My life with Peyton & Shaye

Sister/Cousin Weekend!

2012-01-23T14:15:00.009-07:00

This past weekend was a fabulous one to say the least! Shaye was going to be out of town for his traditional extravaganza with his friends so I decided to invite my sister Emily, who has recently moved to Provo to attend BYU and my bestfriend cousin Brittany who lives in Orem to come down to Cedar to have a sister/cousin getaway. I was thrilled when they agreed to come and it turned out to be a fabulous weekend. Brittany's sister Lacee is going to school down here so it was just perfect. Things were going great until late Friday night Mikkel got really sick and wasn't able to enjoy our sister/cousin time on Saturday but luckily she was feeling better Sunday and was able to join us for dinner. All in all I would say it was a complete success and we have already been planning when we will have our next getaway.

Our first night we tried to enjoy a movie after the kids were in bed but it turned out to be SUPER boring. Midnight in Paris, we do not recommend. Good thing we actually had more fun talking and laughing and staying up late like we did when we were young:)

Lacee, Brittany, Me and Ems as things really started to come alive:)

Saturday we had a full day. We started by headed to the Aquatic center for a swim. The kids loved it! Emily brought Mikkel's kids since she wasn't feeling well. I tried to take some pictures there but none of them turned out. It was to steamy in there to get a clear picture. We were thankful the water was so nice and warm though. After the pool we came home for the kids to take naps while the mom's enjoyed some down time. Here is Blake, Bridger and Peyt enjoying some tub time before it is off to bed for them.

Shaye was home Saturday night and he made us his new specialty of hot chocolate with ice cream for our late night treat. I must say it was pretty tasty!

Here is Peyton and Blake after church on Sunday. Aren't they just about the sweetest little boys you've ever seen!? Peyton loved having Blake here and Blake was so great to play so nicely with Peyt. They were too cute, Blake kept calling Peyton his bestie and he would set these little chairs close together and want Peyton to come sit by him.

Peyton loved to chase him around and try to do everything he was doing. We miss you Blake hope you come back to see us soon!!

Yay Mikkel was back with us! Here we are after we enjoyed a wonderful dinner after church.

One more of the cute boys before they had to hit the road, Blake had set the chairs up again, ha ha:) Me and Peyton are missing everyone today but we are so so thankful they came to see us and can't wait til we can get together again!! Thanks again for driving down Brittany and Emily it was a blast!

Peyton's Favorite Things

2012-01-17T14:41:00.004-07:00

I can't believe how quickly Peyton is growing up! I see his personality come out more and more everyday. He is always making me laugh at the silly things he does. Here are a few of his favorite things right now and what he's been up to.

Peyton has loved shoes for quite some time now. He always wants me to put on my shoes and put his shoes on him but lately he likes putting mine and Shaye's shoes on. At first he would get really frustrated cause he couldn't keep them on and he would fall. But I must say he has kept at it and now he is becoming quite good at walking in our shoes. He doesn't need our help to put them on anymore so he will just come walking by and I'll notice them and it makes me laugh every time:)

He continue to love to cheese it for the camera but now he knows that you can see the picture on the back so he always wants to come see what he looked like in the shot. I love those big brown eyes!

He thinks he is quite the big boy these days and does not need my help for many things that he thinks he can do on his own, like eating. He refuses to take anything from a spoon in my hand but when I hand it over to him this is what happens. I guess he has to learn some how.

This was a successful bite, maybe half of the applesauce made it in his mouth.

This weekend Peyton and his cousins got a treat when their uncle Brandon came to town and brought his new puppies. Don't ask me why Brandon now has two puppies I was very surprised myself but Peyton, Tavin and Trajen thought it was the best thing ever! Here is Peyton trying to get Tank to talk to him, they are pretty darn cute.

What a cute little thing he is and Peyton thought so to.

I think this one is Teddy.

Last but not least one of Peyton's favorite things is his Daddy! He knows when he hears the garage door open that Dad is coming home and he will run to the door and wait. It is so cute and he loves all the silly games Shaye plays with him like snakes on the bed and pillow fights. Oh the excitement Peyton brings to our lives, I don't know what we did for entertainment before?!

A Happy New Year and then some

2012-01-09T23:42:00.005-07:00

Can't believe we are into 2012! Crazy how the years keep flying by, faster and faster it seems. We had a good New Year's and 2012 is going great so far. Here are just a few pictures of Peyton sporting some of his new Christmas gifts and such.

Now doesn't he just look like a little stud muffin? Shaye and I got these for Peyt for Christmas and Shaye has some matching ones too. It is just about the funniest thing when he puts them on and he's walking around the house playing and wearing these, makes me smile every time:)

Peyton's new favorite thing, put on any clothes he sees. If he finds clothes on the floor he wants to put them on. Dad's socks and shirt almost fit him just right.

Peyton got these styling new camo jammies and matching robe from GG for Christmas. He looks like a little miniature man walking around, to cute!

Me and Shaye on New Year's Eve. We had a nice evening enjoying a nice dinner at Rusty's and then treats and games with friends. It was wonderful except when at almost exactly midnight I was running to the bathroom to ring in the new year throwing up! It was pretty awful especially since I have only thrown up once in the past ten years! I guess that wouldn't be considered getting 2012 off to a good start...hope the rest of the year goes better:)

Some more cute jammies from Gpa Chuck and Connie, wait till you see his little bum...

too cute, love the bum flap, ha ha.

Shaye enjoyed a couple days ice fishing with his Dad and Bransen during the holiday's. Looks like it was a pretty nice day...not so much for the fish of course, sorry little buddy:(

Shaye and the boys. This is Peyton and his good friend Trace Quarnberg.

Cute little guys:)

Merry Christmas to all!!

2011-12-27T15:00:00.008-07:00

What a great Christmas weekend! I am still trying to recover from little sleep and good eats:) We had a great time with family and are very grateful for all the kind gifts we received. Peyton had a fabulous weekend. He didn't care at all about the gifts he just loved seeing all of his favorite people and he loved all the decorations! He loves Christmas trees and lights! It was fun to watch him with everyone and see how happy he was. We can't believe how much he is growing up and how much he is changing and learning. He is getting so smart and sometimes finding himself in trouble but he makes us smile and laugh everyday and we just couldn't love him more!

Christmas started early last week when Peyton got to go to Aunt Janet's and open a present.

Good thing I took a picture this was the only present he helped open all weekend.

This is Christmas Eve morning, I swear Peyton knew it was a special day he was so happy and crazy all day.

Peyton was SO excited when GG got to town! He really was it was cute he followed her around the moment she arrived and wanted to help her bring everything in. She brought him this very cute rocking horse that Peyt is still warming up to. He was a little scared of him at first but they are becoming better friends now:)

Don't we look like an excited bunch? Good thing me and Bransen are excited, everyone else doesn't seem to excited for Santa to come, or maybe they were nervous about the food since I did some cooking:)

Everybody waiting for Jenn to call us on skype from the Philippines on her mission. Grandpa Chuck wouldn't let the computer out of his sight he wanted to be the first to see her face.

Here's the busy body just running circles around the house.

I just realized this was our 5th Christmas together, crazy how the time goes by and how much has changed.

Our little family

Merry Christmas morning!! Peyton was excited to come down and discover all the gifts he didn't realized he had gotten the night before.

He loves his new chair from Grandma Monica. It is just his size he loves to climb on and off it by himself.

Then it was off to Kanab to the Jackson's. Peyton was thrilled to find Fredy there. This poor dog got chased around all day long! I am sure he was happy to see Peyton go:)

Run Freddy run!

We were spoiled and got see Jenn again while she talked to her Dad and family. She looks so great and happy and we couldn't be happier for her and all the good she is doing!

Then we found Santa at my parents house! Peyton really likes uncle Nate but he wasn't so sure of him as Santa. I must say Nate is a great Santa and getting better every year:)

Peyt and Santa's best helper, Auntie Em:) Merry Christmas to all!!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

2011-12-08T11:57:00.006-07:00

I can't believe it is already Christmas time, this year has flown by so fast!! I'm not complaining though cause I love Christmas time, you know it is the most wonderful time of the year:) We have been enjoying decorating the house and seeing Christmas lights and teaching Peyton not to play with the decorations, they are just so pretty he can hardly stand it! He does pretty good though, just has to be reminded several times a day we don't play with them. He keeps trying thinking one of these days things will change and he can play with whatever he wants:) He has already met Santa this year and the following pictures will show how that went...

Things started out pretty good...

then it was like, what am I doing up here...

and who are you?!

Love those little teeth on the bottom. He is getting A LOT of teeth right now. They are coming in everywhere! It will be a happy day when all the teeth are finally in.

I love this. He is so funny he loves to look at the nativity. He likes to growl at the sheep and then when he talks to baby Jesus it is in the soft little whisper of baby talk, so sweet I love it. I keep telling him that sheep don't growl but he doesn't listen. It is pretty funny though. He knows he is not supposed to touch them but sometimes I find that the sheep have been rearranged. It is so fun when you see your child catch onto something you have been trying to teach him. Last night when we were getting ready to go to bed he was just playing around and I said Peyton should we say prayers before bed? He popped right up and walked over to me with his arms folded. It just about brought a tear to my eye, it was so sweet.

These are all of his buddies on the stairs. He likes to say hi to them as we go up or down. They are all of our Christmas stuffed animals. It makes me smile every time when he waves at them:)

He loves the tree. He gets as close as he can and sometimes touches it and then says, "preee" for pretty. I always tell, don't touch it's pretty. So he knows not to touch pretties:)

Happy Christmas time with my boy!

Look who is looking all grown up?! We went to my sister Emily's dance concert last week which was great. Peyton enjoyed it as long as he could sit in his own seat. I guess he thinks he is a big kid and doesn't need to sit on my lap anymore:( He liked sitting there and dancing to the music, it is crazy to me how much he is changing and growing up so darn fast!

Thanksgiving Weekend 2011

2011-11-28T21:48:00.006-07:00

This Thanksgiving was another fabulous one. It was always one of my favorite traditions when all the Brown's would get together for Thanksgiving and it is still as great now as I always remember it being. It is crazy how the family just keeps growing and growing we had about 50 people this year and I think it is safe to say that fun was had by all:) Since my whole immediate family was there we got family pictures since we have a few new additions since our last one:)

I love this picture of Peyton with his Great Grandma and Grandpa Brown. Peyt was ready for the big feast, his favorite things to carry around all day was spoons and a plate:)

Grandpa and all of his Granddaughters that were there. We all love Grandpa, he really is the greatest man I know.

Notice the spoon...

now double spoons!

It is hard work getting a good picture of all of us but I think this one is pretty good. Everyone is looking and no one is crying:)

Our little family

Peyton was getting pretty sick of taking pictures, he thought it'd be more fun upside-down:)

My First Niece is Here!

2011-11-05T14:55:00.006-06:00

Tenley Jane Glazier is here! I am so excited to be an aunt again and to have my first niece! She is a beautiful baby girl and we are so happy to have her part of our family. She is such a good little baby and I can tell she will be a sweet little girl.

I do love being an auntie:)

Maybe Tenley can help calm down these crazy boys. They sure had a fun time playing together and I can't believe how much they are each growing up!! I think I need to get me one of these tables they loved having snacks and lunch here together. Sure do love all these boys!

Shaye got a deer!

2011-11-01T20:42:00.003-06:00

Another hunting season has come to a close, (thank goodness:) Shaye got a buck on the last day and I am so glad so that he can be a happy man again. Peyton thought it was pretty cool and it was funny to watch his reaction. Thats Shaye's brother with him and Peyton in the picture, Shaye wanted to give him a "shout out" for all his help this year.

2011-11-01T16:53:00.003-06:00

Happy Halloween

2011-11-01T16:20:00.005-06:00

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

It was really hard to get a picture of these two.

Peyton the skunk with his best friend neighbor, Kinley the Kitty:)

Here they are the next day. Looks like Kinley had too much candy and is in a sugar daze:)

Mountain Trip

2011-10-16T23:13:00.005-06:00

We enjoyed a nice drive up the mountain this weekend to check out the pretty leaf's. Sadly some of the trees had already lost theirs but it was still a pretty drive. We made several stops a long the way and took some pictures, I love the beauty of fall. Just hopes it lasts awhile longer before the winter comes.

My goodness I love these boys!

It turned into quite the little photo shoot, ha ha. What a great day, love being with my boys:)

Growing Up

2011-10-13T14:20:00.005-06:00

Since Peyton has turned one I swear he has grown up so much each day. He is always doing something new and he's learning so much. He has officially started walking about a week or two after his birthday. One night every time I turned around he was walking after me. He started out slow and stiff. It was so funny, he would get going and then try to go faster and faster until he would fall down. Now he is getting pretty sturdy and is walking more than he crawls. He love to make animal sounds when you ask him what a cow, dog and lion say. the lion sound is his favorite, he has a great growl:) Puppies are his favorite though if there is a picture of a puppy in a book we have to look at that page 50 times!

Loving the backyard before it gets to cold.

This was when he was doing some of his best walking, he's so proud of himself.

Meet Blue, this is his favorite little buddy that he takes everywhere. It is just about the cutest thing how excited he gets when he sees him lying around. Before nap time and bed time sometimes we have to go looking for Blue and it is the cutest thing when Peyton says "Boo, Boo", makes me smile every time:)

He is really into shoes lately. He likes wearing his own shoes and he loves to try on mom and dad's shoes, they're just a little to big:)

Nothing to exciting going on here but life is good:)

Taylor Swift!

2011-09-30T21:14:00.008-06:00

What a great surprise Shaye gave me this year for our anniversary. Well he gave it to me for our anniversary but he said he was going to do it anyways. Shaye and my brother-in-law Jerron had apparently been conspiring together to do something nice for their wives during hunting season since they are gone so much. I must say I was happy they were even thinking this way:) Anyways they decided to get mikkel and I tickets to the Taylor Swift concert! I was so surprised and excited, I do love Taylor Swift but I would have never got tickets on my own so it was so nice of Shaye to do something for me. The best part was I would be going with my sisters, Emily came too she already had a ticket and would be sitting with some of our cousins. It was perfect, Em came up and we all drove up together.

Sydney, Kenzie, me and Em getting excited!!

Getting some dinner before the big show.

My close up with Taylor:)

Getting anxious for the show to start, it seemed to take forever between the opening group.

Then finally she appeared, ha ha:) We had great seats on the floor. We were towards the back which was fabulous cause she had a little stage in the middle back, like 10 feet from us where she came and sang 4 songs!!

Here she is on the stage right by us! Maybe I sound like I'm 12 but I really like her. I thought she did a great job and she really seems like a very nice good person. So I guess I appreciate her being a decent person that young girls can look up to:)

Mikkel enjoying the show. Now Mikkel, well she is known for her good luck at concerts getting to meet the performer or getting free tickets or something and so of course when Taylor was walking back to the main stage she walked right past us and Mikkel went up and stuck out her arms and Taylor came and totally hugged her! Not just a brief half hearted hug but a full on two arm squeeze, ha ha. Yes I know now I really do sound like I'm 12. See the video at the end of the post to watch. I was videoing when she came over and hugged her but you don't see the hug cause right when she came over of course there was a lot of pushing from the people around me and I lose my view:( But you can see her and you get the idea.

It really was a great show, it wasn't just her singing on the stage it was quite a major production lots of special effects and stuff.

She came right by us again during her last song as she went around the arena on this thing.

Yes it was quite a show. Thanks Shaye for letting me go!! It was just fun to be with my sisters and hang out. Since we were up in Salt Lake Mikkel got us a seat in the audience for Good Things Utah the next morning. It was fun and interesting to see how that all works and if you were watching that day you would have seen Mikkel and Emily on t.v. for a few seconds.

Us with all the girls after the show.

On our way out of town we met up with Brandon for some ice cream and some good conversation. It was fun to be with my siblings, so glad we are all good friends and enjoy spending time together. What a great trip! Plus I survived my first ever night away from Peyton! I missed him lots and was so happy to get back to him but glad he also survived without me, although I'm sure he missed me too:)

Lake Powell

2011-09-26T12:30:00.010-06:00

We took a quick trip to Lake Powell last minute last week. Shaye decided to go with a guy from work that had invited him but they would be staying all weekend and Shaye had to work Saturday and Sunday. So he went with them early Thursday morning and then Peyton and I went and picked him up on Friday. Since we were there I decided to take a little picnic and we would have a little lunch on the beach and let Peyton play in the sand. I didn't know how it would go or if Peyton would like it but it turned out to be a great time. We stayed even longer than I thought we would, Peyt was loving it and it was so nice and relaxing.

Isn't it so pretty?! This was off the back of the boat. Shaye said they mostly fished but he also did a lot of wake boarding and was way sore the next day, he's just getting to be an old man!:)

So we set up our little shade tent and enjoyed a nice little lunch. Peyton loved dipping his crackers in the sand and then eating them, silly boy loves the taste of dirt I guess.

Don't they look so relaxed? Man this is the life!

I was kind of surprised how much Peyton liked it, he wasn't scared at all he just headed right in.

He liked when the little waves would come up past him. I had to stay close by to keep him from diving right in.

Peyt's favorite way to have a drink is a cap full of water, got to stay hydrated on a hot day:)

What a great day we had. To bad summer is over so we won't be able to enjoy a day like that til next year. I bet Peyton will enjoy it even more next year:)

Bonus shot, just to cute not to post:)

Peyton's Frist Birthday!

2011-09-19T12:16:00.018-06:00

Look who turned ONE!! This was taken on his birthday at the exact time that he was born a year earlier!!

Wow you sure have changed a lot over the past year and our lives have been changed forever too. The past year has been crazy with many ups and downs. I remember the days I thought I would never get a good nights sleep again. Now you sleep like a champ for 10 to 12 hours a night!!! Nothing is better than that:)

Here's Peyton all ready for his big party, just waiting his guests to arrive.

The first guest to arrive was GG, Peyton sure looks happy to see her. They enjoyed a lot of good play time together.

Let the party begin! So glad it turned out to be a nice day. I was worried it might rain but it was perfect.

I had to take a picture of his cake before it was frosted in case it didn't turn out. I am good at a lot of things but one thing I am not good at is decorating cakes. So lucky for me Mikkel is really good at that kind of stuff she saved the day and made it look cute!

Here come the presents! It was a little overwhelming for Peyton, (and me) but he did enjoy it and he got SO many fun new things. I have had to clear out more space in the closet so all the new things don't take over the family room.

Peyton had lots of helpers to get the job done. These were some old pros at the present opening business and they showed Peyton how it is done. Thanks Nate, Traj and Tav!

Checking out the cool new cars.

Shaye the garbage man taking care of all that warping paper.

Even CeCe wanted to check out the new toys.

The before pic...

Peyton all ready to dig into his cake...well sort of.

.Peyton liked the frosting..

...but that is all. Shaye broke off some cake and put it in his mouth and he threw it on the ground. He didn't care for it much and couldn't quite understand why we were all making such a fuss taking pictures, videoing and trying to get him to stuff his face. It didn't last to long and he was done.

The after photo. Not to much damage, he really wasn't digging it.

He did love playing with all of his grandparents. They were growling at eachother, which is one of Peyton's most favorite things to do. Gramps isn't to bad at it either, looks pretty scary.

Silly guys.

It was a wonderful day and we were so glad that so much of our family could spend it with us. I really can't believe a year has gone by and Shaye and I are so grateful to have sweet Peyton in our family. He really does bring us so much joy, we love watching him learn and discover new things. Which it seems like all the sudden he is learning and figuring things out at a extremely faster rate just in the past two weeks! He has taken his first steps and is busier than ever. I can't wait for what the next year holds, we love you Peyton!!

BFR 2011

2011-09-07T17:28:00.013-06:00

A highlight of every summer is the annual Brown Family Reunion. It is something always looked forward to and this year was no exception! It was a fabulous weekend and we had a blast visiting with everyone, enjoying some great food and fun! This year was extra special because we were celebrating Grandpa Brown's 80th birthday. We are so lucky to still have him with us and we had a great time celebrating his life.

To kick off the festivities we enjoyed a dip in the pool.

Peyton did not want to pause for a picture, he just wanted to get in that water!

He was off exploring everything on land as well. He looked like a little stink bug crawling every where with his bum in the air.
This was the perfect little spot for him, just the right amount of water and it kept him contained...until someone wanted to come down the slide then he got a big splash of water:)

Peyton headed around the lazy river with Gramps and Shaye with McKay chasing them from behind.

Always a good game of basketball.

Nate right where he likes to be, with all the girls:)

After the pool it was off to Grandma's for some fun in the backyard. Here is Shaye putting some serious effort into the party hat contest.

Every family made a hat for Grandpa to pick his favorite for the party. Everyone was so creative.

Grandpa sporting the nice crown we made him (well Shaye pretty much made it:)

Peyton and his new best friend. Peyt and Uncle McKay really hit it off and became fast friends.

My fam vs. Brant's family in the finals of Brown Family trivia about Grandpa. We were so close but Brant pulled out the win right at the end.

Peyton and his Auntie Ems ready to head to the big birthday party.

Us with Brittany and cute little Bridger so glad we got to spend lots of time with them...Aren't you glad you stayed Britt:) ha ha

Peyton had a great time exploring everything.

After dinner Natalie had put together a nice program where each family covered a decade of Grandpa's life. Each had someone dress like Grandpa during that era and then the family did a lip sync performances off a famous song from that time. It was pretty funny to see what every family came up with. Here are a couple of my favorites:)

Caiden stole the show when he came out in this get up. You can't quite see the picture on the slide show in the back ground but there was a picture of Grandpa Brown with some friends after they had gone swimming and this was what Grandpa was wearing. It was pretty funny and had us all asking, Grandpa what were you wearing?!

Brant's family also did a good job, he grew out his sideburns and such to look like Grandpa from his era, and I must say he really did look the part:)

Here is our family doing a little hula to Kokomo from the 80's.

It really was so fun to see what everyone planned I wish I would've got pictures of everyone.

On Sunday night we enjoyed a slideshow of reunions pasts in my parents backyard. Peyton enjoyed stacking cups with Grandma. I just love my Grandparents and can't even thank them enough for there great example and all they do, they are the most amazing people ever!!

Roasting mallows

Peyton and cute little Blake playing so nice enjoying all of Nate's toys.

Bath time with Tavin

Tav found his musical talents and was quite pleased with himself:)

All the boys were loving there time with Gramps Brown. He spent the whole day with them Monday playing outside and they were loving it! He is a great wrestling buddy and there was plenty of that going on.

Thanks Dad for entertaining the boys, they loved it!!

1 Year Photo Shoot

2011-08-25T16:15:00.010-06:00

We had a fun weekend last week. Shaye was busy hunting and working so Peyton and I headed to Kanab and enjoyed some time with family and mostlyI wanted to go over and have my dad take some pictures of Peyton as we quickly approach his 1st Birthday!! It was so fun and I feel like we got a lot of cute ones. It is hard work taking pictures of a busy little boy especially outside when there is so much to explore. We took lots but here are a few as a sneak peak. These are some of my favorites, they haven't been touched up yet I need to decide which ones I want to print.

This silly kid, every time I put him on the grass he just crawls into the rocks. He likes to sit in the rocks instead of on the soft grass. Also this is the "man cub" crawl as Shaye calls it. He likes to keep his knees off the not so soft ground:)

He's getting so big!! I can't believe how much he is growing up. And he's just so darn cute, (of course I am a little bias) I can't get enough of him!!

He found great joy in pulling this leaf apart, can't you see the excitement on his face? Oh the simple things in life:)

We just love our sweet little guy and can't believe he is almost one!! He is the greatest blessing in our lives!

Summer time won't you stay?

2011-08-02T13:56:00.011-06:00

I love summer time! I am already getting sad thinking of it passing to quickly. So we try to get out and enjoy the sunshine whenever we can. Peyton loves to be outside. He gets a little sad if he's stuck inside all day. He likes to hear the birds, play on the grass, look at our neighbor's puppy, go for walks, swimming...pretty much everything. Peyton also likes looking at pictures of animals in books, especially the touch and feel books. We were excited a couple weeks ago when my mom asked if Peyton and I would come with her to Salt Lake to take my brother Nathan to the Dr. So we went along and the best part was the zoo happened to be right by the Dr's Office so we got to spend a few hours there. It was Nathan's first time at the zoo and he absolutely loved it!! Peyton enjoyed it too but Nate was WAY excited to see all the animals and he was signing all the animal names.

Nate is great to stop and pose for pictures. They had a special Dinosaur exhibit which was actually quite fun. They all moved and made noises and looked real and some even spite out water at you, which was welcomed because it was so hot:)

Who knew elephants were such funny animals?! We got to see the elephant show and they can do all sorts of tricks like spins, stand on one foot and my personal favorite, a headstand:) This little guy you can see in the back ground was so cute.

Peyton couldn't keep his eyes off this dino, I think he was afraid he might eat us, it kind of looks that way doesn't it:)

Peyton's favorite thing of the day was the train ride. If you can't tell from this picture, he was so excited when we got on. He's never been on one before but he really was stoked. He stood there jumping up and down it was so funny. So that was my real favorite part because he loved it so much:)

I love this picture of Mom and Nate. Mom you look so pretty, thanks for taking us with you and Nate I love those eyebrows above the sunglasses, ha ha.

Here are some other gems from the past few weeks. Shaye likes to take Peyt to Cal Ranch and look at the baby ducks and chicks and always wants to try a cowboy hat on him, I know one of these days he's going to come home with one I'm sure. I must say he is a pretty cute looking cowboy:)

I really wish this picture was more in focus but I just had to post it anyways cause I think it is to darn cute. Peyton's face just makes me smile:)

Funny story...the other evening after dinner Shaye said if you hurry we can go for a walk right now. Well I was so excited cause I love to go for walks but it is not often that I can talk Shaye into going with us so since he was offering I hurried out the door. Well he timed it just right because we had barely got around the corner when it started to sprinkle. I asked if we should go back, but Shaye said it was just going to sprinkle. Well within seconds it was POURING and we were running as fast as we could home! Poor Peyt was in the stroller with a look on his face like, what in the world just happened! (His eyes were even bigger than they usually are:) Anyways it was pretty funny we were all laughing and soaking wet, funny memory.

Peyton is loving bath time more than ever. His new thing is he likes to just chill laying on his back for a long time after I get him all washed up. He is growing up so fast! I remember when I had to hold him up in his little tub, now I have to remind him that we don't stand up in the tub about every two minutes:)

He's got four little teeth now, two on the bottom and two on the top.

He loves to play peek-a-boo and is climbing all over the couch, stairs and anything he can reach!

One more fun night. This week I got to go to the Little Mermaid at Tuacahn with my family. Shaye was nice enough to stay home with Peyton so I could go. And thanks to Emily for getting a date that got her a ticket so I could have her other ticket by my family:) Anyways it was so fun, it really was a great show and it was especially fun to watch Nathan enjoy it. He LOVES to see the shows there each year and meet all the characters. Here he is excited for the show to start.

Here we all are after the show. My brother Brandon was my date for the night, ha ha.

Dad had to hold Nate back to get this shot. He couldn't wait to go up and meet all the characters, he had brought his year book with him for them all to sign. Fun was had definitely had by all .

Best Buds

2011-07-27T08:39:00.006-06:00

It is no secret who is Peyton's best buddy. I know he loves me and of course he always wants me when he's sad but Shaye is definitely is best buddy. He thinks his Dad is so cool and pretty much anything he does is hilariously funny. Sometimes I complain that Peyton gives Shaye more kisses and hugs without him even asking but I do think it is pretty cute how much he loves his Dad, plus I know he couldn't live without me...either one of them really:)

Here's my boys already and matching for church.

I had to get a picture of this I just thought it was too cute! Peyton wants to be just like Dad getting ready for the day:)

I am sure it won't be long before Peyton will want to go out in the hills with Dad...he just needs to get a little bigger:)

They had fun looking at all the 4-wheelers and other fun toys at Bass Pro Shops I'm sure just dreaming of the day they could one...not for awhile boys.

One picture of Peyt and Mom. We had a fun day a couple weeks ago at Shaye's family reunion up in Cannonville. We had a great time, the weather was beautiful and it was fun to visit with everyone.

Peyton loved crawling around on the grass. He picked a lot of grass and tried to eat plenty, probably was successful with some too.

Here's four generations of Jackson men. Glad Grandpa Frank thought to take this picture. We were glad we were able to go see everyone it was a fun day!

Texas!

2011-07-10T15:57:00.017-06:00

We are home from our adventure to Texas! I have been absent from blogging while we were gone so this will be a super long post with lots of pictures to cover our whole time in the great state of Texas. I must say that I had a wonderful experience in TX. I really enjoyed living there for the short time we were there. The people there were seriously so nice. Honestly the friendliest people I've ever met. From the grocery store to the apartment complex where we lived I felt like people were very nice and you would meet them once and they would talk to you like you were long time friends. I have decided that I am going to be more friendly:) So here is an overview of our time in TX and all the fun we had.

Here is Peyton happy as a clam as we start our long drive. I didn't take anymore cause he wasn't as happy by the end. The drive out there he did really really well thanks to the decision to drive through the night while he was sleeping. Not so pleasant for Shaye and I but it was worth it to have a happy baby.

And this man wins the award, he drove pretty much the whole way! I drove for three hours while he slept but that is it! I kept asking if he wanted me to drive but he was going strong. He likes driving and I am good at keeping him awake, but I must say I did sleep too:)

Once we got to TX Peyton and I had lots of great bonding and playing time. Shaye was off working most of the time so Peyton and we had fun entertaining ourselves. Luckily MIkkel and her boys were there for us to hang out with cause we didn't have much going on in our apartment. I didn't take many toys for him and we had no t.v. or internet so played together on the floor a lot and took lots of pictures of ourselves:)

Peyton is growing up so much and getting around like crazy. Now that he is so mobile the trouble he can get into has majorly increased! So we had bonks on the head and tears every now and then but he is very excited to be discovering so many new things.

One of the funnest things we did while there was we got to go to an Astros baseball game. It was so fun plus they were playing the Red Sox so it was great! I always wanted to go to a Red Sox game in Boston but off course didn't. It was really fun and the Sox won! There were tons of Sox fans there which surprised me but it was great we fit right in:)

Go Red Sox, woohoo!

Hanging with dad before he is off to work. Daddy is definitely Peyton's best friend, he absolutely loves spending time with him. It is so funny he will just look at him and start this funny forced laughed like he is saying "come on Dad do something funny." Then Shaye will do something silly, (that really isn't funny) and Peyton will just crack up laughing like it is the best thing he's ever seen.

We got to spend the 4th of July in Texas and it turned out to be a fun 1st 4th for Peyt. Thanks to Mikkel who is good at finding fun things to do and planning stuff we went to a little parade that morning and Peyton was asleep before it was over. It was really really hot in Texas and it seemed to put him to sleep every time we walked outside.

Our Patriotic baby:) Thanks to Mikkel for painting the cute star on his face.

That evening we had a bbq with all our friends and it turned out great! Shaye enjoyed grilling the hot dogs and did a great job. Looks like he is enjoying eating them too:)

Here is us and Mikkel, she found out while we were there that she will be adding a baby girl to her family!! We are SO excited, can't wait to meet this little girl.

Sadly there were no fireworks anywhere in Texas because they are in a drought and have a no burn rule right now so we had the next best thing, glow sticks. Actually I think the kids liked that better, they had a great time running around glowing:)

Thanks to Brooke for sharing a glow stick with Peyton, he loved it!

And lastly what did we do the most in Texas...

that's right we played at the pool!! Peyton loved going to the pool which was good cause we went almost everyday! The pool was so nice and had great places for little ones to play. This was one of the few times that Daddy got to come to the pool with us.

So far Peyton is not scared of the water and he was always trying to put his face in the water. Mostly he was trying to drink the water and I would always have to stop him, yuck!

Loving summer time!!

On our way home from Texas we were able to go over to San Antonio and see the sites. We went down to the River walk and the Alamo. Some how we didn't even take a picture of the Alamo though but it was cool and we really enjoyed our time there.

The best part was we were able to stay with one of my mission companions, Jenny who lives there. It was so fun to see her and caught up as she showed us around. Thanks Jenny for the great time. I have a couple other friends that live in Texas and I wish I would have been able to see them too. If only Texas wasn't so darn big!!

Peyton liked looking at all the ducks swimming in the river.

This was a really cool church that Jenny showed us, I guess there are usually fountains going that are cool but all water features were turned off due to the drought I guess.

Jenny said we had to get our picture on one of the cute bridges. Now we are home and I'm kind of missing Texas. I really did have a great time and enjoyed all the people and I even enjoyed the warm weather. Except when sweat is running down your legs and my shirt was all wet from sweat, I guess that wasn't that pleasant. I still liked it though, thanks for being so good to us Texas!

Around the House with Peyton

2011-06-14T16:49:00.008-06:00

Here are some of my favorite pics of Peyton around the house doing what he does best! He is crawling and pulling up and climbing on everything, he seems to be more monkey than little boy:) I spend most of my time making sure he is not getting into too much trouble as he explores the house, as I type this he is climbing up on the couch and would give anything at this moment if he could get to the computer. Nothing is safe anymore!

First play date with his friend Jerzi. We took this right before we left and it was past nap time for both of them, we should have taken one at the beginning so they looked happy. We really did have a great time but I love that in order to take the pic I had to give Peyt the camera case to keep him happy and Kenzie gave Jerzi the lens cap. Peyton's face is great, he looks thrilled doesn't he...really he had fun:)

Peyton showing his, "I am so pleased with myself" smile after successfully pulling himself up on the couch.

Peyton turned the big 9 MONTHS this week! I can't believe how quickly he is growing up. Sometimes it makes me so sad and I have to give him extra hugs and kisses and let him fall asleep on my shoulder because I know there will come a day that he won't do that anymore.

I tried to get some action shots of some of his new tricks. Some of the things I want to remember he can do now are, he is crawling everywhere, pulling up on the couch or anything he can reach, he's starting to walk along things, he says Momma (mostly when he is sad or winey but still he says it), he likes to help hold the spoon during meals, and most of all he has a very friendly personality and loves to be around people.

But what Peyton does best is pose for for pictures. I was trying to take a picture of crawling but every time he saw the camera he would sit down and flash the smile, he just cracks me up:)

Peyton and Shaye's newest favorite game! His first tent and he loves it!

I love seeing this face coming to get me!

After playing so hard, he sleeps hard. His latest thing is pulling his legs under him and sleeping with his little bum in the air, too cute.

Sometimes I just have to sneak in and look at his sweet face. I just want him to stay little forever...

A Good Day Fishing

2011-06-14T12:25:00.007-06:00

We have had a few good evenings spent out enjoying the outdoors and a little fishing. Lucky for us Peyton really loves going on little adventures to the outdoors, he is taking right after his dad already:) Last week we went up to Panguitch Lake and all the fishermen had great success catching lots of fish!

Here's everyone with there catches. If you look you can see that Shaye is a little dirty. Silly guy, that fish he is holding managed to squirm out of his hands and went flip flopping in the air. The best part was watching Shaye try to catch the slipper guy. The rest of the day he kept saying, why was I trying to catch that stupid fish? He didn't catch it but he did get blood all over his pants:) It still was a good day!

Peyt and Momma enjoying the pretty view of the lake. It was a little windy from time to time so Peyt also had fun climbing all over the back seat of the truck. I'd say he looks like a cute little fisherman in his hat:)

Family close up

This was the pretty sky that we enjoyed on our drive home, the picture doesn't even do it justice. It looked like there was fire in the sky.

Off on another adventure. peyton is always happy if I let him play with his favorite toy, aka the camera case:) This can mean endless entertainment and joy for him.

I love this picture. It is just so funny to me. Peyton loves having his picture taken and is always happy to flash his smile. I took this of us in the truck and just said Peyton smile and he gives me this fine cheeser, just love this kid.

Family photo at Kolob Reservoir. It was so pretty up there, we went up with a few friends for a nice family night and enjoyed a nice fire. Roasted some hotdogs, enjoyed some good treats. Shaye didn't want me to even mention that they were fishing cause it wasn't successful in that category:) But it was really nice, (minus the bugs) all in all we enjoyed the night!

Red Cliffs

2011-05-30T21:48:00.008-06:00

Here are some pics of our weekend activities. We found ourselves making two visits to the Red Cliffs area. It was Peyton's first hiking experience and he loved it! Our first time there on Saturday we hadn't planned to go, we planned to go fishing. Shaye fished for a while but when some not so polite people decided to jump in the water and swim 5 feet from where he was fishing he decided we were out of there. He wasn't too happy about it. But I had made us a nice little picnic so I insisted that we were going to eat it somewhere in the outdoors:) We were at Quail so we just went across the highway to Red Cliffs and had a great time. It even put Shaye back in a good mood:) Peyton loves to be outside as you can see from the pictures, there is so much to see and hear. It is a good time for all and we are grateful for some warmer weather so we can be outside!

Peyton enjoying dipping his toes in the water.

Does it look like Peyt is scared to death?! I promise he was happy and he seemed to like it:)

Loving the picnic

And Peyton has a new favorite thing, rocks and dirt!

So we had such a good time we decided to go back and really go on the hike on Monday. We invited Brandon and Kashae to come and we had a great time!

Peyton enjoyed the hike in the comfort of his pouch:)

I love this picture, so pretty with the water and Peyton looks so grown up! I love my boys!

After all this playing in the dirt somebody needed a bath and he loved that too!

Baseball and Graduation

2011-05-26T17:06:00.004-06:00

The warmer days are coming and we are enjoying it. If the sun is shining we are outside loving it! We have still had some yucky days but it is getting better. Last weekend we headed to Kanab to enjoy watching Shaye play in the Alumni baseball tournament. We all had a great time Shaye's team won their first game and lost the 2nd. He was just happy to get to play a couple games. It was fun to watch and Peyton loved being outside and seeing all his grandparents. It was a great weekend and to top things off we attended Bransen's Seminary graduation Sunday night. We had to come back to Cedar for work Monday and then it was back to Kanab Tuesday for Bransen's high school graduation. We have done a lot of driving the past week or so but it was worth it for goods times in Kanab:)

Peyter's having fun sporting his rug burned nose and watching the games with Grandpa Jackson.

Can't get enough of this little face

Here's Shaye showing he's still got some skills!:)

Congrats to Bransen on Seminary graduation, we're proud of you!!

The Jackson boys

We didn't even tell Peyton to smile, it is so funny to me when he sees a camera he knows he is supposed to smile:)

I love this cause you can see Peyton hair! It is getting longer and thicker. Shaye did his hair all spiffy for big night.

Peyton's smiles are cracking me up lately. He is such a cheeser and he was so good through the graduation ceremony. It helped that there was lots of clapping, every time he would be startled and get quiet and just look around for awhile, it kept him on his toes:)

Got to love these good looking boys, plus love this extreme cheese by Peyton, ha ha. Congrats again Brans, great job!!

First boo boo

2011-05-18T13:42:00.004-06:00

Our little guy is growing up so fast. With growing up comes bumps and bruises along the way. I hate that it has to happen but it's part of life. Peyton is growing and learning and becoming braver everyday. He is always trying to do something new. He's learning to pull himself up and things and is always trying to get things out of reach. Last night he was crawling around and such and somehow did a little nose dive and got a floor burn on his nose:( Poor little guy but he's still the cutest thing I've ever seen! Plus Peyton has turned 8 months!! Wow I can't believe how quickly time goes by.

Peyton and Mommy, getting ready for bed.

And here is the boo boo:( His poor little nose but still happy as ever and always with a smile!:)

We have finally brought out the highchair and he loves it! He can work on feeding himself some little things and he is enjoying that very much! Why do you have to grow up Peyton I just want you to stay little.

Happy May!

2011-05-05T15:54:00.005-06:00

We were so excited around our house for May to be here! We have been enjoying nice weather and good times together. That was until this morning when I looked out and saw that it was SNOWING outside! So depressing. I could hear it raining and thundering all night and that was fine but snow, that is just not ok! No walk for us today, Peyton will bummed he really enjoys his walks. Oh well life will go on...here are some fun pictures of our little cutie lately. He is growing up so fast! He will be 8 months this week, how time flies. Peyton has just got his first tooth and he has been quite mobile. He has learned to crawl. He'll only do a few crawls so far which is fine with me. I'm not ready for him to be all over the place just yet. I love to see his personality develop. Peyton is a very easy going and happy boy. He seems to be very social. He always enjoys being around lots of people and will share his smile with all. He has become quite vocal and getting louder everyday it seems, I love to hear his chatter:) The number one comments that I always get from strangers is..."He has the biggest eyes, do they always look like that?" Yes he always has the wide eyed look, he is very alert and attentive. We couldn't love this little guy any more, but it seems my love grows for him everyday. We love being your parents Peyton thanks for making our home such a happy place!

So yes Peyt's eyes are usual wide open, especially for pictures but lately when I go to snap a picture he seems to be anticipating the flash and he will squint his eyes, so funny it cracks me up. If you click on the picture and make it big you can see his little white tooth:)

Love this of our little slugger at his uncle Branson's baseball game this weekend. We loved being out in the sun!!

These are some pictures of our trip to Grandma Alta's "GG" to pick up Shaye when he got home. Peyton had a great time with GG and she had a wonderful time with him.

Enjoying bath time, one of the best times of the day Peyton would say!

Peyt wasn't sure what to think of the grass in GG's backyard. It took him a little bit to get used to it but then he liked it and enjoyed trying to eat the rose petals.

I love my little boy he is such a sweetie! Don't you ever grow up Peyton, just stay little! I love you!

Happy Easter

2011-04-23T22:32:00.006-06:00

Happy Easter!

Since we are missing Shaye this Easter I wanted to get these pictures up so he could see them. We have had a great day enjoying time with family. Peyton had fun and was such a good boy for all the Saturday festivities. We'll have more pictures tomorrow:)

Coloring eggs this morning tired Peyton right out:) He fell asleep in middle of all the chaos.

First Easter rolling experience for the little man, he and Gramps had a great time:)

Before...

after:) He just wanted to get a closer look at the sand, he'd never seen it before. He got a good look and a good taste I'm sure. But he didn't even cry when he face planted in the sand just a look of shock like he didn't know what just happened to him.

Does he look concerned with Gramps 4-wheeling out to the spot in the van? I think he enjoyed the bumps:)

Ready for bed in his Easter jammies, it's been a great day!

Auntie Ems

Uncle Brandon...lots of good times playing with the aunts and uncles.

He sure misses you Dad but we hope you have a Happy Easter in Texas. Miss you and love you lots!!:)

Update

2011-04-21T20:28:00.005-06:00

Not much to say...here are some pictures of the recent happenings around our place.

This is the life I tell ya! We were able to go to the temple last week and Emily was kind enough to hang with Peyton. It was a beautiful day and they went for a nice stroll around the temple grounds, sure looks like Peyton was enjoying himself. I love that he is putting his feet up, what a cutie:)

Peyton loved watching the water, he couldn't keep his eyes off of it!

Thanks for being so great Auntie Em's!!

Saying goodbye to Daddy before he was off to work for a few weeks! We sure miss you but thanks for working so hard for us! We love you:)

This was just too cute not to document. My Mom and Nathan have been here. My Mom is helping Mikkel with her kids and Nate's mostly been hanging at my house. He has been so sweet to Peyton. I was cleaning in the kitchen and looked over and he was showing all the toys to Peyton. Peyton would laugh when he would do his Donald Duck quacks like Grandpa Brown:) Nate likes it when the nephews are this little cause they don't take his toys, enjoy it while it lasts Nate:)

They really were having fun, it was very sweet.

Fun Filled Weekend

2011-04-03T21:38:00.007-06:00

We had a busy and fun filled weekend and I am sad it is over. It has really been nice we have had a lot of fun family time. Friday we had a jammed packed day of activities. First Shaye wanted to take Peyton swimming at the new pool.

So we got all ready for a morning at the pool. Peyton even got to wear his cute robe to keep him warm:)

Look at that face. I think he's saying, "I'm not sure about this but I think I like it!" At first he wasn't to sure but he really warmed up to the idea and by the end he was loving it and kicking and splashing so much. We can't wait for summer and lots of pool days!!

After the pool we got ready and headed to Enterprise to watch Branson's baseball game. Peyton had a great time, he loved being outside and enjoying the sunshine. As did I, please let summer get here quick! Yeah I know it's still going to be awhile since this morning I woke up and saw snow falling outside!! Seriously the weather here is so strange!

Peyton had a fun time playing with his friend Trace Quarnberg. Do you just love how they are holding hands...already on there way to being best friends:)

Then to keep the good times rolling my family decided to come over on Sunday to watch conference and visit. It was so fun to have them here and as you can see they all had a fun time with the grandkids, I'm guessing that is who they really came to see:) This picture is pretty funny though, the kids were to busy to look at the camera:)

Tavin has so much curly hair Peyton couldn't keep his eyes off of it. He just wanted to pull it so so bad. Maybe because Peyton doesn't have any hair he finds it fascinating. Well he got it and he was so pleased...Tavin not so much:)

Random pictures:)

2011-03-28T21:24:00.002-06:00

Here are some fun random pictures of my boys. We have been busy but nothing to exciting just work and school work for Shaye. Life is good though, sometimes no news is good news:)

Shaye and Peyton looking down on Kanab from the t.v. towers. This was Peyton's first trip up there and I don't know who was more excited, him or Shaye?!:)

This is my big eyed baby. Always wide eyed ready to play. I love those big brown eyes!

This was after Peyton's visit to the dr. for his six month check up. He had to get some shots and did so good. He was so brave, plus he's still smiling:) Most of all how can you resist him in this cute little outfit, thank you to the Quarnberg's for this one:) Hope everyone has a great week!

My own Suzzy Homemaker

2011-03-17T23:15:00.009-06:00

This week has been so nice. Shaye has been home with Peyton all week cause it was his spring break. It was so nice to not worry about babysitters and such. But even better this week Shaye really took to being a busy little homemaker. On Monday when I got home he had cleaned out the garage and organized. Then yesterday he cleaned out and organized the pantry which looks SO great I must say, I was so pleased. Then while I was home for lunch he said he needed to go to the grocery store because he had decided he was going to make cookies. He found a recipe on-line and wanted to try it:) Well I think Shaye has discovered a new talent, when I arrived home from work I found Shaye and Peyton in the kitchen baking cookies. And the cookies, well they are probably the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever had! Plus if you know Shaye he is somewhat of a perfectionist and they are the best looking chocolate chip cookies I have ever seen! They are all perfectly proportionate and golden brown. I have been teasing him all night and calling him Betty Crocker but really I was quite impressed. Plus I will never complain about his help around the house, it is very much appreciated! If you don't believe me about the cookies just check the pictures below:)

Did I mention he made 6 dozen cookies!! Yeah we have a lot. He had them nicely placed on this towel with another towel over the top, keeping them warm you know:) This is Betty's little side kick, he seemed to be enjoying it just as much as Dad.

My two partners in crime, love them both:) Seriously though aren't those some pretty cookies, we should have a bake sale.

Also it was St. Patrick's Day!! I had to get a picture of Peyt is his festive shirt. His great aunt Jana gave him this shirt and it is her favorite holiday. I must say he does look stinking cute in green.

This face cracks me up!

Here are a few other pictures of whats been happening around here. This is Peyton and his friend Jerzi Engle enjoying their first play time together.

Shaye took Peyton to watch the Cedar baseball game this week. First time out in a baseball cap, looks like he's ready to join the team.

It has been pretty nice this past week or so. Last weekend Peyt and I ventured out on our first walk of the season. It was great and I can't wait til it warms up more so we can go everyday!

Also last weekend we were able to attend Shaye's step brother, Brendan's wedding. It was very nice and always fun to see family and friends.

Congrats to Brendan and Sage the new married couple!

Here's the old married couple:)

Me and Emily. Always fun to see little Em's:)

The two handsomest dudes there!

Fun times. Oh did I mention that my little baby turned 6 months this week! Oh my he is growing up so fast! He is really starting to figure out how to move around it's so crazy! He loves to play on his tummy and has started to pull his legs under and is getting really strong pushing up on his arms. He doesn't like to hold still. I think he's got a tooth making it's way through which isn't so fun, makes our happy boy sad:( I just can't believe he's half a year old! Time goes by so quickly! We love you little Peyton!

New Skills

2011-03-05T15:14:00.008-07:00

Look what I can do!! It is so crazy to me how babies learn. All the sudden one day they can just do something new. The other day I set Peyton down and thought we'll just see if he can sit up by himself for a minute and he did! He's been working on it but always fell over. But now he's got it down. We're so proud of you little Peyton, you're just growing up so fast!

He is always so willing to give a smile, I can't get enough of him!

He loves chillin in the boppy playing with his toys.

Here are just some random around the house pictures from this week. It's been a good one

There's always lots of laughter with Daddy around!

He loves hanging with me in the kitchen while I make dinner and do dishes and such.

Being silly at dinner time. He is doing really good at eating rice and he also really likes pears and sweet potatoes, yum!

Look who's smiling cause it's Friday! The sun was shining today so we even went on a little walk!

Bring on spring we say, bring it on!!!

Family time

2011-02-26T20:23:00.012-07:00

We have had some fun family time this week. We love spending time with family and luckily I got a lot of fun pictures!

I watched Traj and Tav the other night and we had a great time. Here's Peyt and Tav enjoying their dinners. Don't they look enthused? I told them to smile but they didn't listen:)

This weekend Shaye was out of town working so we Peyton and I went down to St George. My whole family was coming over and we celebrated Nathan's 16th birthday!! Peyton had tons of fun playing with everyone, here he is with his Grammies, Great Grammy was teaching him how to knit:)

Dad and Nate relaxing watching the basketball game.

Nate loves baby Peyton. He asked to hold him several times, Nate loves all his nephews!

Peyt and Gramps

We went bowling and out to dinner to celebrate Nate's birthday. He loves bowling and he loves pizza, so that's what we did.

Gramps teaching Traj some tricks

I love my boy and we had a great weekend together but we are so happy to have Daddy home. Peyton and Shaye are playing as we speak, Peyton was so happy to see him...and so was I:)

5 Month update

2011-02-22T22:24:00.004-07:00

Happy 5 months to our little Peyton!

I can't believe that Peyton is already 5 months old, the months are going by so quickly and he's growing up so fast. I can barely keep up with the little guy! I love him more and more each day I can hardly stand it. Who knew you could love someone so much!?! His smile melts my heart and I'd do anything for him to be happy. He's been a little sick this past week and it made me so sad. He's doing much better now and is chipper as ever.

He's been so much fun to play with he loves to be talked to and tickled. I swear he's ticklish all over. Sometimes he just starts giggling and we don't even know what he's laughing at. He loves his Dad! Shaye doesn't even have to try he says one word to Peyton and he just starts giggling. I have to work so hard for those laughs but for Shaye he's giving up for nothing!

He's such an easy going happy little man. His favorite game is eat my fingers. He puts his hand in front of your month and he wants you to pretend to eat is fingers. He loves it! It never gets old he could do it all day:)

He has started rolling over. He still needs a little encouragement and nudge to get over, he always gets stuck on his arm. He is a mover though he is always kicking and jumping, he's not much for holding still. We think he might turn out to be a swimmer. When he's on his tummy he kicks his legs and looks like he's trying to swim, so cute:)

He is my best buddy. He was sitting by me and holding on to my arm and I think we were looking at pictures of him, he likes looking at himself:) These little things make life so great, thanks Peyton for making our lives so fun!:)

Babysitting and a Happy Birthday

2011-02-02T22:32:00.005-07:00

We have been keeping quite busy lately. Last weekend we headed over to Kanab to keep an eye on Nathan while my parents have been out of town. We had a great time seeing family and just relaxing. Also it was Shaye's birthday so we enjoyed celebrating it too!

I just love those big brown eyes! Peyton was enjoying the tent we made on the bed for him:)

Nate was pretty sad that my mom and dad were gone. I told him we could make a countdown for when they would be home and this is what he made, too cute. Luckily for him they were only gone 7 days not 25:)

Peyton has been getting into eating rice lately. This was one of our feedings and I think most of it got all over him instead of in his mouth:)

Love that face!

Shaye man turned the big 26!! Happy Birthday Shaye, hope you had a wonderful day! I know we enjoyed spending it with you. Can't believe how quickly the years go by. Pretty soon we are going to be oldies and we will wonder where the time has gone:)

I love this picture of Peyton, Bransen and Shaye. What good looking boys! It was Bransen's birthday this weekend too so we had a lot to celebrate. He turned the big 18!

Not much else is new here for us, just busy busy but enjoying life.

4 Months and Visitors

2011-01-22T17:28:00.008-07:00

I LOVE the weekends!! I can't even tell you how much a love and look forward to the weekends. I seem to have a renewed energy come Thursday night. I guess just knowing I don't have to go to work for a few days and I get to stay home and enjoy 3 whole days with my boy, there is nothing better:) It was a good week and another fabulous weekend. We've had some visitors this week which we always love, my mom was here at the first of the week and then Grandma Alta and Glenda came to visit for the weekend. Peyton had his 4 month check up and he's just growing right up! Here are some pictures to enjoy:)

Look what Shaye caught Peyton doing, they text so young these days! (I think Dad might have set him up:)

"I'm not doing anything..."

What a cutie

Grammy J and her two cuties in their matching outfits she brought them.

Things I want to remember about Peyton at 4 months...

-He loves to suck on his two first fingers.

-He's full of lots smiles and giggles, really he has been such a happy guy lately and it's so much fun!

-He LOVES to look at himself in the mirror, especially when he's naked:) He jumps up and down and smiles from ear to ear at his good looking self. He does a little dance we call his two step, he mostly picks up his left foot and taps it up and down.

-He is enjoy tummy time much more than he used to and he's working real hard on rolling over but he hasn't quite got it yet.

-He can pretty much sit up on his own.

-He seems to have an easy going attitude and does well in many different situations.

-He loves a party! The more people the better, he loves to be close to the action and watch different people.

-We love him more each day, if that is even possible!?! Happy 4 months Peyton!

Here's Peyton giving GG those smiles she loves:)

Standing tall to show how big he's getting.

Horsey rides with GG. What a great weekend! Peyton definitely enjoyed it:)

Bath Time Fun

2011-01-15T14:18:00.007-07:00

Peyton has been LOVING his bath time lately. He has been growing up so much this week he's had a lot of firsts! He's getting bigger so I graduated him from part of his bath tube that just kind held him in the water to the bigger part of his tube so he could sit up. He loved it! He discovered that he could splash and it was great! Arms and legs flying and water going every where! I got him out when he was still laughing and having fun cause I was afraid he was going to hurt himself with all the craziness:) Then he has gotten to big for cradle part that fits on the top of his pack and play that he has been sleeping in since day one so we have been working to transition him to his crib. It took a couple tries and some tweaks to his crib but yesterday he took his first nap in the crib and then slept the whole night in his crib!! I was so proud! My little boy is just growing up already:) It's been a great week with lots of firsts, we sure love you Peyton. You're growing up so fast and we love to watch every minute of it!

He's thinking this is pretty neat!

Getting so big!

Checking out his bath toys:)

No one likes to get out when the fun's over:(

Lovin' the airplane ride

Peyton and his best buddy, Daddy:)

Look at you getting so big!!

It was a Happy New Year!

2011-01-07T16:37:00.006-07:00

This is going to be a random post. I wanted to post these pictures of Peyton in his cute New Year's shirts and then some other random ones but I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's and you are all now enjoying 2011! Can you believe that?! It seems so crazy how the years have just flown by and I am sure they will just keep on flying!

Enjoy...

Peyton's all ready to head out for the New Year's festivities at Mikkel's house, we had lots of fun eating good treats and playing games with friends.

Just so everyone know's he was born in 2010:) I have decided that 2010 is a cool year to be born. It will always be easy to figure out how old he is:)

He never holds still, gotta love the blurry hands, he was getting excited.

These are some random family pictures that we took with my family over the Christmas holiday. My parents gave us all these cute matching sweaters, it was pretty funny when we all opened them at the same time:) You're wondering why we are all laughing? Well that is the only way we could get Trajen to smile so we all had to laugh real hard. It worked, Traj looks great! Tavin and Peyton don't seem to be phased by it:)

Around the tree...I love Christmas:)

I love this one. It has been FREEZING here in Cedar so this is how we keep little Peyt warm when going out side, so cute.

That's all for now:)

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

2010-12-28T20:24:00.015-07:00

It really has been the most wonderful time of the year this past weekend. We got to spend Christmas in Kanab and I must say that it was one of my favorites. We had such a fun time seeing lots of family and just enjoying ourselves. All of my brothers and sisters were home and we had a great time. Peyton also had a great time, he loves being around lots of people and just taking it all in. He is 3 1/2 months old now and learning and growing so much everyday. I love how he holds on to toys now and loves to try and get everything into his month. He especially loves to suck on his first two fingers and he loves to laugh and smile a lot! We'll do anything to get those smiles and laughs, we can't get enough of them!:) Peyton is a mover he doesn't like to hold still and he doesn't like to sit down. He prefers to stand and always wants to be facing the action so he can take it all in. Even though he is little I think he enjoyed his first Christmas and we especially enjoyed having him with us for his first Christmas. Here are a TON of pictures of all the special times.

First picture with Santa, thanks to the Glazier's for invited us over when Santa would be visiting.

All the grand kids with Santa. Traj looks more interested in Peyton's hands. They all look pretty excited. Tavin's not impressed and it looks like Peyt is yawning:)

Auntie Ems

On Christmas Eve the boys got to open one gift and it was these nice robes! Doesn't it make them look all grown up and fatherly?!:) They got to try them out by being the wiseman in the nativity that night.

Some how Peyton fell asleep with Uncle Brant despite all the chaos. If you look closely it looks like he is trying really hard to keep his eyes closed:)

Peyton made his debut in the annual Brown Family Nativity this year and played the part of baby Jesus. He did so great, didn't even make a peep and Rianne was the perfect Mary, it was so sweet.

Grandpa Brown as the narrator.

The wiseman looking good

The whole cast

The girls got matching slippers on Christmas Eve.

Christmas morning, here's Dad super stoked about his new weed torch!

Brandon reading is traditional poem for Mom and Dad to introduce their gifts. I think he must have just said this was the last Christmas he hoped to spend single, looks like they thought that was funny:)

Nate modeling his new snow pants and nice sweater, gotta love that pose!

Love the headband man

Now on to the Jackson's for more Christmas fun!

Peyton and Grandpa Jackson enjoyed opening his gifts, look at his smile he loves them!

Christmas day dinner! So glad Branson came to join us too!

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and now onto a happy New Year!!

First Family Vacation

2010-12-12T20:37:00.013-07:00

We just returned from our first family vacation and it was a complete success! The dentist I work for always takes the first week in December off so we decided to plan a little trip to California with my sister's family and our friends the Lee's. We had a fabulous time and it was SO nice to just be with my boys all day for a few days! We were able to stay at a great place right across the street thanks to Shaye's dad for letting us use their time share so we'd have somewhere to stay. It really was the best location we never got in the car the whole time we were there which makes things a lot less stressful not worrying about traffic and parking. Thanks Larry and Kelly:)

Here's the king of our castle enjoying some play time on our big bed!

Peyton was the best little traveler, we only stopped one time in Vegas, what a champ he did great! Thank goodness he sleeps so good in the car, (as long as we are moving that is:)

Disneyland here we come! Peyt liked Disneyland but I think Disneyland liked him even more! Everyone loved him, we were offered multiple 1st visit pins by workers that thought he was just too darn cute and one gave him an honorary citizen pin, plus you gotta love the baby swap on rides it worked out great and we never really had to wait in any lines.

Here's Traj and Shaye during one of our turns with the kids while the other parents went on Splash Mountain. All the little guys were sleeping but Traj kept us plenty entertained. We love this kid he says the funniest things these days.

Everything was decked out for Christmas and it was awesome! I love Christmas decorations and there it was everything Christmas!

Love those Mickey Mouse ears:)

The fireworks were awesome set to Christmas music

Then the streets were filled with lights and snow! It was so magical, plus I just can't get enough of Peyton in his cute little hat:)

The next day in California adventure we took Peyt on his first ride...as you can see from the pic he didn't love it. When it got dark he got sad, poor little guy it scared him, sorry.

The weather was great! The days were beautiful, the evenings were a little cooler, thus you can barely see Peyton all wrapped up here.

We had such a great time it went by too fast and we were sad to come home. Here are some others bonus pics of the little man lately.

This one is to funny this was the night we got home, I guess he was all tuckered out from the trip he was falling asleep on the couch.

Gotta love him in one of his cute Christmas sweaters, he's got a new one for every Sunday this month:)

So precious

He just can't keep these girls away! He loves his aunties Jen and Em:)

Things I'm Thankful For

2010-12-04T11:05:00.012-07:00

So I'm a little bit behind but we did have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend last week and I wanted to post a few of the things that I am most thankful for and share some pictures of the good times. I love the holidays:)

Number one thing I am thankful for is my boys! I am so thankful for Shaye and how patient he is with me. I have been pretty stressed lately with working and trying to keep up with things at home. I like to be able to do everything and the truth is I just can't get it all done and he has been so good to help out and still love me even when I'm crazy:)

Of course we are both so thankful for our sweet little Peyton. He really is the biggest joy in our lives. We love every little thing he does. Like last night I was giving Peyt a bath and yelled for Shaye to come look because he was holding a toy:) Granted I placed the toy in his hand but he was holding on to it and it just made me smile. Silly I know but it's the simplest things that just make my heart so happy:)

I am very thankful for how well Peyton has been sleeping it is really nice to get those consecutive hours of sleep... right now I can't think of anything better:) Isn't he so sweet, GG is so good at rocking him to sleep.

I'm grateful that Shaye is able to watch Peyton most of the time when I'm at work and I love that they have so much fun while I'm gone. Shaye's favorite thing to do with Peyton is build him a throne. Here he is on one of his many thrones, he knows he's king at our house!

We are so thankful for Aunt Jen! She has been the biggest help to us and we just can't thank her enough for all her help this past month! Here's Shaye with his siblings at the kids table for the feast. Looks like Shaye can't keep his eyes off of his food, you can look at the camera man no ones going to take your potatoes:)

Chilling after the big feast

I love the holidays because we always get to see lots of family and there is nothing I love more than spending time with family!! Doesn't Peyton look so little here with Uncle Brant?! I guess that would be Great Uncle Brant! Plus you gotta love their leopard blanket. They enjoyed watching some football together, Brant kept Peyton entertained by how excited he'd get over the game.

Love this picture of my parents, Peyt and Nate. Mom you look so pretty, and of course Nate is making a silly face:)

And last but not least I'm thankful for birthday gifts:) Yep I turned the big 27 last week. Seems pretty weird getting closer to 30, I still feel so young. I guess it's ok people that don't know me think I'm like 20. Someday it will be nice to look 10 years younger, like when I'm 40, hopefully it will work out that way:)

Wow I have many things to be thankful for, it's good to remember them. I hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful holiday season!

Aunt Jennica

2010-11-21T15:50:00.003-07:00

What would we do without wonderful Aunt Jenn?! Shaye's sister Jennica has been the biggest life saver the past few weeks. She has been so kind as to come babysit Peyton once or twice a week. I honestly don't know what we would have done without her. It has really helped to have her here with Peyton so we didn't have to worry about taking him somewhere. Jenn is just getting ready to leave on her mission to the Philippines in a few weeks, we don't know what we'll do when she gone! We are so excited for her though and we are so proud of her and all her good choices. Thank you so much Jenn, you'll never know how grateful we are for your willingness to help us out! We;ll miss you but we know it will be the best thing you've ever done!

Can't you tell that Peyton loves his Aunt Jennica?!

Here we are at the temple with Jenn, we're so proud of you! From one Sister missionary to another it will be the best time of your life! (The hardest too, but the best:)

And here are some bonus pictures of Peyton for you to enjoy:)

Got to love him in this beanie, he's just too darn cute!

He is really enjoying bath time these days and I love it. He just enjoys relaxing in his tub:)

Hope you all have a great week!

A good week

2010-11-19T18:46:00.005-07:00

Peyton is expressing how we are feeling this week! I thought I'd better update and let you all know that we are doing much better this week. I am feeling much better and feel like we're getting into a good groove. Peyton has been sleeping so good at night which really helps, I wasn't as tired this week and I'm feeling great today. I love Fridays! I even got an extra day with him this week when the power went out at 10 AM and wouldn't be back on until after 5! So I got to come home from work and be with my favorite little guy. Peyton is getting more fun everyday. He is so smiley and loves to play on the ground. He is growing every day and just can't get enough of him, he's such a sweetheart! he's two months old now, time is just flying by and we love him more each day!

Love that cute little tongue sticking out:)

Surviving

2010-11-13T18:19:00.006-07:00

This picture says it all. Peyton is expressing just how I feel. I have made it through my second week of work. I won't lie it has been rough but it is getting better. Peyton has been doing really good with Shaye, it's just me not doing good with out him. Although he does start missing me when his belly gets hungry and that is where this sad face came from. Shaye took this waiting for me to get home for lunch to feed the little guy, it is nice to know I am wanted and needed:) Being back at work hasn't been so bad, the days go by pretty quickly because we are very busy but I am just so tired, by the time Thursday rolls around I'm barely making it. Peyton has been sleeping really good at night and is going 7 hours, which I am so very grateful for! Thank you sweet Peyton!

Peyton is growing up so fast, he will already be two months old this week. He is so strong. He loves to lift his head and look around at the world with those big brown eyes.

Shaye has discovered that Peyton enjoys watching Baby Einstein off You Tube. Thank you You Tube for helping Shaye babysit:)

Peyton has started to wrap his arm around mine when I'm carrying him around. It totally melts my heart, I feel like he's giving me a hug and I love it!

Yeah it's Friday and we get to spend three whole days together, I couldn't be happier!! He is looking older everyday, he's starting to get some chubby cheeks and a little double chin. Gotta love the baby chubs:)

I think he looks so old in this picture, he's growing up to fast! Also it looks like he has no hair but he does it is just getting lighter I think and probably thinning a little on top.

He is such a smiley guy these days. I was trying to caught a good smile but never quite got it but I thought this one was pretty funny with him sticking out his tongue, such a silly boy.

All and all life is good and we are enjoying everyday with our little sweetheart! Here comes another week hopefully everything goes smoothly, wish us luck:)

Peyton's Special Day

2010-11-01T19:58:00.008-06:00

We had a wonderful weekend and I'm so sad it's over. Partly because I am now back to work but also because it was just so nice. We saw lots of family which is the best and we had Peyton's blessing. It was wonderful! First Grandma Alta, aka GG, came to see little Peyton and they had a great time together. He gave her lots of good smiles and even his first little giggle:) I feel bad cause I didn't even get a picture of her with Peyton, we were both busy taking pictures of the little man I guess. Then everyone was here for Peyton's blessing on Sunday. It was very nice and we loved having everyone here. So here are the pictures from our great weekend.

Isn't he so cute in his little Halloween shirt from Aunt Jana. Thanks Jana it was perfect!

Happy Halloween everybody!

Here is me and Peyton with Grandma Brown at the blessing. I just love Grandma Brown, if I can be even a little bit like her I would be happy, she is so great!

Now these are the best my dad caught these great smiles, I love him:)

Grandma and Em's enjoying the good time.

Shaye and Peyton after the very nice blessing that Shaye gave him. Peyton was great, Shaye said he was just about asleep when it was done. I think Nate took this picture, that's why his head is a little cut off but I think it's cute.

Our first real family picture:)

Got to love Peyton relaxing after his big day. Shaye got him set up with all the essentials:)

We love you little Peyton, we're so glad you're in our family!

Out of Time

2010-10-28T16:29:00.012-06:00

The past six weeks has flown by and it has been so wonderful to be home and enjoy watching sweet little Peyton grow and change. He is my new best buddy, I love talking to him and working so hard to get a smile out of him:) Starting Monday it's back to work for me and we'll see if I survive. I'm trying to have a positive attitude about the whole thing, it will all work out I'm sure. People have to do it all the time right? Well here are some pictures of our little man, he really is such a joy in our lives.

One of my favorite things...I love when he puts his little head on his hands when he's resting on my shoulder, I love it:)

Hi everybody, I'm one month old today!

Here I am six weeks old today! He is such a little cutie and he has started smiling and it is the best! I was working so hard to get him to smile and caught it on camera, my face was exhausted from all the smiling!

But it was worth it and I caught him!!

This is the other face we often get. This is mad face, but I still love it, he's just so cute to me:)

Peyton chillin with Dad, doesn't he look so big sitting there all by himself?!

And finally Shaye got a deer! We are so proud of him especially Peyton as you can see. I feel like the deer hunt was very long this year but finally it is over for another year and he got one so we can have meat for the winter.

Good job Shaye!!

Time Gone by to Fast

2010-10-14T19:32:00.005-06:00

I can't believe how quickly time is going by. Our little Peyton will be a month old tomorrow! Crazy! This past month has been so fun for me to just be home enjoying being a mom. It has been an adjustment having our little guy here but we love it. Peyton is growing and changing already, he can hold up his head really well and is usually a happy camper as long as his belly is full:)

Here are just some random pictures from the past month.

I just love this picture of Peyton and my Grandpa Brown, Peyton looks like he has a cute little smile on his face. He loves his Great Grandpa Brown, they both have dimples in their chins:)

I try so hard everyday to get pictures of Peyton when he is up looking around but as soon as I start taking pictures he gets mad and stops holding his head up. I will have to improve my skills of catching him at good moments, I have so much to learn:)

Luckily the weather was nice last weekend so we could go watch Brandon's football game at Snow College. It was so fun to watch him play and see most of my family. Peyton enjoyed the game and was so good on our first little trip together.

This was the first time that Peyton met uncle Brandon, I think they liked each other:)

This week has been so fun because my wonderful friend Katy came to visit for a few days. Mikkel invited her to come stay while her husband was out of town and we had a blast visiting and reminiscing about the good old days growing up together. We had many good laughs about how silly we were and I'm so glad we had the chance to catch up. I can't believe we are grown up and having our own families, crazy how the time has gone by.

Peyton is finally enjoying bath time. He used scream but now he's decided it's quite relaxing, here he is just chillin and enjoying the good life. His little tub is so cool I want one like it:)

These are some cool pictures from a repelling trip Shaye just went on. Sure looks cool but I don't think I could ever do it.

Here's Shaye making his way down this very scary drop off, seriously I couldn't do this.

Shaye made it down, here is the view from the bottom looking up, crazy!!

It's been a good month can't believe it's gone by so fast.

Peyton's 1st Photo Shoot

2010-10-05T10:02:00.003-06:00

Our little Peyton is quite photogenic, (he must get that from his Dad too). We took our first trip away from home this weekend to Kanab and had my Dad take some pictures of Peyton before he grows up to fast. Here are a few of my favorites. The best ones are the unplanned ones my dad took while we were watching conference, he was just in his jammies but they turned out the best, good thing you took those ones Dad, thanks:) He is such a cutie and it's a good thing cause he's been a stinker this weekend! He didn't sleep very good a way from home so we are heading home and hoping that we can all get some sleep. Enjoy the pictures, he is already changing so fast.

Love you little Peyton!

Week One

2010-09-26T15:09:00.004-06:00

Time goes by so quickly, I can't believe our little Peyton is 10 days old today! We are settling in to our new routines with our new little guy and we are all doing well. Peyton is a very happy baby and a great sleeper so far. I hate to even say that for fear that it will not continue so I will not say any more about it:) We've had a good week and here are some pictures for you to enjoy.

Trajen and Peyton meet at last. Traj has been so interested in my baby the whole time I was pregnant. He would tell me, "I am so excited for your baby to come!" and "when is your baby coming?" One day he even thought he saw the baby move in my tummy and he was pretty excited. This is when they met for the first time. Traj came and looked at him through the window at the hospital but couldn't come back and see him.

What a proud cousin. Can't wait until Traj, Tavin and Peyton can be great friends.

Isn't he the cutest little monkey!?! We call him our little chimp cause when he starts to cry he sounds like a little chimpanzee:)

Peyton and Mommy

He enjoys taking naps in the boppy.

Peyton and I really enjoy our days together, the thought of leaving him to go to work makes me very sad...right now I try not to think about it.

He's been very alert the past couple days. He is so strong and he loves to lift his head and look around.

He also got to meet Uncle Nate this weekend. Nate was pretty excited about it. Doesn't he look like a proud uncle? Nate loves all his nephews:)

Our first Days Home

2010-09-22T16:40:00.004-06:00

We have survived our first few days home as a little family. Peyton seems to like his new home and we love having him here. He's been a good little baby so far. He does a lot of eating, sleeping and pooping:) He's been a pretty good sleeper at night which is nice. Last night was very good so I'm feeling good today! He even let me et ready this morning which was nice. He seems to like the hair dryer. Here's a few pictures of our first days home.

Peyton loves to take naps laying on Daddy.

My mom was so kind to come stay with us. She did all the cooking and cleaning and kept me company while Shaye was at work. Thanks Mom!

This is just a sample of the good stuff she made us while she was here. Waffles are my favorite breakfast food and these not only look yummy they were delicious!

It looks like he's smiling in this one rocking in his swing.

How can you not love that face, he's just so cute! We love you baby Peyton:)

Peyton's Arrival

2010-09-19T21:31:00.006-06:00

I can't believe he is finally here!! We are home now and trying to adjust to our new lives. Things are going well so far. He slept great his first night home which I was grateful for, I got more sleep at home than in the hospital without nurses and such coming in just as we had all fallen asleep and such. I hope that tonight goes as well. This is a long post so get ready!

Well, before I go to much into the here and now I better tell the whole story of how this all happened. It all started Thursday morning when I went into Laurie's office (my nurse midwife) just for a check. She said everything looked good, she thought he would come this weekend so we would just wait for him to be ready. So I made an appointment for Monday if he hadn't come. Before I left Laurie decided to send me down for an ultrasound just to check and make sure everything was good. So I went and had the ultrasound and planned to go to work when I was done. After the ultrasound the lady said, "well I'll walk back to Laurie's with you, today is a good day to have a baby." She was very nice but I didn't know what was going on so I started to get a little nervous. When we got to Laurie's office the lady handed them something and said my fluid level was at a 2-3. I saw their eyes get big and they picked up the phone and started calling and told me to call my husband cause I wasn't leaving, I was having a baby! Everyone was very positive and nice but they didn't really explain what was going on so I started getting really scared that something was wrong and of course I started crying. I called Shaye and he was on his way home from hunting that morning and of course startled him cause I was crying and told him to get there as soon as possible cause we were having a baby today! He was there within 45 mins and I had calmed down. They explained that there was not enough water for him to live in my tummy anymore and he needed to come out today but that I didn't need to worry and things would be fine. So I head in and get ready to be induced and settle in for a long day. At this point it was 10 a.m. and they said it would probably be an all day thing and I wouldn't have the baby until like midnight. So I got all hooked up to everything and they started the process. My whole pregnancy I have been planning to have a natural birth but now that I was being induced I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to do it cause things weren't going as I had planned. Some how everything worked out so well and I am so grateful and feel so blessed. Things started to go quickly and by 2:30 I was having serious contractions. At that point I was way scared cause I knew I couldn't do this until midnight and I was starting to freak out. Poor Shaye and Mikkel were my coaches and they didn't know what to do either. I never yelled at them Shaye said I just ignored them. They would ask me something and I just wouldn't say anything. If you can't say anything nice don't say anything right?! No I wasn't thinking mean things I was just trying to figure out how to relax and get through this and it took much effort to respond. They checked me at 2:30 and I was at a 4 so I got in the tub and tried to relax as things got hard. I was in there for about 45 mins and then I was dying and I had to get out. I felt like I wanted to push and I didn't know what to do. Mikkel and Shaye didn't know what to do cause they couldn't get a nurse to come in and I was wanting to push or do something but I'm still thinking you have to do this until midnight and I can't do this. The nurse finally came and checked me and said, were having a baby and called Laurie to come down. I was like what?!? Right now?!? So I started pushing and that was crazy I thought I might die and I remember thinking I am just so tired I want to go to sleep so bad! I pushed for just over an hour and just when I thought I would die he came out!!! I can't explain the relief I felt I was so happy and so...I don't even know I was just so happy that he came out. I did it I was so relieved. They immediately put him right on me and cleaned him up and we've been together ever since:)

Mikkel was so great, not only did she coach me but she took pictures and they are awesome! They speak for themselves and tell the story of his birth, don't worry she left out the gory details, thank goodness:)

He's here! We love him and he couldn't be more perfect. We feel so blessed!!

Peyton Shaye

2010-09-18T02:18:00.003-06:00

He Came! His name is Peyton Shaye Jackson. He weighs 7 lbs. 9 ou. and is perfect and healthy. He was born at 4:53 pm on Thursday Sept 16th, 2010 with no complications besides the pain. We absolutly love him to death already. We are still in the hospital so details to come on the next couple days.

Waiting...

2010-09-14T22:58:00.002-06:00

For those of you that are thinking that our baby is 3 days old because that is what our little baby counter says here on the blog I felt that I better clarify. No, our little boy is not 3 days old because he has not yet decided to join us. Apparently I have made him quite cozy in my belly and he doesn't feel the need to get here in any kind of hurry. Luckily I am still feeling good, anxious and uncomfortable at times but really, physically I feel pretty good. I was a little bummed to see my due date come and go with no baby but I have now come to terms with it and I'm ok if he doesn't come until this weekend. Anything beyond that will be another story:) So here we are ready and waiting, hopefully we won't be waiting for much longer we can hardly stand the anticipation of meeting our little guy!

Recent Happenings

2010-08-19T18:57:00.004-06:00

Just a little update on some of our recent activities. Shaye has been enjoying any and all outdoors time he can get. Hunting season is upon us and Shaye has been out chasing the deers. He has also enjoyed lots of fishing this summer. Here are some pictures from his most successful fishing trip up to Panguitch Lake.

It sure looks beautiful up there.

Here's Shaye and Jason with all their catches, they were very pleased with their success! So what did they with all those fishes?...

We had a BBQ at our house the next day. This was the biggest fish they caught and they stuffed it up nicely for the cooking:)

As for what I've been up to I'm nearing the end of pregnancy and I can't believe it! It seems to have gone by so quickly but then it some ways I feel like I don't remember life before being pregnant. I still have been feeling really good, which I am grateful for. This picture is me at 36 weeks, only a few more weeks to go!! I had a doctors appointment today and she said everything looked great and things were on schedule. We can't wait to meet our little man. So while I'm waiting I have been "nesting" you could say.

Here is a shelf I made to match the babies room.

In this lighting the colors look a little off but I was happy with how it turned out.

Here's my next project, there is kind of a glare but I am also happy with the way it turned out. I've been feeling kind of crafty lately:)

Here I am in my nest:) Often when Shaye comes home he asks where I am and I'll be in the babies room sitting in the rocking chair reading or talking on the phone. I very much enjoy just being in there and things are coming together nicely for our little guys first room. Here's some pictures of his place.

Thanks to Jennica for the cute little vinyl animals she gave us, they are perfect!

Can't wait for him to sleep in his bed, hopefully he will love it so much that he will be a great sleeper...we can only hope:)

I'm planning to put the shelf I made above the dresser but I need Shaye to help me put it up so I make sure and get it straight:) Now the count down begins, it will still be several weeks until he's here but I think we're ready for him!

Baby Shower

2010-08-02T21:03:00.006-06:00

The past two weeks seem to have been crazy busy, time just keeps flying by! While Mikkel was here she was kind enough to throw me a super fun and nice baby shower. It was so cute, she did a fabulous job. Thanks to everyone that came, here are a few pictures of all the fun:)

These are the way cute party favors Mikkel made. It was a little shower sponge and lotion and it said, "From Ashley's shower to your shower." So cute and clever:)

The treats were so delicious plus they looked so pretty.

Love all the blue to celebrate our little boy!

Opening gifts, this was a cute blanket that Grandma Jackson made for the little guy.

Jen, Jana, Me, Mikkel and Tavin enjoying the party. Jen was so great to come and help Mikkel get everything put together. Thanks Jen you are great! Also my Mom came over from Kanab to help out and I was so glad to have her there she is so wonderful. Big thanks to Mikkel, everything turned out wonderful and they put her house together in one day after them not living there for 3 months!! Thanks Mikkel you are the best, we loved having you and the boys here and can't wait til you're home for good!

I can't believe that I am down to the end of my pregnancy. Only 6 weeks or so left now. I'm still feeling really good and hope that it will continue. I am loving feeling the baby move all the time. Shaye thinks I'm so silly cause when I feel his little feet poking out or something I'll say how I think he is so cute. He reminds me that I can't see him but I really do, I already think he is just so cute and precious. I can't wait to meet him and it won't be long now!

Brown Family Reunion

2010-07-25T22:29:00.011-06:00

This past weekend is one that I have been looking forward to all summer!! It was the annual Brown Family Reunion! We have a reunion every summer but I haven't been able to attend for several years because we are usually gone in the summer. So I was especially excited to be there this year. Growing up the Brown Family Reunion was something we always looked forward to and wouldn't miss it for anything! As usual all the activities took place in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard and it was great! There are tons of pictures to follow so enjoy...

As always we had many great meals, here's everyone at the kick off dinner Friday night.

Look at these cute kids enjoy the good life:)

Friday evening my "best friend" cousin, Brittany and her mom my wonderful Aunt Tye put together a super cute and fun baby shower for me.

Of course some good treats:)

Thank's to Brittany and Tye for such a great party, they are so nice to me.

It was also the 24th of July weekend. Here is everyone enjoying the parade.

Tavin was loving life and everyone was loving him. He is just the happiest, smiliest little baby and you can't resist those kissable cheeks:)

I just love this pictures of Nate, I told him to smile and this is what he gave me...are you bored Nate?

Everyone enjoying our visit from the parade clown, she is the best clown around.

My Dad was even in the parade, looking good Dad:)

Back to Grandma's for fun and games in the backyard. Here's Emily, Tye and me getting ready for some serious competition.

These guys started making up there own games, noodle sword fights.

This was the ultimate water balloon toss, great fun.

This was the funniest game, the Oreo eating contest. You had to get the Oreo from your forehead to your mouth without using your hands. It was quite funny to watch and some of us were really good at it. Kristi got as you can see.

It takes serious concentration.

Tye, me and Brittany doing some finger weaving making some bracelets. I should have got a picture of Shaye he found a hidden skill for finger weaving. He was loving it and got so good at it that he was making bracelets for many of the kids. If you'd like one just contact Shaye, he's taking orders:)

And then it was time for the pool! Here's Mikkel and Traj enjoying a run down the slide.

Brittany and Blake's turn.

Here's Shaye playing some basketball with the boys. We only had one casualty. Unfortunately Brandon wasn't even in the pool 5 minutes when he went up to block a shot and cut his head open on the basketball hoop. He ended up getting 14 stitches in his forehead and the top of his nose.

Em's and Traj enjoying the good times.

As you can see everyone kept playing basketball after Brandon's fatality but they were a little more careful:)

Love these three

Shaye and Brant serving up ice cream before the fireworks show.

I had to put this picture on. Tavin's big blue eyes and chubby cheeks are so lovable. I'm so glad they came home for the week. We had such a wonderful weekend and I am still feeling tired. I love getting together with family, now the count down begins for next year:)

Summer Project Done

2010-07-21T22:25:00.003-06:00

So one of the projects we wanted to get done this summer was to finish our backyard. I can't believe how quickly the summer has gone by and it is the end of July and we have FINALLY got our backyard put in! We are so excited with how it turned out and it was really fun to watch it transform from a dirt pile and lots of weeds to a beautiful yard. Here are the results...

Before...

...and after!

We are already loving it and look forward to spending lots of time outside. Shaye did a lot of work deciding just how he wanted it to look and drawing up very detailed plans:) We had some landscapers come and do the curbing and rock work around the outside but Shaye prepared, leveled and put down the sod. Thanks to our neighbors and friends that came and helped us lay the grass down it looks great! I'm so happy to have it down especially since we've been saying we were going to get it down this summer, now we can check that off our list:)

Let Freedom Ring

2010-07-06T23:09:00.008-06:00

Yes we had a wonderful 4th of July weekend! We were pretty excited since we hadn't spent a 4th of July in Kanab for several years, well for Shaye it had been 6 years since he'd enjoyed a Kanab 4th. Before we headed to Kanab we were a little worried that we were going to be disappointed because of all the hype we were giving the 4th in Kanab. Well luckily we weren't disappointed and we had a fabulous weekend! The best part of all was spending time with family and running into old friends. Here are some pictures to give a run down of the holiday activities.

Here we are ready and excited for the parade to start but the morning had started much earlier for Shaye as he volunteered to help his dad at 4:30 am to get the roast ready and cook all day for the park BBQ. Though you cant see it he also managed to singe the hair off his leg, arm, eyebrow, and even a little off his head. But I am so proud of him because instead of coming home he ran in the Annual Fun Run in Kanab and even got 2nd place in his age division. He wanted to soak up every bit of fun he possibly could, and he did! As for the parade it was pretty good this year, my favorite part was hiding on the side of the building with Nate from the fire trucks that were spraying water. As soon as Nate saw them coming he was out of there, he knew what they were up to and I was quick to follow him:)

After the parade we headed up to the park to enjoy the booths, food and fun. Shaye was a good sport hanging out with all us girls.

That evening we enjoyed a yummy BBQ in Grandma Brown's back yard. All the kids were enjoying a great game of backyard baseball, here is Grandpa Brown getting in on the fun. I think he hit the ball into the garden, go Grandpa!!

Now they are playing some football, their was much fun had by all.

We even got to celebrate Mom and Jana's birthday with this very yummy cake that aunt Kristi made, plus it is very cute and festive:)

Brant broke out some sparklers to get us excited for the fireworks coming up. Here's Shaye and Heath doing some sparkler spinning tricks.

Well this didn't work out as planned Brandon's sparkler went out right when I took the picture, oh well:) We enjoyed more fun times at Grandma's house on Sunday. After dinner of course there were more back yard baseball and football games. Then we enjoyed a play, courtesy of Rianne and her recruits. It's so funny cause Rianne reminds me so much of myself when I was young, I was always the one making people watch my shows and making others participate in my plays. I know Brittany always reminds me how I made her sing in one of my plays in front of the whole family. Sorry Brittany, glad you are still willing to be my friend:)

When it got dark we headed out to my parent to enjoy the fireworks show that Shaye and the boys put on for us. Shaye was loving life:)

Here's everyone enjoying such a fun evening together. I loved the 4th of July and it was a wonderful weekend. I am grateful to be an American and hope that everyone was able to enjoy this great holiday and think about how blessed we are to be Americans!

Girl's Camp and Pageant

2010-06-27T14:35:00.003-06:00

Here are some pictures of this weeks fun activities. I was able to join my ward for girls camp for part of the week. I serve in the young woman's in our ward and I very much enjoy it. Girls camp was a fun experience and I am glad I was able to attend for a couple days. The weather was so nice and it was just nice to be up in the mountains it was so pretty. It was especially enjoyable because they had plenty of bathrooms accessible for this pregnant lady:)

Here's some of our girls enjoying a game of volleyball.

More fun games, with lots of laughter:)

Here's our big tent. they are huge so we all stay in one together. It was fun minus the loud sheep that kept us up all night! Who knew that sheep could be so annoying! All in all it was a great time and I hope the girls had a great experience.

After I returned from girl's camp Shaye and I had decided that we wanted to attend the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti this year. Neither of us had ever been so off we went and we had a great time. Here I am in front of the beautiful Manti Temple. It really is so beautiful up on top of the hill.

Shaye loving being outside. It was perfect weather, no complaints here:)

When we got there we went and had a great dinner at the church and even ran into our great friends the Ackerman's, which was a plus! Then we headed over to the temple with the other couple thousand people there. Luckily we some how got great seats! Since it was just the two of us we snagged to random seats on the end of the fifth row.

The Temple looks amazing all lit up. Since the pageant didn't get over until late I asked my Uncle McKay if we could stay at his cabin near Manti. He was nice enough to let us and it was perfect! It was nice not to have to drive all the way home.

The next day we just enjoyed sometime up around the cabin. It was really beautiful and green up there. This is up looking our at the great view from the cabin.

Loving all the green trees! I can't believe how fast the summer is going by. It is crazy that it will be July this week! I am excited for the 4th of July and much more summer fun! Pregnancy is still going great for me and I am starting to get more anxious and excited for this little guy to come. Luckily we keep busy to help the time go by fast. Lets hope it keeps going by quickly:)

Summer Time in Cedar

2010-06-14T17:55:00.005-06:00

This is the first summer that Shaye and I have spent in Cedar City or even in Utah in many years. It is quite nice if you ask us and we are enjoying ourselves and making the most of it. Here are just a few of our most recent outings and activities.

I tagged a long with Shaye on a little fishing trip to Red Creek Reservoir last week. I'd never been up there and it was so so pretty. Prefect place for me. While Shaye fished I took a nice walk around the reservoir (because there was a bathroom on the other side:) then read a book and enjoyed the nice cool weather. This is Shaye from across the way waiting for the fish to bite.

Shaye and his new found friend Jason who are happy to be off work and out in the mountains:)

These two feel like they have to go fishing every week.

As we were leaving we got to see this beautiful sunset! We couldn't pass up the chance for a photo opt. I love this place, it's so beautiful!!!

To top things off that evening we headed over to the college where they were having the opening ceremonies for the Utah Summer Games. We made it just in time for the fireworks show and we were so glad we did. It was really the best fireworks show we have EVER seen! We have seen firework from many places in our travels like Chicago, Virginia Beach and San Francisco, but really these were really awesome! It also probably helped that we happen to get the best spot to watch them on the Church lawn across the street from the football stadium. We laid on the grass and it was literally like the fireworks were raining down on us. It was a wonderful summer night:)

Lastly this weekend Shaye went on a repelling trip with some guys from the Elders quorum. He had a great time and enjoyed trying something he'd never done before.

Here he goes over the cliff. When he got home he was soaking wet! He wasn't really prepared for that, nobody was. The guy that had been down there before said there would just be a little bit of water. Well . . . probably due to all the rain and snow we've had this year there was A LOT of water and they all ended up soaked.

Shaye said that it was awesome to repel under a waterfall, minus getting all wet, but he'd definitely do it again and said he loved every minute of it.

The most exciting thing that happened this weekend our crib came! I was so excited and totally not expecting it. I thought it would be a couple more weeks before it came so when I saw the UPS man coming I was so surprised. When Shaye got home we enjoyed putting it together and it's perfect!!

Here's Shaye just putting on the finishing touches. We are so excited for our little guy to come join us and sleep in his new bed. Now I can start putting his room together. I want to paint and things so now the fun begins! I must say that time has gone by so quickly for me. I can't believe I am into my last trimester! Time will probably slow down the more uncomfortable I get. I feel very blessed and my pregnancy has gone very well so far. I honestly don't have any complaints besides growing so large but even that is kind of neat knowing there is a little guy inside of me. I have been so lucky to feel really good so far. I hope and pray everything continues to go well. Now I feel our little guy moving around a lot, it's kind of a strange thing but I love it. It just makes me smile and I can't wait to meet him:)