We've got a WALKER!!!!

Today Payden and I were just talking in the living room and Bray was playing on the floor and just stands up and is playing with her toy completely unsupported. She sits down and repeats two more times. Payden and I are both like... "Braylie you could so walk! What's your problem? Let's practice!" So we get on opposite ends and start calling to her and see if she will do it and all of a sudden she just TAKES OFF! And of course we get SUPER UPER EXCITED and start getting all motivating to her and praising her and continue to have her practice. Soon it wasn't practice at all and she just started doing!!! :) She is such a sweet little girl and is so much fun! We were SO proud of her at that moment and were so filled with love and joy! Payden and I both are pretty smitten with that cute little thing. Here's the best part though... THE VIDEOS! :)
Bear with us in the background... it's just a moment of proud parents! ;)

Summer Nights!

Payden is such a man and is always hot in bed at night so in the summer he thinks it is ideal to sleep outside! We've done it once in our apartment and it was actually the night before I had Braylie. So last night we did it again. It worked out really nice actually cause Braylie has been sleeping through the night and we just took our monitor out there in case she did wake up. Sure enough last night she slept 10 hours straight and then back to bed after a bottle for another 3 hours. :)

Anyway, Payden was in Heaven and I have to say, it was much better this year not being 9 months pregnant and already kinda being in labor but not really knowing it haha :) Here are some pics and a pic of Payden playing our favorite game together!


P.S. This is out on our back patio :)

More & More & MORE Football!

Payden had a football game in Ogden Utah on Saturday and WON! :) It kinda seems like football is running on and on and on... BUT... they are now in the Championship game in two weeks and then it will be over. Except the All-Star game which his two brothers made it to and are not attending. haha we are all kinda done with football. But at the last game there was a sand box for the kids to play in that was also in the only shade out there! It was perfect. It took me a min but I did finally realize that it wasn't really a sand box put there just for us in that hot hot day so the kids would have something to do but it was actually the pit for the Long Jump in track. Nonetheless though we really appreciated it and the kids loved it. I have to say I didn't let Braylie play very long in it, I drew the line when she started eating it and grabbing handfuls of sand and rubbing her eyes cause she was tired. But she liked it so here are some pics of her and her cousins!

Summer Fun!

Summer took a long time coming but if finally feels like it's here! So to kick it off here are some things we have been doing:

Braylie was entertained with Daddy's big box

And Mommy closed her in haha


But she got out safe and sound and fast too! She is so smart!

Isn't she THE BEST!

This is a gift I made for Payden for Father's day:




Braylie discovered and loves the toilet paper in the bathrooms. Let's just say the doors are always shut now.


We went to Montana with Payden's Brother and his wife and they're two kids Erin, Utahna, Mady and Abrum. This is Braylie asleep on the way there with my blankie I had when I was a baby. :)

On the way home from Montana we stopped at a Hot Springs. It was really fun. :)
Here's Payden and Braylie and then our niece Mady.


We took Braylie on the carousel in Porter Park (which she loved!!!!) and then to the Splash Park right next to it. First in her clothes and then got all motivated and went home and got in our suits and then came back! :)



And yesterday we had free lunch in the Park :) It's an awesome thing they do at the park for kids! :D

That's all for now for summer things but as far as updates with Bray.... She is SOOOOO close to walking! I keep having dreams about it that she is doing it! She stands up by herself all the time but it doesn't last too long. Like 10-15 seconds. But it's pretty cool. And the fact that she is doing more and more each day is awesome! Yesterday and today she has been taking steps here and there on her own!!!! I know I keep saying that I think it's coming but I really do think it's coming!!! :) here birthday is in two weeks from tomorrow!!!! And her cousin Dallon's Birthday IS tomorrow!! :)

Doesn't it look like these two have Soooo much fun!?! And it will just keep on going.. more and more fun as they keep growing!




Here's to more summertime - WALKING - turning 1 - and memories to remember forever!

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