Cookie Monster

So during the last three days, much to Tyler's chagrin, I've been on a baking spree!!! I just really wanted to do the whole Christmas cookie making thing and thought there's no time better than now! Most of the cooking occured on Thursday and Friday while Lowe was nicely taking his naps!!! Yeah to the little boy taking two naps each day now almost all the time :)

This first picture is of the supplies I needed before I started baking. There are three grocery bags full of baking supplies, some disposable 9x13 pans, and some new cookies sheets I bought to help make the process go faster (4 cookie sheets work wonders especially when you can fit two in the oven at a time and not get burnt cookies!!!)


This is one after shot of my kitchen with the cookies and brownies and goodies in their respective containers while I make plate after plate to give away. I made 9 different types of goodies. Yes, I said 9. There were:

9x9 pan of Cheese Marbled Brownies (Yield: 36)
9 inch round pan of Fudge (Yield: 70)
9x13 pan Lemon Squares (Yield: 66)
9x13 pan Butterscotch Cranberry Brownies (Yield: 60)
72 Banana Spice Cookies
81 White Chocolate Cherry Shortbreads
75 Crispy Chocolate Chewies
65 Chocolate Crinkles
45 Christmas Sandies

And finally, a nice picture of each type of goodies that I made. Going from left to right starting in the top left hand corner: Chocolate Crinkle, Lemon Square, Cheese Marbled Brownie, Banana Spice Cookie, Fudge, Christmas Sandie, Butterscotch Cranberry Brownie, and White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread.

Woo Hoo to making tons of Christmas Goodies. Tyler agreed to go with me to deliver them so I wouldn't have to get Lowe out each time I stopped...we were out for 3 hours...with a very unhappy baby...He cried and yelled at us for about an hour because no matter what we did, he was not happy with us!!! So we had to stop and get some food and that made him a little happier and he finally fell asleep.

So sorry to those I wasn't able to take cookies to but all the recipes are up on my recipe blog: recipesfrombecky.blogspot.com

Merry Baking!!!

And All of November

So on to the entire month of Novemeber...Which I can't believe is already over!!! On the 11th, Tyler and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. It's crazy to think we've been married for 5 years already!!! We're both college graduates, have good jobs and have the cutest little baby boy. I was joking with Tyler that when my parents had been married for 5 years (they were actually our same ages too I think) that they had 3 kids already!!!! Now that I can't imagine...

Tyler is the best husband any woman could ask for. He's better looking than Brad Pitt and Tyler just keeps getting more handsome. He's got the best brown eyes ever that I could just stare into forever...well, until he's like "What are you doing?" and then I'd have to stop ;) He's a great dresser so there's something I don't have to worry about! Tyler's also the best dad Lowe could ever ask for! They play and play and play and no one, not even I, can get Lowe to laugh like Tyler does.
We went to Idaho for Thanksgiving this year. It was in the low 40s for the highs...Brrr!!! Tyler asked if I wanted to do a 5k on Thanksgiving morning and said he was going to run it too so I said yes. A few days before we left for Idaho, Tyler decided not to run in it because he hasn't run in forever so it was just going to be me and Clyde (Tyler's dad) and the other 1000ish people running. I wore tights, sweatpants, two tank tops, arm warmers, a jacket, headband and gloves. When Clyde and I were driving over there, the warmest the car said it was outside was 26 degrees!!!!! So I couldn't feel my lips or nose at first, than my toes went...the feeling came back in those places but I never really regained the feeling in my fingers until I was back at the school (where the race started and finished). Brr!!!! I finished in 36:09. Not too fast but considering it was the first time I'd ever run that far without stopping and how cold it was, I'm soo proud of myself!!!

Tyler's kind of cut out of this picture but it's a cute one nevertheless...We took all the jackets Lowe has (3 of them) and he was perfectly fine when we were outside as long as we cuddled him close and had a blanket on him too.

One of Clyde's friends has this tractor that Mak (our nephew) really wanted to go see. So we all went out there in the freezing weather to see the tractor. Clyde took Mak around in it and than Lowe and I got a ride!!! So I'm sure I was having more fun on the ride than Lowe but he liked looking at the treads on the thing as we tore around the place at an awesome 3-4 miles an hour.

Tyler only brought a thin sweatshirt so despite many "I'm fine"s I's sure he was freezing at this point. We were still standing around outside in the artic weather. Lowe's so dang cute in that jacket!!! Hehehe little ears on the thing! Lowe has really fallen in love with that blanket that he's in too. We've got that soft one and another little green one. He loves them both and takes naps a lot better now when we lay him down with one of those blankets. He's still waking up at least once during the night to eat if not twice. And this is all between the hours of 8pm and 5 am. He'll wake up around 630 every morning too and it's just time for him to get up apparently!

Lowe got a lot of big boy food at Thanksgiving dinner. He loved the mashed potatoes so much that he didn't want to eat any of his baby food after getting a taste. This was fine with me but we've got a lot of it in the cupboard so hopefully he'll still eat some at some point in time...He got some sweet potatoes, a roll (which he demolished and probably got a few bites off of), turkey (although he's got no teeth yet, he still managed to gum it up enough to swallow it without choking or anything), and this yummy cool whip pudding yogurt raspeberry stuff. He was eating a bunch of that dessert salad stuff and started to nod off in his high chair. I stopped offering him bites and he just kind of slouched off to the side and closed his little eyes. It was so funny!!! I put my hand under his head and he just let it drop. We all laughed so hard. Silly little Lowe got too much food I guess!

So now I can't believe it's already December!!! I've got our Christmas tree up, lit and with the garland on. I just want new ornaments because I think most of the ones we've got are all way too small for the tree. We're going to put up lights on the outside of the house. This is something we never got around to last year...mostly because I was pregnant and not allowed to go up on a ladder and neither one of us really felt like figuring out how to get the lights up either since we'd only been in the house for a month and had other more important things to figure out!

There was also the Tour de Tucson. An Annual bike race/ride around Tucson the saturday before Thanksgiving. My parents came down and mom rode the 67 mile portion and dad and I rode the 35 miler. It was fun and yeah to all of us for finishing!!! I fell down the stairs in my house the day before and got a huge bruise on my arm that's still fading...ugly ugly bruise when it was at it's worst! I had to sacrifice my arm to save the baby...I was holding Lowe when I slipped off the edge of one of the stairs. Thankfully he was just startled and nothing more. My parents were in the house and mom came to the rescue. I'm still nervous everytime I carry Lowe down the stairs now...

Hopefully the next post won't be over a month from now!!! I need to try to post at least every other week if not every week...along with letters to Abram and Joseph...sorry boys!!!

Off to wrapping Christmas presents and decorating the house with Nativities!!! Woo Hoo to Christmas Time!!!!!

The Rest of October

So I've been an awful blogger just with everything we've had going on!!! Mostly I am just lazy and don't want to do anything but play with Lowe on my days off so that's pretty much all I've been doing!

I had to work on Halloween but our ward had a party the day before that I was able to make an apperance at with Lowe. He was a little lion!!! This is one of the pictures from his 6 month pictures that Beka Lowe took: http://www.lowephotos.info

All of these actually are from that photo shoot. He has grown so much since he was born and it's just amazing how big he is and all the things that he can and tries to do. I have to say I've got the most adorable baby in the world.

Lowe still loves his bath so much. He's outgrown his little whale tub and has been too big for it for a while. So now he gets to be in the big boy bath tub!!! He loves it soo much and we need to get him some more bath toys to play with. Tyler made him a bubble bath last night and I guess Lowe kept trying to eat all the bubbles. Tyler said Lowe would scoop them up in his hands and shove them in his mouth!!! Silly little boy!

6 Months of Love and Joy

So little Lowe turned 6 months old last week on the 14th! I can't believe that he's already 6 months old!!! He has brought so much love and joy into our lives and Tyler and I are both go greatful to have been blessed with such a perfect little boy.

Here he is so happy to be out in the world on his birthday.


He loves to sit on daddy and help him watch tv! About one month old.



Our little angel being so good for famliy pictures! A little over 2 months.

We went to Idaho at the beginning of July. Lowe's about 3 months old now.

Hop on pop! 4 months old and rocking the baby mohawk!

Lowe met Dillon Tenney around the time that Lowe was 5 months old and I think Dillon's around 3 or 4 weeks. They're going to be college roommates some day.


And finally, our lttle angel in his 6 month pictures. How anyone could deny that he's the cutest baby in the world I don't know.

Gotta Love This Time of The Year

So I love this time of the year. I can't ever get enough of the fall and beginning of winter. October, November and December are the best months ever!!! I love how the weather changes, not that it's as awesome as it is in some parts of the country but here in Tucson, there's a chill in the air from about 6pm to 8am (or later) and it's just beautiful outside!!! Yes...when the temperature is in the 80's it's beautiful. Lowe and I go outside for 30-60 minutes every afternoon that I'm home just because it's so nice outside.

I love to decorate for the holidays too. There are so many things I would like to make and use that I see from Better Homes and Gardens and Martha Stewart Living. I would absolutely love to throw the best Halloween party ever and come December, the best Christmas party white elephant gift game included. But I never seem to have the time (or money) to do these things. Maybe if I start planning now, I'll get to have these next year.

I love the fact that now I can make corn chowder, 15 bean soup, chili and whatever hot meal I want to since I can say "It's cold outside" (I know Ben...temps in the 60s are nothing for you but a big deal to me).

I don't know why but I always just feel so happy and content during this time of the year and always want to do everything related to the holidays that I can! Make luminarias for Halloween, decorate with all sorts of pumpkins and goards for Thanksgiving and crazy decorate with all my nativities for Christmas. If I were to have my way...there'd be a different welcome mat each month (granted I don't even have a normal everyday one currently), I'd have some sort of wreath or other outside door decoration up,

There'd be some sort of decoration on a post I could put in my front yard and a billion other things I'd love to be able to do for the inside of my house. But alas...things never turn out the way they look in the magazine and they take a whole lot longer too!!! I made an advent calendar for us for Christmas last year and I think it took me about 4 months to finish! I did have to cut a lot of tiny shapes out of felt though in my defense...

Maybe someday I'll get this all done and my house'll be the perfect seasonal place...someday I'll expand this craziness to the entire year!!!

Also...I've found a ton of yummy pumpkin treat recipes...I can't wait to try them all!!! Woo hoo to October, November and December!!!

Learning Fast

So Little Lowe likes to talk a lot and it's really cute. But the cutest thing ever is that he sometimes repeats the word we say. At least we like to think he's doing it on purpose. He also likes to spit and does that most often when he's tired and trying really hard not to fall asleep. This is a video of him talking to us and it's super cute. He also loves my phone so he notices it and gets distracted and doesn't want to talk anymore. If I used You Tube, this would be the next viral video but I don't so enjoy! Oh and halfway through the video, Tyler's trying to wipe some spit off of Lowe's face if anyone was wondering...

Flagstaff and Other Things

So it's been quite awhile since I put anything up on this blog...life's been pretty busy with little Lowe and work but I've finally found the time to post some new pictures and let you all know how it's been going here in Tucson!

We took Lowe to his first U of A football game last Saturday. We only lasted through the first 5 minutes of the first quarter (we got there with about 20 minutes before the game started so I guess we were in the stadium for about 30 minutes). It was raining on and off, the U of A outfit we got him came with a hooded U of A jacket so he stayed nice and dry. Lowe liked to look at the fireworks that went off at the beginning of the game but cried due to the noise. We got him calmed down but everytime the crowd would get loud he would cry so we decided to take him home and try again next year. But at least he looked adorable!

I know Ang beat me to it but here's another picture of Lowe and Dillon. We went to Flagstaff over the Labor Day weekend and thanks to Angela and Gary's hospitality, we got to stay at their place (we housesat while they were with Gary's parents celebrating his parents' anniversary I think). They did make it back on Monday before we had to leave so Lowe and Dillon got to meet which is awesome since they're going to be college roommates and best friends one day ;) It's funny how they're only about 4 months apart and so different right now. In a few years you won't be able to tell the difference!

While we were in Flagstaff we went to the Arboretum. It's this really big land preserve type place with lots of plants and they had a live bird show thing. It was really cool! They had a hawk, a falcon and this ginormous owl! She was probably bigger than Lowe! Lowe really really likes it outside so this place was great for him. Right after (or right before) this picture, I had Lowe sitting on my shoulders and he puked all over my head...yeah for baby!

And yes, Daddy got to carry baby around in the baby carrier thing! They look soo cute there next to the sunflowers. We have to put the burp rag on that baby carrier because Lowe eats it and gets this rash on his chin and lip. There were gorgeous flowers all over the place and there was this really fat chipmunk that kept running really close to us...obviously not afraid of people...

Lowe got to get out of the carrier a few times for pictures and playing. He loves to smile and laugh now that he's getting bigger (5 months!!!). He's been rolling over more too which makes me happy. Lowe really likes to sit and stand up and moves all over the place. While we were in Flagstaff he started to do this scooting thing on his back and gets all over the place when he wants to. Yeah to locomotion!

We went to the Waputki Ruins too. They're really cool and I remember going to them with my family years ago. My mom's really into things like that (the ruins and pottery and the wall paintings and writings...sorry mom...can't think of the technical work for them). It's crazy to think that people lived in those buildings!

We also went to Sunset Crater which is actually a volcano not a crater...It was really nice weather and everything there. Little Lowe got to wear this little blue hat that my mom gave me (it's got a matching jacket too that's still a little too big for him ;). I love Lowe in this hat and am so glad that he didn't mind wearing it. He was adorable in it and I hope his head doesn't get too big by the time it's actually cold here in Tucson so he can wear it more! Mom...if you made that (or know who did if it's homemade) let me know so I can make him a bigger one since it's sooo cute!

I love Lowe's face in this one. I'm not sure what he's doing but it's cute! Lowe's started to eat babyfood and he really likes it! Just today he ate quite a bit of apples and started to eat some butternut squash. He opened his mouth for the spoon which he hasn't done before so I'm really happy! He also loves to help me feed him...he grabs the spoon and stuffs the end in his mouth! Soo cute!

Sorry about the wait...

So I promise I will be updating this blog with some super cute videos and pictures of Lowe in the next few days! We finally got the video off our video camera and we just got back from Flagstaff a few days ago...thanks Ang and Gary and Dillon! But update coming soon!!!

Videos for Grandma

So Jill...these are mostly for you since I know you miss little Lowe. We all wish we could visit Idaho more often!

Loads of Lowe

So we've taken quite a few more pictures of Lowe...we're just really bad about getting them put up on the blog here or on facebook so here are a few of our favorites! Lowe just looked so cute this morning and was being all happy so we took his picture. He's gotten so much bigger than he was when he was born! Just look at him!

We've been trying to help Lowe figure out how to roll over since he hadn't done it yet (He finally rolled over for the first time on his own this evening!!!! YEAH to my big boy!!!) We kept putting his arm and leg under him until he started to do it himself while he was doing the dreaded tummy time. He really likes to stick his butt in the air when he's almost to roll over. It's really cute!!!

Lowe also absolutely loves his bath time! He'll splash like crazy and get about half of the bath water out of the tub. He also loves his towel now too. He used to cry really bad when we'd get him out of the tub but now he just laughs and tries to eat his towel. He'll try to eat the bath water and washcloth too...silly little baby!

See, he's this happy through his entire bath!

We're so blessed to have such a happy go lucky baby. He's the cutest thing on the face of the planet and is sooo mellow too. Yeah to little Lowe!

4 Months Ago Today...

So 4 months ago today Lowe had been with us for 18 hours!!! Yeah for our little boy being 4 months old today...4 months and a day ago my water had just broke! I can still remember it so clearly...the adrenaline rush that came with knowing we'd get to meet our little boy soon, little did I know it was only going to be 6 hours later!

I remember when Tyler was giving Lowe his first bath, I was eating an applesauce...

Guilty Feelings...

So I discovered that I'm not going to be able to pump enough milk to keep up with how much Lowe eats when I'm gone at work especially since I'm going to be doing day shifts for the next 2 months. I have this strange guilty feeling like I'm not being the mother I should be since I can't provide him with all the breastmilk that he needs. I trialed him with a bottle of formula for his last feeding and he took all 4 ounces down like it was the homemade stuff. So far so good, no puking it back up or anything like that. I know it's not as good as breastmilk but what's a mom to do when she can't pump enough for him to continue to be exclusively breastfed?!?!?!?

I'm happy that he took the formula so well but sad at the same time that he's got to take it. I am glad too though that I was able to exclusively provide for him for the first 3.5 months of his life!!! It's more than some mothers get to and I need to just realize that he's a big growing boy who eats a ton! I doubt anyone could pump enough for the way this little guy eats!!! And since he's getting so past the point of wanting big people food too, I doubt he'll be exclusively breast or bottle fed for much longer anywho!

Lowe already drools a ton (no teeth coming in though, I check his gums like 4 times a day...), he watches our food so intently it's like he's willing it to come to him so he can shove it in his mouth like he does with everything else that comes close to him! I'm sure he'll have doubled his birth weight by his 4 month appointment which is in 3 weeks. Last week he was already 13.5 pounds so I'm sure he'll gain another pound here in the next 3 weeks.

Any suggestions on how to not feel guilty about having to give my baby formula?!?!?! I know I probably sound pathetic but it's a feeling that's there!!! Weird but there...

New Job

So I've made it through the first two days of my new job...they were both in the classroom listening to lectures on info that I already knew from taking the new nurse orientation last summer before my student nurse externship! I've also worked at UMC for the last 5.5 years so I have not learned a single new thing but hey, I'm getting paid to go so that's about the only thing keeping me sane during those long days!

Thanks again to Amanda and Britt and Desiree for watching Lowe for me during those two days. I really appreciate it and it's a comfort to know he's with people I can trust to take good care of him. He says thanks too!!!

I'll be getting my first taste of the NICU on thursday and I'm kind of scared but hey, I've got to start somewhere! On Friday, I'll be doing a 12 hour shift...I haven't done one of those in a very long time so hopefully I'll make it through (Thanks Lindsey and Dave for taking Lowe on those days!). I think it's going to be great but hard at the same time because I'll be around a bunch of little babies while mine is not with me :( but at least I'll get to come home to him and know I've got a healthy little guy (not so little...he's 13.5 pounds!!!).

Thanks again to everyone who so willingly offered to watch Lowe for me! The babysitting in very appreciated!

Our Baby is Growing Up

So Lowe is three months old today!!! How crazy is that?!?!?! I just can't believe it that time has gone by so quickly. When we left the hospital he was almost 3 days old. When I took my final he was about 3-4 weeks old. Now, he's three months old. He loves to sit up like a big boy, smiles and laughs with me and Tyler and loves to grab at all his toys. He loves to play with his feet and has almost flipped himself over on to his stomach trying to get to them. His eyes are still blue, he sleeps really well through the night and still wants to eat every 2 hours during the day while he's awake. We both love him sooo much!!!

Family Pictures

So my amazing friend Beka did some family photos for us. She's such an awesome photographer and I'm lucky to have her willing to do this for me! Her website is: www.lowephotos.com and she's based in the Phoenix area if anyone wants spectacular pictures done!!!


Lowe was pretty good the entire time. It was pretty warm outside so he fell asleep during the middle of the shoot but then work back up and was slightly grumpy. But he still takes a good picture!!!

This is one of my favorites, Little Lowe making a serious face while daddy's holding him. Silly little baby!

And I also love this one...I guess I just really like the ones with Tyler and Lowe. I love how Lowe's smiling while looking at Beka while Tyler's touching his cheek. So precious!!! I'm lucky to have such a good baby, husband and talented friend!

Fun in Idaho

We went to Burley, ID to see Tyler's family over the 4th of July weekend. It was loads of fun and Lowe got to meet his cousin Makray. Grandma Jill and Grandpa Clyde spoiled Lowe with tons of attention and he was rarely put down. Lowe found his toes, thanks to Aunt Whitney, and now all he wants to do it see them and play with them! Silly baby!

Tyler, Whitney, David, Mak, Lowe and I all went to Shoshone Falls. It was crazy full of water so we kept getting all wet from the falls. Lowe didn't know what to think of the water getting all over him...it was like strong misters the entire time.

We drove to Idaho and back and surprisingly Lowe just slept inbetween eating. So nice to have a baby who likes his car seat!

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I got tagged (I think...unless Lisa M knows a bunch of Beckies...)

8 things I did yesterday:
1. Took my NCLEX
2. Went to lunch w/Lindsey
3. Made tuna sandwiches
4. Played w/ Lowe
5. Checked the AZBN website a billion times
6. Got the oil changed in my car
7. Watched part of Sahara
8. Ate chocolate chip pancakes

8 things I look forward to:
1. Having more babies
2. Not working full time
3. Dessert
4. Someday painting my house
5. Finishing file folder games
6. Growing old w/Tyler
7. Trying new recipes
8. Starting work as an RN

8 things I wish I could do:
1. Fly
2. Breathe underwater
3. Be a stay at home mom
4. Drive a motorcycle
5. Read minds
6. Help everyone that needs it
7. Have Tyler’s athletic endurance
8. Have a transporter

8 shows I watch on TV (or DVD)
1. Bones
2. Lie to Me
3. NCIS
4. What Not to Wear
5. Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives
6. ?
7. ?
8. ?

I guess I don't watch that much tv...

8 people I tag:
1. Mom
2. Cariann
3. Angela
4. Beka
5. Ben
6. Savannah
7. Jillanne
8. Holly

Becky Goodrich RN, BSN

So I passed my NCLEX exam and can now say that I'm a Nurse!!! I had to wait for about 22 hours after I finished the test to find out whether I passed or not. I don't care for the whole waiting thing especially when the test shuts off it does so because you have either proved your proficiency or got so far below the proficiency line that you've failed...so the results are known when you finish but you don't find out for like a day and it's so nerve racking!!! My test shut off after 75 questions which is the minimun number of questions and 90% of those who have it shut off at 75 pass. I am sooo thankful that that is all over now! Yeah to being done with that! Yeah to finally being able to say I'm an RN.

He asked for it...

Lowe's a silly little baby...he's spit up on me once, pooped on me once, has his forth outfit of the day on (if you count his pajamas) and finally got a bath! He loves getting his bath and this time, he would not relinquish his pacifier so he got to suck on that through his whole bath and it helped when I got him out...he didn't cry! Behold the power of the pacifier. I've also gone through 4 pairs of pants today as well...thanks Lowe! That washer and dryer sure are getting their work outs. But who could get mad or annoyed at someone as cute as Lowe? No one I'm sure!

More Little Lowe Videos

So here are a few more cute videos of Lowe. He kind of reaches out for things and really seems to like all the jungle animals that are all over everything of his. He especially likes the monkey on his bouncy chair and the lion on his bedding.

I was trying to get a video of him smiling and pseudo laughing but he seems to know when I'm trying and won't really do it to the full effect I know he has but he's still super super cute.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Happy father's day to all the dad's out there. Especially to my own dad, Tyler's dad and of course, Tyler. He's such a good dad to little Lowe. No one could ask for a better husband and father! Yeah!

Faliure...

So I've been trying for the last 4 hours to get some videos loaded onto this stupid blog but nothing will load up and the videos aren't long at all (about one minute each). So I'm not sure what the heck is wrong with me or the site but I'm highly annoyed that I can't get the videos up because they're really really cute ones of Lowe. Humph. Any suggestions anyone?

My Baby is Growing Up :(

So Tyler and I put Lowe in his crib in his own room for the first time two nights ago. Of course I had the monitor right next to my head in our bedroom and was wishing he was still in our room in his cradle but we're going to have to get him used to sleeping in his own room since that's where he'll be need to be when I go back to work since I'm sure he'll be too big for the cradle by then anyways!

Thankfully he slept just fine both of these last two nights. He didn't wake up more than usual or cry or grump more. The hard thing is keeping a blanket on him because he's got crazy little kicking legs!!! But I normally put him in a bunny suit so that makes me feel a little better about the whole blanket kicking off thing. I just want to be sure he doesn't get too cold!!!

He turned two months yesterday!!! He's starting to lift up hus little head more and more. He loves sucking on anything he can get near his mouth too. Sometimes he'll push his binky out with his fist and then shove his fist into his mouth in its place. We discovered that Lowe loves being outside too. He can be the biggest grump but as soon as I take him outside in the backyard he's all quiet and looking around. That'll be good when he's older... ;)

Lowe Finds His Hands

So Lowe has been sucking on his little fists lately when he gets hungry or bored and wants to suck on something. It's sooo cute so I thought I'd share it with everyone.

Happy Birthday Tyler!!!

So it's Tyler's 28th birthday today and I just wanted to put some of my favorite pictures of him up here on the blog. This first one is from Whitney's wedding...well from the luncheon afterwords. So sexy!!!


This is from the same weekend at Bernie's wedding. I really like the suit that Tyler's wearing, it's just too bad that it's so hot here in Tucson that he can't wear it too often :(


And I'm sure he's going to love the fact that I put this one up on the internet!!! Hottie!!!

So here are a few things that I absolutely love about my hubby:

• His smile
• His butt ;)
• The way he walks
• The fact that he gave me a gorgeous baby!
• How hard of a worker he is
• His determination
• How he supports me
• The way he looks in his bike gear (sexy!!!)

And the list goes on and on!!! Happy birthday Tyler!!!

Graduation!!!

I am now a college graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing!!!

Lowe's Baby Blessing

So we blessed our little baby today at church. Tyler did such a good job, didn't even cry!!! (But you could hear the emotion in his voice). It was crazy to have my baby boy blessed, he's almost 5 weeks old now and growing every day. I wish he could stay little but I know he's got to get big...sigh...So here's a super cute picture of him making smiley faces!



Here he is sleeping on Grandpa Clyde! They were both worn out I guess...Lowe from just being a baby and Clyde from going on a bike ride with Tyler earlier that day.



And this is just another super cute picture of Lowe watching basketball with his daddy! Lowe really likes to watch the television especially when there's sports on.



And finally here's a few pictures of his after sacarament meeting after the blessing today. He's sleeping and you can't really see this but his little outfit is monogrammed with his initials and it's super cute! Maybe if I remember I'll snap a little picture of just the monogram later or just post a picture that my dad took or Jill took.


And I just thought that this was a cute picture of his getting to be chubby face! He's totally asleep here and we're holding him up to be in the pictures. Silly little baby!!!

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that participated today in his blessing. It was awesome to see most of my brothers there in the circle and Tyler and his dad and my dad. Also thanks to everyone for traveling down here to see me graduate on Friday. I'll get some pictures from my dad and get those posted up here on the blog at some time...hopefully this week!