One Month, & Allot Learned

Well it has been 1 month and I cant believe it. We have learned so much, some of what I have learned...

1. Grandparents are great, and help out allot.

2. Everyone tells you having a baby is allot of work, THEY ARE RIGHT not hard work just lots of work & I love it!

3. My baby thinks he is at an all he can eat buffet, I feel like all I do is get them out and put them away!

4. I have the greatest husband ever, he helps out no matter what time it is!

5. My camera doesn't hold enough pictures!

6. That after the circumcision and belly button heal diaper changes get much easier and faster!

7. I didn't know I could love or kiss something so much!

8. Leaving the house takes allot of thought.

9. I actually can function with less than 10 hours of sleep, Much LESS!

10. I made a freakin cute baby!

I have learned so much more than this and I cant wait to keep learning more and more each day, I Love Briten so much and have totally enjoyed the first month.

Briten loves to sleep with his hands over his head like this!

His super cute church clothes, we went to church in Richfield because we were down there for mothers day, it was his first time to go to church and he fussed through most of it.

I had a great mothers day, Jade gave me an Ogio bag that i have been wanting and he said that Briten had something for me too but they accidentally left it home so I didn't get it until late Sunday night when we got home which is probably a good thing because i balled all night so I probably would have been a mess all day if he had given it to me sooner. My sister in law Jazlyn arranged and made it for Jade, it is a necklace that has on one side a pic. of Brit en and on the other a pic. of my sweet Bray's hands and feet, it is so awesome!

Addie Update

We are so proud of Addie she is making huge progress, the day we went to see her she had started to talk a little she said, Jade, Maclee, Grammy, Mom, Dad, Baby just a few words. but when we went back on sat. she was trying to put together sentences they were hard to understand but she was trying she was also identifying colors, on Friday we went to therapy with her where she was learning to sit up by herself and crawl her arms were doing awesome but her legs were being slow learners she was sitting OK by herself but still a little unstable, Saturday when we were there she was sitting fine on her own crawling great and even had started to walk with a walker. She is doing so good!

Yesterday she had allot happen she figured out how to swallow so she got her feeding tube out! then they came and took her neck brace off! YAY! we were so excited for her not to have to put up with those anymore I think they were probably bugging all of us more than Addie but we are so happy! and when I called Amanda they were on a walk around the hospital and not in a wheelchair she was holding Addie's hand and she was walking really good! We are going to see them again this weekend and we are hoping that we will be visiting them in their own house but we aren't sure yet!

Briten's Big Weekend

Addie loved getting to see baby Briten!

We have been dieing to go see Addie but we were nervous about taking Briten in the hospital being that he is just a little fart, but we finally decided it was time, so we made plans that Friday we would go see Addie in the morning, then I scheduled pictures at my moms house for the afternoon after pictures we went to dinner with friends we ended the night with Britens first sleep over at Grandmas (it didn't go great but around 2 he finally went to sleep). Next we headed up to Heriman to watch Jades little brother at the high school rodeo and then back to spend more time with Addie, after visiting Addie for a couple of hours the whole fam. decided to go to market street grille for dinner, then back home to Roosevelt. It was a fun crazy weekend and the best part was getting to see Addie doing so well!

Ky was also excited to see Baby Briten!

Briten also had his first real bath Friday morning his button fell off when I changed him in the middle of the night and I was so excited to give him his first bath I almost did it at 3:30 a.m. but I waited until morning and Jade and I bathed him super fast. He didn't love it but he also didn't hate it Jade wanted to try the chair that sits in the water and I don't think he was in the water far enough because the next bath we gave him was in his whale tub and he loved that. I cant believe he is already 3 weeks old time is flying by!

Our Sweet Little Addie!

This is our sweet little niece Addie, poor little Addie needs your prayers, last Monday she was at the arena with her dad and brother, her horse spooked and she fell off and hit her head, she wasn't breathing her dad did CPR on her and got her breathing before the ambulance got there, but because she wasn't responding they called for life flight the took her by helicopter up to primary children's. Addie has a crack in her skull luckily it there was no swelling or bleeding on her brain. She is taking a really long time to wake up but they are hopeful that there is no serious brain injuries, she is wearing a big neck brace because they are uncertain that her neck has no injuries, because she has been asleep so long she will likely have to relearn how to walk and talk. Our hearts are broken for her and her family we just keep praying for them. Today Addie is showing progress Amanda bought her a Dora movie and when she told Addie what she had gotten she reached out for it so that is HUGE, the most progress she has shown, they also ask her to find mommy and she looks right at Amanda so today is the best day she has had so far. We love Addie and her family so much and are hoping for the best! She needs lots of prayers so please pray for our dear little Addie!

Right at this moment!

Our little Mister just sleeping like he always does!

A little bit about our journey!

*Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? In my downstairs bathroom and i didn't believe it so i took 2 more tests

*Who was with you? No One ( and I didn't want to tell Jade over the phone so I waited all day for him to come home)

*How did you find out that you were pregnant? a few home pregnancy tests

*What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? I couldn't believe it because it was the first test I took and trying to get pregnant with Bray i probably took a thousand since it took 18 months of trying.

* Who was the first person you told? Jade

*Did you plan to get pregnant? YES!!

*Was everybody happy for you? YES!! Did you go out and celebrate? Nope but I wish we would have

* Did you want to find out the sex? Yes! i found out at 14 months with both I have no patience with things like that

* Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yep I had 4, I know spoiled thanks again to all who hosted and all who came

* Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? Yep!

* How much weight did you gain? Kinda embarrassing but 40 lbs. please remember i didn't have time to loose the baby weight from the first pregnancy i know nice excuse huh?

* Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? not yet its only been 10 days

*Did you get a lot of stretch marks? Yep but not to many on my tummy

*What did you crave the most? Desert

*Did you crave anything crazy? No not really

*Who or what got on your nerves the most? not being able to sleep on my stomach

*Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? nope

*Where were you when you went into labor? Well I didn't go into labor all on my own, lets see Jade had gone to a rodeo in Logandale NV. and he begged me not to have the baby while he was gone so I didn't but while he was gone I went to the doctor and he checked me and told me i was dialated

to a 3 & 1/2 so I was a little nervous Jade might miss it, but he made it home to my moms where i was staying and we decided that before i came back out to Roosevelt i better get checked again, and that is when good ole Doc. Anderson told me I was Dilated to a 5 and asked us if we want to have a baby today? of course we said yes we were hoping that is what he would say anyway so he told us to go get our bags, gets some lunch and he would see us over at the hospital to break my water, then we got all hooked up and little to my surprise i had been having some contractions on my own that i didn't know about, but they still put me on pitosin around 2:00 to speed things up and by 11:19 that night Briten was here.

*Did your water break? not by itself

*Who drove you to the hospital? Jade

* Did you go early or late? 2 weeks early and I am glad he weighed 7lbs 13oz any longer in the oven he would have been BIG.

*Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Just Jade and the nurses (one of which was Jamie)

*Was it video taped? No Way!

* Did you have any drugs for the pain? Epidural all the way

*Did you go Natural or have a c-section? Natural but with drugs.

* What was your first reaction after giving birth?I couldn't believe he was finally here after 3 long awaited years

*How big was the baby(s)? 7lbs 13 oz. 20 and a 1/2 inches long

*What did you name the baby(s) Briten D. Anderson
*Did the baby(s) have any complications? he wasn't breathing quite right so he had to be on oxygen for about 4 hours but nothing after that.

*How old is your baby today? 10 days.

*When is the next one(s) coming? ????? I want them close but I don't know

*If you could, would you do it all over again? For Sure

We Love our little Mister!

(so far that is what his Dad calls him or just Sir we will see which silly name sticks you know Jade and his nicknames)

Introducing Briten D. Anderson

OH MY GOSH!!!!

WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH!

I promise I will blog more about him in a little while right now I feel guilty playing on the silly computer when I could be playing with my new favorite toy, that is if I can steal him away from his dad (LOL).

Briten D. Anderson
April 13 2009
7lbs. 13oz.
20 1/2 Inches Tall