bean Museum while we undecorated the house

Having fun with April

Chrissy keeping the kids entertained while we were shopping

Playing in the snow- Christopher's snowsuit made me laugh- but he stayed warm!

Our awesome snowman

Christopher absolutely loves his cousins and we are so excited he will have a sister plus 2 new Waldron cousins this year! What an awesome Christmas it was being able to spend time with family and hear exciting news from the Waldron side. Congrats also to Ryan and Nancy on their engagement!

Tis the Season to be Jolly and Joyous!

I'm finally getting around to updating my blog! Between a laptop dying and eventually buying a new one, practicing and preparing for a recital and getting ready for Christmas, I've been a little behind keeping up online. But here is some of what we've enjoyed this month:

- Listening to Christmas music, including Josh Groban, songs from Muppet Christmas Carol, Michael Buble, Kurt Bestor, Handel's Messiah, Celine Dion, Bing Crosby, just to name a few (Sara).

- Tromping through the snow and picking up and throwing 'rocks' - snowballs (Christopher)

- Getting a tree and decorating our apartment with fun decorations collected over the years (All)

- Checking the snow report at Powder Mountain 3-4 times a day (Chris)

- Attending the awesome Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert with David Archuleta (Sara)

- Finishing off the semester strong and receiving almost all A's - so impressive considering he's also working full-time (Chris)

- Caroling to/visiting family members and friends (All; ok all went, some enjoyed the caroling part more than others)

- Preparing for and participating in a music recital put on by me and my siblings as a surprise for my mom, where I played flute and piano and Chris videotaped the whole thing

I wish I had more pictures, but here are a few of family time (mainly Christopher enjoying playing with cousins)

This is a cute play kitchen my dad made for us for Christmas when I was a little girl- we loved it growing up, and now the grandkids love it!

More to come later...

October Fun

Here are a few pictures of our Halloween and the activities leading up to it:

All month Christopher was obsessed with pumpkins (or 'punk-nik!' as he says it)

We were able to celebrate Halloween with all the Dayton cousins- so fun!! (Isn't Chris attractive?! Ha ha)

Christopher had a great time but found it all pretty tiring!

Picture Update

Sorry to those of you who mainly keep updated on us through our blog- in case you're still wondering...we're having a girl! Although it would have been fun to have a boy, we are excited it's a girl (although Chris has his reservations about raising a girl, 'cuz you have to worry about feelings and stuff.') :) Christopher will be a great big brother and we're excited for them to have each other and grow up together!

Meanwhile, here is some of what we (ok, what Christopher) has been up to lately:

We're loving his hugs and kisses and how he is constantly making us laugh or smile. What a fun age!